Doctor Who 50th Anniversary!

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Today marks a special occasion for all of nerdkind-- It's Doctor Who's 50th anniversary!  You've probably already heard about/been looking forward to "The Day of the Doctor", the Doctor Who special that marks this occasion.
This post is just going to be a masterpost of all your pre-special essentials-- Teasers, trailers, photos, links, and more to follow today's happenings and prepare you for The Day of the Doctor!

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Here are all your essential trailers and other anniversary-related videos, if you haven't seen them yet:

If you haven't yet checked out Google's homepage today, I'd also suggest you go look at that and play the awesome little Doctor Who game.

The special is going to be shown in theaters across the world.  Here's where you can find the showing nearest you.  You can also watch it on TV on BBC 1.  If you live in the United States, the special's going to be on at 2:50 p.m. eastern time, 1:50 p.m. central time, 12:50 p.m. mountain time, and 11:50 a.m. pacific time.  If you don't have cable, here's where you can live stream it online.

To follow more of today's fun, follow #SaveTheDay or #DoctorWho50th on Twitter, or check out the Doctor Who 50th Anniverary tag on Tumblr.  Be sure to visit the BBC website to find everything else you need  for the anniversary.

So, break out your bow ties, fezzes, bananas, and sonic screwdrivers, and celebrate the Whovian Holiday!

A Nerd's Essential App List

As a geek with an Android, I'm always looking for entertaining ways to pass the time as well as proudly blazon my geekiness to anyone who happens to want to play with my Kindle Fire.  In my hunt for apps, I've found some pretty good ones, which I'll post in a list below.  If you have any suggestions, please post comments with them.  If you have an Apple product, I'm afraid I can't help you much because these are all Android apps (with the exception of Minecraft.)
1. X-Comics app
2. G+ Motor Academy Racing
3.Geekcast Podcast
4. XKCD reader app
5. NodeBeats
6. Moon Phase Pro
7. Periodic Table of the Elements
8. Stupid Zombies
9. Minecraft Pocket Edition
10. Pocket lightsaber
11. Atari Greatest Hits
12. Warp Dash
13. Colossal Cave Adventure
14. Dark Nova
15. Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom
16. Shift Platformer Game (A total ripoff of Portal, I know...)
17. Fantasy Jump- Geekier than Doodle Jump!
18. Doctor Who Daleks
19. My Pet Zombie
20. NASA Space Weather Viewer
21. Cyber Knights RPG
22. High Flyer Jetpack Tests
23. Appy Geek
24. The Mastermind Code Breaking app
25. The Adventures of Tin-Tin app
26. Design app
27. Pocket Trivia: Futurama
28. Battle Legend Infinity
29. Invasion From Mars
30. Star Trek News RSS Feeds
31. Weird Pics
32. BookAnd: Your Dream Bookstore
33. Dungeon Hunter
34. Ultimate Geek Soundboard
35. Robotek

Random Thought:  I've found what appears to be the coolest chair ever (unless you happen to Google "coolest chair ever," in which case you will find some chairs that go beyond cool...)

LEGO Man in Space

On January 26, 2012, two ambitious 17-year-olds from Toronto, Canada, hatched an ingenious plan.  They spent a grand total of $400 on equipment: surplus weather balloons, dozens of tanks of helium, a GPS tracking system, and a small digital video camera.  What were they going to do?
Launch a LEGO man holding a plastic Canadian flag into the air attached to a weather balloon.  The boys (Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad) were clever.  The rigged the camera so you could see the LEGO ascending.  They filled the balloon with just enough air that it would pop once it entered the atmosphere so it would be within range to find it again.  They attached a GPS to it and tracked to the landing location.  They even sewed a little parachute for the camera so it wouldn't break on the way back down. Their plan succeeded without a glitch. The balloon reached the atmosphere.  The camera was retrieved and the footage was breathtaking.  The video is now up on YouTube-- and below!
Watch the flight of the LEGO man now:

Personalized Helicopter?!?!?!?

Please take note of these four links:

http://www.plansdelivery.com/furia4.htm
and
http://www.indianhelicopters.com/
and
http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=123639
and
http://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC%2020-27G.pdf

Also, remember that I first got the idea from the little ads in the back of old Popular Mechanics, "Build YOur Own Helicopter" kits, and, incidentally, I've found one of these ads in Googe Books.
Check it out!


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