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Seattle’s first Science Fiction Film Festival starts ticket sales

With a kick-off Facebook post propelled by a tweet from major science-fiction fan Paul Allen, tickets have gone on sale… Read More

Weekend project: How to build a Star Wars TIE fighter

If you have a spare 30 hours and $300 this weekend, you may want to try a do-it-yourself project that’s… Read More

Paul Allen narrates as James Cameron navigates to the depths of the ocean floor

I never took Paul Allen — the billionaire software tycoon — for a citizen journalist. But that’s what the Microsoft… Read More

Video: Robot basketball and a new generation of geeks

Washington FIRST Robotics is holding its annual regional competition at the Century Link Events Center in Seattle today and Saturday,… Read More

Photo: Space Needle’s Angry Birds slingshot, final version

OK, now I get it. Here’s the end result of the “Angry Birds Space” promotion that Rovio and friends were… Read More

Rovio’s ‘Mighty Eagle’ explains Angry Birds stunt at Space Needle

A big thanks to the hundreds of you who tuned in for our impromptu live stream from the Angry Birds… Read More

Dorky’s Arcade: ‘THIS IS NOT CHUCKY CHEESE!!!’

What is the proper role of the arcade in modern society? Should it be a place for boozing adults, or… Read More

Master Chief, the ultimate Microsoft security guard

I spent some time today over at Microsoft’s Worldwide Public Safety Symposium, and spent some time inside the company’s Global Security… Read More

Geek Made: Graypants creates intricate design products with your garbage

The silver lining in a slow economy is that smart people get scrappy. With a knack for design and access… Read More

Video: Rock star Dave Dederer at the GeekWire Summit

At the conclusion of yesterday’s GeekWire Summit, we were honored to be joined by one of our favorite Seattle-based musicians,… Read More

Check out this awesome basketball-shooting robot

Forget about “Linsanity.” Check out this sharpshooting basketball robot, created by students at Seattle’s Aviation High School. The robot will… Read More

The difference between Apple and Microsoft, Google’s grub, and other quotes of the week

The best comments, quotes, tweets and random zingers we heard this week … “This sums up the difference between Apple… Read More

The condom of the future? Planned Parenthood offers high-tech rubber with QR code

Here’s a social media experiment that we didn’t see coming. Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest has begun distributing 55,000… Read More

Geek Humor: Stephen Colbert calls Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos a vindictive man

Comedian Stephen Colbert returned to the airwaves Monday night, and he didn’t waste any time taking a few cracks at… Read More

How these geeks pulled off one truly amazing light show at CenturyLink Field

What happens when you turn a bunch of photographers, artists and sports geeks loose on a pro football and soccer… Read More

Classic PC game by Bill Gates makes comeback on iPhone

It might be hard to believe nowadays, but there was a time when Bill Gates himself was writing the software… Read More

Redfin exposes gritty underbelly of real estate with Twitter feed @REConfidential

Who knew that being a real estate agent entailed so many odd encounters. But thanks to Redfin we are now… Read More

Why this tech company is using potty humor for its 30-second Super Bowl ad

Ok, I’ll admit it, I am a bit of a sucker for the Super Bowl ads. And each year before… Read More

Geek Made: How to make apple cider … with a bicycle

As I pedaled on a bright red Schwinn, with the sweet scent of Gala apples around me, I realized that… Read More

Snow from an R/C plane: You’ve seen the great pictures, now check out the cool video

There was a huge amount of interest in our post a couple weeks ago explaining how Zach Sweetser, a 17-year-old junior… Read More

Redfin’s ‘hunky’ IT department exposed in charity calendar

This is pretty funny — and slightly disturbing. Redfin, the Seattle-based online real estate company, has produced a very tongue-in-cheek… Read More

Behind the scenes: Teenager captures amazing aerial snow pictures from R/C plane

Zach Sweetser, a 17-year-old junior at Bellevue’s Interlake High School, has been an aviation enthusiast since he could talk, and… Read More

Bring on the nerds! Jon Stewart’s hilarious look at the SOPA fight

The Stop Online Piracy Act certainly has generated plenty of controversy in recent days, highlighted by the Wednesday blackouts of… Read More

Geek Made: How to build an amazing Lego Pokéball

We’ve all seen them — those incredible Lego creations that bring objects and scenes to life in the form of… Read More

Seattle geeks create bizarre miniature golf course: This is no ordinary putt-putt

They call it mechanized experimental art. But it really looks like geek putt-putt on acid. If you’re an adventurous sort… Read More

Tickets on sale for Seattle stop of ‘Legend of Zelda’ symphony tour

Know the “Legend of Zelda” theme? Play it in your head. Right now. “Da, daaa, da-da-da-da-daaaaa!” Feels good, right? Hearing… Read More

Geeks vs. Nerds: Where do your loyalties lie?

The infographic below developed by Seattle’s Killer Infographics certainly resonated with us, given our passion for all things geek. And… Read More

Geek Humor on Conan: Fake Jeff Bezos offers a few fixes for Kindle Fire

Problems with Amazon.com’s new tablet computer have been well documented, with the Seattle online retailer today announcing a software update… Read More

Video: GameHouse chief almost loses shorts in charity hunger dip

It’s that time of year when members of the tech community give back. But RealNetworks executive Matt Hulett, who runs… Read More

Congratulations, Seattle: You’re getting a space toilet

It just kept getting better and better at Seattle’s Museum of Flight today. First former, Microsoft engineer Charles Simonyi announced… Read More