Geek Life – Page 40 of 132

Bill Gates joins Instagram to share photos from his adventures, starting in Tanzania

Bill Gates already does a good job of blogging about his adventures around the world through his Gates Notes website,… Read More

A look inside The Shop, the new hangout for car geeks rolled out by Seattle tech and restaurant vets

Matt Bell and Ethan Stowell did their best “Dumb and Dumber” impersonation while seated on a scooter in front of… Read More

Seattle area’s weekend traffic could be a mess, so WSDOT turns to map and Mariner Moose for help

Rather than shake your fists at Seattle-area traffic these days, perhaps it’s best to just relax and … smile. Clearly… Read More

VR gaming store in mall south of Seattle hosting ‘Training Ops’ shooter tournament

Digital Reality Gaming is targeting gamers with a virtual reality shooter competition that it is hosting at its location… Read More

Valve announces new card game — and gets big groan from KeyArena crowd and the internet

Valve made a surprise announcement Tuesday about a new game coming in 2018 during The International, the “Dota 2” tournament… Read More

Burger chain Shake Shack coming to Seattle with restaurant in the heart of Amazon’s campus

Seattle may already be home to a beloved burger chain in the form of Dick’s Drive-In, but the growing city… Read More

Netflix lures David Letterman back to TV with six-episode series premiering in 2018

David Letterman isn’t done talking after all. Two years after ending his lengthy career as a late-night television host, Letterman… Read More

‘I’m with the news, dude’ — watch this TV reporter try to figure out what’s up with a ‘driverless’ car

As a trusted journalist with years of experience in the profession, I never thought about just saying, “I’m with the… Read More

Such a potty mouth: Toilet paper featuring classic Trump tweets sells out on Amazon

You must be aware by now that when it comes to tweeting, President Trump can sometimes get on a roll.… Read More

Whitepages beats SimplyMeasured in IT Sports League’s softball championship game

The most dominant team of geeks in the second season of IT Sports League softball proved to be Whitepages as… Read More

Worlds collide! Rocket engineer adds a Seafair tribute to Blue Origin on racing boat

The worlds of rocketry and hydroplane racing crashed together in Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Twitter feed today, and it’s all… Read More

Geek’s guide to Seafair: How to get into (or get away from) loud boats and planes

Wouldn’t you know it? The streams of smoke wafting south from wildfires in British Columbia are turning the skies a… Read More

Why Boeing 787 pilots just traced a giant Dreamliner airplane across the country

It wasn’t a stunt: When Boeing’s test pilots flew a 787 Dreamliner jet for 18 hours and nearly 10,000 miles,… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ startup advice, as told by ‘The Onion’: Hire well, value customers, and ‘realize someday I will utterly crush you’

For startups, it’s becoming increasingly impossible to avoid competing with Amazon as the company branches out into everything from real… Read More

Explore Mars like an astronaut: Mars 2030 VR experience lifts off

Mars 2030, a virtual reality experience that simulates living and working on the Red Planet, launched today for the HTC… Read More

Amazon becoming a full-fledged film studio, will self-distribute Woody Allen’s ‘Wonder Wheel’

Amazon has already proven itself to be a legitimate force in the movie industry by winning three Academy Awards this… Read More

Video: This basketball legend loves Redfin

Redfin is gearing up to go public on Friday, but the Seattle tech-powered residential real estate brokerage already has one… Read More

Giant Chewbacca, Harry Potter, Batgirl and more Funko figurines added to new HQ building

If you ever want to pop on by the new headquarters and flagship store for Funko in Everett, Wash., giant… Read More

Seattle Mariners pitcher and Moose mascot stand up against internet bullies in new kids book

Not content with just battling opponents on the baseball field, the Seattle Mariners are taking on internet bullies, too, with… Read More

Now that’s how you open a conference! Tune turns to song again with Postback 2017 musical number

Forget the sponsor shoutouts and heads up about lunch. If you want to grab an audience at the start of… Read More

How these Mariners minor leaguers ended up spending more than $650 on an Uber

After American Airlines threw Tacoma Rainiers infielder D.J. Peterson some sort of curveball, he and his teammates Daniel Vogelbach, Pat… Read More

The internet goes all atwitter over U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher’s questions about Mars civilization

What game was U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., playing when he asked Caltech geochemist Kenneth Farley whether there was any… Read More

‘Game of Thrones’ season 7 premiere shatters streaming and Twitter records for HBO

In the heat of summer, all that hype about winter coming really paid off. HBO announced Tuesday that the season… Read More

New ‘Blade Runner 2049’ trailer turns up the action as Ryan Gosling takes on the replicants

A new trailer for “Blade Runner 2049” released on Monday provides a more detailed look at the world and characters… Read More

Data of Thrones: The numbers suggest these ‘Game’ characters are in for a twist

Spoiler alert: This story provides no plot details from past or future episodes of “Game of Thrones,” but if you… Read More

A drum circle, petting zoo, the rock band Day Juan and more: It’s Amazon’s massive summer picnic

Thousands of Amazonians are expected to descend on CenturyLink Field in Seattle this weekend for the tech giant’s annual employee… Read More

‘Westworld’ and HBO dominate Emmy nominations, but Netflix rides ‘Stranger Things’ to 91 nods

In the race to catch HBO as the dominant force in award-winning television, the streaming service Netflix made up more… Read More

New breed of microbrew: UW chemists use 3-D printing to blaze a trail for better beer

Long before you take that first sip of an ice-cold beer, the ingredients that went into that beverage had to… Read More

We’ve come a long way since ‘Gangnam Style’: Wiz Khalifa video is now YouTube’s most watched ever

YouTube users love Wiz Khalifa. Or the late actor Paul Walker. Or both, it seems. The video for “See You… Read More

‘Stranger Things’ returning to Netflix in October and new trailer shows a scary storm is brewing

Winter might be coming with the return of “Game of Thrones” this Sunday, but fans of fantasy television are headed… Read More