The Great Geek Manual

10 Futuristic Concept Laptop Designs – Listphobia has compiled a list of the most futuristic concept laptop designs, some of which have won awards.

100 Awesome Ivy League Video Lectures – OnlineUniversities.com presents a directory of intellectually-stimulating college lectures on a wide range of topics ranging from astrophysics to women’s studies.

An Introduction to Sine-Wave Speech – Sine-wave speech is a form of artificially degraded speech that demonstrates how perceptual insight impacts communication. Play the first recording and you’ll hear noise. Play the second recording, and suddenly the first one is understandable.

Meh – It’s official your favorite expression of indifference is now an actual word according to the Collins English Dictionary.

The Most Infamous Girl in the History of the Internet – Ever wonder who that girl who pops up every time you mistype a domain name is? Turns out her name’s Hannah. Just a strange FYI proving yet again that anonymity is dead.

Top 10 Ways to Speed Up Your Web Browsing – LifeHacker runs down ten tips for making the most of the bandwidth you’ve got by using software intelligently. It’s well complimented by this article on speeding up your hardware.

Ultra-Modern Underground Data Center – HotHardware tours an amazing facility that looks like the evil lair of a James Bond villain, complete with rough-hewn rock walls and fog.