The Dark Lord of the Sith has finally found love. Sith love, as spotted (of course) at a science fiction/fantasy convention.

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SCIENCE BUZZ: A mad scientist creates a clickable periodic table with a video for each element. Now you can geek out to videos about magnesium, argon, and plutonium. Get ready to find your inner geek!

The Best Links:

1. Watch The Videos Here!
2. Proof That Geeks Read BuzzFeed!

TECH BUZZ: 25 nerdy computer pranks to pull on the unsuspecting coworker. My favorites include the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), Disappearing Desktop, and the Restart Remap. Pretty clever.

The Best Links:

1. 25 Nerdy Pranks for the Office
2. Celebrity Soundboards for Prank Calls

Photographer Paul Armstrong captures the essence of a superhero in…shall we say…his “off season.” In a summer dominated by a garbage-pooping robot, can you really blame the Captain for looking so down?

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CULTURE BUZZ: London hosts the “celebration of social games,” where digital and real-life play come together to result in what some might consider performance art, while others might call simply having fun (in an especially nerdy way). If you missed Come Out And Play, now’s your best chance to make up for all those beautiful sunny afternoons you spent holed up in the basement playing Oregon Trail.

The Best Links:

1. The Hide And Seek Festival - Official Website
2. This Year’s Hide and Seek Festival “Combines All My Favorite Things About Games - Play, Interactivity, Performance, Cleverness, Technology, Participation. And Yes, Blowing Things Up.”
3. Never Grow Up!
4. A Short Documentary About the 2007 Hide And Seek Festival
5. “The Future of Fun:” Highly Recommended

TV BUZZ: The (generally loved) star of MTV’s high school paper reality show fires back at a Columbia University reporter with a very eloquent letter. Wow, so this is what it’s like to be a Good Communicator. If you’re like me, you probably haven’t crushed out on a girl on a reality show since that one with Lisa Loeb got canceled.

The Best Links:

1. For Amanda Lorber, I WILL Throw Down With You, Bitch
2. Amanda Fires Back at Columbia University Reporter with Long, Eloquent Email
3. The Paper - Featured on BuzzFeed
4. Amanda’s Freshman Year at NYU - We Smell a Sequel
5. Amanda’s Vlog
6. Friends of Amanda Lorber Unite! Paper Supporters Come Out In Droves
7. Amanda Lorber: Summer Camp Today, NYU Tomorrow
8. Amanda’s Killer Comeback
9. Dear Amanda, Maybe It’s Time to Start Updating Your Vlog Instead of Blowing up at College Reporters
10. “Amanda Lorber, Feminist Hero”
11. Watch the Charming Amanda Lorber Sing Songs
12. I’m Obsessed with Amanda Lorber
13. Amanda’s Profile on MTV.com
14. NY Times Profiles New High School Role Model, Amanda Lorber

MOVIE BUZZ: A live action movie based on the Japanese manga (graphic novel) hits selected American theaters to the joy of all goth-y introverts within an 60-mile radius of any art house theater. Allegedly having served as the inspiration for real-life murders, Death Note looks about as inviting as watching Hello Kitty get euthanized.

The Best Links:

1. Manga Spawns Movie, Crime Wave
2. Your First Manga!
3. The Official Site
4. Beijing Banned “Death Notes” [Haven’t You Tykes Heard of Miley Cyrus?]
5. “Death Note” Allegedly Inspired Uber-Creepy Body Severing In Belgium
6. Video Tribute To “Death Note”
7. Which “Death Note” Character Are You?

MOVIE BUZZ: The animated new Star Wars movie comes out August 15th, but the poster and trailer have been released this week. The 3D animation looks kind of blocky, but at least we won’t have to put up with any bad acting.

The Best Links:

1. Watch the Preview tonight on Cartoon Network, TNT, TBS, or CNN
2. Star Wars Fans Have Mixed Feelings about the Animated Thing
3. Star Wars: Leaked Clone Wars Trailer
4. The Clone Wars Poster Revealed!!!
5. Geeky Details about Amidala, Anakin, and Obi Wan
6. The Theater Release Is the Premiere for the Televised Animated Series
7. The First Clone Wars Trailer Will Air Tonight!
8. Poster Not As Cool As the Movie is Gonna Be
9. Star Wars: The Clone Wars Official Website
10. George Lucas Presents ‘Clone Wars’ at Cartoon Network Upfront

CULTURE BUZZ: A dating site strictly for “smart” people makes you take an IQ test before being able to participate. If you’re sick of dating all those hot dumb people you find on sites like Nerve and eHarmony, here’s a dating site for you. Especially if you’re one of those weirdos that actually likes taking standardized tests.

The Best Links:

1. Is This Part of the “Eugenics” Movement that Ben Stein Was Trying to Warn Us About in “Expelled”?
2. IntelligentPeople.com: Sign Up here
3. Niche Dating Site Singles Out Top 15%
4. Smart People Spend More Time Thinking than Scoring
5. What About a Site Where Dumb People Meet? Oh Wait, That Already Exists

TECH BUZZ: Cat 5 ethernet rings are $175 and fit together perfectly for nerding, happily ever after. A reminder that no matter what, the rough times during your marriage won’t be anything a little software upgrade or patch won’t fix. For us cynics, it’s also a reminder that in relationships, it’s easy to get pwned.

The Best Links:

1. Buy the Jacked—Cat 5 Compliant Wedding Set on Etsy
2. Cat 5 Wedding Rings Help Nerdy Couples Express Love
3. What Kind of Woman Would Tolerate a Wedding Ring that Doubles as Electronic Hardware??
4. Geeky Girls Don’t Do Diamonds
5. Programmer Proposes by Hacking into his Girlfriend’s Favourite Video Game
6. I’m not THAT nerdy!