Archive for October 2009
Cherkassy Motherland Statue’S New LED Torch Still has a Touch of Retro
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I’m a bit surprised that this isn’t in Japan. Look at them pixel flames burn! That’s the new “torch” of the Motherland statue in Cherkassy, Ukraine. The statue is one of several Motherland statues built in several locations across the former Soviet Union to commemorate the people who fought or… |
October 22nd, 2009
Gakken Gmc-4: 4-Bit Microcomputer Kit Won’T Play Crysis
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Sure, you might have just gone off and bought yourself a brand new 27-Inch iMac this week, but if that system seems like overkill for your needs, you could can always go to the opposite extreme. This computer kit not only doesn’t run any programs that you’d ever care to… |
October 22nd, 2009
Glowing Zelda Belt Buckle Lights the Way
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When I think Legend of Zelda…, I think glowing belt buckles. Okay, no, actually I think of Link holding things over his head, but there’s nothing that says you couldn’t hold this modded belt buckle (belt! buckle! mod!) over your head. In fact, if it was mine? That’s exactly |
October 22nd, 2009
Civilization Spreading Across Facebook
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We’re all doomed: Civilization is coming to Facebook. If you have managed thus far to avoid the traps of Facebook gaming, accept your fate now and begin preparing for the time-sucking apocalypse. There is one consolation, at least: it will be awesome. If you are not familiar with Civilization… |
October 22nd, 2009
Yoda Light-Up Tree Topper: This, Your Christmas Tree Must have
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Yep, Halloween is barely upon us and here I go jumping the gun with Christmas stuff long before Turkey Day has even arrived. Oh well, calendars be damned. It’s finally time to rid of that boring old star on top of your Christmas tree this year, and swap it out… |
October 21st, 2009
Game Boy and iPod Swallow iPhone
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When is an iPhone not an iPhone? When its some other sort of thing, of course. That’s what you’ll get with these fun and functional iPhone cases designed to look like other electronic gadgets. These vinyl carrying cozies are made to cloak your precious iWonderPhone beneath the facade of a… |
October 21st, 2009
Anvil Launching: It’S Exactly What It Sounds Like
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The man pictured below is Gay Wilkinson. What on Earth could he be doing? Well, let’s look at what we have here: two anvils, a fuse connected to lots of gunpowder, and a man who knows how to have a good time. In Wilkinson’s words: “We’re gonna launch some anvils.”… |
October 21st, 2009
Perpetual Storytelling Apparatus Turns Literature Into Patent Drawings
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We can file this under art, or under why?/why not?: Invented by Julius von Bismarck and Benjamin Maus, the Perpetual Storytelling Apparatus “downloads and parses a part of the text of a recent best-selling book” and then, for some strange reason, peruses the archives of the United States Patent and… |
October 21st, 2009
Old Sega Sc-3000h Gets Reborn as Windows Pc [Casemod]
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We’ve seen a variety of old 1980s computers get transformed into new things thanks to the wonders of casemodding. But amongst the Sinclairs, Ataris, Commodores and the like, this is the first time I’ve come across a Sega PC mod. This one in particular is an old 1983 Sega SC-3000H,… |
October 21st, 2009
Calculator Conceals Tiny Spy Cam
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Do the guys in your company’s accounting department give you the creeps? Maybe it’s because they’re spying on you with their calculators. That’s right, this ordinary looking Casio LCD desktop calculator has been retrofitted to conceal a tiny little video camera, perfect for snooping on your unsuspecting office buddies in… |
October 21st, 2009
