Archive for August 2010

A dude named Harrison Krix (the same guy who built the world’s best Daft Punk… helmet) calls himself a 28-year-old dork, but I would say he is more of a geek than a dork. The dude is a graphic designer and has pulled off one of the most epic DIY

For those too young to remember, a View-Master is a device that shows pictures in stereoscopic 3D. The effect is achieved by placing a pair of film slides for each eye to see, to give the illusion of depth. While such trickery is fine and dandy, especially back in the…

Are there some thugs in your neighborhood that could use a good ol’ smack to the head? Do you hear their victims’ incessant cries for help? Are you hiding in the darkness of your bedroom, clenching your fist and looking out the window, staring at the night and all its…

I’ve been looking for a reasonable way to draw on the screen of my iPad since I bought it, and after trying out the less than stellar Pogo Sketch (which broke after 2 days of use and was way to squishy and fat to really be considered a “pen”), I…

For some reason, I don’t remember The Shining… playing out exactly this way. But then again, I had to close my eyes once the blood started pouring out of the elevator and that wrinkly naked lady showed up.

I sincerely hope that Princess Peach uses her umbrella like a baseball

Just like me, you’ve probably got a bunch of VHS tapes in storage somewhere. Let’s be honest, some of us just can’t throw away some of this stuff. That’s why I really like this coffee table, made up of of old VHS tapes.

Luisa Montealegre used 92 VHS tapes to…

My office is probably drawing more power from the wall outlet than some homes do altogether. I have all manner of gadgets, multiple computers, and other devices plugged into the walls. I long ago ran out of outlets in the office and simply daisy chain new surge protectors when I…

Seriously, get one now if you’re a fan of the Virtual Boy. That’s a big if, but today I found out that there is a healthy, enthusiastic and eager Virtual Boy-loving community, and they are stoked about Richard Hutchinson‘s update to his first Virtual Boy dev kit. Yes, FlashBoy Plus…

I’m not much of an outdoors guy, but I’m pretty sure that a lot of campers think that preparing and cooking food is part of the experience. If you’re not in that camp though, you might want to take a look at the WaveBox, a portable microwave oven.…

Want a truly unique Xbox 360? Modder The Longhorn Engineer has an offer for you. For the right price, he’ll build you a portable Xbox 360 Slim – out of WOOD.

And he’s not messing around. This guy has serious wood modding skills, having built everything from wooden Nintendo portables…