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Archive for October 2010

Boring Rpg: Progress Quest for the Bored

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It claims to be a game for people who are lazy, but we all know there’s really only one game for that. In fact, Boring RPG is not boring at all; it’s an RPG for the bored. Boring RPG… is a “one more click” type of game, with social elements

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October 17th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Quirky Cable Collar Collects Cables Conveniently

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I’m a messy person. If you ask me to install your home theater, I will do it. I won’t like it though and I will leave a tangled mess of cables behind your entertainment center to remind you every time you look back there to hire someone next time. I…

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October 16th, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

LEGO Letterpress Proves There Are Few Things LEGO Can’T Do

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I like to find strange things that are made from LEGO and when those strange things actually serve a purpose its even cooler. I ran across this LEGO letterpress like those they used for printing lots of letters and flyers back in the old days.…

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October 16th, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

Mechanicards Are Part Greeting Part Kinetic Sculpture

I am not a card person. I rarely read them if you send them to me and if you don’t send them to me I won’t think twice about it. There are some people who are card people though and if you are the sort of card person that likes…

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October 16th, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

DIY Formula One Simulator Looks More Like the Deadliest Catch Simulator

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Not content to just sit on a couch and play their Formula One racing game with, say, a force-feedback wheel, these guys put together their own homebrew motion sim.

From the looks of the video clip below, they rigged up some servos and hydraulics and tied them together to respond…

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October 15th, 2010 by: Technabob

Smiley Face Badge Spy Cam: Smile, You’Re on Candid Camera!

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Next time you see someone wearing a bunch of Flair on their suspenders, you might want to double-check to make sure it’s not one of these smiley face badges, which doubles as a spy cam.

Beneath its happy yellow exterior, the Smile-DVR smiley face button conceals a 720×480 resolution video…

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October 15th, 2010 by: Technabob

Steelseries Unveils New Mouse for Warcraft Geeks

Gamers are some of the geekiest computer users you will find. These guys are betting the can get gamers to upgrade a perfectly good mouse just to get a new one that has artwork from their favorite game. One of the most popular games out there is World of Warcraft…

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October 15th, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

Can Grandma’S Scooter Can Hit 69mph?

I am sure that we have all been out and about at one time or another and ran across someone that had to ride one of those scooters to get around for some reason. Those things can be painfully slow when you are walking behind one trying to shop. A…

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October 15th, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

Paddock 10 Turns Your iPad Into a Mini iMac, Why?

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While I’m all for interesting iPad docks, this most recent one by SMK Link makes me wonder why anyone would buy it. True, it holds your iPad firmly, but it seems kind of silly to me to add on all that bulk to make it look sort of like a…

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October 15th, 2010 by: Range

Superman’S Fortress of Solitude Found in Mexico?

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I’ve always been mesmerized by the crystalline structures of Superman’s Fortress of Solitude, especially in the original movie. It looked amazing, and now I’m amazed to find out that there is actually something that looks like it in the real world.

Check out the amazing Cueva de los Cristales (Cave…

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October 15th, 2010 by: Range

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