Archive for October 2010

I have been carving pumpkins since I was old enough to wield a knife, which was quite young considering I grew up in the 80′s when parents though hurting yourself was a type of life lesson. Generally, my pumpkin carving skills revolve around triangles and the occasional round eyes. This…

I have had some really shitty days in my time, but one dude in China has given new meaning to the term. As the story goes, the guy was in the crapper, drops his phone down the toilet, and then rams his hand not just into the water, but down…

Remember that awesome Etch A Sketch Case that we talked about a few weeks ago that made your iPad look like the toy? I thought at the time what the thing needed was an app made for the iPad that would complete the illusion that the iPad is nothing more…

Unless you live on the desert planet of Tatooine, it’s probably too cold to wear this one-piece R2-D2 swimsuit. But you can still buy one and keep it in the closet until next Summer, right?

The Artoo swimsuit available over at Black Milk Fashion for $85 (USD). They do have…

Are you looking for a unique decal? Take a look at this Game Boy Color iPhone 4 decal that will make the back of your precious iPhone look almost like a classic Game Boy.

Since this is a decal, you won’t be bulking up your iPhone. And if you happen…

Recently, Zug pulled a little prank – in outer space. It’s probably not the first prank in space as I bet the astronauts aboard the ISS and other spacecrafts have already pulled some pranks on each other. However, it is the first known Rickroll in space.

The prank involved a…

Fallout fans will be familiar with this promotional item, as it was originally part of the limited Survival Edition of Fallout 3… a couple of years ago. That bundle was only available through Amazon and on top of that, for US residents only, making this super-sized replica quite rare.

Well

Like many Japanese games, Mega Man… has so many series that it warrants an intra-mash-up in itself: Original Series vs. Legends vs. X vs. Battle Network vs. Star Force. Mega Man vs. Mega Man, if you will. If Capcom decides to do this, they should consider making this the game’s

Got an idea you’d like to prototype? A 3D model you want to see realized? Well, there’s good news with today’s announcement that Sculpteo, an online 3D printing service, is now available in the United States.

The Paris-based Sculpteo lets you upload 3D files in OBJ, 3DS, STL, SKP and…

Ok, this is my kind of contest. The whole point of Sparkfun Electronics’ Anitmov competition is to create robots which are supposed to complete a trivial task in a highly inefficient way, in the course, destroying themselves. Think of it like the Mission Impossible… tape recorder, except with robots.

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