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matching space invaders necktie and boxer shorts

filed under: just plain fun | retro | video games

Space Invaders tie and underwear

Just what you’ve been waiting for- stylish black and red Space Invaders boxer shorts and neckties. Oh my!

We’ve seen Ted Baker’s more upscale Space Invaders undies before, but these boxers are a) cheaper, b) probably lower quality, and c) made to match with a necktie…

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posted: June 19th, 2008 post a comment author: karen

bass blogger guitar pedal spawns guitaroblogosphere

filed under: gadgets | just plain fun

Bass Blogger Guitar Effect Pedal

What is it these days with everyone jumping onto the blogging bandwagon? This bass guitar effect pedal tries to co-opt the popularity of blogs by donning the unlikely and unusual name “Bass Blogger”.

Electro-harmonix Bass Blogger doesn’t just try to hitch its wagon to the online star with its name…

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posted: June 19th, 2008 1 comment author: technabob

firefox 3 easter egg: the robots have arrived!

filed under: just plain fun

Firefox 3 hit the streets less than 24 hours ago, and a nifty little easter egg has already been uncovered. Simply type about:robots in the url bar and you’ll get this:

Oh no! They really are taking over!..

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posted: June 18th, 2008 7 comments author: karen

cmu girls heart technabob

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CMU Girls Technabob Vid Clip

The girls of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) are undoubtedly some of the dopest chicks you’ll ever encounter. Not only do they do they possess mad algebraic skillz and could probably kick your ass in World of Warcraft, they have the only finest taste in tech blogs…

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posted: June 18th, 2008 6 comments author: technabob

star wars pez dispensers spew candy from big heads

filed under: just plain fun | retro

Star Wars Giant Pez

What could be better than Darth Vader, Death Star and Stormtrooper themed PEZ dispensers, loaded with sugary fruit-flavored candies? I’ll tell you - GIANT Darth Vader, Death Star and Stormtrooper themed PEZ dispensers, loaded with MASS-QUANTITIES of sugary fruit-flavored candies…

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posted: June 16th, 2008 1 comment author: technabob

super mario goomba cufflinks are hot, or not

filed under: just plain fun | retro | video games

Goomba Cufflinks

These pixelated cufflinks feature the dreaded goombas of Super Mario Bros. lore.

Etsy crafter pixelparty makes them from shrink plastic (like ShrinkyDinks?) and silver-tone hardware…

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posted: June 15th, 2008 2 comments author: karen

play any nes game for free in firefox with firenes

filed under: just plain fun | retro | video games

Super Mario Bros 3 in FireNes

FireNes is a little Firefox widget that allows you to instantaneously play any NES game in your browser. It’s free and it’s incredibly easy to install and use and it’s probably going to ruin my life because I can’t stop playing with it…

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posted: June 14th, 2008 1 comment author: karen

the greatest nintendo cake ever

filed under: geek art & craft | just plain fun | video games

Mario Kart Wedding Cake

This Mario and Princess Peach wedding cake is quite possibly the finest piece of video game pastry work I’ve ever seen. And I’ve seen a quite a few.

Flickr contributor M.A.L. had this Mario Kart-inspired custom cake made for his recent wedding…

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posted: June 13th, 2008 post a comment author: technabob

breathe heavy on the beach with darth vader kites

filed under: just plain fun | retro

Vader Kites

This summer, indulge your inner Sith lord and dominate the beach with an ominous Darth Vader kite. While I’m not sure “heavy black masks” plus “outdoor family activity” is really a match made in Naboo, these are some cool kites that will make you the envy of the picnic posse…

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posted: June 12th, 2008 post a comment author: karen

bowling for gnomes

filed under: just plain fun | strange and unusual

Gnome Bowling

While this doesn’t really qualify as a techie gadget or a video game, I came across this quirky game and thought it was just too good to pass up.

Instead of knocking over some ordinary pins with this bowling game, you knock over a bunch of little plastic lawn gnomes…

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posted: June 11th, 2008 post a comment author: technabob

dork up your dinner with pc salt and pepper shakers

filed under: design | just plain fun

PC Salt and Pepper

These salt and pepper shakers are made to look like the S and P letter keys on your computer keyboard! They come with this cool box to complete the qwertastic look…

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posted: June 11th, 2008 post a comment author: karen

chocolatize your iphone with the homade chococase

filed under: just plain fun | media players | mobile tech

Homade ChocoCase

The Homade ChocoCase is an iPhone case that looks like a scrumptious chocolate bar… but is in fact a silicone cover with a screen protector!..

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posted: June 10th, 2008 4 comments author: karen

firestix led drum sticks: the ultimate rock band add-on

filed under: just plain fun | video games

Firestix LED Lexon Drumsticks

After you decked out your Rock Band rig with a light show and smoke machine, I bet you thought you added all the cheap theatrics you’d ever want. But when I saw these light-up drumsticks, I knew there was just a little more you could do to crank your performances up to 11…

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posted: June 7th, 2008 1 comment author: technabob

obama and mccain get competition from mario party

filed under: just plain fun | video games

Mario and Luigi 2008 Campaign T-shirt

Now that we’re down to just two leading party candidates for the 2008 U.S. presidential election, it looks like a couple of new upstarts have tossed their brightly colored plumbers’ hats into the ring.

I don’t know about you guys, but I’m definitely voting for the Mario/Luigi ‘08 ticket…

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posted: June 7th, 2008 3 comments author: technabob

lunablocks are giant legos that make furniture

filed under: design | geek art & craft | just plain fun

LunaBlocks table

LunaBlocks are giant Lego-like blocks that you can use to make furniture!..

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posted: June 5th, 2008 post a comment author: karen

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