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Goodluckgoods’ Love Energizer Retro Cases Surround Your iPhone with Love
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The Bangkok-based Goodluckgoods design studio have come up with a pretty cool iPhone 4/4S case, that mimics graphics from years ago. It’s quite eye-catching, playful, and will make your iPhone stand out from the rest.… |
February 19th, 2012
Bad Laundry Day: Crazy, Mixed-up Superheroes
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Check out this series of amusing images that depict what happens when super heroes try and do their own laundry, instead of having their trusty assistants perform the task.… |
February 19th, 2012
8-Bit Abe & George: Play Your Favorite for President’s Day
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President’s Day is upon us, and what better way to celebrate the USA’s forefathers than by getting yourself some appropriate retro 8-bit t-shirts, featuring Abe Lincoln and George Washington looking like characters from you favorite Super Mario… game! |
February 18th, 2012
iOS ’86: The Macintosh iPhone
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What would your iPhone have looked like if it came out in the 80s? That’s the questions that Anton Repponen asked himself when he started his project iOS ’86, in which he re-imagines what iOS would have looked like back in 1986.… |
February 15th, 2012
Ramos Alarm Clock: Get out of Bed, Sleepyhead!
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Alarms clocks are a dime a dozen, but this beautiful bedside clock aims to shake things up a bit. Designed and engineered by Paul Sammut, the Nixie Ramos is part of a Kickstarter project featuring two decidedly different versions of the same clock. While the LED version is interesting, the… |
February 15th, 2012
iCade 8-Bitty iOS/Android Gamepad: Retro Controller for Modern Devices
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Button-friendly gaming on mobile devices will soon become more portable. While Ion Audio recently announced a variety of new controllers for iOS devices, this could be the best idea yet. ThinkGeek has unveiled the iCade 8-Bitty, a Bluetooth gamepad that will be compatible with both iOS and Android devices. It… |
February 14th, 2012
Godfather Casemod Makes You an Offer You Can’t Refuse
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It’s been a while since I’ve spotted a cool casemod I thought was worth of a mention. Here’s one that I think you’ll like – assuming you enjoy movies about the mob. What you’re looking at here, my friends, is the Godfather of computers, literally.… |
February 12th, 2012
Mega Star Wars Duels: A Long Time Ago and 8-Bits Away
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After his Super Bros collection, featuring all sorts of my favorite characters rendered with some pixel love, Ty Lettau is back with some Star Wars… love. This time around, he focuses on the battles between good and evil, Light Side and Dark Side, Jedi and Sith. |
February 12th, 2012
Mike’s Mega Man and Mario Mosaics Make Me Mappy
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No matter how many new video game franchises come along, it’s still some of the earliest console games which have the most popular gaming characters of all time. Take, for instance, Mario and Mega Man. Both released nearly 30 years ago (yikes, I feel really old), these iconic gaming characters… |
February 11th, 2012
Starfleet Uniform Pillows: for Outer Space Pillow Fights
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We all know that if you wore a red shirt on Star Trek… (the original series) that your days (or minutes) were likely numbered. Maybe it’s just that working for the Security or Engineering departments on a Federation starship is more dangerous than most other jobs. But even if you’re |
February 10th, 2012
