Technabob » dead http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Geek Stuff Sun, 27 May 2012 20:00:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Star Wars Gets Dead http://technabob.com/blog/2012/04/28/star-wars-dead-prints/ http://technabob.com/blog/2012/04/28/star-wars-dead-prints/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:11:39 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/?p=92980 Star Wars… characters have lived on. But if you’re to believe these images by artist Jeff Hulligan, several key characters are now among the dead (or]]> While Darth Vader and a few Stormtroopers might be dead already, and Boba Fett (nearly) perished in the Sarlacc pit, many of the other Star Wars characters have lived on. But if you’re to believe these images by artist Jeff Hulligan, several key characters are now among the dead (or the undead, if they’re Star Wars zombies.)

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In addition to posthumous images of Vader and one of his Stormtrooper guard, we’ve got dead versions of one of the Rebel X-Wing pilots, Boba Fett, and sadly, R2-D2 and C-3P0, or as I like to call them – The Walking Droid. You may now proceed to slap me. These prints make me wonder what dead Luke, Leia, Han and Chewie might look like. Of course that could be Red 5′s skull above, but I’m going with Red Leader Garven Dreis.

Each 8.5″ x 8.75″ print is limited to just 50 pieces, and is signed by the artist. You can grab these Dead Star Wars prints over at Jeff’s Etsy shop for $10 each or for $50 for the full set of six.

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dead mouse mouse

This disturbing creation is a compact computer mouse that’s been stuffed into the carcass of an actual dead mouse. Now I’m not a big fan of live mice in general, but this just seems too cruel and unusual to me. If you have a weak stomach, do not scroll down.

dead mouse insides

I told you so. Don’t blame me if you just lost your lunch.

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Instructables has a horribly gory tutorial on making your own dead mouse mouse. I do not recommend that you try this under any circumstance. But if you do insist on making one, please do not start with a live mouse, and never let your cat see it.

[via InventorSpot]

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bring out your dead ngage

Nokia has recently launched an updated N-Gage website touting that “In mid-2007, the N-Gage experience will evolve.” and other intentionally vague marketing pablum. There’s no specific mentions of new devices, software or launch dates, leading me to believe that some product manager has been assigned the task of keeping the N-Gage brand name alive, but hasn’t quite figured out what to do with it.

Now if the new N-Gage was really a Nintendo DS Lite with a phone and an Apple iPod built in, I might be interested. We’ll just have to wait and see what brilliant ideas Nokia has in store for us.

[via Gadgetell]

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