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The thinking geeks at ThinkGeek recently unleashed one of their most awesome creations: WEARABLE ROCK. Their Electronic Rock Guitar Shirt features a semi-guitar with 14 major chords – which were recorded from a real electric guitar – assigned to different areas on the neck, so you can play songs for real without really knowing how…
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November 8th, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: cool toys geek art + craft interactive just plain fun technology
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Here’s a sure-fire way to tell if your girlfriend really loves you. Get down on one knee -there ya go – then whip out the velvet ring box – yep, that’s it – then give her this awesome Cylon Centurion engagement ring and ask her for her hand in marriage. If she says “yes”, it’s…
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November 7th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: geek art + craft retro
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The folks at Gamersyde were handed some footage of the opening minutes of the PS3 game 3D Dot Game Heroes, From Software’s upcoming homage to classic RPG/Adventure games. The graphics are really neat – it’s like everything is made of cardboard LEGO dot things.
If you’ve seen the trailers before then you’re probably familiar with the…
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November 5th, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: geek art + craft retro strange + wonderful video games
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If you think that the Segway is too expensive, you’ll probably be disgusted with the Air Board, a $14,000 (USD) personal hovercraft. Then again, it’s a personal hovercraft! The product page clarifies for us peasants that “hovercrafts are not just very unique and unusual gifts, they are actually available.” So we’re clear on that okay? Hovercrafts…
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October 28th, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: just plain fun strange + wonderful technology
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I headed to the Star Wars blog after reading about the impressive Tauntaun wedding cake, but I became more interested at this old footage. It’s a clip showing a bit of behind-the-scenes of a Public Service Announcement released in 1977, shortly after A New Hope came out. If your kid is a Star Wars fan, think…
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October 24th, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: retro strange + wonderful
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The man pictured below is Gay Wilkinson. What on Earth could he be doing? Well, let’s look at what we have here: two anvils, a fuse connected to lots of gunpowder, and a man who knows how to have a good time. In Wilkinson’s words: “We’re gonna launch some anvils.”
Wilkinson says he’s often asked…
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October 21st, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: just plain fun strange + wonderful
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If you’re too much of a girly-man to actually arm wrestle your friends, then here’s something that should let you show off your physical prowess without flexing too much muscle.
I actually think they should have called this desktop game “Thumb WrestleMania”, since your arms aren’t going to be doing much more than keeping your…
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October 16th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: cool toys just plain fun
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Sick of your job, but can’t afford to quit? Why not sit in your cubicle and play video games all day? But your boss is always looking over your shoulder, you say? Now that’s no problem thanks to these clever games disguised as office applications.
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October 15th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: just plain fun video games

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Of all of the universal remotes out there, this LEGO-brick-inspired concept design is my new favorite.
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October 10th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: design future tech just plain fun quickpix
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If you’re tired of your boring old button-covered remote control, you might want to check out this fun new remote that looks (and works) like a magic wand.
The Wand remote control can convert up to 13 different hand gestures into infrared remote signals. Just wave the wand in the proper direction in the air,…
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October 8th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: gadgets home entertainment technology
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For starters I’ll mention that I’m not sure from whence these photos originate, but when I saw them over on Russian casemod site Modding.Ru, I had to post them. From the looks of these pics, it looks like a tiny little family has moved into this warm and cozy computer living room and set up…
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October 2nd, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: computing hacks + mods just plain fun technology
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You know how all the vampires on True Blood drink bottles of artificial blood so they don’t have to get their nutrients from sucking on humans? Now you can enjoy the same trendy-vampire pleasure by guzzling down a bag of deliciously drinkable BLOOD.
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September 27th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: just plain fun
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