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santa bender and robot santa wish you happy holidays

filed under: cool toys | robotics

Futurama Robo Santa and Santa Bender

Call me a dork, but Futurama has always been one of my favorite programs on the old idiot box - at least when it comes to animated programs. Now, just in time for the holidays, I’ve found the perfect decoration for my office…

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November 26th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

bender bending rodriguez: best casemod in a long time

filed under: computing | hacks-mods | just plain fun

Bender Case Mod

For those of you who are fans of Matt Groening’s classic animated show, Futurama, here’s a computer casemod was just dying to be done.

Modeled after everyone’s favorite acerbic, beer-swilling, foul-mouthed robot, Bender, this is one fine piece of casemodding work…

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January 15th, 2007 4 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

what do marcus fenix and bender have in common?

filed under: strange and wonderful | video games

Marcus Fenix is Bender

It turns out that the gruff, gun-toting protagonist of hit Xbox 360 game, Gears of War is actually voiced by the same guy responsible for the voice of Bender from TV’s Futurama.

Actor John Di Maggio, is responsible for voicing the two incredibly different fictitious characters. About the only thing in common between the two are the propensity for four-letter words and their metal costumes…

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December 3rd, 2006 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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