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ric-rolled: mascots to soon be replaced with robots

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If you thought that the derelicts they have walking around city streets donning smelly mascot costumes and trying to hand you flyers for hot dogs and prepaid cell phone cards weren’t creepy enough, have I got something for you! Pretty soon, those guys will be replaced by robots.

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September 27th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: robots strange + wonderful technology weird science

reddit brings bacon scent to your shower

reddit alien soap

Don’t fret if that title doesn’t make any sense. This bacon-scented soap celebrating reddit’s admittedly adorable mascot doesn’t make any sense, either, except that, well, the alien is cute, and bacon is delicious. But with those truisms out of the way, there’s no explaining the bacon reddit soap. There is only awe sprinkled with shock.

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September 27th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: geek art + craft strange + wonderful

domo-kun mod makes a toothy 360

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I’m happy to report that Domo-kun is adorable anywhere… even on the hulking side of an Xbox 360. In fact, the strange creature himself brings a beautiful color scheme to the console, and the result is a chocolaty confection of cuteness that suits the 360 very well.

DeviantARTist Ricepuppet slicked up this Xbox 360, he…

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December 29th, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: geek art + craft hacks + mods technology video games

a better way to slime your nintendo ds

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Square Enix just had a big day in Japan, with details on the new Dragon Quest X announcement for the Nintendo Wii, and more on the slightly-older (and still unreleased) Dragon Quest IX, which is slated for the DS. But I had eyes for only one thing: the most ridiculous (and awesome) Nintendo DS stand ever…

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December 13th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: cool toys video games

technabob mascot immortalized in rubik’s cubes

Rubik’s Robot by Artist Space Invader

See that little robot guy in the upper right corner of the Technabob site header? He’s the original mascot of our humble little website, inspired by the classic arcade game Berserk. So I was oh so thrilled when I heard a world-renown urban artist has immortalized the same robo-dude using a bunch of Rubik’s Cubes.…

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October 2nd, 2007 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design retro video games