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motifo fridge magnets: pop art in pixels

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Why just put a couple of magnets on the front of your refrigerator when you can cover the entire thing with ‘em?

These mosaic magnets from Australia’s Motifo let you build complicated pixel art creations all over the front of your fridge.

Each pack of Motifo magnets ($79 to $99 USD) comes with nearly 1300…

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

filed under: design geek art + craft

pinky the ghost pixel art mosaic made from 3.5-inch floppy disks [pac-man]

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Got 256 old 3.5-inch floppy disks lying around the house? I can’t think of a better use for a bunch of floppies but to make a giant 16×16 pixel art Pinky ghost mosaic out of them. Can you?

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March 24th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft retro video games

technabob quickpix: when a picture is worth 1000 words

mario hits the streets of new york

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Mario, as seen on the streets of New York City (on 23rd st between 10th and 11th). I have a funny feeling that whatever is down at the other end of those pipes is a lot less pleasant than the bowels of the Mushroom Kingdom.
[Wooster Collective via Digg]

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March 5th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: quickpix retro video games

lego batman actually made with lego bricks

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The LEGO series of video games has popularized a whole new side of the brickish culture by focusing on things that look like they’re made of LEGO but which really aren’t. There’s really only one way to counteract this sort of tomfoolery: actually doing those scenes, settings, and characters over in real Lego bricks. That’ll show…

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January 24th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: geek art + craft technology video games

zelda mosaic immortalizes link in stained glass

Zelda Link in Mosaic Stained Glass

Here’s something for true fans of Nintendo’s classic Legend of Zelda adventure series. Etsy contributor ProphetofDoom recently created this wonderful mosaic version of the video game’s protagonist Link.

Handmade from thousands of individually cut pieces of stained glass, it took the artist over three months to complete. The $250 piece has been up on Etsy for…

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September 19th, 2007 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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