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skateboarders recreate tetris on streets of sf

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What happens when you get a bunch of skateboarders together, strap brightly colored neon Tetris blocks to their heads, and let them run wild on the streets of San Francisco? This does.

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September 23rd, 2009 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun video games

kisai denshoku led watch: how a cylon tells the time

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Inspired by the neon lights of the flashy Shinjuku district of Tokyo, this new watch out of Japan is sure to draw plenty of attention when you check the time.

The Kisai Denshoku watch is crafted from aluminum and stainless steel, and tells time using a unique set of stacked orange LED bars.

A press…

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April 8th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design timepieces

neon pac-man lights: viva pac vegas

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Wokka, wokka, wokka. Check out these bright Pac-Man neon lights.

Sure, they don’t look exactly the same as the original Inky, Blinky, Pinky, Clyde and Pac-Man, but they’re close enough to pass for their video game doppelgangers from a distance. Besides, it’s probably pretty tough to bend neon to look like the jagged pixel edges…

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

filed under: design retro video games

wooden nixie clock: where nature meets technology

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I don’t know what it is, but I’m a real sucker for Nixie tube clocks. There’s something about the soothing orange glow tubes that offer a simple, yet elegant way to display any numeric information. I hadn’t seen a design that really caught my eye in a while, when I stumbled onto this wooden beauty.…

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May 29th, 2008 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design retro timepieces