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animals with lightsabers: rawesome

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What happens when animals get their hands on deadly energy swords? This.

Over at AnimalsWithLightsabers they do one thing, and one thing only. They put dangerous lightsabers in the hands of woodland creatures, pets and other animals. Actually, they don’t. You do. All of the wacky photos and videos are contributed by people just like…

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September 19th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun

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the outlet wall does away with need for those pesky power strips

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If you look at the outlet strips behind my home theater setup, you’d understand why I think this idea is so cool.

The Outlet Wall is obviously a bit of creative Photoshop work, but I think the concept is fun. Imagine all your walls completely covered with outlets, so you’ll never need to look for…

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June 20th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: quickpix strange + wonderful technology

no sweat: hello kitty netbook runs windows 7 aero and photoshop cs3

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Now I’m seriously considering going back to Windows: Microsoft’s beta release of Windows 7 pays off yet again, and the Redmond giant receives more free publicity with Akihabara News‘ real world test of Windows 7 beta on an Sotec (Onkyo) C101K3W Hello Kitty Edition.

The netbook was able to provide decent performance, from normal web…

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April 1st, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing future tech gadgets mobile tech technology

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new mac mini gets 70 usb ports

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An image and video has been floating around the web over the last few days showing what is supposedly a new version of the Mac Mini with 5 USB ports on the back. This, undoubtedly is not that image. And before you get up on your high horses, I don’t want to hear any of…

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February 23rd, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing just plain fun quickpix

photoshop and illustrator magnetic photo whiteboards

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Do you spend a good bit of your time in front of your computer monitor engrossed in Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator? Now you can break down that pesky divide between the digital and real worlds with this clever magnetic photo board.

The designers over at Brazil’s Meninos (the same guys who gave us some oh-so-awesome…

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January 31st, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design digital imaging just plain fun

duo: turn any monitor to a touchscreen

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People who want or need a tablet or touch screen display don’t really have a lot of affordable options. For example, Wacom’s tablets are nice – Penny Arcade’s Gabe uses it – but they’re quite expensive. Fortunately, Korean company Pen and Free has invented a peripheral device that might make touch screen affordable. Called the Duo, it…

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December 17th, 2008 comments (7) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: digital imaging gadgets technology

performance-enhancing keyboard skins for your mac

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If you can’t keep your apple-shift-Ls straight from your apple-shift-Ps then these performance-enhancing keyboard shortcut skins might be just the thing for you. Designed for use with Macs in Photoshop, Aperture, and more, these skins are like the Cliff’s Notes for the modern era.

I know- you thought you would have memorized every keyboard shortcut…

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May 24th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

filed under: computing

ipods and iphones get the photoshop treatment

iPhone Last Supper by Travis Hammond

What happens when the world’s most popular media players meet the art world? You get some awesomely great images mashing up some familiar scenes with iPhones and iPods.

Photographer and digital artist Travis Hammond takes iconic photos and seamlessly integrates images of iPods and iPhones to create some really wonderful scenes.

Whether its an iPhone…

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March 30th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: digital imaging geek art + craft media players

mario gets real (weird)

Real Mario Render by Pixeloo

What if Mario weren’t a cartoony video game character? Artist Pixeloo set out to answer that question when creating this “realistic” rendering of Nintendo’s little Italian plumber.

While it’s some pretty amazing graphic work, “real” Mario isn’t quite as endearing as he’s been in previous incarnations. Created by compositing a variety of real facial details…

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March 16th, 2008 comments (5) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: digital imaging strange + wonderful video games

rest in peace, inky, blinky, pinky and clyde

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I recently stumbled across this funny picture which came from one of Worth 1000’s brilliant Photoshop contests…

I think the picture pretty much speaks for itself.

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

filed under: just plain fun retro video games