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Bring Me the Head of Chewbacca on a Platter

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Ask and ye shall receive. At least that’s what young Navin got for his birthday present last year – a cake that looks like Chewbacca’s decapitated noggin on a platter.

I didn’t know Wookiee hair and teeth were digestible.…

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August 13th, 2010 by: Technabob

Dorian Gray Gets LEGO-Fied: Legos Go Lenticular

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Will we ever run out of creative uses for those primitive little LEGO bricks? I think not. Brickfan (Reasonably Clever) Chris Doyle has created a functioning LEGO remake of the infamous Picture of Dorian Gray. Chris actually retitled his version A Portrait of Dorian Bley,… a reference to a

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February 11th, 2010 by: Technabob

Snap Shot: Frame It Like a Polaroid Picture

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We weren’t so happy with the PIC 1000, Polaroid’s overpriced revision of their classic instant cameras. For those who only really want an instant camera for the white borders on the pictures, here’s a cheap solution – a picture frame that’s nothing but a white border.

You might have to…

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February 8th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Flash From the Past: Polaroid Revives Instant Camera Line With the Pic 1000

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Although Polaroid already has the PoGo – a digital camera that can also print pictures instantly – the upcoming PIC 1000 is the more faithful successor to their classic instant cameras. Not only does the PIC 1000 have the famous Polaroid body, the pictures it prints also features the classic…

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January 15th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Polaroid Pogo: Instant Cameras Are Back!

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If you know what to do when Andre3000 tells you to shake it like a Polaroid picture, then you’re probably well acquainted with the anachronistic instant cameras from as early as the late 40′s. For the younger folks out there, instant cameras have built-in printers and use self-developing films, allowing…

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May 27th, 2009 by: Lambert Varias

Express Your Lack of Creativity With Faceinhole.Com

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Have you ever seen those headless paintings or headless cardboard figures in parks or zoos or movie theaters? The ones where you can place your head where the head of the thing should be, such that you look exactly what an idiot would look like? Well now with FACEinHOLE those…

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March 17th, 2009 by: Lambert Varias

Redpost Signbeta: Linux Pic Frame Gets an Upgrade

RedPost Signbeta Linux Picture Frame

Almost a year ago a RedPost made news with their hackable Linux picture frame, the RedPost/Kit. Today, the guys at RedPost announced Kit’s better, faster, stronger kid brother, the Signbeta.

While it certainly can be used as a digital picture frame, RedPost’s real mission is to replace wasteful paper-covedred bulletin…

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April 6th, 2008 by: Technabob

Redpost/Kit: Hackable Linux Picture Frame

RedPost/Kit Digital Picture Frame

The guys over at RedPost come right out and say it. They want you to hack their new digital picture frame and do whatever you want with it.

For starters, the RedPost/Kit is a gorgeous digital picture frame with a large 19-inch Hannspree LCD screen. A mini computer inside runs…

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July 6th, 2007 by: Technabob

Whoops: Sony Posts Pgr3 Screenshot as Gran Turismo HD

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The faux pas of the day comes to us courtesy of master of all things Xbox, Major Nelson. Apparently, some junior web developer over at Sony mistakenly used a screenshot of the Xbox hit racing game, Project Gotham Racing 3 in an advertisement for Gran Turismo 4.

The ad was…

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January 25th, 2007 by: Technabob

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