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you can’t take the yarn from me [firefly]

serenity ship knit

Maybe I haven’t been looking in the right places, but I haven’t noticed an overwhelming amount of crafts inspired by the tragically short-lived Firefly and the accompanying movie, Serenity. Even if I had, however, this little knit rendition of the ship would probably trump most of them.

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

filed under: cool toys geek art + craft

giant remote controlled rms titanic: hopefully there are no tiny icebergs around

rc-titanic

First we had the watch, and now we have a model. The 6-foot long remote-controlled RMS Titanic is a faithfully reproduced 1:150 scale model. It took 400 man-hours (that’s about 1600 dog-hours, or 879,592 mosquito-hours) to assemble. It has over 300 handmade parts, which include the fiberglass hull, stained white maple planks, and mahogany parts…

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June 9th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: cool toys just plain fun retro

desktop boat speaker: come sail away

Nexspeaker Sail Boat Speaker

Here’s a speaker for your computer that’s unlike anything I’ve seen before. The Nexspeaker FS-701SW sound system is designed to look like a wee sailboat that you can set on your desk.

Left and right channel speakers are embedded into the sails, while the boat’s hull serves as the woofer. The sails are rated at…

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October 24th, 2007 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: home entertainment just plain fun

second rotation: turn old gadgets into cash

Second Rotation Description

Are you an early adopter like me? If so, I bet you’ve got some old electronic gear lying around and gathering dust. This new service makes it easy to easily make some cold hard lucre in exchange for your old gadgets.

Second Rotation provides all the tools you need to quickly estimate the value of…

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July 24th, 2007 comments (5) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets