Archive for March 2012

When I’m done using my laptop, I stow it away in a sleeve printed with zebra stripes all over. The sleeve looks pretty beat up from months and months of use, but I just haven’t found the time to look for another one that would appeal to my taste. …

How would you like to be a Gotham cop having to pull over Batman in his Batmobile and report this to Commissioner Gordon? That would suck.…

This Death Star dog will be the ultimate power in the universe. Just toss it a biscuit and rub it on the back (or the belly) and it will fire on the planet of your choice.…

Remember those cool polygon superhero images by James Reid? Well Rene Schiffer takes our heroes a bit further into pixel-land by using only rectangles in his version.…

Yep, they definitely are, and with Star Wars‘ most important maintenance droid at your feet, what could go wrong? These TOMS slippers were handpainted by artist Kara Setkiewicz.…

An American man has had what doctors say is the most extensive face transplant in history. The man’s name is Richard Lee Norris and years ago he suffered massive facial injuries in a gun accident.…

Hitler was one of the most hated figures in human history. Since the man himself is dead, no one will ever know what might have happened in his growing up years to turn him into a delusional being who had a twisted perception of himself, of Germany, and of the world.…

Diamonds are one of the rarest and most useful items in Minecraft. You can make the most durable tools, armor and weapons out of this precious material, but you’ll have to be well equipped and spend lots of time to mine diamond ores.…

A couple of weeks back, I spotted an iPhone case that looked like brass knuckles, but it turned out to just be a conceptual design. But for those of you who liked the idea of turning your phones into weapons, there’s good news – another company is already offering up their own take on the iPhone knuckle case – the knucklecase.…

The chainsaw-equipped Lancer rifle from Gears of War is a favorite among prop makers, but Ryan Palsen and his wife Dena – known together as Kronos Props – just put another weapon from the series in the spotlight.…

Spending the vast majority of my professional life online, I receive an inordinate amount of email messages in my inbox every day. Most days, I get at least 200 to 300 messages, so it’s become very difficult to manage all the stuff flowing through my box and make heads or tails of it all.…

When I think of hammocks, I’m reminded of the cool, summer afternoons I spent just lazing away in my backyard. When I think of sleeping bags, I remember the few but memorable camping trips I went to with my dad, uncle, and some naughty cousins.…

Happenings in real life will never be as good or magical as the scenes you might see in  movies for many reasons. One of these is that we can’t cue someone in the background to play some gushy love song or sad melody when something romantic or particularly tragic happens.…

If anyone has a shot at being the real life Cyberdyne Systems, I think it’s Boston Dynamics. Between their Big Dog, Alpha Dog, Cheetah and other walking robots, they’re building some of the most incredible robotic creatures out there.…

I don’t know who the guy or gal over at Red Tomato Pizza corporate headquarters who came up with idea for this magnet is, but this person deserves a spot on the Board of Directors.…

If you never even thought about having a kid, here is at least one good reason to have one. This TRON lightstroller is the work of ILM research engineer Bhautik Joshi.…