Deep dives into niche interests, curiosities, experiments, hardware, software, science, and ideas that appeal to technically curious and enthusiast audiences.
Facebook Like Light: Interactive Lego Like Button Build
As a kid I loved Lego (of course I still do), yet I never had a lot of it. Back then, I tried to create what I could with the limited resources I had. But imagination goes a long way, and before you knew it, I created a whole space station with a few space crafts hovering around it. Sure, they didn' ...
A Fantastically Creepy Steampunk Mouse Design
Wow, I love this! It's like science fiction meets Freddy Krueger meets Dr. Evil. It's Hannibal Lecter meets Mr. Hyde. Ok, maybe I should stop telling you what it's like, and just show it to you.
Peter Balch, a designer from Scotland, created this spooky looking steampunk mouse hack from wood and ...
The Ham iPhone: In Case Constant Calling Is Making You Hungry
I must say that sometimes finding new and cool cases and skins for the iPhone certainly makes me all giddy. Sometimes they are cooler than the iPhone itself, and sometimes they just deserve a mention for at least trying to look like a skin or a case. Such an example is the String iPhone case that re ...
Transformers: Hilarious Real Life Truck Costume
During the Super Bowl we got to see the awesome trailer for the new Transformers movie, which of course spurred a lot of talk on the Internet. It's one of the most successful movie series of all time, and with this new movie, we can expect a ton of cool special effects. If you're a true geek you kno ...
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How To Become A Ninja Using Just A T-Shirt [Infographic]
The word "ninja" has really been used frequently in the last couple of years. Videos on YouTube with death defying acts of hilarity have completely gone through the roof, and everyone is waiting for their time to be called a ninja it seems. Why? Because it is cool of course. The mythical figure has ...
The Star Wars Inspired Star Destroyer Ice Luge
I will admit that I've never done a shot of tequila. Ever. However, if I was to do the salt thingy on my hand and try it, I can't think of a more fun way to do it than to gulp it through this huge Star Wars inspired star destroyer made out of ice. This thing is quite an incredible creation!
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The Cassette Tape Chair Makes Your Life Even More Retro
Trying to count how many times I have wanted to retrofy my life wouldn't even be possible. It happens every day, and I never dare pass up an opportunity to feel the cool of the past yet another time. In my own humble opinion, I think people in general don't embrace the past enough to justify the fut ...
How The Internet Looked Back In 1998
The way we navigate the Internet today is quite different from what it was like back in 1998. I don't mean the navigation itself (such as links etc.), but I mean the way we navigate using images, flash and tons of other languages incorporated to give us a better experience when we're surfing the now ...
4 Tips For Speed Reading Long Blog Posts
I remember back in the days when high profile Digg users were known for consuming more information each day than the rest of us combined. Many times people would refer to them as ruthless information hunters who would speed read through hundreds of posts each day searching for the content they crave ...
Future Internet Cafe: Your Privacy Apparently Goes Transparent
All the fuss about new cell phones, new laptops and new gadgets in general has made us block out the very world we're living in. I mean, we're looking too hard at what's being released to consumers to accessorize our every day chores. And at the same time, we're missing out what's being done to our ...
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The Culture Of The Class Of 2011 [Infographic]
Everything in our lives has changed, and it's happened so quickly. Do you still remember the icons that describe your era? I especially love it when people try to remember the past, and they summarize it by piecing together events, music, artists, and trends from when they were growing up. Once in o ...
How To: Build Your Own Functional Super Mario Coin Block
Today it seems like everyone is trying to save a buck here and there. Since the economic recession started, we've become a little bit more aware of how we spend our money, and how we save it. Making money today isn't any more complex or difficult than it was before the economic meltdown, but the gam ...
DIY Kryptonite Candy: Destroy Superman From Your Kitchen
All you science geeks out there are going to love this! A chemical and biological engineering student interested in computational fluid dynamics figured out how to make glow-in-the-dark candy in her own kitchen, just for fun.
After reading about this, I've decided that Instructables member BrittL ...
The World’s Most Elaborate Lego Build Is Pushing Balls
Not too long ago, I wrote about how Lego builds are becoming extremely elaborate and complex; therefore, some pioneers are redefining the art of Lego crafting by building lifelike builds using as few blocks as possible. It's an art that really makes you think to come up with some of those builds. I ...
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Search Engine Facts: Full Historical Timeline [Infographic]
One of the most important aspects when starting a website is its SEO strategy, and the way the site is designed and maintained. The less attention that is spent on the search engine optimization, the less visible it will be when the search engines index it. There was a time when people didn't have s ...