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![R2-D2 Shares An Evening With 2 Pretty Ladies [Cosplay]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/R2D2-Star-Wars-Cosplay-11-optimized.jpg "R2-D2 Shares An Evening With 2 Pretty Ladies [Cosplay]")
R2-D2 Shares An Evening With 2 Pretty Ladies [Cosplay]
We've featured a lot of R2-D2 and Star Wars cosplay over the years, but this is the first time I've seen R2 as a ladies man and a socialite. It's completely ridiculous yet so interesting that I can't stop staring at these pictures. What you'll see here is R2 having a fun picnic with a couple of very ...
Stormtrooper Helmet Created Entirely Out Of A Milk Jug
Most people regard creativity as something people you are born with but nothing could be farther from the truth. All you really need to do is to make sure you are childish enough to make the impossible seem possible. It doesn't matter how stupid something might seem, the end result is all that matte ...
Charms: These Geeky Gaming Charms Will Make You Giddy
Charm bracelets were really popular a few decades ago, and then when people started decorating their iPhones with charms a few years ago, they made a comeback. Those iPhone decorations were part of a trend that came and went quickly, but the charms themselves are still very much alive and kickin. Pe ...
Minecraft Figurines 3D Printed For Real Life Playing
As we all know, Minecraft is probably the biggest and most successful indie game of all time. There are thousands and thousands of mods for it, and even though millions of people have already bought the game, the community continues to grow by the second. This is not an exaggeration either since the ...
Harry Potter: Every Chapter Ever Written Illustrated In One Image
As I've written before, I've never read any of the Harry Potter books or seen any of the movies. Before you start judging me, answer this... When was the last time you read a big thick book like that cover to cover? That's what I thought. I can find inspiring things online about books, and that make ...
Video Game Controller Bra Spawns Distraction On An Epic Scale
There have long been discussions about the different ways girls can drag their geek boys away from whatever they have clearly immersed themselves into too much. When a geek is all into something, it is sometimes hard to get his or her attention. I don't know why that is really. I am the same way whe ...
15 Behind The Scenes Photos From Your Favorite Movies
I'm one of those people who always gets so caught up a movie's story that I forget it isn't real. I suppose that's why when I see behind the scenes photos, it's always fascinating because I never think about the fact that the people in a movie are acting. When you see the pictures taken while the ch ...
Retro Jeans Deliver The Ultimate Gaming Geek Fashion
It is sometimes hard to determine the difference between something retro and something that could potentially just be vintage. The words are sometimes intermingled into meaning something is old, yet it has a certain affection value. Retro, on the other hand, is highly attached to the '80s for most p ...
Lightsaber Sneakers Light Up The True Path
Sometimes you need to start an article by asking a question, a question that might set the mood for the rest of the article. In this particular case, the question is what do you consider to be your most geeky clothing or fashion item? We all have something that we put on every once in a while in ord ...
Ham Dogger: Transform Your Hamburger Into A Hot Dog
I've been seeing hot dog stuff all over the Internet lately. I don't know why, but it seems hot dogs are popular at the moment. Ever since I heard Dr. Oz say that eating a hot dog is as bad for us as smoking a cigarette, I haven't eaten one. But, then again, I'm sure the 6-pack of diet Dr. Pepper I ...
Bug-A-Salt: The Shotgun Designed For Shooting Bugs With Salt
Yesterday while I was talking to my friend on the phone, I decided to step outside and enjoy the sunshine for a moment. I wasn't even out there for one minute before I was attacked by a well-organized mosquito faction that must have been waiting for me to emerge from my house so they could ambush me ...
![The Flowchart That Explains How All Blogs Exist [Humor]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/The-Internet-Flowchart-Humor-1-optimized.jpg "The Flowchart That Explains How All Blogs Exist [Humor]")
The Flowchart That Explains How All Blogs Exist [Humor]
I once saw someone tweet that every single blog post comes from another blog post in one way or another. In other words, all blogs are interconnected in a whole unique online ecosystem where everyone depends on everyone else to make it all work like we want it to function. When you really start to t ...
Easy DIY Star Wars Lightsabers Made From Pool Noodles
Haven't you always wanted to know how to make some very cute lightsabers for the little Jedis in your house - ones that aren't super dangerous and won't take an eye out if someone gets bonked in the face with one? I've thought about it before. Most of the lightsabers in the stores are made of plasti ...
DIY Portal Sweatshirt Complete With Teleporting Illusion
I was so excited a while back when I wrote about how to create a Princess Leia robe from two sweatshirts because I thought it was the easiest tutorial I had ever found. You can read about that at DIY Princess Leia Robe: So Easy Even A Wookie Could Make It. However, I think I might have found somethi ...
7 Steampunk Spider-Man Concepts
Italian artist, Denis Medri, is at it again! A month ago he gave the Internet his Rockabilly Batman characters. This time around, he mashes Spider-Man characters with the steampunk genre. Denis Medri has an incredible conceptual sensibility. He immediately sets the Spider-Man characters right into a ...