Deep dives into niche interests, curiosities, experiments, hardware, software, science, and ideas that appeal to technically curious and enthusiast audiences.
Star Wars Recycling: Ships Made From Floppy Disks
I remember back in the '90s when my friend and I created software on the Amiga. We created everything from demos to some software for educational purposes that we thought was missing out there. It was back when all we used were those plastic 3.5 inch floppy disks to store our data. We had boxes of t ...
Find Out What Your Favorite Video Games Smell Like
As we all sit and wait for the smell-o-vision technology to become a reality, the question still remains, what exactly would our favorite video games smell like? In case you don't know what smell-o-vision is, it's a layer of technology that will supposedly add a new dimension to gaming while assigni ...
Trekkies Rejoice: The Dark Chocolate Star Trek Voyager Cake
For those of you who don't already know, Voyager is one of my favorite Star Trek series. I faithfully watched nearly every episode as it aired. If it wasn't for Battlestar Galactica, it might possibly be my favorite series. In either case it lands squarely in my top three. As a series, it holds the ...
Open Wide… The iPad That Dispenses Beer
We've always heard people say that you can do just about anything with an iPad, but dispense beer? That's one I hadn't thought of before. The best part is, all you have to do to make this work is attach a spigot to the front. I know beer lovers around the world who have seen this video are hoping so ...
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Happy 35th Anniversary Star Wars [2 Timeline Infographics]
It's hard to believe that tomorrow, on May 25th, it will be exactly 35 years since Star Wars was first introduced to the world. I wonder if anyone back then had any idea about how that movie and all the ones that followed in the series would affect the world and multiple generations like it did. It' ...
Creative & Colorful Nail Art Inspired By The Avengers
It's definitely a current trend that when a movie does well at the box office, artists create manicures and eye makeup to complement the film. I didn't see that type of art very much before Pinterest launched, so either I learned about it from Pinterest or people just started creating that stuff spe ...
The World’s Most Determined Slinky
Sometimes when you hit up all your favorite websites in the morning, you find yourself in a different kind of mood. You might be in the mood to read something a little less intense and a little more silly. If you are in one of those moods today, I've got just the thing for you. This slinky is my new ...
Classic Nintendo Game Scenes Recreated Using Lego
Many times we have talked about the creativity of the block, the Lego block that is, on Bit Rebels. It's no secret that we always try to find everything that might be considered epic, geeky or just awesome when it comes to Lego. A lot of imes people send us stuff that is not only epic in size, but i ...
10 Rockabilly Batman Sketches: Batman Reimagined In The ’50s
Italian artist, Denis Medri, created a series of concept sketches that present an amazing interpretation of The Dark Knight as he might exist in the '50s. The main influence for the design of the characters comes from the '50s rockabilly music culture. The aesthetic look of the characters is entirel ...
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Find Out If You Share A Birthday With Batman [Infographic]
Everybody loves finding out facts about their favorite fictional characters, right? I can't be the only one who thinks it'd be interesting to know how The Doctor would feel about modern music, or what drink The Joker would order at a bar. It shouldn't be much of a surprise then that this series of i ...
Star Wars Paint Splatter Art For Modern Interior Design
After watching the success of our Star Wars articles firsthand throughout the years here on Bit Rebels, I don't think I am the only one who thinks Star Wars art is so much more than just an idea on a piece of paper. It's more than that, and there seems to be no end to it. It harbors everything that ...
Star Wars Cupcake Stencils For Kitchens In A Galaxy Far Far Away
Use the spatula, Luke! Yes, Star Wars fever has hit the kitchens again. With a range of wonderful Star Wars stencils, cupcake holders and action figure decorations, you can fight the dark side of hunger and ‘Chewbacca’ a couple of cupcakes. You can almost hear every rebel sweet tooth cheering with d ...
Pop Culture Work Inspired By Gustav Klimt’s “The Kiss”
The Art Nouveau masterpiece titled "The Kiss" was painted by Austrian Symbolist artist, Gustav Klimt. The work was completed between 1907-1908, during the height of Klimt's "Golden Period," where he produced a number of works of a similar style.
The painting is on a square canvas. It's created wi ...
Infect Your Home With Flesh Eating Monster Zombie Gnomes
As a self-proclaimed geek, one of my favorite things to collect are gnomes. Gnomes have slowly started to take over my room and inch their way downstairs on every shelf of my bookcase. I have a gnome for each one of my favorite sports teams (New England Patriots, New York Yankees and Philadelphia Fl ...
10 Superheroes Primed For Avengers 2
Sequels, Assemble! Yeah, like anyone was really surprised that the mega blockbuster hit The Avengers has already been tapped for a sequel. Not only did the movie rock everyone's socks off, but it made over 1 billion dollars so far. Eat it, Harry Potter!
As a lifelong comic book geek, the Avengers ...