Design Inspiration: 6 Steampunk Nerf Gun Mods
Nerf guns are always so much fun. As kids they are fun to shoot, and as adults they are fun to mod... and shoot. They just never get old. Way back in 2010, we published an article called Possibly the Best Nerf Gun Mods - Ever. I remember at the time that post published, it was the most popular artic ...
The Inflatable Pillow Tie: Sneak Sleep On The Job
Sometimes waking up early in the morning can be anything but pleasant. There are a million things you can do though to make a day a pretty good one. However, going out into the rain and waiting for the bus aren't exactly the most desirable things to endeavor into. On rainy days, usually we don't hav ...
iFoolish: The Most Ridiculous iPhone 4S Case Ever
The iPhone has seen quite a bit of those weird, odd and down right ridiculous cases throughout the years. You might think there wouldn't be a market for such cases, but that's where we are all wrong I reckon. There is actually a huge market for whatever iPhone cases there are out there. It's a mad h ...
How To: Make A Black Olive Penguin
Black Olive Penguins have always been a classic appetizer recipe in my house. I thought everyone pretty much knew about them until I was tweeting a friend of mine a few months ago, and she had never heard of them before. I decided then that during this season, I would write a post about these fun li ...
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Social Media Advice From A Grandma [9 Pics]
What's the best piece of advice you've ever gotten? I remember several years ago a much older friend of mine said to me, "Never take advice from anyone you wouldn't trade places with." Think about that one for just a minute. That was one of the most brilliant pieces of advice I've ever gotten. The w ...
Oriental Rugs Created From Google Earth Images
This is such an interesting concept. It's an unusual blend of classic elegance and modern technology. If you are familiar with oriental rugs, you know they are beautiful tapestries of intricate designs. Sometimes they are even too pretty to put on the floor to walk on, so people hang them on the wal ...
Your Whole Breakfast In A Cupcake
This morning when I woke up, I immediately started coding furiously to be sure that what I have for today gets done and that I don't get behind in my usual schedule. Is something missing from that sentence? Well, usually I don't miss out on my breakfast, but today I completely forgot about it until ...
Take A Photo: A Social Experiment With Disposable Cameras
It seems like everyone is picture crazy these days. We all love to take pictures and share them, especially online. I remember just ten years ago when I was lugging around a heavy camera in my handbag. Back then, taking pictures always required a certain amount of planning with the batteries, the me ...
NES Controlled Etch A Sketch Pad Is Doubled Up Retro
As a kid, I had one of those Etch A Sketch toys that I frantically tried to master. It didn't go too well, and now that I look on YouTube and see what can only be described as out-of-this-world Etch A Sketch skills, I am wondering if I even had fingers at all when I was a kid. I mean, the art some o ...
Twitter Friends: What Are The Odds You Exist & Found Each Other?
Yesterday when I was on Twitter having a good 'ol time tweeting it up with my friends, I started wondering what the odds were that those particular people decided to follow me on Twitter and that we became friends. There are hundreds of millions of people on Twitter, so what are the chances that any ...
Hail The Pocket-Sized Espresso Machine!
Are you a coffee drinker of magnitude? I am one of those tea fanatics instead. If I don't get a cup of tea in the morning, you can pretty much be sure that my entire day is going to be one long stretch of constant mumbling about me not getting my tea on time. Nah, not really, but I do need my tea to ...
Millennium McQueen: A Bizarrely Interesting Creative Lego Mashup
We've said many times before on Bit Rebels that creative artists will mashup anything. There are no limits to the combinations, and it almost seems like the more unusual, the better. Sometimes they are so bizarre though that they twist our brains like a mind-bending pretzel. This is an example of on ...
A Holiday Classic: Christmas Tree Made From 400 Mountain Dew Cans
This Mountain Dew Christmas Tree is such a holiday classic, and I hope it brings a smile to your face today. This morning I was on reddit (as usual), and I noticed a post on there getting a lot of attention right now. It's a picture of a Christmas tree made out of Vault soda cans (remember Vault?). ...
Block Case Enables Lego Building On Your Smartphone
As all of you know, there are millions and millions of smartphone cases out there all poking at your attention trying to make you buy them. I have no clue how many people actually buy a case that will either enhance their phone's design or protect it, but by the looks of it, there has to be plenty o ...
How To: Create A Fake Siri Conversation (That Looks Real)
Omg. I know this is completely useless. I also know I wasted 30 minutes of my life playing around with it this morning, and it was worth every second. I betcha this is the most fun way you'll find to waste a little time today. What could be better than having an ordinary Siri conversation? How about ...