A Never Before Seen Look Inside An AT-AT Imperial Walker
Of all the things unleashed into the world, Star Wars is probably the one thing that keeps us wondering about technology the most. We see the gear, the vehicles, and the gizmos, but we never get to see the insides of them, at least not the really cool ones. The Millennium Falcon is a good example ...
Crush Notifier: Online Dating Steps It Up A Notch
With all the success of online dating, it's evident that there are more people out there who want to find someone from their keyboard instead of meeting their lifetime love through more conventional ways. It seems the reason could be that we're more comfortable behind our screen and keyboard than w ...
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The Evolution Of Video Game Controllers [Infographic]
Ahh... video game controllers. If you are like a lot of geeks, you can graph your life based on what video games you played at the time. I remember being a little kid sitting in a bean bag chair in the cold basement of my parent's house for hours playing Frogger with a simple joystick controller. I ...
Harry Potter Written On A Bathroom Stall Wall
This story has been out for about a week. I saw it the day it started circulating the Internet, but I didn't write about it then because there simply weren't enough details for me. Since then, I've been following the progress, and it's very interesting how it's all unfolded.
At first, Harry Potter ...
Artistic Inspiration: Laptops Created From Wood Scraps
It seems like everyday there are new articles published with ways we can help to save our environment. It's so important that we all make an effort to do what we can to be nice to our planet, after all, for the moment, it's the only place we have to live.
One thing I've learned and that we've wr ...
Can Your iPhone Actually Make You A Happier Person?
Last year when it seemed like everyone except me was doing the iPhone 4 freak out, I was perfectly content with my Android phone. I had the best time on the weekends hacking and modding it just for fun. I was convinced that iPhone users were truly missing out by not experiencing what an Android smar ...
Dirty or Delicious: The 5-Second-Rule Investigated
If you have kids, you are probably familiar with the 5-second-rule. It's a rule that claims that if you drop food on the floor, but pick it up within 5 seconds, it's still safe and clean to eat. My 10 year old son lives by the 5-second-rule. If he didn't, he wouldn't eat much since he drops food ...
Audio Gaming: Pew Pew Is Still Packing A Punch
I just love it when someone thinks outside the box for a change. We're already seeing all of these first person shooters packed up on the shelves at the game store. Do we really need another game just like the sequel before it? I mean, sure, it has better graphics and a better or different story ...
A Mini Cooper Turned Into A Badass Gaming Chair
Playing games has become an art form, and we're constantly trying to break the boundaries of the technology at hand. We're constantly trying to come up with new concepts that will astound the buyers and ultimately put the game on the top of the charts. Doing that doesn't always involve just coming ...
How Big Is Your Byte: Twitter, Facebook And More In Bytes
As our world gets more and more complex, we tend to transfer that to the virtual world of ones and zeros. As we clear up more space in the real world, the complexity of the things we virtualize becomes ever greater in size. A great example of this are all the photos that millions of us take each a ...
For Your Next Tweet Up: Twitter Inspired Beer Glasses
We have featured a lot of Twitter inspired designs, and one thing I'm noticing as time goes on is that they are getting more and more creative. It's a really neat progression to watch. It seems artists and designers are growing as fast as the site itself.
For example, it used to be that most Tw ...
Design: The Drippy Hypnotic Effects of Tall Painting
There are so many styles of painting that are popular now. We've written dozens of articles about different techniques; however, this is one I haven't seen before. When I watch this, it kinda puts me in a trance. When you think about it, it seems like such an obvious thing to try with paint.
T ...
Mind Twisting Art: Cartoons Mixed Into Classic Paintings
There's a cartoon world, and there's a real world. Cartoons are supposed to stay in the cartoon world, don't you think? Whenever I see them branch out into the real world, it kinda freaks me out, like my brain can't handle it or something.
When Richard wrote about these Disney characters portra ...
Woman Attacks Over Missing Girl Scout Cookies
This is so funny to me because I love Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies and if mine came up missing, I might attack someone too. I mean, you just don't mess with a person's Thin Mints. She should have known better. Ok, maybe not, but I still can't stop laughing over this story.
Last Monday night a ...
Geek Inspired Design: Cozy Coffee Cup Cuteness
I love hot coffee and tea. I also love being cozy. So when I found this little cup sleeve design called a "Cup Cozie," I knew I had to write about it. This is the perfect little accessory for any geek like me who loves her daily afternoon trip to Starbucks.
Each one of these insulators is hand ...