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Unimaginable Paper Pop-Up Houses Become Reality
As kids, I think we all came across one of those pop-up books every once in a while. You know, the ones where each page became a 3d paper forest or maybe a house. They were all kind of simple designs, but for a kid, it is a whole new world that pops up. Looking back at them now, we are not so impres ...
![Top 15 Misspelled Words In The US & UK [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/15-us-misspelled-words-infographic-optimized.jpg "Top 15 Misspelled Words In The US & UK [Infographic]")
Top 15 Misspelled Words In The US & UK [Infographic]
It's time to visit the school books again, people! Not really, but it's time to have another look at the English language to see what facepalms we can rule out from our everyday writing. It so happens that some of the most commonly used words are actually the ones that people misspell the most. Imag ...
Wiki-Donations: Will You Donate To The New Encyclopedia?
While I was poking around online for stuff to write a post about, I searched the web for current social media topics to discuss as I usually do. When I come up with something interesting, I tend to reference Wikipedia to cite any clever quip I tend to come up with. When I made my way to the Wikipedi ...
Game Of Thrones: The $30,000 Handmade Iron Throne Chair Replica
HBO's smash hit fantasy series Game of Thrones, which is based on the books by George R. R. Martin, has been a massive success since the first season premiered in April of 2011. The show attracted a large following of dedicated fans, and it is one of the most popular fantasy-based series since Peter ...
iPhone 5 Stealth Case Has A Hidden Storage Compartment
When it comes to iPhone cases, we sometimes cover the ridiculous, the useful and of course the utterly mad ones. However, today I thought I'd look into one that might possibly keep your cash, credit cards and house key safe from being lost or stolen. Sure, nothing is completely safe when it comes to ...
Art Of Ironing: Famous Portraits Made With A Bed Sheet & A Hot Iron
Whaaat? When I use an iron, it takes all my concentration just to get the wrinkles out of a shirt correctly. I can't imagine ironing famous portraits into a bed sheet. Although this is very interesting to look at, and I'm sure it takes a lot of skill, there's also a degree of WTFness to it all. Thes ...
The Hobbit’s Bag End Interior Balloon-Twisted Into Reality
Are you eagerly awaiting the first installment of the Hobbit movies? Maybe you are furiously searching the Internet for updates, spoilers or even leaks that will tell you just a little bit more about what the movie will be like, and all the insane special effects we are going to see in them. If you ...
Bat Hangers: Creative & Sleek Batman Clothes Hanger Design
I think all Batman fans secretly want their own batcaves. If they don't want a batcave, they definitely appreciate finding ways to bring Batman into their homes to add a little superhero spice into everyday life. We've written about too many Batman designs to count, and to this day, the Batman Lawn ...
My Quest For The Utopian Laptop: Does The Perfect Laptop Exist?
Dictionary.com has one definition of Utopian as founded upon or involving idealized perfection. So when my wife was in the market for a new laptop and I volunteered to help her find one, I didn't realize what I was getting myself into. Is there such thing as a perfect laptop?
There are hundreds o ...
![88 Best iOS Apps For Mobile Learning [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/iOS-apps-for-mobile-learning-optimized.jpg "88 Best iOS Apps For Mobile Learning [Infographic]")
88 Best iOS Apps For Mobile Learning [Infographic]
Do you ever stop to think about how you gathered information before the Internet? If you needed to find an answer about anything, what did you do to find it? I don't really remember, but I think we called people on the phone, asked our parents or looked it up in an encyclopedia. No wonder learning w ...
For Clumsy People: A Goof-Proof, Spill-Proof, Washable Keyboard
I need three or four of these washable keyboards. Yup, I'm that messy. I've spilled everything from ketchup to chocolate milk on my keyboards, and each time it happens, another bites the dust. If I had a washable keyboard like this, I could just pop it in the dishwasher. Since it is okay to submerge ...
Book Mountain: You’ve Never Seen A Library Like This Before
In a world where traditional libraries are becoming less a part of our culture and more a part of our memories, this is such a refreshing sight to see. In the town of Spijkenisse (in the western Netherlands) where the illiteracy rate is 10%, the residents have a new reason to get excited about readi ...
7 Great Halloween Costumes For Your Laptop
When we talk about great Halloween costumes, we're usually talking about costumes made for human beings or our pets. However, there are many other things in our lives that deserve great Halloween costumes too. For example, if you are like me, your laptop goes with you pretty much everywhere, so it m ...
Star Wars Worlds Bundled In Miniature Terrariums
I think anyone who has ever been a fan of Star Wars will agree with me when I say that the Star Wars universe is full of exciting things. Every gadget feels like it belongs there, and every character seemingly has his or her own purpose which makes the story come together in a perfect circle. As a f ...
![Fail To Succeed: 7 Iconic Successes Spawned From Failure [Chart]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Famous-People-Success-Failures-1-optimized.jpg "Fail To Succeed: 7 Iconic Successes Spawned From Failure [Chart]")
Fail To Succeed: 7 Iconic Successes Spawned From Failure [Chart]
I thought I'd kick the Bit Rebels day off today with a little motivation and inspiration. We've all heard the phrase that we have to "fail to succeed," but do you really know what that means? It's actually not as bad as it sounds. It simply means we have to change our perspective about failure. Let ...