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Someone I have to thank for starting me out using computers is actually my brother who bought a Commodore 64 back when they were brand new. I used to sneak into his room and code some simple basic when he wasn't home. I had my very own cassette that I saved my "work" on. Usually it was some rather e ...

Trippy Full Face Star Wars Hoodies Cover It All

I can honestly say that I currently don't own one single t-shirt, hoodie or any other kind of clothing with something related to Star Wars on it. How frickin sad is that, right? I don't know why really. Either it is because I haven't had the time to find something worthy of wearing, or I am just the ...

Controller Cushions: A Geek’s Choice Of Pillows

No matter how much you may deny it, we all need to rest every once in a while, right? You can be super excited, dedicated or even inspired, but the fuel will run out sooner or later. It's just how it is. Some people sit in front of the TV for a few hours to relax, and others take a couple of hours t ...

Design

7 Amazing Silhouette Superhero Kids

So as it stands, The Avengers is rapidly becoming the box office phenomenon that doesn't really have much competition at the moment. It is destined to become the third most successful movie of all time by the time it drops out of the movie theaters. It will probably land just short of Avatar and Tit ...

Cyberpunks From The ’90s: An Unusual Kind Of Retro [Chart]

We write about a lot of retro gadgets and art on Bit Rebels. I think the reason why, besides the fact that it's fun to look back in time and remember what it was like, is because technology is advancing so fast that what is here today could easily be considered retro tomorrow. If you were stuck i ...

Social Media

Twitter Knows How Hot The Facebook IPO Is [Infographic]

So the Facebook stock has now been traded for a whole week. The price has dropped like a rock almost the whole week, and the stock has lost 1/4 of it's introduction price. It seems to be the reaction to the IPO being valued to high. People are saying it is also a reaction to Facebook not having a cl ...

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 ...

Social Media

Ultimate Guide To Creating A Facebook Page [Flowchart]

If you have a brand or want to market yourself, one of the most important things you can do is setup a Facebook page where people can find out about you or your brand. It has become a necessity in order to reach the masses. However, it's quite an endeavor to setup your own Facebook page. Knowing whe ...

Social Media

Pinterest In The ’90s: What It Would Have Looked Like

Now that Facebook is on the stock market and seemingly everyone is voicing their opinion about it, it's hard to focus on anything else really. Every news website is cramming out estimates and predictions that vary from either a doomsday perspective or that Facebook will become the greatest stock eve ...

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 ...

Design

NINJA New York: Smoking Food & Sword-Wielding Ninja Waiters

Stephanie Spiro

My father, @CognitiveFlex, visited me this past weekend in New York City, and we unintentionally found ourselves in several surreal situations that felt totally immersive and like back-to-back movie sets. First, we visited the McKittrick Hotel for Sleep No More, Punchdrunk's Macbeth-themed choose yo ...

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 ...

Lifestyle

The Science Of Getting Drunk [Infographic]