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It's Saturday as I am writing this, and it's as good a day as any to return to the weird and wonderful world of mashups. We always seem to trip over the most awkwardly wonderful mashups, and this time around I would dare to say that it's right in line with the essence of what the word "weird" means. ...

100 Photography Tips For Seriously Better Pictures [Infographic]

When it comes to photography, I must say that I am still in my infancy. I'm not so much talking about the technical part, but rather finding the time to get around to it. I see all these amazing people snap away with their cameras and their smartphones, and they pretty much plaster their social netw ...

Geek Happiness: Zelda Link Pixelated Cookies

If you are a geek and a baker, you may have tried to make pixelated cookies before. If so, you know it ain't easy. There are several hours of calculations to compile for your image before you even start the cookie making process. Pixelated cookies are made by putting together colored "logs" of dough ...

Helping Hand Rebranding To Help Underprivileged Children Read

Andrea Robinson

I am writing about this because I personally like the mission of the Reading Is Fundamental organization. It also hit my design radar because the illustrative icon designs and other work the New York agency and other contributing artists (Steven Harrington, Mark Giglio, Todd St. John, Dan Stiles, an ...

Entertainment

10 Fantasy Creations From A History That Never Happened

If you were to visit a place called the Museum of Unnatural History, what do you think would be there? There would be a bunch of fun stuff that was fake but that we all wished was real, right? It would have a koala containment unit, bottles of unicorn burps and unicorn tears, and of course, it would ...

Lifestyle

The Bird’s Nest Restaurant: Dine Peacefully While Sitting In A Tree

One of my favorite types of creativity is the kind that expresses itself in a way where lots of people from around the world can benefit from its inspiration. Whether that's a blog that a lot of people read, a resort that a lot of people visit or a food design that a lot of people eat, it's always a ...

Social Media

Blogging Is Like Sex [Infographic]

Now, I can imagine how this title got you interested in finding out about what is hidden beneath it. It's quite a headline and the statement is anything but subtle, right? Well, it so happens that it's as true as anything can be. When I saw it presented on the infographic myself, I was probably as i ...

An Incredible Collection Of Realistic Character Tattoos

I've been writing about tattoos on Bit Rebels since 2009. The funny thing is, I don't have any tattoos. I keep saying I'm going to get one, but it's such a big commitment, and I haven't found a design yet that I would want on my body forever. Someday I will find something just right, and then I will ...

Technology

PhoneSoap: Clean & Charge Your Smartphone With One Device

A few months ago, I wrote about germs. More specifically, it was an article about how disgustingly filthy our gadgets are. The fact that our keyboards have 60 times more germs than a toilet seat, and 16% of smartphones have poop on them still makes me gag when I think about it. For some reason, prob ...

Geek

Star Wars Heels For All You Geeky Girls

It's time to cover a little bit of geek fashion here on Bit Rebels. There is way too little fashion dedicated to geeks, and the stuff that is out there is usually quite regular stuff, if you ask me. Apart from a few really geeky things, it's usually are just a t-shirt with something geeky written on ...

Social Media

Think Before You Post: Job Background Checks [Infographic]

It has long been said that what you write online today will always be there in the future. This could be taken as a warning or as pure inspiration. Knowing that later generations will be able to browse and page through what you write today should be initiative enough to keep you writing for that blo ...

Geek

Join The Starfleet With Your Own Star Trek Captain’s Chair

There's one website I try to stay away from anywhere around April Fools Day, and that's Think Geek. I've been called gullible my whole life, and I usually fall for most of the April Fools jokes that people tell me. That's not a problem unless I'm writing about one on Bit Rebels and I don't know it. ...

Lifestyle

Ultimate Guide To Quotation Marks & Punctuation [Infographic]

If you have a blog or if you've just started out writing, you know that there are a lot of rules you have to learn in order to master the English language. Today's blogs usually use a language based on slang and made up words in order to stand out. It's one way to avoid having to properly write Engl ...

Extraordinary Shadow Art Made From Trash