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Geeky DIY Vader Champagne Cork: Drink From The Dark Side
It's always inspiring to recycle something that would otherwise be thrown in the garbage. These days, people have come up with a second use for just about everything. Sometimes that means creating geeky art from what others consider to be trash, and this is a perfect example. A while back, I wrote a ...
The Ultimate DIY Star Wars R2-D2 Bra (Complete With Bleeps & Lights)
As I have written many times before, R2 is my all time favorite character from Star Wars. He's so special, and when I was a little girl, I wished I could have an R2-D2 pet. To this day, the DIY Star Wars R2-D2 builds we have featured here on Bit Rebels are amongst my favorites, and this is another o ...
DIY Google Glass-Like Gadget Could Be An Alternative To The Real Thing
When Google Glass comes out, will you pay $1,500 or a little less for it? A couple days ago on the Project Glass Google+ page, they announced that Google Glass would be compatible with prescription glasses, which could open the door for a lot more people to try them. If you like the idea of Google G ...
Revolutionary Computer Can Reprogram Itself, No More Computer Crashes
There is nothing that can interrupt your workflow like having to restart your computer, especially when you have a dozen tabs open and you have to save each link before restarting. It's one of the most annoying things that a computer makes us do, and I experience it at least once a week. Wouldn't it ...
T-Shirt Folder Simplifies Perfect Folding Every Time
If you are like me, you have tons and tons of t-shirts that you have to fold every time you wash them. By now I have perfected the skill of folding down to a couple of seconds per t-shirt. It's not bad if I may say so myself. But for some people, folding can be one of those annoying and boring endea ...
The LEGO Bento Lunch Design: A Delicious Feat Of Geek
I remember when eating a bento lunch first became popular several years ago. It was probably common in Japan long before that, but three or four years ago is when bento lunch designs started popping up all over the Internet. It's a fascinating art for many reasons. It's so time consuming and tempora ...
R2-D2 Keg Mod Tutorial Just Reinvented The Party
Even though it's not Friday, I thought I'd kick this day off by pushing the party mode button. What could be more geeky than throwing a party with all custom made kegs worthy of the most hardcore geeks? Not much, right? When it comes to kegs, nothing will clock you in quite like the R2-D2 keg mod th ...
Life Instructions: The Four Simple Rules For A Happier Life
Life itself is a complicated little thing sometimes. You can be pretty sure that it will give you peaks and valleys and vice versa at the right and wrong moments in time. The main theme of your life should be happiness of course, but there are some ethics to follow in order to make sure that your tr ...
How To: Peel An Orange In One Piece
We all have those little things in life that make us feel good, don't we? For me, it's opening a pickle jar without having to bang it on the counter first. Oh, and of course, parallel parking. I think I've only successful parallel-parked three or four times in my life, so when I'm able to do it, it' ...
How To: Build Your Own Functional Super Mario Coin Block
Today it seems like everyone is trying to save a buck here and there. Since the economic recession started, we've become a little bit more aware of how we spend our money, and how we save it. Making money today isn't any more complex or difficult than it was before the economic meltdown, but the gam ...
Now Your Kids Can Be Creative Even When On The Go
I notice that my friends are always impressed with people who can draw. Drawing comes easily for some people, while it takes others a long time to get the hang of it. I love to draw and doodle. I guess I was just lucky that I started learning how to do it at a young age. I am not a natural artis ...
How To: Make A Creepy Bloody Syringe From Lego
This is so creepy and weird that I must make it. I've heard about a lot of strange things being made out of Lego, but who the hell would ever think to make a bloody syringe?
Admit it, you want one now too, right? I thought so. Besides, I'm sure before today you've thought many times, "Gee, I w ...
Hackintosh: Creative Mac Pro Build In A Cardboard Box!
So what would you do if you wanted to run a high-end video card that could handle the demands of Adobe After Effects, but you didn't have $2,500 to spend on a Mac Pro?
Well, if you don't mind having the ugliest computer in the office, you could build a Hackintosh in a cardboard box, like these gu ...
Make A Delicious Yoda Cake: Help You, I Can
One of my favorite kinds of cake is red velvet, and of course my favorite Star Wars character is Yoda. Seeing them combined in this delicious dessert makes my mouth water.
I remember when Yoda said, "Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will." ...
Creative Pop Tarts On A Stick: Yummm!
I've been saying for months that I want to write an article about all the different foods on sticks. These days it seems like almost everything comes on a stick, doesn't it? I even had a friend tell me today that she ordered waffles on a stick at a restaurant.
When I saw this food, which is one ...