Archive for the ‘Geeky Stuff’ Category
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Dual Pen Works On Paper And Tablets
The LunaTik touch Pen was designed by Scott Wilson and funded by a Kick-starter initiative to bring the concept of the Lunatik Pen that travels seamlessly from paper to touch screen tablet device. Scott’s LunaTik Pen concept raised record-breaking $1 million in a record-breaking amount of time – investors were interested in seeing his design become a reality…and so was Apple…but Scott is looking for more ...
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The Original Designs Of Top Websites
The top websites that have become permanent bookmarks on most user’s browsers didn’t always look like they do now. Have you ever wondered what Twitter looked like when it first came out? How about Facebook? Well, we found some screen grabs of the original sites thanks to Wayback Machine – a site that provides screenshots of any website imaginable from its inception until now. Now, if ...
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Retro USB Mouse
There’s nothing wrong with adding a little bit of retro into your life, and now it’s easy to do so on an everyday basis (without having to succumb to retro fashion styles) with the Retro USB Mouse. The 1985 computer mouse model is compatible with both PC and MAC, and costs a lot less than the fancy-shmancy high-tech mouses of today. Our only qualm is that ...
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America Mapped Using Television Shows
CLICK TO VIEW FULL SIZE This diddy is courtesy of Andrew Shears, an Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley in Menasha, Wisconsin. He recently earned a PhD in Geography from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. His research interests lie at an intersection of the human-environmental nexus, and includes branches of technological, memorialization and urban geographies. He lives in Neenah, Wisconsin with ...
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The Lazy Genius’ Page Turning Device [VIDEO]
A Rube Goldberg machine is a device that aims to complete a simple task in the most complicated way possible. The Rube Goldbergian contraption featured in this post assists with turning the page of a newspaper, and the overly complex machine and its master have become two of our favourite things in the world. Kinetic artist Joseph Herscher, dubbed by the New York Times as “Brooklyn’s ...
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The Importance Of The Oxford Comma
The serial comma (also known as the Oxford comma or Harvard comma, and sometimes referred to as the series comma) is the comma used immediately before a coordinating conjunction (usually and or or, and sometimes nor) preceding the final item in a list of three or more items. For example, a list of three countries can be punctuated as either “Portugal, Spain, and France” (with the ...
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Super Cute Social Media News Printer
The Little Printer is a cube-shaped, palm-sized printer that prints personalized mini-newspapers for you, with content curated from your own social media profiles. The print-out reads like a personalized receipt that is maximum 10 inches in length. Content to be printed is controlled from a smartphone app and then printed once or twice a day depending on user settings. And don’t worry, the Little Printer isn’t ...
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The Family Tree Of Typography
The Bauer Type Foundry, founded in 1837, celebrated their 100 year anniversary with the release of this beautifully illustrated “Bauer’s Family Tree of Printing.” The company designed linotype typefaces for letterpress printers, so their designs dictated the font of media text centuries ago. The phylogenetic map traces visual history of the foundry’s evolution of text.
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Six Shoe Designs For Social Profile Lovers
Although these bad ass KEDS style sneaker designs are not really on the market, Venezuela based graphic designer Lumen Bigott was onto something when she whipped these up.
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Wicked Pixelated Nude Swimsuit
The designer mastermind behind the Pixel Swimsuit remains unknown, and while this swimsuit is just a prototype, it has been turning heads online (and at the beach). The comical beach wear is meant to look like a woman with censored parts, or, what p0rn looks like with a dial-up Internet connection. Either way, this swimsuit made us say WHOA! for it’s blatantly comical nature, and because ...
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Dual Arcade Coffee Table
Men, we need your attention. Finally, a piece of furniture that you may actually care for (aside from your Laz-E boy chair). Why, you ask? Because this coffee table is actually a dual arcade game console that you and a friend can use to play some of your favourite arcade games head to head. Designed by British company, Surface Tension, the Dual Arcade Coffee Table is ...
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Superheroes In Breast Cancer Awareness Ads
These images developed by the Associacao de Luta Contra o Cancer (ALCC) in Mozmbique may at first glance depict iconic superhero women groping their breasts, but once you wake up from whatever sick nerdy dreamland you’re living in, you’ll notice that Wonder Woman, Storm, She-Hulk and Cat Woman are actually conducting self breast exams. The ALCC used these ads during Breast Cancer Awareness month (October) to ...
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7 Funny Food Shaped Bandages
Getting a gash or scrape is never fun, so at least now you can attempt to make the most out of the situation with these comical food-shaped bandages that come in vintage-looking tin containers. Who wouldn’t want to disguise and protect a cut with a slice of bacon? Most of the bandages shown are latex-free. BUY NOW
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Hitler Reacts To Facebook Timeline [VIDEO]
Hitler reacts to news of Facebook’s new Timeline feature and layout change. Video by FlyingSquirrel222 This parody is based on footage from the movie, Downfall. SOME MORE GREAT VIDEOS ON WHOA: POSSIBLY THE COOLEST DOG VIDEO EVER MADE SKITTLES AD WAY TOO SEXY FOR TELEVISION AVENTADOR: COOLEST LAMBORGHINI COMMERCIAL EVER COOLEST DEVILED EGG RECIPE EVER
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Steampunk Nerf Gun
Everybody loves playing with nerf guns – the original Nerf Maverick N-Strike gun has been hand-painted to resemble a Victorian/Gothic era prop with major steampunk qualities. The gun itself still functions (only when it comes to nerf soft darts, of course) and is sure to be the most original nerf gun your friends have ever seen. BUY NOW MORE INTERESTING GUN-LIKE-THINGS: ESPRESSO MACHINE GUN THE ‘DOG ...
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Multifunctional Sofa Design
UK-based product developer, Julia Hamid, has designed the Trio Sofa. A multifunctional sofa and table that morphs into a couple of different layouts that accommodate its user’s need to work on a laptop. The sofa has modern lines and looks quite conventional, but it gains its name from the three panels that allow it to transform. Swinging panels on the sides of each side allow for ...
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Awesome Steampunk Keyboards
Everything looks better in Steampunk, don’t you agree? Plenty of folks seem to be of this same mind frame and so it’s no surprise that there are many different types of remodelled steampunk keyboards available for sale. These are a few of our favourites from the following artists: Jake von Slatt (images 1 & 2) Peter Sztojanov jr (images 3 & 4) Richard “Doc” Nagy (images ...
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Creepy Anatomical Toy Sculptures
Jason Freeny of Moist Production likes to put an anatomical spin on iconic toys and characters by imagining what kind of innards our favourite characters might have. Then, he sculpts a mini version of his imaginings for the world to enjoy, and boy, do we ever! Freeny studied industrial design at the Pratt Institute in New York and spent most of the 90s traveling the world ...
