Archive for July, 2009

Last Feb there was an auction on EBay that listed a bike which was rad to the power of sick. I had the link to it sent to me a few times, so I’m sure you saw it at some point. Well turns out the auction was actually an experiment in creativity. THEY FOILED US ALL! Geekologie even ran a story on the matter. Pretty cool guys!

The dudes bought an ordinary bike on ebay then sold it with a rad to the power of sick description. Proof that creativity really does help.

[via 'Rad To The Power Of Sick' BMX Bike Actually (Successful) Experiment In Creative Marketing @ Geekologie]

I think the title says it all… Clearly this guy could have had it much worse though. Imagine the same prank, except with any of the following:

Cooking Oil
Chicken Parts
Old Diapers
ROBOTS!

just sayin…

[via Garbage Can Full of Water Prank @ break]

Now I know that you’ve either played, or know of the game Super Smash Brothers, because if you havn’t you’re totally lame… and I only have awesome people visiting my site. So I know I’ve waisted valuable company time to overlay the original characters on a few of my favourite pictures from this sweet Cosplay gallery for nothing. Hit the jump for my favourites and a link to the website. Impressive. No?
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*chuckle*

only works if you’re not a bastard child though…

According to the New York Times, Japan is now forced to lay off some of their robot workers. How sad eh? Trick Quesiton: It’s not sad at all… Lets all rejoice!

Tighter finances are injecting a dose of reality into some of Japan’s more fantastic projects — like pet robots and cyborg receptionists — that could cramp innovation long after the economy recovers.

Recession never sounded so good!

[via In Recession, Japanese Lay Off Robots @ NYTimes]

So I was directed to this link by a friend that pointed out my review of transformers was good, despite the awful reviews that the other critics are currently giving it. This friend also said that they would be more likely to trust MY reviews over anyone else ever again because, its grossed over $200m already… Okay so I made that up… I found the link and wanted to pretend I have friends. Sue me. It’s a neat read anyway.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen grossed over $200 million in its first week. Currently, Transformers is on pace to becoming the first movie to reach $400 million domestically despite abysmal reviews

Obviously I had to cut the graphic size down, but if you click the image above it’ll pull up the full size one.

[via Movies That Told Critics To Suck It @ moviefill]

I’ve done plenty of research on the web for webcam setups in the past. I’ve always had an interest in public webcam and I’ve attempted to setup cheap and effective versions for a while now, but when I came across this blog entry everything else seemed inadequate. Its a neat read for anyone who likes solar powered ideas or public webcams… Check out the full entry in the link below.

About six months ago I got this crazy idea. What if I put a webcam up on our hill? There was no power up there, so I thought of the options. I settled on the idea of building a solar powered webcam. Having never done this before, I set out to learn about solar panels, batteries, and webcams. I’ve tried to capture the important parts here so you can learn from what I’ve done and build your own solar powered webcam.

Thanks for the information Bill!

[via How to build a Solar Powered Webcam @ Bill's Blog]

Are you as worried about the Robot-Apocolypse as I am? Plan on telling the robot overlords that you are actually a robot as well, sent back in time from the future … which is why you appear to be human? Me too… But one thing I hand’t concidered is the name that I would undoubtdly be asked for. And not my human name, but my robot name! Good thing I had this site sent to me though! Now I know…

Get your own name generated at the Official Site, then post your name to the comments…

Here is a stop motion animation video that must have used at least a billion sticky notes… My thought is that they didn’t stick them to the side of the building though, they just stuck them to a board then moved that around. Still neat though.

[via Pixels & Bricks: Post-It Donkey Kong in Raleigh @ Youtube]

Check out the screenshot above for the diagram of our future overlords. It appears that the military really doesn’t have any intellegence afterall. They’ve gone and designed a robot equiped with such ‘tools’ as a chain saw, combustables, a turret and something called ‘ramp for packbots’ (Which can only be interpretted as “room for minions”). Sure thats all fine and dandy until you find out that it powers itself by eating organic material…

They call it fuel versatility, as gasoline, diesel, and solar power may also be used if available, yet we’ll offer no prizes for predicting which energy source these chainsaw-equipped robots will prefer.

umm… what? It looks like edward sissorhands on wheels, and you want to power it with flesh?!

[via EATR robots are coming, this isn't funny anymore @ engadget]