For Book and Comics Geeks [Pic]
Presented without further comment, a photograph of literary and comics legends Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman. [starrie]
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Microbots Are Frighteningly Lifelike [Video]
These millimeter-long microbots can swim and move other, heavier objects. Made up of grouped microparticles and powered by magnets, they arrange into tiny little starbursts and kind of swim around… then, because they can, the microbots unhinge their jaws(?!) and grab non-magnetic objects and move them about. In fact, it’s eerily similar to watching a [...]
Comic Con Marriage Proposal [Video]
Oh, this is good. The audio is iffy and there’s no companion cube ring box, but just wait for it. Now, let’s go find Riker and make it so. [wired]
Zoomable Apollo Lunar Landing Panoramas
Apollo Surface Panoramas houses the photographic panoramas taken by the Apollo astronauts while hanging out on the Moon. The imagess are stitched together from individual 70mm Hasselblad frames, which you can also find in the Lunar and Planetary Institute’s online catalog. To explore the 32-megapixel images, just use the pan and zoom controls at the [...]
Amazon Deal of the Day: 50% Off Your Highness [Blu-ray + Digital Copy] – $19.99 + Free Shipping
For today’s edition of Deal of the Day, Amazon has Your Highness on Blu-ray with a Digital Copy for just $19.99 + Free Shipping. That’s 50% off the film’s usual retail price of $39.98! Pineapple Express co-stars Danny McBride and James Franco reunite for director David Gordon Green’s fantasy comedy sending up such beloved ’80s gems as Krull and The Sword and [...]
An 8-Bit Art History Lesson from Aled Lewis [Gallery]
This is another contribution to the SUPER iam8bit show up now through September 10 in Los Angeles. Aled Lewis cleverly recreated historically significant paintings in 8-bit game mash-ups. (Our favorite is Leisure Suit Larry plus Nighthawks.) [Aled Lewis via Flavorwire]
Ocarina of Time as a Children’s Book [Gallery]
This art project from Vikki Chu reinterprets the Ocarina of Time as a children’s book. The game’s plot is reduced to ten images, all of which are awesome individually. I kind of really want this to be an actual book, but for now I’ll have to settle for using the bigger image files as wallpapers. [unrealitymag]
Marvel Minimalist Posters by Marko Manev
We’re digging these Marvel Minimalist Posters by Marko Manev: [Source]
The Spaceship Has Landed: Images of Apple’s Cupertino Campus
If you’ve been losing sleep over the “spaceship campus” Steve Jobs announced back in June, grab a pillow and take a nap because your wait is over. Apple released architectural renderings, floor plans and site info for the combination office/R&D/corporate facilities build. You can see all the info on the Cupertino.org site. • Introduction • [...]
Bowser Leather Sculpture
Consider us Koopatized! This custom leather Bowser by MeSmithy is so awesome that even Mario will forget all about rescuing some princess or whatever. [Source]
Samus Meets With Her Agent [Video]
Behind every great woman there’s an awful man trying to get her in a bikini. [Source: Dorkly]
Figural TARDIS Mug
It may not be bigger on the inside like the real TARDIS, but Doctor Who fans will rejoice in drinking coffee (or tea) with this Figural TARDIS Mug from the NeatoShop. [$19.95 @ NeatoShop]
