I’d definitely prefer seeing a lady wearing a dress made out of Pokemon cards, but I guess this will do for now.
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Star Wars by the Numbers [Picture Gallery]
A series of VERY IMPORTANT infographics showcasing the info you need to be aware of if you want to navigate the galaxy without encountering too many problems.
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WIN: The Star Wars Saga As Re-Enacted by Ponies [Video]
IKEA Uppleva: Furniture with Built-In Smart TV
WANT! Right now! Too bad the Uppleva range isn’t available as of yet, else I’d probably get one right away, even though assembling one of those will probably be a somewhat nightmarish experience.
IKEA introduces UPPLEVA, a completely new range that integrates smart TV and sound system with furniture. UPPLEVA brings beauty and functionality to the living room, solving the problem of cable clutter and miss-match between TV and furniture.
You will find UPPLEVA in Stockholm, Milan, Paris, Gdansk and Berlin in June 2012. During autumn 2012 UPPLEVA is available in all of the stores in Sweden, Italy, France, Poland, Denmark, Spain, Norway and Portugal, and during spring 2013 in even more countries.
[IKEA]
Cool Sound and Water Experiment! [Video]
We’ve recently posted about a similar experiment, but the old video we showed you looks nowhere as cool as this one. Check it out!
This is really simple but has such an awesome effect. Fill a bucket full of water and place it about 5 feet off the ground. Place a subwoofer about 1 foot lower than the bucket. Run a plastic tube from the top bucket down in front of the subwoofer. Tape the tube to the front of the speaker. Then aim the end of the tube to an empty bucket on the floor. Get the water flowing from the top bucket. Now just generate a 24 hz sine wave and set your camera to 24 fps and watch the magic happen. Basically your cameras frame rate is synced up with the rate of the vibrations of the water so it appears to be frozen or still. Now if you play a 23 hz sine wave your frame rate will be off just a little compared to the sine wave causing the water to “move backward” or so as it appears. You can play a 25 hz sine wave and cause the water to move slowly foward.
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The Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season’s Epic Box Set + Pre-Order (30% Off)
Have you guys seen the box set for the upcoming release of The Walking Dead: Season 2? Check it out:
This special edition box set was made by the very awesome people over at McFarlane Toys, and to reveal the Blu-ray discs inside, one just has to pull the head of the zombie up. Gross, isn’t it?
–The Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season (Limited Edition) [Blu-ray] – $99.99 $69.99 (30% Off)
Valve Employee Handbook [Pic]
Apparently, this handbook is given to new Valve employees as a guideline on how things work at the company and how one should comport himself during business hours. Check it out:
Best work environment EVAR. So, is anyone from Valve reading Geeks are Sexy? Can you guys confirm if this is true or not?
[Via The Awesomer]
Experience the Zombie Apocalypse in the UK!
Being a major movie buff (which includes Zombie films) and a casual Airsoft Enthusiast (like paintball, but with plastic bb’s) this really caught my attention.
It seems a company called Wish.co.uk in Britain lets you practice your zombie apocalypse survival skills in an abandoned mall that they have stocked with Zombies (obviously these are actors pretending to be zombies – the government is still hiding their real zombie experiment subjects in area 52)
You are armed with Airsoft rifles and given a window of two and a half hours to survive in a real abandoned mall in Reading, Berkshire crammed full of Zombies.
Using Airsoft guns for the “simulation” does a few things for the experience. Airsoft are replica guns. These are not paintball guns that look like toys. Having a weapon that is very close to looking like a real gun would add to the immersive quality of the adventure a lot, and also, they hurt. They hurt a lot, but it’s brief. These brave zombie actors with exposed bare skin will feel the brief sting of a plastic 6mm pellet bb welt, and likely their reaction and fake death will be fueled by the desire to not get shot some more.
Of course, any wise zombie hunter will double tap.
The experience will run you £139 (approximately $230USD) per person and already bookings are filling fast.
Wish.co.uk offers a plethora of unique experiences from luxurious spa days to feeding wild animals. And now they can add the Zombie Apocalypse to their list of rare experiences!