This is the perfect chair for all you aspiring supervillains who plan to eventually take over the world. Come on, admit it, no chair could possibly fit as well as this one in that upcoming secret underground lair of yours. And what about the price I hear you ask? ONLY $53550! Plus Free Shipping! The deal of the century!
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Agpapertoys.com recently released a series of foldable Minecraft character templates that everyone can download for free. Just download, cut, fold, and glue, and you’ll be ready to start your very own Minecraft mini adventure.
A company named HzO is claiming waterproof smartphones could be on the way this summer, and will be the norm in a couple of years.
The company says its solution, WaterBlock, works differently than current techniques. Instead of merely waterproofing the exterior of the phone, it uses a “nanotechnology” coating on the interior, covering individual components.
The company says it’s keeping the precise make-up of the material secret, but says it is non-toxic and suitable for consumer devices. It’s applied by putting the device into a sealed chamber and drawing out all gases, then adding “an organic gas” into the chamber that then solidifies on the internal surfaces of the device, forming a protective film. This film, which is said to make no detectable difference to the weight, repels water. It allows heat to pass through, meaning the device shouldn’t get any hotter than normal.
HzO says the protection is not designed for intentional underwater use such as diving, but says it should work in even some extreme accidents such as mistakenly jumping in a pool with the device in your pocket, or leaving it in the pocket of clothes that go through a laundry cycle.
According to the company, the technology was designed after a student fell into the Mississippi and was eventually crushed between a barge and a lock gate, having been unable to use either a cell phone or a handheld radio that he was carrying because they’d been rendered useless by the water.
The company made a high-profile bid to break into the smartphone market with a demonstration booth at the Consumer Electronics Show, dunking treated handsets including an iPhone into a fish tank.
This, ladies and gentlegeeks, is a life-size Stormtrooper cake. Yep, these 300 pounds of stormtrooping deliciousness were made by the fine folks over at the Amanda Oakleaf Cakes bakery especially for the hungry patrons at the Arisia Sci-Fi Convention in Boston, MA.
The building of the Stormtrooper cake was an epic event in and of itself. It took our entire wonderful crew of ten people two full weeks of to put this guy together (although the cake wasn’t added until 2 days before it was to be served). Along the way we even had to invent completely new cake making methods so it could be put together modularly onsite, hold its fondant over long vertical stretches, and stand on two beautifully sculpted Rice Kripsy legs that supported his 300 lb body –all while keeping every bit of cake tasting light, fluffy, and delicious!
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Aren’t you aware of it? Most of today’s toys and TV shows will turn our kids into debased psychopaths with no moral values!
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If you’re the type of geek who is both into crochet and Star Trek, then you’ll want to check out this simple howto from Shove Mink of croshame.com on how you can make a pair of crocheted spock ears to wear at that next convention. Hey, there’s nothing sexier than a lady with Vulcan ears, every male geek knows that.
I just love how the Siamese cat in the background seems to be cleaning its junk, then suddenly out of nowhere proceeds into fus ro dah-ing the other one into smithereens.
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ePawn Arena is a flat digital device that enhances the three-dimensional board gaming experience. The device will also work with chess and the like, but is better suited to RPG-style games. Check it out!