Post-It Notes Megaman [Pic]

2 beers and 327 Post-It Notes later, Scott of 327 Pixels Blog has got himself this fabulous Post-It Notes Megaman! [Source]

Tags: megaman, post-it notes

WANT: The Gameboy Swimsuit

There’s a reason Black Milk Clothing is a go-to source for the geeky fashion-forward. Their R2D2 swimsuit is still makings its rounds on the Internets despite having been discontinued forever ago, and items like the Mountains of Mars printed leggings keep upping the awesomeness ante.

This swimsuit isn’t yet available, but you can bet it’ll run about $90 and get approximately all the Konami Code jokes. And because you know you’re curious, here’s the back:

[DVICE, Black Milk Clothing]

Thanks, Scott!

Corgis in Geek Pop Culture [Picture]

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Featured Short: The Tale Of Mr. Rêvus [Video]

Marius Herzog–a Nuremburg-based filmmaker–directed, wrote and animated this great short, “The Tale Of Mr. Rêvus,” for his senior project at the Georg-Simon-Ohm Hochschule – University Of Applied Sciences.

The challenge of this movie was to reproduce the entire production process of an animated 3D shortfilm by myself including story development, concept design, modelling, rigging, directing, editing, animating, rendering and finally compositing (see credits).

The amazing score orchestrated by Simon Scharf student at the Hochschule für Musik Nuremberg (HfM) has been conducted by Guido Johannes Rumstadt, played by the orchestra of the HfM and recorded by Toni Hinterholzinger.

Special thanks to all the kind people who supported me in a very tough time especially my beloved family, Prof. Jürgen Schopper and Tobias Wiesner. This movie wouldn´t exist without you…

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Elaborate In-Game Portal Proposal [Video]

You’d better hurry if you’re aiming to take some sort of geeky-proposal prize; the stakes get higher every week. A companion cube ringbox is so two months ago, and even Sir. Mr. Capt. Picard himself might have a bit of run going for his money in this arena–Gary Hudston is the standing Grand Wizard of all Geek Betrothal Levels:

Hudston hired a skilled developer to create series of custom levels for Portal 2 that his potential betrothed would have to play through. When it heard about his apparently not so secret project, Valve even helped him secure Ellen McLain, the voice of GLaDOS, to record original audio.

If that’s not awesome enough to win a geek over, nothing is. You can enjoy the custom engagement levels yourself, too; check out the video play-through or download the levels at the Gary Hudston Project.

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Computers Can Now Tell If You’re Nice or Mean [Video]

Can’t get a date, fellow geeks? Perhaps it’s your face. No, we not putting you down: it’s just that people are known to make snap judgments on whether other people are nice or mean, trustworthy or a crook, competent or inept in the first fraction of a second upon seeing their faces.

Now, computer scientists have created a software that can do this, too: [Source]

Tags: face recognition

Steve Jobs Steps Down: What Next? [Open Thread]

To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:

I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.

I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.

As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.

I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.

I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.

Steve

That’s the email Apple founder and former CEO, Steve Jobs, sent the staff earlier today; the following is a statement released by Apple shortly thereafter:

Steve has made countless contributions to Apple’s success, and he has attracted and inspired Apple’s immensely creative employees and world class executive team. In his new role as Chairman of the Board, Steve will continue to serve Apple with his unique insights, creativity and inspiration.

A full transcript can be found here, via Engadget.

Jobs’ health has been a matter of media speculation for the last several months; in his few recent public appearances, Jobs was noticeably gaunt. The move is unanimously speculated (though unconfirmed) to be in response to Jobs’ battle with pancreatic cancer.

The Wall Street Journal reports that, “People familiar with the situation have said that Mr. Jobs continues to be active at Apple and is closely involved in the company’s product strategy. Apple watchers don’t expect that to change even after Mr. Cook takes over,” though one has to wonder how long it will be before Jobs reduces his role further.

This week we heard rumors of an “absolutely different” product on the horizon–though those rumors are admittedly from an only “sometimes reliable” source. With Jobs’ lessened presence in the company, a possible new product line-up, and Tim Cook in the stead, what happens next?

Weigh in, Geeks: What’s your prediction for the near future of Apple?

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