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There’s just no getting around it. Emoticons have become part of the the international vernacular. Emoticons span the language barrier and allow for coy communication across any culture. It’s amazing that we don’t find little winky faces in ancient cave paintings. The Emoticon Stamp from Kaoiro allows you to mix and match your favorite punctuation marks to create up to ...

TMNT action figures were my toy of choice when I still whipped out my figures for a daily rumble. I’m trying to give it up, really. I haven’t even touched my toys since yesterday. What you are witnessing above is supposedly the new look of the upcoming live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film. I’m not quite sure how I feel ...

Ben Heck is at it again with is newest creation, the Ps3 Slim Laptop, his second attempt at creating the perfect mobile PS3 Slim. This time around Heck decks the laptop out with blue accents, a 17? widescreen 720p HDMI display, a built-in cable storage department and built-in stereo speakers & headphone jack. Heck also added more air holes then ...

We’ve dealt with shower curtains featuring knife-wielding maniacs and an awkwardly staring Robert Pattinson, so for us to label a particular shower curtain as the creepiest one of its kind, that’s quite a feat. This curtain in particular features the silhouette of a mysterious shadow man, creating the illusion that someone awaits your arrival in the shower. Grab your own ...

For all those men out there who think their life is worthless just because your eyes might be abnormally far apart. Just grow a mustache and maybe one day you too can become the coolest light switch in the world. Of course, the mustache isn’t mandatory, but not having one is sort of like buying a race car only to ...

Vitruvius Pollio, the man who inspired Leonardo da Vinci’s work on his iconic Vitruvian Man, once described the human body as being “the principal source of proportion among the Classical orders of architecture.” Maybe that’s true when you’re dealing with a perfectly proportioned male specimen, such as myself, but Inspector Gadget’s form is more akin to that of a fun ...

Let me be the first to say that true geeks don’t cheat. First off, we know how easy it is to get caught. But mostly, we prefer a challenge over the guilt of stealing someone else’s work. Except at Calculus. Fuck Calculus. Anyway, this ingenious geeky student devised a plot so intricately ridiculous and time-consuming that it might just work. ...

As Carl Sagan once said of the now iconic Pale Blue Dot photograph, “all of human history has happened on that tiny pixel, which is our only home.” On March 8, 2004, on a chilly Mars dawn, one hour before sunrise on the 63rd Martian day of its mission, also known as sol, the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit snapped this ...

Have you always dreamed of being attacked by a sea monster, but were unlucky enough to be born nowhere near a water source? OK, so water is everywhere. So the chances of that question being valid are slim to none. But guess what? I DON’T CARE! Because this Octopus Hoodie is AWESOME! And you can make it yourself. Instructables tells ...

For everyone with aspirations of shooting first, the Han Solo Papercraft Greedo Killer is the cheapest way to ensure you’re not laying dead in some exotic cantina, the victim of bounty scum. Or you can just make sure you’re never in debt to a Hutt. Your choice, really. Grab a stack of the highest quality paper you can find and ...