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Have you been looking for that perfect way to introduce grandma to the 21st century? The iRetrofone Base makes it an easier transition from rotary phone to iPhone. Or just adds a nice retro touch to your mancave. Each handmade iRetrofone is sculpted and cast one at a time out of resin. Compatible with all iPhone models, the base allows ...

Not going to star in my games anymore under ah-me, Mario? You want your own fame and-ah fortune? You want to-ah split from the family business? We’ll-ah see about that. Don’t even try getting out of the game Luigi. Bad things might happen to you. Very bad things. If you want to see this design on a purchasable tee, head ...

You know how you can use Apple’s Photo Booth app to take some crazy-ass photos of yourself using the various effects? Designer Mark Pernice had the bright idea of creating a mask representing one of the photos taken using Photo Booth and then somehow magically using the app to recompose himself while wearing the mask. Or something like that. I ...

Designed to resemble a lomo camera, this itty-bitty pinhole camera is small enough to fit on the tip of your finger, yet is still capable of taking viewable photos. Upskirt enthusiasts are creaming themselves over this shit. Creator Francesco Capponi uploaded photos of his creation to MAKE’s photo pool on Flickr. Can we get a mini Canon to go along ...

Artist James Mylne took on the challenge of recreating Johannes Vermeer’s Girl With a Pearl Earring using only one single Bic Cristal pen. Apparently the sort of shading he accomplishes in the portrait is possible using a variety of different pressures. Man, it just boggles my mind that people can do stuff like this. I have trouble successfully composing a ...

Twitter user Stammy spotted one of the members of Atlanta rap duo UGLY rocking the hell out of this iPad chain. The iPad in question was playing a music video, we assume one of UGLY’s videos. Yeaaaaaah, booooy! Flav’s famed clock chain might be able to assure that the Flava is always punctual, but it’s got nuthin’ on the promotional ...

Is there such thing as too much bling? Naaaaah. Featuring over 1200 baguette cut, brilliant cut and emerald cut stones, this $3.5 million monstrosity from luxury watch makers Piaget is pretty much the epitome of lavish living. This isn’t the sort of watch you wear. This is the sort of watch you use to feed a small country. Link [via]

LEGO designer Ronald McCrae created this amazing functional ATM made entirely out of LEGOs. How functional is it? Just check it out for yourself: This Lego NXT Automatic Teller Machine includes HiTechnic IRLink and a Codatex RFID Sensor, and just like any other ATM, it demands the PIN number. �Along with a functional keypad, a display screen, it flaunts 9�13 ...

YouTube user Freestuff9er and the world of Pokemon take on The Lonely Planet and T-Pain’s much-beloved parody rap “I’m On A Boat” and Poke-fy it. “I’m Gary Oak” is the hip-hop odyssey of the arch-nemesis of Ash Ketchum and grandson of Professor Oak, Gary muthafuckin’ Oak. By the way, I totally knew Misty got around. Her, with that come hither ...

Once your car has a mustache it’ll never want to return to its hairless ways. Just look what happened to Alex Trebek once he ditched his mustache. Rumor has it that he was mauled by zebras and his current replacement is a scientifically-created genetic clone. Luckily the government knows better now then to leave our nations game show hosts unduplicated. ...