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Every house has that one switch that is completely off limits. Who knows what could happen if the mystical switch is switched. This is one of those switches. For the sake of your children, I recommend never, ever getting anywhere near this switch. Just put a big ole barrier between your family and this button. I don’t care what you ...

Innovation meets beauty with the creation of the Lamborghini Ankonian Concept. Not your grandpapi’s Lambo, this bad boy appears to be created using reptilian metallic scales. Built like some sort of dinosaur/shielded Batmobile hybrid, the Arkonian is pretty much an orgasm in car form.

(Very loosely sung to the tune of “Oh Christmas Tree“) Oh, 8-bit tree Oh, 8-bit tree Your ornaments are so epic Oh, 8-bit tree Oh, 8-bit tree Mike Tyson makes me want to use anti-septic You make me smile and you make me bow I really wanna play some Zelda now Oh, 8-bit tree Oh, 8-bit tree Your ornaments are ...

Straight from the depths of 4Chan, check out this meme-inspired desktop wallpaper. Is it possible that the memes listed number over 9000?! No… probably not. Link

I have a dream. A modest dream when compared to that of Martin Luther King Jr., but a dream nevertheless. I have a dream that one day I’ll be able to live in a home that is fully-designed in the Steampunk fashion. From floor to ceiling, this home would be decked out in Victorian/Sci-fi goodness. And don’t think I would ...

UPDATE: The Nexus One will be sold exclusively through T-Mobile, according to sources. Referred to as “the iPhone + a little extra screen and a scroll wheel,” Google has finally admitted to developing their own phone with hardware partner HTC. Basically the Nexus One will be a thinner, unlocked, Googlier iPhone. A new post on the Google Mobile Blog confirms ...

This LEGO sculpture depicts the very definition of a flamer. Made using every fiery LEGO piece he could get his hands on, David Pickett created Helios, the flaming LEGO monster. I can hear the cheesy action hero taglines now. “If you play with fire, you’re gonna get burrrrned, son.” Look, there might be other, easier ways to create your own ...

An average day of interneting is no small feat. In fact, it’s a monumentally large feat. An average day can hardly be called average when referring to the internetz. Check out the infographic after the jump to see just how massive the data sent on the Internet is on a daily basis. 43.3 petabytes of data sent through mobile phones ...

Now, this is my kind of Craigslist ad. But honestly, that PPS is ridiculous. How can you expect no nerds? That’s like throwing an anime convention and banning artists, or even more ridiculous, banning costumes. Link [via]

I thought I had reached the epitome of geekdom when I managed to simultaneously play my NES system and build a LEGO creation, but man, I was wrong, as it usually the case. How many peeks of geekery has� their been in Gearfuse’s history? More than necessary. What was I thinking anyway? My actions could have been made exponentially geekier ...