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Here’s a cheap way to create your very own sleek iPhone stand using an old Mini DV case. Creator Elam Nikserof added a coat of satin enamel paint and cut out a notch out of the case so he could still access the iPhone’s home button. After hours of furious sanding, Nikersof was finally satisfied with the smooth finish, which ...

Augmented reality… it doesn’t come cheap, unless you have invention and ingenuity on your side. This crafty cheapskate created his own Augmented Reality Goggles using nothing more than some cardboard and his HTC Magic smartphone, plus a little extra hacking of the Magic’s compass feature and Google Street View. Hit the jump for a video demo.

Nobody disrupts the sterile sanctity of the Death Star and gets away with it. Nobody but Darth Vader that is. Link

I don’t know how I would react if I came home to this on the kitchen table. Should I vomit? Should I sit down and savor the dish and then maybe call the cops? I’m not sure. I’ve eaten some weird shit in my day, but this might be crossing the line. Link [via]

And by the big leagues, we mean a bigger-than-life Guitar Hero-esque game being played on a massive megatron wall sized screen. The Kasabian football players kick the soccer ball at their colored square as the Arduino-controlled contact sensors are illuminated by falling colored blocks. The resulting game is both severely awesome and ridonkulous. Check out the video after the jump.

What might be the coolest damn costume ever, this Comic Book Character costume turns your skin into a pointillist canvas, perfect for those who prefer their significant others in 2D. I can always use a little Lois Lane action in my life. Amirite, huh huh?

This is just a bit creepy, no? Facebook will keep the page of a deceased user active as long as the family wishes to memorialize the deceased. These memorial pages will be different from normal profiles. All contact information will be removed and people will be barred from logging into the account. The only users who will be able to ...

Here’s a chaser for your zombie cupcakes. Nothing washes down brains better than more brains. The brain-effect is caused by mixing acidic lime juice and Irish cream, which produces a curdled brainy mixture. Link [via]

How much more awesome would the Revolutionary War have been had it been fought with lightsabers? I think the answer is pretty clear. Link

According to this t-shirt, we are nothing but spear toting nomads, prepared to take our next step into awesome mutation. I don’t know about you, but I haven’t carried around a spear for at least a decade. If this shirt design added one more link between Wolverine and the caveman, I think we’d find it just a tad more accurate.