Light Writing in Abandoned Areas

Flickr user { tcb } searches for abandoned property and then performs some awesome light writing effects. The photos speak for themselves. It seems totally worth it, shooting in an abandoned setting. Not only for freedom and safety sake, but because of the personality the settings ooze through their pores. Each of these settings has a history. And while we ...

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Trypticon Transformer Laser Mouse Will Help With Rodent Problems

I’d be scared shitless to leave these Trypticon Transforming Laser Mouse gadgets alone. They could cause some serious damage if they aren’t properly supervised. Think about it. What if they see a tasty real life mouse skitter across your office floor. They are likely to snap their own cable as they pounce. That’s me for ya! Always one step ahead. ...

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BRABUS E-Class Mercedes

When most people see a Mercedes and think of performance tuning, the letters “AMG” come to mind. Understandable, but what most people tend to overlook is a little company based in Germany called BRABUS. You want your car tuned to the max? You go and visit BRABUS. Take, for instance, the 2009 Mercedes E-Class Coupe. BRABUS will turn the standard ...

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Dog-O-Matic: A Pooch’s Journey Into Hell

Washing your dog is probably a pain in the ass, especially if your mutt is a prissy little thing. Stop taking your dog’s shit and the next time they’re due for a cleaning, hit up your local Dog-O-Matic. Created by some silly francophone named Romain Jerry, this machine takes your pooch and washes it over a brief period of time ...

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Arduino Drum Kit

Party on, Wayne! Look, if you don’t have an Arduino by now, I have no idea what’s wrong with you. Grab one and then plunk down some cash for this Piezo Drum Kit from Spikenzie Labs. It’s a mere $18.95 and will allow you to easily hook up piezoelectronic sensors to your board and start drumming with any tangible surface ...

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Illuminated Tables

I can’t quite put my finger on it. There is something about these glowing tables that come in a bunch of different colors remind me of my childhood. Maybe they look like something I used to play with often. Perhaps a yo-yo? Ah, yes. Of course. The yo-yo. Dependable and a bitch to rewind. At least they only cost 5 ...

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Walmart Now Has Video Game Trade-in Kiosks

Good news! Walmart isn’t just for hicks and drug addicts anymore! Now gamers can actually get excited about their parents dragging them to everyone’s favorite discount retailer. 77 stores in the Northeast US have received these nifty trade-in kiosks. You trade in your games and the value is put on your credit card a few days later. I wonder if ...

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Dell 10v Mini Notebook Running Android

Dell is diving even deeper into the netbook market. In this video, a Dell engineer shows off the new 10v laptop running Ubuntu and the “Cupcake” version of Google’s Android OS. He calls it “snappy” and makes sure to note that Dell is not offering this as an option on any of its computers. However, it’s very possible to port ...

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Afternoon Linkage for May 19th, 2009

Who’s in the mood for a giveaway? I know I am. Let me dig through the treasure trove and see what I can come up with. Also: I got UFC 2009 Undisputed for the PS3, so hit me up (gamertag: fusioned) and we’ll play a round or ten! Tag Heuer is offering a diamond-encrusted cellphone Overpriced? Sure, but it’s still ...

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Fixing a Hole: Guy Fixes WWII-Damaged German Buildings with LEGO Bricks

Germany took some serious damage in WWII. Just because they were kicking some ass for a few years doesn’t mean they didn’t get what was coming to them. To this day, many German buildings show the damage they sustained during the war. Jan (pronounced “Yahn,” I suppose) Vormann’s project Dispatchwork has been showing itself, piece by piece, throughout Berlin, in ...

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