Steve Jobs is off on some island banging chicks and sipping margaritas. Meanwhile, COO Tim Cook announced lackluster updates for iMacs and Mac Minis today. The 24-inch iMac has new NVIDIA graphics, twice the memory and twice the storage and still only costs $1499. The Mac Mini also got an upgrade, scoring 5 USB ports, Firewire 800 and a variety ...
Read More »Afternoon Linkage for March 2nd, 2009
New month, lots of snow. What the hell? SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY! Bored? Build a feedback piano Those are some long shoes Linked for “synths China’s face clean off” Nice ride Girls on film (and also on your wall) The ’90s are obviously back in full effect Snow Day eats for days like today Have great links you want showcased on ...
Read More »DIY Nerf Sniper Rifle
Whether child or adult, no one can deny the excitement of a good NERF fight. Instead of driving over to the local Toys R Us and dropping $40 on a Ballzooka, why not build your own precision air rifle that will take out brats from 300 feet away? To make your own, you’ll need PVC pipe, a bike pump and ...
Read More »Type Cube: Design Your Own Fonts
I’m not quite sure what the Type Cube is supposed to be but from what I can gather, you can design your own fonts using cubes with painted shapes on them. Use black squares and quarter-leaves to spell out classic words like “BONER” and “TOOL.” Actually, Type Cubes look like a fun way to teach children about letters, design and ...
Read More »The Lazy Man’s iMac
I’m curious. Do you own a Macbook? Does the plastic casing of it fall apart at random like the piece of shit it is? Mine does. If it gets any worse, I’m going to do what this guy did and throw it in a fucking thing that holds paper and mount it to the back of my monitor. It’s not ...
Read More »Guy Shoves Blu-ray Laser Inside A Zippo
With Blu-ray players being so expensive nowadays, either creator Rog8811 went dumpster diving for parts or just has enough money to smash open a Playstation 3. Whatever the reason, he managed to cram a working blue-laser diode inside a Zippo lighter. The best part? It actually works. Windproof? No problem bro, ’cause this fucker is made of light. If you ...
Read More »Bill and Melinda Gates Ban iPods, iPhones In The Home
Oh quit crying, you two. You have enough money to wipe your asses with $100 bills for the rest of your natural born life. In a recent interview with Vogue, Melinda Gates stated that she keeps iPhones and iPods out of the hands of her children. The direct quote sez: “…there are very few things that are on the banned ...
Read More »Start It Up: Vanity
This purple suede skull is called “Vanity” and is one of the many impressive works from designer Natalia Brilli. If you don’t visit her website, who knows what’ll happen. You might wake up with your dick covered in green leather. Link [via]
Read More »Afternoon Linkage for February 27th, 2009
It’s a beautiful Friday. What’s your excuse? You’ll have to pry Emojii from my cold dead hands, Apple Some bullshit about the “Kindle 3” A robot that makes you a sandwich $88,000 stereo speakers make you go “Holy shit!” The RAZR! It lives! The future of Playstation Home A beautiful origami lamp Have great links you want showcased on Afternoon ...
Read More »See? The Dreamcast and the iMac Can Be Friends
What do you get when you combine the power of a Sega Dreamcast with the shitty display of an old 1999 iMac? The iCast, of course. The clutch part of this mod, however, is that creator Logicdustbin was able to squeeze the entire Dreamcast console inside the plastic shell of the iMac. The controller ports even run out the front. ...
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