Would you wear a Cthulhu t-shirt? Would you wear a Cthulhu mashup t-shirt that brought in drinking? I would. I would most certainly don this design from T-Shirt Bordello.
Uber cute Star Wars prints
Etsy store Modern Home Prints has a limited number of these very cute Star Wars prints. The range includes a baby jawa, a baby Chewie and a “baby” R2-D”. This are exactly the sort of thing that wouldn’t look too geeky on your wall for the streamies and yet ooze geek cred to any fellow […]
Art: X-Men with Googly Eyes
Are you following any art tumblrs? No? Allow Geek Native to recommend one. Check out X-Men with Googly Eyes for some cunning mashup inspired visual candy. Here’s a sample.
Impressive LEGO Strandbeest
Are you familiar with strandbeests? They are a strange mix between art and engineering. The Strandbeest is the creation of Dutch artist Theo Jansen who has “evolved” the design over the years. He said; “Over time, these skeletons have become increasingly better at surviving the elements such as storms and water, and eventually I want […]
Abe Lincoln spilling fresh blood in Shoreditch
I’ve read the Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter book and its surprisingly good. Don’t get me wrong – it’s not a Game of Thrones. It is a book with a great mashup of a plot, even for Brit like myself, and the simple premise works well to keep the book “page candy”. It’s an easy, no […]
Illegal dinosaur sold for over $1 million
This sounds like the start of a roleplaying scenario. The nearly complete remains of a Tyannosaurus bataar (closely related to Tyannosaurus rex) has been sold for over $1m. The sale, though, was despite a judge in Dallas ordering the auction hose not to sell the skeleton. The 80 million year old creature is believed to […]
HTC’s new Desire C includes an NFC variant
The headline news is that HTC is launching a Desire C model today. The HTC Desire C. Featuring Beats Audio™ phone might come as a surprise to people who thought HTC was putting all its eggs into the “One” range. The HTC Desire C seems to be trying to be a bit of everything for […]
Sony’s HX8 Bravia is magic
I need a new TV. The thing is – I’m holding off finding a replacement because I believe the current fad for 3D will pass. The next generation of interesting TVs will be connected devices; TVs that I can use to connect to the internet. Step forward Sony with their Bravia line. The flagship model […]
Wall Street Journal reporter hacks RPG projects on Kickstarter
A Wall Street Journal reporter or a programmer working for him/her has exploited a bug in Kickstarter’s API. The result was some 70,000 unlaunched Kickstarter projects were exposed. The good news? Only 48 of these unlaunched projects were actually accessed by the Wall Street Journal. It is highly likely that many RPG and game projects […]
Germinate! Germinate! Daleks for plants
Chris Balcombe is responsible for creating an awesome dalek. He’s a pciture editor who collects original Doctor Who props that date back to the Jon Pertwee era. We’re talking Doctor Who in the 70s, the third Doctor. He built the dalek below based on the golden daleks that have battled Christopher Eccleston’s ninth Doctor and […]