There was a time before Portal 2. In that time we only had Portal and teasers from Portal 2. Sometimes we had leak-style teasers; like when someone managed to film a bit of a pre-release Portal 2. That happened with Cave Johnson versus the Mantis Men. It sounded like there would be Mantis Men. So, […]
Potter Chan
Is it Jackie Chan? No. Is it Harry Potter? No. This is Potter Chan. A mashup of kung-fu magic with magic fu. This Hogwart’s action hero video is a fine example of what a sane budget can do. As I find myself posting clever videos every week I can only wonder where mainstream production can […]
Watch where you put your hands – monster bikinis
Let’s consider some topics of conversation. Zombie bikini goodness. Evil vampire bikini goodness. Werewolf bikini goodness. Strange blue and yellow monster bikini goodness. It turns out that the team at Pale Horse Designs have exactly what we need for this blog post. Thanks. Now. A word of caution. I did title this post “Watch where […]
Giant 555 timer chip is giant
Do you need an integrated circuit to fulfil your timer, oscillator applications and pulse generation needs? You may well pick up a 1970s style, Camenzind and Ball designed 555 timer chip. That’s all when and good – but these 555 timer chips (or 555 integrated circuits) are very small. Very small. Tiny. If you had […]
Chi Chi the All-Seeing Eye Dog is a tiny terror of dooooom
Imagine having a Lovecraftian watch dog. It would be an odd shape of angles and lines. It would have one, bold, brave and staring eye. It would hint at insanity. Chi Chi the All-Seeing Eye Dog has these qualities. There is, however, a problem. When coming to this dimension Chi Chi failed to grapple with […]
8-bit excellence
Not only is it increasingly cool to be a geek native – turns out that it’s even more cool to be a retro geek native. How retro do you need to be? You need to be 8-bit retro. Kicking off this short collection of 8-bit fashion excellence we have the 8-bit glasses from SAMAL design. […]
Make your own hologram style video with an iPad and Kinect
What happens when you put Apple tech and Microsoft tech together? Do you get a fight? laan labs have proven otherwise with this demo of 3D style videos appearing on the iPad. You’ll get an R2-D2 vibe from this. The Princess Leia projection is a thing of the very near future. Check it out.
The flamethrower trombone of +1
Have you ever seen something and thought to yourself… good, but I can do better? That’s exactly what happened here. The team were aware of other flamethrower trombones out on display in the intertubes and thought; “Could be better!” Here’s the key thing. They actualy went ahead and built a better flamethrowing trombone. Hence the […]
The most dangerous geek game of hopscotch ever
You might recall hopscotch from school days. Perhaps it was not all that long ago you walked along the pavement and looked down to the see chalky designs of neighbourhood kids who had been playing. It’s a game about bounce and balance. I should have known GLaDOS would turn up. How does this game of […]
How long does a wet sponge(bob) last against sulphuric acid?
This blogger knows that many Geek Native readers have a thing for science. Good science. Clever science. You know, the sort of science that interests itself in working out how resistant household objects are to sulphuric acid. It’s an everyday problem – sudden streams of sulphuric acid spraying out in the flat – so knowing […]
