This laptop is impressive. It’s a machine to be proud of, a work of art and given how long it probably took to build I’m sure it’s part of the family by now. A shoutout not just to Datamancer for having the awesome talent to build this machine but to Tiberius at Geek Tyrant for […]
Leicester City Council unprepared for zombie invasion
In national news today from the BBC comes the revelation that Leicester City Council is unprepared for zombie invasion. Should When the zombie invasion occurs in Leicester it will be the council who will have to deal with it. The discovery follows a Freedom of Information request from a “concerned citizen” and had the council […]
Can GLaDOS the potato-borg survive forever?
Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System? Potato? Potatoborg? Obvious Winner had an obvious winner when one of their readers, David, sent in some photos of the potato-powered portal menance. This powerful potato home was made from scrap but it irrigates and positively ionizes the water. There is one system for an air pump at the […]
Doctor Who: Your very own flesh goo pod
What did you make of the Doctor Who’s episodes “The Rebel Flesh” and “The Almost People”? A tricky ethical business with using flesh goo to create your own Ganger – especially if you then happen to find out that they remember what happens to them and you’ve already allowed hundreds to die. What would you […]
Sneaky robot controlled by Wii remote
This robot isn’t part of Nintendo’s Wii U news. The first thing you’ll be invited to do is try and spot the robot on a table of items. Yes, one of those items just happens to be a Tachikoma. Okay, sure, we’re talking about a pretty basic robot but it is controlled with the Wii […]
SkyDrive syncing for WP7
Right now, as this blog post is written, the Open Mobile summit is on and Nokia’s CEO Stephen Elop is speaking. He’s denying, again, that Nokia is for sale. There’s been a host of cracking comments from him. In fact, Nokia themselves have just retweeted; “Nokia are making lots of contributions to WP7 s/w, not […]
PlayStation TV lets two people see different screens
Do you think multiplayer works if you have to cope with split screen? I don’t. Even if you have a large TV you still have to game with the fact that the other player can see what you’re doing. If you’re not going head to head there’s still the chance that you’ll briefly peak at […]
Police called to deal with bikini zombie menace
In Connecticut, USA, police raced to a scene after a resident reported the terrifying sight of 15 young women, dressed only in bikinis but covered in blood and shuffling like zombies. A calendar turned out to be the source of the outbreak. The 15 young women were all make-up artists taking part in a photograph […]
Cats of Thunder… or Thundercats?
There’s a lot to be said for this designn by Chris Thornley. Thornley runs Raid71 and seems to have produced material for the likes of NME, Levi, Fortean Times and even Lego. I was impressed with Fortean Times as a client – even more geek impressed to see that he’s worked with Lego. His four […]
Cthulhu inspiration: Innsmouth Town Hall Meeting poster set
This is a clever idea from Etsy designer Narshero; a set of posters that lined up the Town Hall meeting of the good folk of Innsmouth. It’s a quiet town but the locals aren’t too keen on strangers and certainly swift to anger. This set of posters, which is designed to be shown three abreast, […]
