Here’s a bag I’d sport proudly in public. It’s designed like SEGA’s 16-bit Mega Drive system, aka the Genesis here in the states. Sometimes you’ve got no choice but to pick sides in a console war. Too bad you can’t get this $55 dollar bag in a Nintendo flavor. SEGA fans only, please.
Vince’s roommate is really in to Kidrobot’s Munny dolls. For those not familiar, they’re blank “Do-it-Yourself” vinyl figures which can be decorated any way you see fit. When I’m not ruining Vince’s roommates Mini Munny designs, I’m busy searching for Star Wars Munnys like the one toy customizer and 3D artist for Avalanche Studios, Squapper, has made. It’s a Tusken Raider. He even sewed the clothes by hand which shows some serious dedication.
Squapper also has some extra Munnys on the shelf and is planning on a Jawa and Ewok design. His favorite Star Wars is A New Hope.
Dentsu Inc, Japan’s largest advertising agency, is aiding Nintendo in launching a video distribution service on Nintendo’s home console, the Wii. The two companies plan to offer programs exclusive to the service, allowing old people and little kids to get down with some cartoons and other entertainment content.
However, nothing in this world is free (except Wii Sports) and viewers will need to pay to see some of the content the video service provides, while others will be offered free of charge so long as they can put up with some unsightly ads. Dentsu and Nintendo will start offering this new video service early next year, while American Wii owners are left in the dark.
The holidays have come and gone and we welcome 2009 with open arms.
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This is some trippy shit. Glow-in-the-dark mushrooms found in Japan.
During the season of rains in certain regions of Japan, the forests begin to fill with small lights: in the trunks of the trees and the humid ground hundreds of bioluminescent fungi grow, that thanks to a chemical reaction produced by an enzyme, emit a light that shines in a greenish tone.
I’m sure the late Albert Hofmann would have approved.
For our readers who hunt wild game or just live in an area with cool shit they’d like to capture, listen up. Instructables user Crispyjones has posted full details on how to make your own net-launching gun, just like the kind Batman used. It’s comprised of PVC pipe and uses pressurized air to launch the net at around 90 PSI. Judging by the animated GIF provided by Crispyjones, I’d say this is a mod worth anyone’s time.
Here’s video of a crew of people setting up 49 microwave ovens to play the classic Christmas tune, “Jingle Bells.” It’s not 100% fluid, but nonetheless an impressive feat. I wonder how much planning it took to figure out how to sync them all up…
These fonts were created by tracing over the Helvetica font with different textures. Said textures included toothpaste, tomato paste and hair gel. Fancy!
for their project ‘fresh fonts’ the dutch collective autobahn drew the typeface helvetica using
toothpaste, tomato ketchup and hair gel. they then used these experiments to create the
digital typefaces ‘heldentica’ , ‘tomatica’ and ‘gelvetica’, which you can now download for
free from autobahn’s site.
The best things in life are free, after all. Be sure to check out the photos documenting the process as it’s a sweet glimpse into the world of graphic design and typography. After the jump, a few choice photos and a link.
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You know, this is a sweet mockup or whatever, but I’ve got a few issues with said cellphone gun. First off, it appears to be using a Nokia from 1998. Where is the functionality in that? Secondly, no touchscreen? Good luck selling it in today’s market. Lastly, look where the mic and headset are placed. I sense that many a dead bird will come out of talking on the phone frantically. Besides, I’ve seen way better uses for a pistol.
Either we can sit around cracking jokes about how this speaker looks like a certain phallic object or we can get on to the specs like professional adults. You’d rather crack dick jokes? OK, I’ll wait.
Good. Now that you’re done, let me give you the 411 on this speaker. It’s called the Spring Speaker and it has a whopping 4 watts of power. Before you get all disappointed, let me tell you about how you can charge this fucker via USB for up to four hours of playback time. Not too shabby, eh? Right. It comes with a headphone jack and a USB jack to ensure complete connectivity.
Back to your penis jokes, folks. Nothing to see here.
