Thomas Kinkade might be a little too grandma-ish for you, but I thought this mug was pretty neat, despite the hokey winter scene design. When the mug is filled with warm liquid, such as urine, the windows of the home illuminate.
My Grandma is extremely aroused. Hot cocoa has that effect on her.
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…
We’d personally like to wish you happy holidays from the staff at Gearfuse. Whether it be Christmas, Hanukkah or Festivus, the team would like to wish you a good one. Spend some time with family, eat some delicious food and unwrap some fantastic gifts. Who knows, maybe you’ll score an Arduino this year!
We’ll be taking off today and tomorrow (Xmas day) to spend time with our families. Posting will resume full-time on Monday with limited posting this Friday. Don’t forget about the contest, either!
Merry Christmas! What? It’s not Christmas yet? Forgive me, I’m Jewish. Here’s a nativity scene done with Star Wars LEGOs that brightened my day. Luke and Leia are collectively baby Jesus and even the infamous IG-88 makes an appearance. The creator of this nativity scene, Larry Lars, advises that anyone trying make their own should “find balance” between the traditional scene and Star Wars, itself.
Here’s a great gift idea if you’ve got a few friends that are into DIYin’ their own Gmail notifier. It’s a limited edition pack of 10 Arduino Duemilanove kits in 10 different color combinations for $317 dollars. In case you missed that last sentence: that’s ten new Arduinos in assorted colors at the same price as four separately purchased Arduinos. It might be a bit pricey but considering that it knocks off 10 more people from your holiday shopping list, I’d say it’s well worth it.
At Gearfuse, we’re all about world firsts. World’s first person to not shit after drinking a gallon of prune juice or world’s first ninja dog are the kinds of world firsts we’re used to seeing. How about the world’s first energy generating revolving door?
That’s the idea behind this revolving door built by Boon Edam. It harvests the kinetic energy of a crowd of people passing through a door. This simple action is expected to generate around 4600 KWH of energy each year, which is plenty of energy considering the source. Stick one of these doors in a Walmart during the Christmas season and you’ll generate enough energy to power the entire city of Los Angeles.
Christmas is just around the corner and I, being the nice Jewish boy that I am, have completed my shopping early. I picked up this I-MU Vibro Speaker for my girlfriend. The lady has been begging for a Sybian for years now because I lack the stamina in the sack. She also happened to need a new speaker for her iPod.
So, I killed two birds with one stone by paying only $56 bucks for this vibrating speaker. Now, she’ll be able to listen to her favorite Josh Groban album while she straddles this speaker in between her legs. All the while, I can relax and watch C-SPAN all night without interruption. Life is good.
OK, so they aren’t X-mas lights, but they certainly are fixing to be. Simpson fanatics who already have every Simpsons paraphernalia from wall clocks to pinball machines and even an eye-popping limited edition iPod design, will be happy to know that they can now decorate their computer monitor with Homer. This mini-bulb strand consists of nine little Homers, all powered by USB that’s sure to have Smithers go gay for you. It’s available at Drinkstuff.com for $32, a price that even Mr. Burns wouldn’t bitch about.
If you’ve grown up with young women in your household, you’ve more than likely have heard one of them begging Santa or the super flying Rabbi for a horse or a pony. Santa will usually assure the child that he’ll do his best but when Christmas comes along, there is no horse under the tree. The little girl loses all faith in humanity from that point forward, eventually becoming a satanic lesbian. I’ve seen it happen many times.
The Ridemaster Pro Simulator is no thoroughbred and will surely still disappoint, but at least it doesn’t feature a pile of horse shit that comes out of a living, breathing horse. Users will sit on a synthetic horse model that gives real time feedback as they stare at the video courses which are built into the system.With enough practice on the simulator, they’ll one day be able to ride a real horse or at least a large dog.
We’ve seen both artsy Darth Vader and seasonal Darth Vader, but never such an affordable mix of the two. If we had known this 7″ statue was available back during the holiday, we would have picked up one for sure, and might even pick one up for next December.
Watch has Darth pleasantly craft his Death Star out of harmless snow, which will soon become in impenetrable ice star! The Santa Claus hat on Darth’s head is also a great touch of style for the man typically donned in all black. Pick one up for next season for $49.99. — Andrew Dobrow
