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« Previous EntriesThis Is Your Face on Drugs: Pikachu Lips
Monday, January 17th, 2011deviantART user viridis-somnio painted this Pikachu design on some poor bastard’s lips for a class project. Via Kotaku, who plans never to be afflicted with halitosis of the Pokemon. Find Pikachu costumes on Ebay
This Marriage Comes with a Two-Year Contract: Google Android Wedding Cake [Geeky Cake]
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011Oh, dear. Andy works for LG. Kaylee works for T-Mobile. They both love Android, and they weren’t afraid to use their wedding cake [by Michelle Evans at Shelly's Cakes] to show it. You know how you’d be sad for someone if they got an iPhone cake for their wedding? Well, take that sadness and multiply by one-and-a-half.* [...]
He Will Be Remembered (and Scoffed at) Fondly: Computer Tombstone
Thursday, January 6th, 2011A man in China who loved computers died at the age of 26 while emailing his friends. So his family had a headstone carved for him in the shape of a desktop computer, with the monitor displaying his dates of birth and death. Because, obviously. Via Nerd Approved, who loves internet porn, so I can’t [...]
This Will Certainly Go Well: Real-Life Kick-Ass [Video]
Thursday, January 6th, 2011This gentleman in Lynnwood, Washington (a veritable incubator for criminal masterminds), regularly ducks into a hidden room behind a shelf in a comic book store (for reals) and emerges as spandex- and body-armor-clad “Phoenix Jones.” Much as the protagonist in Kick-Ass did, he roams the streets of his city looking for evildoers to thwart. And [...]
Congratulations?: The World’s Biggest Harry Potter Fan [Video]
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010No, that title isn’t a fat joke. (Apologies if you were expecting so see some Jabba-like dude with spectacles and a magic wand.) This dude has solidly positioned himself as the world’s most intensely-dedicated Harry Potter fan. And he’s just about as unnerving as you’d expect. Like, bordering on serial killer from Silence of the Lambs [...]
Explosion!: Gummy Bear + Potassium Chlorate
Thursday, November 11th, 2010Ah, simple pleasure. Thy name is exploding Gummy Bear. Molten potassium chlorate is a strong oxidizing agent that reacts violently with sugar. Gummy bears have lots of sugar in them. Via Walyou, whose treatment of the English language is disconcerting, at best. Find science kits on Ebay
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