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Horseplay

I love the Godfather. Everyone should. I even liked the third installment. Unlike the guy who did the trilogy meter. But the first was the best. And any fan of the first will no doubt want one of these in their bed:

These are full sized horse head plush™ pieces and are larger than you might think (33 inches[84cm] from nose to neck, 19 inches[48cm] tall). They feature the highest quality soft, synthetic fur and mane, felt tongues, and our signature quality workmanship. Stuffed with non-allergenic soft polyester fiber fill, they feel just like you would hope they would. We are also offering these unstuffed for those who want to save on stuffing and shipping costs. Just be thankful that we aren’t having to ship the whole horse.

You can buy them stuffed for $US45 or unstuffed for $US35 plus shipping.

February 26, 2009

Life as a mathematical expression

Sister number two thought she was really clever when she first discovered vectors. “Everything is vectors” she said. And she would find ways to express everything in vector terminology. At least that’s how I remember that annoying phase of her life.

Here is a website that goes one better. Envisaging life and philosophical concepts in the form of mathematical equations.

So in this case the equation would be:

morenewmaths = sister number 2 + vectors + 1.

Like these.

February 26, 2009

Obamaprime

We’ve had Optima Prime, and the Obamicon, but now fusion. Bringing two cool things together. Obama and Optimus Prime. I give you “Obamaprime – Change Into A Robot” a poster by Tim Doyle. It has sold out. But it’s awesome.

February 26, 2009

Toy story

A while back I posted a link to a macabre series of toys. I just found the source of said toys and there are some beauties. I wish they were either for sale of came with knitting patterns – but for now enjoy.

February 25, 2009

Atlantisn’t

There’s been oohing and ahhing over the weekend as some Google Earth watchers thought they might have found Atlantis. The blogosphere went crazy over the idea. Chris just posted a link to the googleblog today. Sunken mythical cities don’t really excite me. But this idea from the googleblog does. And google would be one company with the resources to make it happen.

“But we could map the whole ocean using ships. A published U.S. Navy study found that it would take about 200 ship-years, meaning we’d need one ship for 200 years, or 10 ships for 20 years, or 100 ships for two years. It costs about $25,000 per day to operate a ship with the right mapping capability, so 200 ship-years would cost nearly two billion dollars. That may seem like a lot of money, but it’s not that far off from the price tag of, say, a new sports stadium.”

That would be cool. And cheaper than building a real life, working, death star or Enterprise – or whatever was in those links I posted for calculating the cost of unrealistic science fiction technology a few weeks ago.

February 24, 2009

Ping Pong|gnop gnip

Mirror, mirror on the floor – who’s the best player of them all?

I spent a disproportionate amount of my time in grade 11 and 12 trying to answer that question. Downstairs. At my parents house. Playing table tennis.

If only we’d had a table this cool:

Mirrored table tennis tables and glass pool tables are the future. The future is now.

February 20, 2009

I am Robot

Admit it. You’ve always looked at Dr Evil with envy because of Mini Me. I know I have. A little me running around doing my bidding would be awesome. Especially if the “mini me” was every bit as funny as I am. And if they looked, and sounded, like me that would be extra awesome.

Well, your own army of robot minions is no longer an unattainable dream. Little Island, A Japanese company, is producing them upon request. No idea what it costs though. But here are the specs:

Features:
We produce the Look a Like Doll with the hand making.

The Look a Like Doll is able to make a speech in the person’s voice.

It is possible to talk over from the remote place to
the person who exists completely in front of the Look a Like Doll,
and to monitor it.

It is possible to use it as only LAN cable is connected with
the power cable, and the setting doesn’t exist.

The operation only turns on the power on/off switch and is OK.
Please call when you end, “Shutdown”. ”

Function

Voice recognition
It is possible to operate the Look a Like Doll using Voice recognition.

Voice synthesis
The Look a Like Doll synthesize the person’s voice, and it talks using the voice.

Remote Control
It talks from the destination with the person who exists completely in front of
the Look a Like Doll.
The appearance in the room etc. can be seen.

RSS reading out
The Look a Like Doll will tell you Today’s weather and fortune-telling, etc.

Specifications

☆ Shape
We will make Look a Like Dall for the customer’s hoped design.
The height is about 40cm.

☆ CPU
LX800（500MHz)(AMD Geode)
512MB DDR SDRAM
80GB Solid State Disk
10/100Base-TX Ethernet

☆ Software
WindowsXP（Ｍｉｃｒｏｓｏｆｔ）
ＡｌｉｆｅＥｎｇｉｎｅ

☆ Power Supply
ＡＣ１００－２４０Ｖ　１．２Ａ

☆ Others
Camera：0.1M pixel CMOS sensor
Speaker：1W(0.5W+0.5W)(200Hz-20kHz)

February 6, 2009

Studying the classics

Ever wondered what the cover of your favourite movies would like as a classic novel. Well, here you go and here’s the Flickr set.

And here’s the visual homage to the movie I based the title of my blog on. Sad really.

February 5, 2009

Overclocking

Geeks love overclocking. Making their computers more hardcore than the out of the box version.

My wife loves this clock. And geeks will too. $US20 from Etsy. Found via Boing Boing.

January 30, 2009

Crystal clear pool

Speaking of beautifully designed things… Gizmodo just posted a link to this Aussie designed glass pool table – complete with a special surface that emulates the friction and movement of felt. The privilege of having this bad boy in your living room will cost you a cool $38,000 or thereabouts. But hey, Plasma televisions cost that much back in the day – and look at them now.

January 28, 2009

A powerful punch

nanananananananananana Batman

I grew up watching reruns of the 1960s Batman serial starring Adam West. I bought the DVD of the Batman Movie spin off from the same series for about $7. It’s probably the worst Batman movie ever made. Even worse than the one with Arnie as Mr Freeze. But I digress. The thing that made that Batman series so good was the super imposed, jagged edged, comic book style “sock”, “pow”, and “zap”. Action onomatopoeia at its best.

If, like me, you grew up wanting to pack a punch like Batman – then this 950,000V infusing knuckle duster will give your self defense a real “wham” effect. The best bit – a set of these – for your own fists of fury – will only set you back $US100.

Zap, Pow, Wham

See what’s happening here? It’s the X-Men effect. Asking “what would your mutant power be?” is a great ice-breaker. And today’s inventors are going about developing all the cool mutant powers you can think of… these knuckledusters will help aspiring Surges (from the “new X-Men”) discover their electric personalities.

It seems invisibility isn’t far off either. What would your mutant power be?

December 23, 2008

Electrifyingly cool

Anyone who has played Red Alert knows that Tesla Coils are the ultimate home base defence system. And anyone who hasn’t, but knows what a Tesla coil is knows that they’re totally awesome.

That’s why this guitar amp is cool:

And, why this photographic re-enactment of Red Alert is also cool.

Red Alert: Tesla Coil

If you’re not convinced that Tesla coils are the coolest thing since electricity then check out this gallery from the Red Alert Tesla Guy (an Australian) on the SMH.

December 19, 2008

All sorts of awesome

The whole Pirate v Ninja debate just doesn’t do it for me. It just doesn’t make any sense. What can a pirate possibly bring to the party? Nothing. That’s right. Ninjas are a black wrapped package of awesome. And now, you can ninjafi your fridge with these shuriken magnets. Just $19US a pair, plus postage… that’s a lot to pay for a set of magnets…

December 5, 2008

If life were a musical

It would be much easier to steer the plot with this little number. A shirt with its very own in built speaker. Just $40 US. It’s a limited release – and the speaker can be removed so that you can wash it. The shirt that is. Not the speaker. Here’s a demo video… just in case you’re not convinced.

November 27, 2008