Written October 27, 2008 and published in Random | 0 Comments
I just saw this. Not really sure what to make of it. At first I thought I was a Star Wars Walker made to look like a Storm Trooper but it is in fact much stranger. It is a My Little Pony that has been dressed as a Storm Trooper. It even has a tail!
I don’t ask this normally but this time I have to… why?
To start I would like to say that if someone shows you how to do something with an object that said object was not specifically designed to do, make sure they know how to put it back to the way it was.
Also we tried looking for a solution to the problem but Google came up with nothing relevant. So I thought I would contribute the solution to the world.
My dad had just such a problem with Murcielago air scoops affectionately known as bat wings. They are designed to raise out of the sleek lines of the car when you go above 50km/h to increase airflow to the engine. There is a button on the center console of the car to allow you to raise them at your whim but the engine needs to be running and so obviously the key needs to be in.
Someone told my dad how to ‘fool’ the car into keeping the bat wings up without the engine running. So without a second thought, he did it and, it worked – the engine was off and the bat wings were up. So how do you get them down? When you press the button on the center console the dash reads “FAULT”.
Here’s how to do it but more importantly how to PUT IT BACK courtesy of my father.
“Keeping bat wings up to either clean them or pose:
Returning to normal operation:
Done
Have fun! Need I say more?
Again, not much time to post about this but I thought I’d share more comical accessories that I find floating around the interweb. Its a USB powered hand warming mouse-mat… that looks like a shark is biting your arm off.
Seriously, where do they come up with these ideas?
Written August 28, 2008 and published in Random | 0 Comments
This little gem is a USB memory stick that makes it look as if a bear has it’s head trapped in your laptop, especially if you put the lid down! Quite a gimmick and not at all practical but I like it. Might see one sticking out of my laptop soon.
Written August 28, 2008 and published in Random | 0 Comments
Is dust a problem for you? Can you write your name in the dust on your LCD screen? Well if you answered yes then this product is for you. It’s a dust cover that looks like a test card. Fantastic, I hope to see more ideas like this. While being a bit too loud for the livingroom, it would go very well on an LCD monitor in a bedroom or office space. I don’t know the price or availability though.
I love Robot Chicken. It’s official.
I knew Robot Chicken was made by the people that do Family Guy, and I knew that it was stop motion but for some reason I had never watched any of it until my holiday when I put two seasons of it on my iPod.
I think it is definitely on par with Family Guy, maybe even edged it a bit becuase it was new and unexpected. I laughed so very hard at the Star Wars special they did, not about the actual Star Wars storylines, more about the storylines around the outer edge of Star Wars, things that could be infurred as true from the films.
Below is one of the funniest things I have seen in a while. I love Star Wars and I love comedy, you have to have seen Star Wars a few times to understand the comedy in this. So I hope you have.
Simply put, it is the best animated film I have seen in a long time.
To say this film was a long time coming is an understatement. I was dubious about the storyline when I first saw the trailer over a year ago but as usual I was side-tracked by the beautiful animation and comedy that Pixar put into their films.
Last night I watched Wall-E and was amazed that a film lasting 90 mins could have held my attention with virtually no speech throughout. All the emotion that you feel when watching the film is a result of gesures and ‘facial’ expressions. With The story being about robots it was astounding how Pixar managed to translate human expressions, inflections and movements onto various robot counterparts.
An overview of the story (without spoiling it) is that humanity left earth as it was too contaminated by waste and while they are gone they leave Wall-E robots to clear up the mess. The story picks up 700 years on and follows the only functioning Wall-E’s journey. Being left alone for so long he has developed a personality and curiosity which often gets him in trouble.
I was surprised at how serious the themes were in the film, tackling such issues as climate change, recycling, social boundaries, technological complacency and corporate monopolies as well as friendship, love and self-discovery.
There are many funny moments in the film and the storyline is entertaining. The best part about the film for me was the myriad of different robots and how they all seem to have their own personalities and character traits, good and bad, and how they react to Wall-E.
I will be buying this when it comes out. Well done Pixar, you’ve done it again.
5/5
Written June 17, 2008 and published in Random | 0 Comments
I love comedy. I love wit. I love being a geek. So what happens when you combine all these? You get the competition from cracked.com to Photoshop the best powerup into real a real-life situation.
Some people (I hope) didn’t spend much time on the Photoshopping but some didn’t need much.
The favourite of mine is below.
To see all 30 entries and the winner click here
Oh and the title of this post is the sound that Mario makes when he gets a powerup in case you didn’t quite get the strangely spelt, obscure reference.
Written June 7, 2008 and published in News and Rumours | 0 Comments
Reading an article on Slashgear about a new creation from Continuum Studio I couldn’t help but wonder what similarities their new ‘Smart Bracelet’ has to a criminal electronic tag.
The principle is exactly the same. You put a bracelet on your child and you wear the master which alerts you when they have moved outside a certain radius that you set. It then shows you exactly how far away they are and in which direction. Now I am all for children’s safety and this sounds like a brilliant invention that I’m sure will do well with concerned parents who want to let their children play but also want to know where they are but I just can’t shake this image of a child in a prison outfit running around with a bleeping tag on their leg.
What happens when the child learns that they can just put the bracelet on their dog ’spot’ and let him run around outside the perimeter fence driving their parents mad thinking they’ve lost their child. “They should be right in front of me!” … leading to
“Oh my god the dog has eaten the children!”. It also reminds me of when you lose your phone and have to press the page button on your base station at home so the handset beeps allowing you to find it. Could this work with the prison children? I can just imagine concerned parents pressing a button and a loud noise goes off in the distance with their child trying to cover it up because if anyone hears it they are sure to get teased for being so cool (Sarcasm implied).
The trouble is, where do you draw the line? At what age to you stop wearing it? As everybody knows, parents never stop worrying about where they’re children are and if they’re safe. Should I be wearing one? Should everyone? What about when my parents get too old to look after themselves, does the system come full circle and I start to tag my parents in case they wander off unaccompanied?
Its all very ‘Logan’s Run’…
