If you’ve any old cassette tapes left over after building that floor lamp then you might want to try stuffing your iPod into one, just like the guys over at Contexture Design in Vancouver have. The great thing is that each unit — a glorious mix of new and old — is likely to be unique, given that they’re made up from any old cassettes left lying around. Read more »
Those of you into Magic: The Gathering or Yu-Gi-Oh cards may be interested in some Weiβ Schwarz cards too. Like Magic and Yu-Gi-Oh, the gome involves battling with an opponent using “monsters” and other cards. The difference here is that Weiβ Schwarz uses actual anime characters rather than beasts or dragons or what have you. Read more »
Footage of the upcoming Iron Man 2 feature has been showed at a ComicCON panel and consequently leaked. Have fun with Mickey Rourke, Nick Furke and War Man. And explosions of course. Read more »
Forget ordinary plain building blocks, or ones with letters of the alphabet on. Here we have wooden blocks with geometry equations carved into them. Read more »
So the War Of Kings is finally over. Black Bolt and Vulcan may be dead, Gladiator may well be declared Majestor of the Shi’Ar and peace across the galaxy seems to have been aquired, merely for the price of a giant tear in space time, parsecs across. Just what we had been warned about in the excellent Guardians of the Galaxy series. Now as part of the cosmic uber-story, War Of Kings is an excellent instalment. However, as a final issue of a six issue mini, well, I for one was disappointed. Too much action, not enough exposition, and I could tell how it was going to end a few Read more »
Cupcakes… once more. First Star Wars and Pac-Man, now Lego and Anime cupcakes. Yes, we love’em here at FG HQ and will continue updating you with awesome cupcakes as we find’em. Read more »
In memory of (the nearly dead) Internet Explorer 6 comes this nifty little piece of JavaScript that will wreak havoc with your web page, turning it into a pile of unreadable junk that even Steve Ballmer would be proud of. The IE6IFY site proudly proclaims: “After years of observation and reverse engineering I am proud to say I have been able to reproduce the IE6 algorithm to break even the most standards-compliant websites.” Before I show you the results, here’s the piece of code that does the damage: Read more »
For poor DIY fans. And those who don’t like genuinely geeky cars. Show off your pics of your selfmade glam cars in the comments. We promise you that we will won’t mock you! Read more »
Despite the fact that, for the most part, my iPhone handles my mobile entertainment needs, this Nintendo Mini Classics keyring has got to be a contender for cool (and cheap) gizmo. There are three to choose from, loaded up with either Donkey Kong Jr, Mario’s Cement Factory or Super Mario Bros. You might find your keyring decoration far outweighs the number of keys you have. Read more »
I regularly post about weird tattoos over at frankylicio.us but this awesome and totally original set of tattoos of Mario and Luigi certainly will make the heart of every geek out there beat faster.I imagine these ink pieces must have been very hurtful but the result is awesome. If it weren’t for the state of the toenails, who clearly need a cut. Read more »
