Recipe for a unique USB hub: 4 USB ports, 3 LEDs, 1 cup of gas station quality crystal art, 2 cups of arcade style claw game prizes, 1/2 cup of mail order Americana sculptures, sprinkled liberally with “…whatever” and voilà! The USB 4 Port Hub with Crystal Hawk LED Light.
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From Fashionably Geek: Just look at this Ralph McQuarrie Darth Vader concept helmet. So awesome it takes your breath away right? Now, how about that $900 price tag? I’ll let you catch your breath for a second—when you’re ready, there’s more after the break.
If you have to ask why, you aren’t a big enough nerd. It’s a lot of work for something that’s relatively pointless, but I have to admit—having a really tiny arcade machine would be pretty cool. Check out the video above to learn how to make one yourself. If you can move at superhuman speeds, the entire build would take less than 2 minutes! If you’re lazy, you could always just bid on a finished product for sale on eBay.
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There’s now a free app (iTunes link) available for your iPhone which will allow you to wake up the same way Disney characters do, with the sounds of 2D chirping birds. For added illusion, you can stick your iPhone in this BirdBox and tap the screen in order to see your potential wake up call nesting inside. The BirdBox is made of high quality heavy card, is easy to assemble and is available in four different colors. The only problem is if you smash this alarm clock in the morning, you’ve killed a bird and ruined $100 phone. You don’t want to start your day that way.
Product Page: ($11.95-$12.75 via Boing Boing)
Joongho Choi’s concept table “Pixable” is supposed to be an artistic representation of pixels, which are described by the artist as “expanding the boundary of the art format since it replaces paper”. However my first thought, besides the fact that it looks like a bunch of cannibalized Rubik’s Cubes, it that it would have been the perfect piece of background furniture for Peter Gabriel’s “Big Time” video. It also reminds me of “Marble Madness”. Probably not the futuristic edge Joongho was looking for… Unless this thing was designed in 1975.
There have been several Vader alarm clocks in the past, but the latest exclusive from the official StarWarsShop might very well be the most effective at getting you up. You see, each morning will be met with an alarm and the projected shadow of Darth Vader on the wall, ready to strike. There are no details on how big the projected image actually is, but if it’s life-size, you might be headed back to bedwetting.
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Now you can cuddle up with the same doll seen dangling from the hand of a Little Sister in the first BioShock 2 teaser trailer. It was made from discarded items found in Rapture, so make sure to update your tetanus shots.
Wake up feeling energetic after a nap on this Mega Man E-Tank cushion. Unfortunately, the Japanese will be the ones that are well rested since it doesn’t look like it will be available in the States anytime soon. And that is the secret to their success in business folks. E-Tank power naps (and palm reading).
Does the Russian Roulette balloon gun work? Does the pop hurt your ears? Would I or my brother be the one to get dusted if this deadly game were real? Find out in the video after the break.
Want to win a nerdy shirt from Teextile? Our sister site Fashionably Geek is giving away t-shirts to 10 lucky readers. If you want to be one of them, click on the following link for all the details on how to enter. (Fashionably Geek)
