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Posted on Sep 01, 2010 by Carlo — Geek / Movies & TV — 1 comment

Ever Want to Build Your Own Lightsaber? TOO LATE – This Guy Did It First

While it’s not a real lightsaber, because those are fantasy and scientifically impossible, this guy does a pretty nice job of building his own version of the display-only lightsabers.

This is the one that started it all for me and illuminated lightsabers. This is the Obi Wan Kenobi Episode IV “A New Hope” lightsaber. The offerings from Master Replicas and Hasbro have that extra fat windvane piece that is pretty much meh.

So I decided I needed to make myself one out of the most accurate reproductions of the vintage parts, or the vintage parts themselves. I set out to make the most screen accurate ANH Obi saber I could, and here is my build log for it.

Wow, get a life dude.

But seriously, I commend this nerd-bro for his dedication to hand making something that I could just buy on amazon for like $120. (Not that I would even waste that on a stupid nerd toy when I could buy this.)

via Gamma Squad

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Posted on Aug 31, 2010 by Daye — Bizarre / From the Web / Geek / Humor / Lifestyle — No comments

NASA Makes Hurricane Earl More Awesomer!!

Did you know there’s a hurricane named Earl 170 miles east-southeast of Grand Turk Island that may make land fall on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States sometime this week?? Well there is.

God I hate the news. BOOOOOOOORING! Blah blah blah Hurricane Earl is coming. (Stupid Wolf Blitzer with his stupid name and not allowing youtube embedding)

But big thanks to NASA for showing the average Joe aka me the awesome power of hurricanes from near Earth Orbit. RESPEK. Is there anything they can’t do…..? Warp drive… Come on eggheads get back to me.

First up is actual full motion 720p video from the International Space Station:

Next we have pictures; glorious high resolution pictures… from space: Continue reading this post →

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Posted on Aug 30, 2010 by chris — Geek — No comments

Mario Kart FAIL. Portland FAIL. Life FAIL.

I really hate using the FAIL moniker for things on the internet. It’s so archaic and over-used, but in some circumstances it’s just a necessity. For example when you’re shaving your junk and accidentally nick your johnson and start bleeding all over your mom’s new towels… FAIL.

Then there’s the city of Portland, where they take the word prankster to a whole new level of stupid. Now, I LOVE Mario Kart and I LOVE pranks. But if you’re going to spray paint Mario Kart symbols in a bike lane, at least TRY a little bit.

At least they got that newscaster all hot and bothered. But for my money, you know that hard earned money my dad uses to pay the FiOS bill, I want to see a little bit more effort guys. Did anyone else notice in the video the large stretch of unaffected bike lane? Wasn’t this only like 2 blocks? What, didn’t you have money for paint? You suck, I’m calling Aziz Ansari to show you how it’s done.

Get it? Parks and recreation? Bikes are recreational? Aziz is funnier than you? I think we all get it now.

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Posted on Aug 26, 2010 by Daye — Bizarre / From the Web / Geek / Humor / Lifestyle — 2 comments

Bet You Didn’t Know That Iran Was Mad L33t Son.


The Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology is directly connected to the Iranian Government. Aside from evaluating and advising policy makers on science and technology issues, the largest research outfit in the country also provides a warez server where Photoshop, MS Office and many other applications can be downloaded for free, totally legal thanks to Iran’s lenient copyright policy.

We now have a ligament reason to invade Iran!! First they’re enriching Uranium and now they’re offering our patriotic American computer programs to their citizens FOR FREE. They can’t pwn the US like this.

I went to DAPS’ very own technology guru loberman for comment:

really it just sounds like arrogance, its kind of a we didn’t make this so why should we care about it mind set.
china takes that stance on software a lot also.

Yeah I don’t really understand what he means either. But I do know there’s only one thing left to do…. Send in the Hackers Angelina Jolie and Matthew Lillard and HACK THE PLANET!!!

via torrentfreak

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Posted on Aug 23, 2010 by Daye — Bizarre / From the Web / Geek / Humor / Lifestyle / Movies & TV — No comments

Mr. Shake Hands Man Shakes Hands

It would be awesome if Mr. Shake Hands Man was a real person but sadly that’s not case. He’s from a British gambling show, called Banzai, that spoofs crazy Japanese TV programming. Basically they set up a scenario, like Punk’d, then the audience has to bet on how long the “event” will last.

I bet you can’t even begin to guess what Mr. Shake Hands Man gimmick is…

Mr. Shake Hands Man (played by Japanese-American actor Tadao Tomomatsu), has to maintain a handshake with a celebrity for as long as possible.

Lets see how long he can shake Mr. Bill Murray’s hand during an interview.

It’s HILARIOUS and guaranteed to help you get rid of your case of Mondays.

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Posted on Aug 20, 2010 by Daye — Bizarre / From the Web / Geek / Lifestyle — No comments

Have You Ever Thought What It Would Be Like To Fall To Earth From Space?

YES duh…. all the time. Why’d you ask?

Because space fascinates me and pretty much anything NASA is working on is pretty sick. So when I saw a video of the Space Shuttle’s solid rocket booster separating from the Shuttle and then falling beautifully back to Earth I knew I had to share it.

NERD STATS:

This video was shot during Space Shuttle mission STS-124 which took place from May 31 to June 14 2008.

Neat huh? For an even better experience turn off the sound and listen to Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan.

- via thedailywh

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Posted on Aug 17, 2010 by Daye — From the Web / Geek / Humor / Lifestyle — No comments

8 Bit Tribute To YouTube Doesn’t Go Far Enough

Here’s a video of some fun/cute internet memes (if you don’t know what a meme is you need halp) redone with 8bit NES graphics.

Awwwwww. I feel all warm and fuzzy inside now. While Keyboard cat, sneezy panda, and Antoine Dodson are safe and fun targets; I need more! Where’s the filth the internets is know for??

I need an 8bit Two Girls One Cup or a lemon party rendition with those funny looking NES sprites. (Google these on your own… I will not be held accountable for when you have to scratch out your eyeballs)

Internet you have you mission… GO GO GO GO!

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Posted on Aug 17, 2010 by Carlo — Geek / Sex — 1 comment

I Know you Still Play COD, So Are you Prestiging Yet or Not?

While the game is a tad passé now, Modern Warfare 2 is still one of the more popular games for X-Box 360 due to it’s online multiplayer.

The point of the multiplayer is simple, kill people, perform tasks, and complete challenges to earn points towards your rank. Once you complete your 70th rank, you are offered to enter “Prestige Mode” which essentially takes away all the weapons and junk you earned and starts you back at 0, but with a cool icon letting everyone know you’ve “prestiged”.

But “Prestiging” may not mean exactly you you think it means….

I may have to rethink my excuse for staying in to play COD now….

Jane Blow, why didn’t you tell us about this!

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Posted on Aug 16, 2010 by Daye — Bizarre / From the Web / Geek / Humor / Lifestyle — No comments

FYI: Your Asian Tattoo is Probably Just Gibberish

Yes I know the urge to get the Japanese character for ‘courage’ or ‘integrity’ as your next sick tat is a strong one but please don’t.

There’s a blog out there (OMG REALLY) where people send in pictures of their Asian tattoos and the blog author attempts to ‘translate’ what the symbols actually mean.

And I’ve noticed by going though his posts that the tattoos almost NEVER mean what the person originally wanted! UGHHH.

Don’t do it!!!! Just go with this time honored favorite:

My favorites:

This means means “exhausted/poor”. Oops sucks to be you dude.

Rice. This symbol means rice. Mission accomplished lady.

This means “coffin man”. Hahaha. Way to go ‘douche man’

Check out the rest of these disasters.

- via hanzi smatter

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Posted on Aug 16, 2010 by MightyVin — Bizarre / From the Web / Geek / Movies & TV / Music — No comments

Did You Know The Theme To ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ Had Lyrics?

Well….not REALLY.

This dude just made them up himself; in classic one-step-forward-four-steps-back nerd embarrassment fashion, I might add.

Well, still, I find it awesome how well he nails the inflection on “Dr. Crusher.” That’s right, now you’re thinking of nailing Dr. Crusher (don’t even fucking lie!!!).

If you check out this guy’s Youtube channel he also sings lyrics for Voyager and Deep Throat Space Nine.

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