The Awesome Button

The Awesome Button

by | GameRoom

Matt Richards, a writer for Make Magazine, had a problem. His favorite word to use was “awesome.” He would put it in everything he wrote. He realized this and wanted to expand his vocabulary, but he wanted to have fun with it as well. So, he decided to...
H.P. Lovecraft made Aquaman cool

H.P. Lovecraft made Aquaman cool

by | Geek

  How does a horror / terror writer make a superhero, who has struggled with his self image, cool? Well  Aqua-man  is lord of all Denizens of the deep right… There just happens to be a special place in the world for out of this world horrors, called...
NES In A NES Cart

NES In A NES Cart

by | GameRoom, Geek

I loved the simplicity of cart based gaming consoles. No scratched CD’s to worry about. Did it really matter if your kid wandered off with the game? Did parents even play games back then? A modder from over at Instructables has taken his love of nostalgia one...

Machete Slinghot, Blades of Fury

by | tech

You know some stories write themselves.  This is a giant slingshot that shoots a machete, there is no subterfuge in the name. Watch the video it IS as dangerous as it sounds. Experts only, Some Darwin awards are merely held in reserve. This is crazy....
Das Beer Boot

Das Beer Boot

by | Design, Food n Coffee

Have you seen Beerfest? I love that movie, and one of the most iconic pieces of hardware contained in that hilarious Yeasty  Comedy  was DAS BOOT, a beer drinking  apparatus  of legendary proportions. While Das Boot had been around for a while as a novelty item this...