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Regretsy: The Creepy Side To Making And Selling Your Own Crafts
2:30PM Wilson Rothman | As much as I admire people who believe enough in their artistic output to foist it on others for money, I knew Etsy had a dark side. Well, someone with the no-nonsense pseudonym Helen Killer just showed it to me: More »
Games
DIY Xbox 360 RROD Coasters: How Old Are You, 10?
12:00PM Adrian Covert | These RROD coasters are clever, sure. But anything with Perler beads is about as classy as black velvet Elvis paintings or those creepy ceramic dolls your grandma collects. Translation: save these for D&D games in the basement. [GamerGrrrlz via Technabob] More »
Design
Dismembered Doll Limbs Hold Your Keys
12:00AM Mark Wilson | Some find baby dolls cute. Others realise their potential for holding your stuff—if they’re chopped to bits and fastened to wood. More »
Weapons
Paper Tank Only Fires Cheap Furniture, Supermarket Coupons
4:30AM Jesus Diaz | Being the blind bat that I am, I first got excited when I saw this M1 Abrams tank made out of paper because I thought those were comic-book pages. Is that Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos? Maybe coloured Milton Canniff’s Steve Canyons? Doug Murray’s ‘Nam? Then I zoomed in and I realised what it was. More »
Random Stuff
Spock Ears Make Me Say ‘Knit Long and Prosper’
8:40PM Gizmodo US Edition | This is a momentous day for me (I won’t spoil the surprise) and what better way to celebrate momentous days than by knitting a pair of Spock ears for my lugs. If I were going to the New York meet-up you would be able to identify me by these furry little thingies—sod the fact that I would probably collapse from heatstroke before I even got to the sodding ballgame—and I could be the fount of mirth while you watched the rounders match, or whatever it is they’re playing on the pitch. Anyway. Ears. Spock. Knitted. Look like sideways boobies. What more do you want on a Friday? [Yarn Songs via Boing Boing]
Crafts Corner: Needlepoint Mac
7:40AM Sean Fallon | Old ladies make quilts, nerds make life-sized replicas of the Macintosh 128k. And the best part is that Ben Fino-Radin’s design even incorporates insertable images to mimic web-browsing. Ridiculous? You bet it is. Do I want one? No, not really —but I appreciate the effort. [Benjaminter via Boing Boing] More »
Gadgets
AK47 Paper Gun Model Kit, for Terrorising Paper Dolls
1:32AM Charlie White | The AK47 assault rifle is probably the most popular weapon in the world, so much so that it’s been made into lamps by designer Philippe Stark, gold plated by Saddam Hussein, and there’s even a Hello Kitty edition. Now you can build yourself a perfectly harmless replica of the beloved killing machine with this AK47 Paper Gun Model Kit, available in the form of a $US30 booklet complete with an instruction poster. Wonder what would happen if you tried to get one of these models through the TSA checkpoints at the airport? [Die Gestalten, via Like Cool] More »
