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Design
Nu Pop Watches Make Being Hip Almost Worth The Inconvenience
1:27AM Mark Wilson | Ignore the site’s lame hip hop and its general theme of trying too hard, because these nu pop watches by designer Pascal Mouawad and musician Jermaine Dupri are pretty snazzy in their own right. $US145. [nupop via Whollysblog via bookofjoe]
Design
Da Vinci’s The Last Supper, Painted In 4000 Rubik’s Cube
8:00AM Mark Wilson | It took five people two months to recreate Leonardo Da Vinci’s The Last Supper in Rubik’s Cubes, but it will take those same five people the rest of their lives to solve it. [Popped Culture via firstcoastnews via Neatorama]
Design
Ecko Star Wars Watches, If You’re Not Fett Up Yet
12:40AM Mark Wilson | We can only imagine how much money there is to be made on a $US100 geek hoodies, which probably why Marc Ecko, teamed with Timex, is looking to release a line of Star Wars watches next. More »
Design
The Shark Still Looks Fake
5:20AM Mark Wilson | Strike fear into the hearts of men with the courteous Three Dimensions of Terror t-shirt ($10). Its 3D shark is kind enough to wait for its victims to put on glasses before commencing the attack. [Threadless via More »
Entertainment
New Astro Boy Trailer Makes Me Want This New Astro Boy Toy
3:15PM Danny Allen | Check out this wicked Astro Boy figurine recently spotted at Hong Kong’s Ani-Com show. I can’t wait for the big-screen CG reboot of everyone’s favourite Pinocchio-like android kid with arm canons. Speaking of which, new full-length trailer after the jump! More »
Design
Crude But True, T-shirt, Crude But True
4:20AM Mark Wilson | One day history will acknowledge the great t-shirt philosophers of the 21st century, their cotton tomes hanging in the Smithsonian amidst mankind’s greatest intellectual triumphs. Until then, $US22 says that smartphones work great in the bathroom. [CafePress via FashionablyGeek] More »
Software
Emoji Comes To IChat, Cuteness Ensues
4:00AM Mark Wilson | In case you can no longer express yourself in words, instead demanding cute Japanese emoticons to encapsulate inner longing and turmoil, you can sleep well knowing that the iPhone’s Emoji set has been ported to iChat. More »
Entertainment
Fans Really Do Bash New Star Trek for Being ‘Fun, Watchable’
12:00AM Mark Wilson | Remember when The Onion published that parody piece in which “Star Trek fans” complained that the new Star Trek was too entertaining? Well NPR just ran pretty much the same piece…but with complete earnestness. More »
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