Instead of spending hours unravelling, testing and hanging Christmas lights, in the future I’m going to do what Saks Fifth Avenue has done with their Christmas decorations; Hire a bunch of animators and just point a projector at my home. More »
A working cable car would be just the thing to help your modified action figure ornaments travel up the Christmas tree. I mean, the tree is like Everest to them. More »
Make brings up this handy resource to add a little fright to your front yard this Halloween. The Haunt Project is a collection of Halloween-related DIY projects, ranging from harmless decorations to stuff that’s just dangerous. More »
Xmas nerdgasm! Earthlings, behold the best Xmas tree ever, decorated using every single sci-fi electronic figure in the Universe, as you’ll see in the video. From Star Wars to Star Trek, the mind boggles.
I can’t speak for everyone here, but most of us have 3, 4 or 5 industrial-sized oxygen tanks just rolling around, taking up precious space in our homes. Well here’s a tip that’ll put Martha Stewart’s upcoming book Oxygen Tank Decorating Made Easy straight to the bottom of the charts. Just stick a lampshade on the thing, run some wiring through the base and presto—you have a cute lamp. If, of course, you already used up all of your oxygen tanks during our Halloween decorating extravaganza special from last month, this lamp is still available for an undisclosed price. [Yab Design via Nerd Approved]
This is a 21st Century Christmas tree bauble: There’s a 1.4-inch screen in there, powered by AAA batteries and 8MB of USB-accessed storage, and it’s capable of showing slideshows of your pictures. Out now for around $US12 each. Which is cheap enough that you could have a bunch of them on the tree, among the innocent tinsel and candy canes, set to display the kind of photos that’d really freak out the mother-in-law when she visits. [Chinavision via 7Gadgets]
These traditional Japanese-style keyboards are a class apart from the grey or white boringness of the average keyboard. As well as looking different, and neat these devices are even handmade for that extra “creative” touch. The gold one’s damn attractive and would look cool on many a desk: but not the green “kara kusa” one… that just looks like a typing nightmare. That attractiveness costs, mind you, as they’re available for US$154.90. Except the gold “Zip-Ang” one, which is a whopping US$214.21. [Akihabaranews
Parrot’s light switch cover with a built-in speaker to relay the digital message of your choice makes me long for a product Banhammer, a hefty blunt instrument with which I can bludgeon pointless gadgets to death, entertaining myself and sustaining plastic splinters in the process. Record your 20-second message and then flip either light switch to play it back. Costing about $15, the good thing is you get four free screws with it. [WorldStart via OhGizmo!]
