More iPad games continue to roll into the App Store. Most recently, Medici has arrived. Codito Development has announced numerous board games coming to the App Store, including most recently, Through the Ages here. As it turns out, this is making me want an iPad. I’ve had no interest, really, since I already have a [...]
Somewhere on an island off the west coast of British Columbia lives a steampunk artist with a penchant for musical instruments, and fabulous gadgetry. We catch up with the Thin Gypsy Thief, also known as Kyle Miller, to ask him a few questions. Click on through the jump for our conversation, along with some pictures of [...]
You’ve heard of woot.com, right? I mean, c’mon, almost everyone in the world has heard of woot and their “clearance sale” style of bringing cool stuff to the masses at low prices, right? Anyway, woot.com was acquired by Amazon.com, and the official announcement to the world was presented in rap format by a monkey puppet [...]
[Guest post by GirlGoneGeek -Ed.] “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” – Albert Einstein Okay so maybe humanity isn’t doomed, per se, but humanity won’t be like we know it today. In the future the human race will become obsolete, and we have no one to blame but ourselves. [...]
One thing we were sure to hit up at Maker Faire 2010 was the Humble Earth Productions booth. Why were we so keen? First a little background. I come from Indiana originally. Moving out to California, there’s one thing I’ve missed more than I thought I would: fireflies. They were everywhere when I was growing [...]
So Maker Faire is pretty much the mecca for DIY nerds. I say that with all love, because this event brought to the surface many aspects of myself as a geek that I didn’t even know were there. Even though you might think this is an event for gearheads alone, I can say that I’ve [...]
The idea here is that comic book fans will want to shell out extra duckets for a TV that basically has a comic book-themed screen saver. What you get for your $339 to $1989 investment is a nice big LCD screen, framed with images of your favorite comic character and an 8-second startup splash screen [...]
What steampunk exhibition would be complete without gadgets? First up, goggle-maker extraordinaire Fred Jeska, of Kelly’s Heroes. Next, the completely amazing mechanikal arm of Thomas Willeford (aka Lord Archibald “Feathers” Featherstone), of Brute Force Studios: When he moves his forearm, the piston moves into the upper housing, and the flywheel actually spins, tracking his movements: [...]
So we were walking around the Nova Albion Steampunk Exhibition, and what to our wondering eyes did appear? A GIANT FIRE BREATHING SNAIL! This phenomenal piece of majestic steampunkery is a fully-functioning art car (officially named “The Golden Mean”), and is available for rent. It’s apparently also been around a while, but it’s new to [...]
