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The New Think Geek Stuff

It’s almost impossible to resist to the Think Geek stuff. I have a wish list there, and today I add new products to it. I would love to win the iZilla Media Monster – it’s almost a dream with two … Continue reading

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Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki

Joke or not: Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki. Who cares? I don’t! The fans are going to love it. The feature article looks very good to me: Earth was an Outer Rim planet notable for its biological diversity, which could … Continue reading

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OMG! It’s so cute!

Slashdot says: Our marketing department has done extensive research over the last 3 quarters and discovered that our audience is strangely disproportionately skewed towards males. Like, 98.3% males to be precise. To correct this oversight, we have decided to subtly … Continue reading

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Apple: Heroes, Villains and Quotes

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. A photo gallery by Wired of the history of Apple computers through Heroes and Villains.The world’s most lickable computer company has seen its share of good guys and bad guys during its 30-year … Continue reading

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The Legend of Zelda Live action version

Last month The Legend of Zelda celebrated its 20 Years. Two years ago a group of fans were already celebrating their love for the game doing a parody live action version of it. If the video isn’t a masterpiece, at … Continue reading

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The Top Ten Sexiest Female Robots

The Top Ten Sexiest Female Robots: from Angelina Jolie in Cyborg 2 to Rosie the Robot from The Jetsons (???). My choice for the sexiest robot isn’t in that list, it’s Maria, the robot from Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, played by … Continue reading

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Wintergreen – “When I Wake Up”

When I Wake Up is the videoclip of Wintergreen‘s song (a very cool music I have to say) directed by Keith Schofield. Maybe because I’m a nostalgic of the 80′s I liked the video’s idea. It shows the band playing … Continue reading

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Get Perpendicular

As video and music files get bigger and bigger, we end up needing more space than current storage technologies allow. Storage companies are offering new technology to solve technical limitations and the current darling is perpendicular storage. The idea is … Continue reading

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Computer History

Computer History: geek stuff. In the 1980s I wrote dozens of letters to companies asking for more information on their products. Some of them manufactured hardware or wrote software while others were vendors of other companies’ products. I kept all … Continue reading

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Worlds Largest Dice Collection

Worlds Largest Dice Collection: the story of Kevin Cook, that started to collect dices in 1977 and keep this obsession until now. In 2004 he receive the certificate of Guinness Record for the largest collection of dices: 11,097. Dices of … Continue reading

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