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Easter 2009: Mario, Portal, Tetris, and an oldie!

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

Last year I painted some cubes for the office so people could enjoy Easter the way I thought they should… with free chocolate.

Seriously, I'm a Jew. I couldn't give a damn about all that Bible crap. I care about the chocolate, the cocoa, white chocolate, truffles, praline, and little bits of aluminium foil that wrap it up.

I also care about showing how much I care so this year I took my cubes one step forward.

Friends in tech journalism got a taste of what's above while family got what's below.

Step inside to see that chaos & anarchy that only Easter and paint can provide…

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Tags: chocolates, companion cube, easter boxes, mario, portal, tetris, xbox
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Another geek moment: Star Wars played by a scanner

Monday, April 6th, 2009

I don't quite know what a "prop" is but I'll assume it's a kudos, so props to the guy who engineered this:

John Williams' "Imperial March" (from Star Wars) played by a scannner!

Ok, now am I the only one who want to see what the scanned result looks like? Seriously, I can't be the only one!

Tags: star wars, youtube
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Why America is more backward in this day and age…

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

I am soon to be a traveler.

I shall wander the world with my girlfriend exploring streets, corners, cities, parks, hot-dog stands, cafes, bus-stops, tram turntables, windy roads, long & narrow paths, far stretching avenues, shops, places, patios, sidewalks, park benches, and generally anything & everything that I can do because I've never been there before.

Basically, I'm going to America in a few months.

Being the Internet-connected blog-freak that I am (I mean just look, we're at almost 500 entries now), I need a way of staying connected.

I know it's expected to be normal that everyone has an Internet connection, but apparently some places don't… so this is me looking for a prepaid wireless broadband connection in America.

And you know what I find? Not one bloody thing.

So I merely have one question for American telco's…

HOW THE HELL DOES THE WORLD'S BIGGEST SUPERPOWER NOT HAVE PREPAID WIRELESS INTERNET WHEN AUSTRALIA HAS IT IN ABUNDANCE?

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Tags: america, broadband
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April Fools Day 2009: The niPod

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

I've been doing April Fools Day jokes online for long enough to know that there are good ideas and bad ideas.

This year, I had a rather indifferent idea.

Click on the image to see it bigger…

Introducing the Nikon iPod or the niPod. The idea is an iPod Classic merged with a Nikon Coolpix camera modeled off of something like the S52c.

You can read all about it The Gadget Grill where the announcement landed.

Click on the image to see it bigger…

Honestly, it's not my best work. It's good Photoshop work but not a great AFD joke.

We actually were working on something big but it didn't get out in time. I think I've put far too much creative energy into my Easter Boxes, to be honest, and didn't start working on the April Fools Day stuff 'till late.

Tags: april fools day, ipod, nikon
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