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Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome tag:geekologie.com,2013://1 2013-05-24T20:49:03Z Movable Type Pro 4.38 Heads Will Roll: A Bunch Of People Getting Their Heads Cut Off With A Virtual Reality Guillotine Simulator tag:geekologie.com,2013://1.13464 2013-05-24T20:30:36Z 2013-05-24T20:49:03Z

This is a video of a bunch of friends taking turns using an Oculus Rift virtual reality headset to experience the moments before being decapitated by a guillotine. It looks like fun. And it would have been even more fun if somebody would have smacked them in the back of the neck with a broom handle when the blade was falling. Hit the jump for the video.]]> Thanks to PYY, who agrees if you have to get your head cut off, virtual reality is definitely the way to go.]]> Wheeee!: Guy Rides Snowmobile Off The Edge Of A Cliff tag:geekologie.com,2013://1.13463 2013-05-24T19:30:49Z 2013-05-24T19:46:48Z

I'm flying, Jack! This is an ad for GoPro featuring some guy riding a snowmobile off the edge of a cliff, sitting on it for awhile while airborne, then ditching it to crash below while he parachutes off to...

I'm flying, Jack! This is an ad for GoPro featuring some guy riding a snowmobile off the edge of a cliff, sitting on it for awhile while airborne, then ditching it to crash below while he parachutes off to safety. I found it a pretty controversial ad because like, GoPro killed a perfectly good snowmobile. I doubt it signed up for that. That snowmobile might have had a family and you took their father away from them. *bashing keyboard* YOU TOOK IT ALL AWAY. Damn I should have eaten something before I started drinking. Hit the jump for the video.]]> Thanks to Jorge, pronounced Jor-gee, like Corgi, except he's got longer legs.]]> You Just Couldn't Make Up Your Mind, Could You?: Guy Dressed Up As All The Avengers At Once tag:geekologie.com,2013://1.13462 2013-05-24T18:30:38Z 2013-05-24T18:55:51Z

Because it's the Friday before a holiday weekend and I've already started drinking (technically last night) this is a shot of some dude dressed up as all the Avengers at once. Can you name the corresponding costume pieces to...

Captain America's shirt and shield Iron Man's helmet and chest light Thor's hammer and hair The Hulk's shorts and legs Hawkeye's bow Black Widow's sleeves and gloves Nick Fury's eye patch

Fun fact: did you know the original Avengers consisted of Iron Man, Ant-Man, Wasp, Thor, and the Hulk? Ant-Man and Wasp just don't get a lot of credit because they're kind of goofy characters and nobody likes them. But has that stopped Marvel Studios from green-lighting an Ant-Man movie? It has not. Fingers crossed it plays out like a sequel to A Bug's Life. Hit the jump for a shot of Iron Thulkeyewidfury strutting his stuff.]]> Thanks to Shone, who was going to dress as every character from the entire Marvel universe for Halloween one year but then opted to be a giant M&M instead.]]> 'Crack Consumes': Anti-Crack Ad Slowly Gets Eaten By Bugs To Show You The Damage Drugs Can Do tag:geekologie.com,2013://1.13461 2013-05-24T17:30:40Z 2013-05-24T17:48:56Z

This is an anti-crack public service ad from Brazil that slowly gets eaten by mealworms to let people know that if you do crack, insects will come and eat your f***ing face off. Just like they taught us in...

The posters were actually made of thin sheets of dough instead of paper, to encourage the larvae to thoroughly consume them. And the results are incredibly unsettling, particularly as portions of the faces are eaten away leaving what looks like scars and other signs of physical wear and tear.

Just look at that guy in the ad. One minute he's feeling good about his fresh new Einstein haircut, next thing you know, BAM, smoking crack and getting his face eaten alive. Remember the old drug PSA's they used to play on TV? 'This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. Any questions?' Not really but damn my drug brain looks like it would go well with a couple sausage links. Hit the jump for a video showing the making and consumption of the ads.]]> Thanks to Phan, who has never done crack, not even by accident like happens to some people. ]]> My Meat!: Boxer Briefs That Look Like A Butcher's Chart tag:geekologie.com,2013://1.13460 2013-05-24T16:30:47Z 2013-05-24T16:49:08Z

Dare you to take your own leg off. These are Butcher Briefs, a pair of men's boxer briefs that look like a butcher's chart. *shivers* The last thing I'd want is anybody trying to take cuts 17 and 18...

Dare you to take your own leg off. These are Butcher Briefs, a pair of men's boxer briefs that look like a butcher's chart. *shivers* The last thing I'd want is anybody trying to take cuts 17 and 18 while I'm wearing them. Granted even a slice of 17 could feed a medium sized village, but still -- peckers don't grow back like starfish tentacles. Hit the jump in case you were wondering what they'd look like in black.]]> Thanks to Jared, who always yells, "You're cooking my meat!" if you turn the heat up too hot. Just kidding, that's my dad.]]> Our Prayers Have Been Answered: 3-D Printed Lady Shoes With Attached iPhone Holster tag:geekologie.com,2013://1.13459 2013-05-24T15:30:44Z 2013-05-24T16:13:34Z

You know what perfectly melds comfort and functionality? Not 3-D printed shoes with an integrated iPhone holster, but too bad, that's what we're getting anyways. Plus your phone will get really dirty, and who doesn't love a dirty phone? I want to hold all that sidewalk dirt RIGHT UP TO MY LIPS. You know how you see pictures of tourists kissing some celebrity's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? Well every single one of those people has hepatitis now. That's just a fact. Hit the jump for a couple more.]]>

Thanks to Barna, who agrees phones and shoes, like phones and toilet water, shouldn't mix.]]> Arts & Crafts: Twist-Tie Link, Mario, Doctor Who And More tag:geekologie.com,2013://1.13458 2013-05-24T14:30:16Z 2013-05-24T15:02:43Z

Remember DeviantARTist justjake54's twist-tie Ninja Turtles? Well now he's made a bunch of other characters. What will this guy think of next? Fingers crossed for anything but twist-tie pornography. "I'd watch it." No -- we'd watch it together. We're...

Thanks to viridislament, who took a poll and nine out of ten loaves of bread prefer twist-ties to plastic clips.]]> MC Escher Inspired Interlocking Wooden Floor Lizards tag:geekologie.com,2013://1.13457 2013-05-23T22:00:46Z 2013-05-23T21:47:07Z

These are the wooden floor tiles cut by Spanish flooring company Arbore. They were inspired by MC Escher's famous 'Reptiles' drawing, even if the company refuses to admit it. They did admit it though, so we're cool. No need to make signs and go stand out front of their offices picketing. I mean unless you want to, in which case I'm down. I've never been to Spain before and I think I could write it off as a business expense. Or as a giant mistake, depending on whether or not we get arrested. Hit the jump for Escher's original drawing and a couple more of the floor.]]>

Thanks to Lizzy, who agrees they should have used a variety of different colored woods. Yeah! We don't even own a floor company and we know what's up.]]> 5-Million Piece Full Size LEGO X-Wing Fighter Model tag:geekologie.com,2013://1.13456 2013-05-23T21:00:24Z 2013-05-23T21:00:44Z

This is the 5,335,200-piece LEGO X-wing fighter, a full-scale version of the 560-piece set the company actually sells. It's not pure LEGO though, it has a steel armature inside so the whole nose doesn't fall off when some tourist...

Weighs 45,979.61 pounds (including bricks and steel infrastructure) Height: 11 feet / 3.35 meters Length: 43 feet / 13.1 meters Wingspan: 44 feet / 13.44 meters 32 builders spent 17,336 hours (about 4 months) to construct

Wow -- 5,335,200 LEGO pieces, that's a lot of plastic. And as much as I love the end result and want it in my backyard so I can play space everyday and die happy, I can't help but wonder if that plastic could have gone to better use. Like, are we being wasteful? Is this going to cause plastic prices to rise? Because if they start charging for sporks at Taco Bell we're gonna have a problem. And I'm not talking about regular Taco Bell problems like shitting your pants either. Hit the jump for a couple more shots but head over to Gizmodo to see even more in high-res.]]>

Thanks to RayleighJean, Cody, E V I L A R E S and T.J., who are determined to have their picture taken while sitting in the cockpit (which you can do for the next three days in Times Square then for the rest of the year somewhere on the west coast and hopefully near me so I can plan a heist. Shhhhhhhhh!)]]> Lil' Girl Cosplaying As Stan Lee Sitting On Stan Lee's Lap tag:geekologie.com,2013://1.13455 2013-05-23T19:30:49Z 2013-05-23T21:32:21Z

This is a shot by Vincent James Cracchiolo of a little girl cosplaying as Stan Lee and sitting on the real Stan Lee's lap at the recent Motor City Comic-Con. No word if Stan was insulted by the girl's lack of teeth but I'm assuming not because Stan seems like a pretty nice guy. Did you know he's already 90? Did you know he's going to live past 400 thanks to anti-aging superpowers? That's true -- a man dressed as Spider Man on Hollywood Boulevard told me. "And you believed him?" He was shooting silly string out of his hands! "And?" And was charging people $5 to have their picture taken with him before he wandered into the street and got hit by a car. "So...?" SO CAN WE AT LEAST HONOR A STREET PERFORMER'S DYING DREAM? Thanks to carey, who told me she's had her picture taken with Stan Lee before too which sounded like bragging to me because why would you need to bring that up if you're just sending a tip? Well of course I'm jealous.]]> LEGO Alien Facehugger Hugging Some Poor Sap's Face tag:geekologie.com,2013://1.13454 2013-05-23T17:43:49Z 2013-05-23T18:38:00Z

This is the Alien facehugger made entirely out of LEGO by DeviantARTist AL13N163NA, which then decided to hug dude's face and put an alien baby in him. You know how chestbursters are called chestbursters because they always hatch out of a person's chest? Well that's not entirely true. Sometimes they get lost crawling around in there and wind up bursting out of their host's ass (assbursters), but you don't hear about those because who the hell wants to hear about those? I regret sitting in the back of the school bus that day. Hit the jump for a couple more shots.]]>

Thanks to my pal Terry, who sometimes drinks too much and becomes a toiletbowlhugger. ]]> Guy Has Awesome 'Gears Of War' Scene Featuring His Wife And Two Dogs Drawn For Their First Anniversary tag:geekologie.com,2013://1.13453 2013-05-23T17:30:20Z 2013-05-23T21:33:31Z

Note: This shot really don't do the piece justice. Click HERE to see it even bigger. This is the 'Gears of War' scene Redditor Xioo had he and his wife and dogs drawn into to celebrate their first anniversary. Should those dogs have guns on their backs? Probably. And for the record, the entire piece wasn't drawn just for the anniversary, it was a piece the artist had already created and just altered for the couple. Maybe not as insane as having an entire picture drawn just for you, but also nowhere near as expensive. You're typically not made of money your first year of marriage, you know? You're usually buying a house, saving up to have children, fixing up a man-cave real nice so you can spend a lot of time in there alone -- that sort of thing. Thanks to Darren, who informed me it's traditional to give a paper gift for first year anniversaries because why risk buying something more expensive when you've only been at it for a year? Daaaaw, such a hopeless romantic!]]> Would Hang: Beautifully Designed Video Game Posters tag:geekologie.com,2013://1.13452 2013-05-23T16:30:56Z 2013-05-23T16:31:49Z

This is a series of beautifully designed video game posters by artist and illustrator Marinko Milosevski. He did a whole series of Zelda and Metal Gear ones, plus a couple BONUS ones for Metroid, Super Metroid, ICO and Shadow of the Colossus. They're all available as limited edition prints in Marinko's shop for $35 apiece. Hit the jump to see the rest, and if you don't like at least one I'll let you come over to my apartment and punch me in the neck. You can't miss me, I'm the one wearing the 'Geekologie Writer' t-shirt. Now if you'll excuse me...dammit Derrek, I have friends coming over -- put this shirt on. Hit the jump for the rest, then buy them all for me.]]>

Thanks Marinko, keep up the good work. ]]> 4-Year Old Girl Showing Off Her Marvel Superhero Trivia tag:geekologie.com,2013://1.13451 2013-05-23T15:30:38Z 2013-05-23T15:35:15Z

This is a video of 4-year old future heartbreaker Mia Grace showing off her Marvel superhero trivia in a game of 'The Car Trivia of Superheroes With Daddy And Mia...On The Way To The Store'. She does really well. Way better than her mom does at not holding a camera in vertical mode. Hit the jump for the video.]]> Thanks to ChaosLex, who loves chaos so much he plans on feeding misinformation about superheroes to all his nieces and nephews. And to XorKaya, who agreed to drive me to the mall if we can play I-spy on the way there.]]> Aperture Science Portal Bike (Isn't As Cool As It Sounds) tag:geekologie.com,2013://1.13450 2013-05-23T14:30:36Z 2013-05-23T14:41:17Z

This is the Aperture Science Portal themed fixie for sale on Craigslist in San Jose, CA. And by Portal themed I mean it's black with an Aperture Science sticker and orange and blue rims. Plus BONUS My Little Pony...

I'm selling a nice dicent fixie 300 obo just got the rims a week ago but I don't even ride bikes so I don't need it anymore every thing works fine and looks good I paid over 450 for every thing on text me at (408)359-8177 text only I can take off the stickers if wanted will trade for wii u

Wait, so you paid over $450 for everything but don't even ride bikes? You might want to reevaluate your buying habits. Also, "will trade for wii u"?! AHAHHAHAHHAHHA. Just learn how to ride the bike bro. Hit the jump for a closeup of the BONUS My Little Pony stickers.]]> Thanks to Meastro, who once rode through a portal in the middle of the street and got to meet the ninja turtles. Okay I'm pretty sure that was a manhole.]]>