POTRTP: Alien Vs Predator
POTRTP: Picture Of The Random Time Period
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Will the competitiveness never end?!
86 Words
The coolest (Geek) stuff from around the web in 86 Words or less!
A little creativity can go a loooooong way!
I tend to consider myself pretty much the creative type, but sometimes I forget how far a little creativity can go!
Fortunately for the world at large, some people keep it in mind. Here’s one example of taking a very, very cheap commodity and turning it into actual art.
I present to you - Toilet Paper Rolls
Though these are (obviously) different pieces, they show how stark a difference the backlighting can make!
After the jump, each of the sets shows a close-up with normal front lighting, followed by a series of six rotation pics, and finally a backlit (awesome) version. Obviously, I’m not showing them quite that way here!
I’m not sure quite why, but, even though this is one of the simpler examples, it’s one of my favorites.
- Original Images (and many more!) -
Well, when you see them in a different light…
Here’s a three-part series of articles from a series on "Pop Icons Seen in a Different Light" (all three links below).
‘Nuff said!
Does he really Count as an icon?
YAY! TGI… Oh. Uh… Nevermind.
Mr. Spork showing the standard vulcan hand sign.
The most useless gadget (that’s still awesome)!
This Instructable shows how to build a gadget that does one thing - turns itself off whenever someone turns it on (hey, at least it’s a GREEN useless gadget)!
The gadget consists of a wooden enclosure with a switch on it. When the switch is flicked, the device activates, an armature comes out block and turns the switch back off.
I might have to build one of these… Just to save batteries!
Here we see the device in its docile, unactivated state.
Here’s a view of the armature just after it has pushed the switch into the "off" position and is returning to it’s hole.
The article has a video that’s pretty worth seeing - it’s quite short, but you do get to see the guy and the device argue over what position the switch should be in!
- Original Article on Instructables.com -
This… Is… Awesome!
This post isn’t a POTRTP (Picture Of The Random Time Period), but it’s pretty close - the image is a stained glass window of the classic Zork logo… I’m really, really tempted to make one!
Now this is a project worth doing!
- Original Flickr Image Here -
Um… That’s actually just her name…
POTRTP: Picture Of The Random Time Period
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Is it possible that she just misunderstood?
2600 : Halo Devolved
Remember the Atari 2600?
(Yes, I’m aware that some of you know it very well)!
Here’s how Halo might have looked (and played) had it been released a somewhat earlier.
Two things to note:
1) I had to hit the [refresh] button in my browser for the game to start the first time
2) there is a very, VERY DIFFICULT spot in the second (red) area.
Good Luck!
The intro screen - very A2600 looking!
About to grab my first weapon (you can’t shoot until you get it) - this is on beginning "level".
Those seem to be shield things of some sort - they make it difficult (or impossible) to run past some of the enemies without fighting.
Note: I wasn’t able to get screenshots of the enemies without the enemies killing me!
Not Very Cubic, but Very, Very Cool!
Lots of very "cool" ice cubes.
Except, of course, none of them are cubes.
They are all ice, though (one of them is even "ice" in the figurative sense)!
Check ‘em out!
"Ice" in the figurative sense.
I’ve always disliked the phrase "Cool Beans" - any with me on changing it to "Cool Bones"?
I wonder if these will make your drinks inexplicably addictive?
- Original Article on Toxel.com -
ZPG : YAY!!!
ZPG = Zero Player Game (though really it’s closer to .02-Players).
The premise is that you’re not a hero.
You’re his deity.
You don’t have to do stuff, he does!
You can reward or punish him, or you can just check in and read the updates to his diary, inventory, etc.
And if I didn’t mention, the game is hilarious!
(I’ll accept the first 2 friend requests)!
This is the left 1/3 of the display - the only real important thing here is the health bar - you can affect this with your punish/reward choices.
This is the center section where you’ll spend most of your time. Here you read the hero’s diary, track your Godpower, and store it up in the "batteries" (Note that you see my "Deity Name" here - Jaidex).
Here is the right 1/3 - my hero (Lorkinn) has not joined subscribed to any Pantheons, has some (amusing) equipment, and currently has no friends or messages..
(Note: You don’t want to use "www" in the front - that bounces you to the original, non-English version)
What’s interesting about these pics?
Look at the pics below - what’s interesting about them?
If you said "There’s nobody in them," you were right.
These are just a couple of the 3D reality paintings done by David Jon Kassan.
Though the original article on CoachDesigner.com focuses on this aspect of the artist’s work, he does others that involve things like peeling paint (that isn’t), and pencil drawings.
See more after the jump.
No, seriously, there’s nobody there!
Hey, there’s nobody looking at you in this picture!
- Original Article on CoachDesigner -