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!) -
Doodle God : Create Stuff!
I first saw Doodle God on the iPhone (where it’s humongously popular), and then my son showed it to me online - SWEET!
I don’t know what makes this game so engaging, but once you start, you want to keep trying combinations to see what cool thing you make next!
Some combinations don’t really make sense, but others are logically quite clever.
Doodle God requires Flash, so keep that in mind.
The intro sequence alone is cool enough to be worth the price of admission…
You start out with the four, basic categories (Earth, Air, Fire, Water), with one element each, but over time you add new categories and LOTS of new elements!
Successfully creating a new element is a celebratory moment, and you’re rewarded with a cool proverb, quote, or other catch-phrase each time.
- Try It Now on PlayedOnline.com -
Awesome Scratch Built Assault Rifle from Mass Effect (with BETTER Build Photos!)
Recently we did a post on the "Awesome Scratch Built Plasma Rifle from Fallout 3 (with Build Photos!). While Fallout 3 is among my favorite games, here’s a replica weapon from Mass Effect - I’m not as familiar with the game, but the look of the weapon absolutely, stone cold rocks!
Note: This one also has build photos, only they’re much more detailed!
I think part of the reason I like this weapon so much is that I can imagine this being real in the not too distant future.
Here’s the very beginning of the project - a sketch of the rough pieces on uncut wood.
The article provides A LOT of step-by-step build pictures - enough that, if you have the tools and the skill, you could duplicate the project!
- Original Article on VolpinProps -
Looking for something? Notifind it!
notiFINDER.com is a new service (still in beta) that helps you conquer the chaos that is CraigsList. You specify yoru search, the city to watch (you can have any number of searches running), and then an email address to notify.
When something(s) are found matching your search, you get an email! How cool is that?!?
I search for "apple" in Cleveland. Notice that there’s a new listing matching that search about every hour…
Maybe that’s too generic, so I change it to "apple laptop". The results now are only every 19 hours! That’s ruling out TOO much, so I think I’ll leave it as "apple". I enter my email addres and click [Add]…
Here’s the email I get from them the next day. There’re a few extra things, but close enough! I’ll keep getting these every day until I cancel that search. Cool, huh?
Awesome Scratch Built Plasma Rifle from Fallout 3 (with build photos)!
Um… Well… It’s an Awesome Scratch Built Plasma Rifle from Fallout 3 (with build photos)!
What else can I really say?
Here’s kind of an overview of the awesome scratch built plasma rifle… Oh fine, never mind.
Here’s a close-up of the barrel showing how cool, and glowy, and green, and awesome scratch-built plasma rifle-y it is…
Here’s a random picture of Steve Martin, who’s also awesome, but not scratch-built.
If you’re still interested, there are plenty more pictures of the plasma rifle (including build photos!) after the jump!
- Flickr Album of the Awesome Scratch Built Plasma Rifle from Fallout 3 (with build photos)! -
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.
Ostendo CDM43 : The first 43″ CURVED computer display with a 32:10 screen ratio!
The CDM43 will certainly be a boon to (very wealthy) gamers, but it would also make an amazing development box, research machine, or solve that problem of really obnoxious Excel screens!
With a native resolution of 2880 x 900 resolution and up to 68.7 billion colors, this monitor will make any gamer geek the envy of all who are blessed to gaze upon it!
Gaming on it - that’s what I’m talking about…
Here’s a comparison of what you would see on a monitor with other, less fortunate screen ratios
At the meager cost of $6499, I’m thinking I’ll pick up three of ‘em!
<hollering> HONEY… YOU KNOW THAT MONITOR I’VE BEEN SAYING I WANT TO PICK UP?
- More Details at OstendoTech.com -
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 -