Lost in the desert

This post isn't so much about the awesomeness of flash drives (which is what these are) but the awesomeness of the picture. These are Star Wars Mimobot flash drives, and they're pretty nifty. besides, that picture's a classic.

[via Engadget]

70's book covers

So I have been noticing the resurgence of 70's style book covers. over at http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/ they have a nice article of some movies that have been made into covers (Highlander pictured above). Also there has been a big move to make these things for video games too (like the Left 4 Dead pictured above). This is pretty impressive stuff, I love anything that combines retro style with modern concepts. Some of the video game covers can be found here.

[via FSR and geekologie]

But can I pay for arcade games with it?

So wow. Someone out there thought it would be a good idea to make one of these hats. Hey, its not that I'm not pleased or anything, its just that I'm speechless. Seriously, would you wear this? I love Back to the Future, its one of my all time favorite trilogies, but the best I could hope for this hat is to put it on my hat rack. If I wore hats. Regardless, at only $19.99, why not? If you love something enough, you might as well.

You can get the hat at big bad toy store here.

Leonardo da Vinci designs are all the rage

It seems to me that taking things and making them into Leonardo da Vinci designs is incredibly popular these days, especially for t-shirts. two examples would be the iPhone drawings above and the blue turtle shell from mario kart. Honestly I can't complain, these things blend old world style (16th century) with modern pop culture. Plus they look really cool. Now someone just needs to take a stab at the transformers franchise. My fanboy heart would sing.

[via Gizmodo and shirt woot]

Its the Future...

Check out these radiaton proof garments. They're a recent development by Demron Garments and other than blocking out radiation, they also have a ridiculously sci-fi feel to them. Apparently besides nano technology, these things are made out of a "liquid metal" material. Cool. How long until they're available to the public? I don't know. Furthermore how long until we need them? hopefully never.

[via Engadget]

His Eyes Were Closed...

David Bergman took a 1,474 megapixel image at the inaguration last week. I knew that this kind of technology existed but I hadn't really seen it in practice until now. He took 220 images and it took his Mac Book Pro 6.5 hours to compile the photo. You can find the photo here and its amazing the level of detail. Unfortunately though the President wasn't ready for the photo, and I doubt there are going to be reshoots.

White House Technology Troubles

One of the first concerns that President Obama did not expect to face when he moved into the white house was its technological backwardness. Honestly its not something I would expect either. Campaign members were restricted from using facebook and outside email addresses as well as instant messaging. Sure some of these things make sense for security concerns, but there are ways people, there are ways. Furthermore some members of the new White House staff don't even have computers or phone numbers. Smoooth. I wonder how Bush ever survived with such little access to the outside world. or maybe that explains a few things.

[via MSNBC]