September 16, 2009 @ 10:58 pm
For a very limited time only, a special metallic version of Voltron will be on sale to celebrate the franchise’s 25th anniversary. The 25th anniversary metallic Voltron is in every way just like the original toy with 5 inter-connecting robot lions, except that this one is given a unique metallic finish. [via]
If you act quickly, you can get the Voltron 25th Anniversary Metallic Voltron Gift Set
September 1, 2009 @ 11:38 pm
Someone in the UK is selling their one-of-a-kind NES coffee table made to the exact aspect ratio of an NES controller. The table is 97cm x 43cm x 27cm and has a 10mm custom cut glass top.
It’s pretty darn awesome and maybe you’ll get it for cheap since there doesn’t seem to be much action on this item at the moment.
June 29, 2009 @ 1:00 pm
I just discovered the photographs of Keith Davis Young on Triangle Triangle and I am beginning to think I’ve found my new favorite photographer. Keith has the ability to pick out the awkwardness in an otherwise “normal” scene which is something I’ve been trying to perfect in my own work ever since I picked up a camera.
I hand-picked a couple of my favorites below, but you should check out Keith Davis Young’s Flickr photostream for more visual goodness.
June 12, 2009 @ 3:39 pm
First of all, I am very surprised that there aren’t already 3 billion tweets in the overall Twitter system. I would think that the number of tweets currently live would be so high that it’d be a number not even worth typing, but apparently, Twitter is just coming upon its 2,147,483,647 tweet later today.
With that said, there’s a so-called Twitpocalypse that’s about to ocurr according to some because the unique identifier associated with every single tweet on Twitter is about to hit 2,147,483, 647 which in computer terms is the limit of a signed integer. And until Twitter fixes this problem, it looks like many third-party Twitter apps will likely fail once that magical number has been hit.
This should be fun to witness. As of this post, Twitpocalypse is set to take place on 13 Jun 2009 at 11:18:51 AM. But of course, if you want to tweet about it, you can help Twitpocalypse happen sooner by submitting more tweets than usual. Lose-lose, I guess. Oh well.
February 18, 2009 @ 6:07 pm
Photo of the detective who recovered the bike from richardmasoner on Flickr
A relatively good ending has come to the case of Lance Armstrong’s one-of-a-kind stolen time trial bike. According to Cyclelicioius the bike was turned in by an anonymous citizen to the Sacramento Police Department on February 18, 2009 at 10:35AM.
The full police press release can be read here (PDF) and at the moment Lance Armstrong is on his way to being reunited with his unique bike. No tweets yet from Armstrong on whether he has actually received it from the police. But I’m sure that’s coming any moment now.
February 16, 2009 @ 2:13 am
Approximately 14 hours ago, Lance Armstrong made a tweet about how his one-of-a-kind time trial bike was stolen from his team’s truck.
I just want to say that this could possibly be the world’s stupidest thief. Who steals a unique, instantly-recognizable, world-famous bicycle belonging to one of the world’s greatest athletes during the Tour of California (one of the bigger cycling races in the country)?
What does this thief think he/she is going to do with it now? Sell it? Yeah, ok. Good luck there.
