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Happy Valentine’s Day! I Think?

frankie23 — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:03:30 +0000

Courtesy of the fine folks at Aperture Labs, we here at frankie23.com are happy to help spread this wonderfully informative look at gift-buying practices on this most corporate of holidays. Enjoy!

Aperture Laboratories offers useful Valentine’s Day facts [Destructoid]

Cyber-Camoflage: Apparently The 80s Were Right

frankie23 — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:43:20 +0000

Well, apparently those 80s cyberpunk films were correct; in the future, abstract tribal facepaint will totally be in. A student at the Interactive Telecommunications Program of New York University, Adam Harvey, has been experimenting with methods of fooling facial detection software. He’s found that abstract, asymmetrical designs work best; he then posits that, as privacy concerns increase, people will then start adapting such patterns into their personal style as a matter of habit. I like where this is going, personally.

That facial tribal tattoo still makes you look like a fucking idiot though. Seriously, what were you thinking?

Abstract, Cyber Warrior Makeup May Hide Your Face From Surveillance [Switched.Com]

A New Way Of Looking At A PS3 Controller

frankie23 — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:46:47 +0000

Someone decided to put a PS3 controller through a medical scanner. Pretty simple concept really, but with an awesomely cool looking result.

Let’s Run A PS3 Through A Medical Scanner! [Kotaku via radiologyart]

“Obama-wan Barackenobi, you’re our only hope!”

frankie23 — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:27:40 +0000

Don’t get me wrong, I am so fucking pleased that Obama won, but frankly I think this was the coolest thing of the evening. Holographic projection communication! In full colour too, better than the tech they had in Star Wars!

Hologram reporter with Blitzer [CNN.com]

Talk about eating paste…

frankie23 — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:13:14 +0000

Wow. That’s… fantastic. As in I’m going to be having fantasies…

Twin Geek Girls [About Colon Blank]

Pirate-Themed PC Accessories

frankie23 — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:47:54 +0000

I know the pirate thing is about done to death right now, happily making way for sweet, sweet steampunk to rise in its place in the hipster underground, but these johnny-come-lately speakers still manage to get my heart all a-flutter with coolness.

I mean, really, you can see how badass they are, yes? I especially love the eerie inner blue glow. Frankly, I’m a sucker for things that glow blue, but what can you do? I’d feel the need to mod them up a bit, make them look more like religio-magical artifacts than just plain ol’ skulls, but they’re still pretty damn cool. Even better, there’s a matching webcam!

I’m really loving the webcam. It looks more like a piece of background scenery for someone’s tropical fishtank, but there’s something Sailor Jerry about it that I love, a slightly camp feel to it. Plus, that skeleton on the far right looks hella pissed off with the snaketail around his neck. Unfortunately, these pretty little items are out of my price range for aesthetically pleasing yet horribly impractical PC accessories, but feel free to pick yourself up a pair. Feel even more free to get two, and send one set to me. ;)

Skull Speakers and Skull Webcam [GeekStuff4U.com, via technabob]