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About madmarv

Civil Engineer, CAD Geek, podcast junkie and amateur photographer.

Virgin Galactic Plane Prepares for Space Tourists

via @Bytemarks Well, you may have heard this one before, but Richard Branson is taking pre-orders for $200,000 flights slated for 2011 – 2012. For only 10% down, your name goes on the list with 300 others. The last time … Continue reading

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10 Balloonies – Geocaching for Charity

10 Balloonies – Groundspeak’s DARPA War Room To mark the 40th Anniversary of the Internet, DARPA is hosting the DARPA Network Challenge, a competition that will explore the role the Internet and social networking plays in the timely communication, wide … Continue reading

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How many Stormtroopers does it take to takedown a turkey?

Lego turkey shoot Originally uploaded by Gaetan Lee Well the safest place for the turkey is right in front of the blaster muzzle. Happy Thanksgiving! Marv

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The Muppets sing The Bohemian Rhapsody

From @hawaii’s tumblelog. It’s funny to see your childhood friends that haven’t aged a bit.

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Portal – "Still Alive" Typography

Sigh, it’s shameful that Chuck and Kreg didn’t recognize Portal or Jonathan Coulton’s song “Still Alive” when they saw the video. If only you could have seen the ruckus in the chat room (they didn’t) during the recording of Technorama. … Continue reading

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Burj Dubai in Photosynth

Photosynth Overhead View from Microsoft Photosynth on Vimeo. Via @robincapper’s CAD blog. I’ve played with Photosynth during last year’s pumpkin decoration contest at my office. Photosynth automatically stitches related, overlapping photos into a 3D panorama. There is now a new … Continue reading

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Bacon Flavored Envelopes – Mmmvelopes

From @encaf1. Bacon flavored glue will make you lick the envelope like a cake mix spoon. I hope glue is good for you, but I’m not holding my breath. Marv

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OpenOfficeMouse – 18 buttons FTW!

Now, what can you do with 18 buttons, 52 commands, and a joystick? The answer is anything you like. Marv

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Zombie Bite Calculator

Created by Oatmeal The only good thing about my weight is the extra time I would remain human in the event of a zombie apocalypse. Now if only this damn itching would go away.

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Hey Jude – the flowchart

Found this on Mixx. And now I’m wondering if there is a script that will generate one of these for any pop song. Marv

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