Author Archives: madmarv

About madmarv

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

Mammoth Telescope to Be Built in Hawaii

Posted on August 14, 2009 by madmarv

From listener Brian. When this telescope is complete, it’ll have nine times the light collecting surface than the largest telescope on present day Earth and will surpass the Hubble telescope in some ways. Sounds a bit like the LHC of … Continue reading →

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Homemade AT-AT loft bed

Posted on July 24, 2009 by madmarv

via Boing Boing This quote sums it up: This fills me with feelings of fatherly inadequacy and makes me start plotting something equally elaborate If only he had not chosen to send his son to the Dark Side. Now you … Continue reading →

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Vader Dances to Hammer You Can't Touch This

Posted on July 24, 2009 by madmarv

From Gene Park’s FB

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LEGO Arcade

Posted on July 21, 2009 by madmarv

A charming little reminder of why 1980’s arcade games will never really die even after the game ends. Marv

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The Last Airbender teaser trailer

Posted on July 20, 2009 by madmarv

I still haven’t figured out if this is going to blow up or just bomb. I Netflix’d the series earlier this year and I think Avatar: The Last Airbender was the best anime series to come to the U.S. in … Continue reading →

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Knight Rider Light Show

Posted on July 1, 2009 by madmarv

Ok, so there is hope for the future. Marv

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Unknown Lifeform in North Carolina Sewer

Posted on July 1, 2009 by madmarv

Attention @scottsigler, @philrossi, @etherius, @jchutchins, @mightymur, @dsawyer, @teemonster, @philippajane, @pgholyfield, @mattfnwallace, @christianaellis, @veinarmor. I KNOW at least one of you is responsible for this and therefore holds the key to its destruction. So you may as well fess up before … Continue reading →

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RUBIKCUBISM

Posted on June 30, 2009 by madmarv

via @techdesignnews TOP 10by extermitent This is cooler than any other rasterized mosaics I’ve seen to date. Mainly because I never solved a Rubik’s cube in my life. But, this guy can not only solve them, he can make any … Continue reading →

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Got soul? Here's Your Money

Posted on June 23, 2009 by madmarv

via Digg You sign a piece of paper and get 80 to 800 US dollars for just that. Only the small print says, for this much easy money you pawn your eternal soul. When did The Onion open a Russian … Continue reading →

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Why Terminators look like Arnold

Posted on June 21, 2009 by madmarv

via Buzzfeed. This was supposedly some cut footage from the Terminator 3 movie. For the A.D.D. afflicted, skip to about 1 minute in. Marv

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