Author Archives: madmarv

Golfsmith U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 Putter via listener Ron Staton If you are in search of a putter head design with ultimate forgiveness, the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 is a great way to “beam it” into the cup. The Blu-Ray Laser Phaser … Continue reading →

I Have No Idea What It Says, But This Website Owns via Digg If Rube Goldberg were an online retailer… 9 Creative Staircases via Digg Saw quite a few of these before but the staircase carved into a single tree … Continue reading →

Can a spam filter play chess? via Digg I’d rather see Deep Blue try to filter out spam, but this could be entertaining too. Hmm, has anyone heard of any progress on getting a computer to play Go competitively? From … Continue reading →

Star Trek Urns & Caskets via J.C. Hutchin‘s Twitter Feed It’s never too early to prepare for the end. And the casket is the perfect container to go boldly where no man has gone before…unless they shoot you into an … Continue reading →

The Great Pumpkin House via Digg Every halloween season, the house at 748 Beech Street in Kenova, West Virginia is transformed into the Great Pumpkin House. The owner, Ric Griffith and hundreds of other volunteers carve thousands of pumpkins for … Continue reading →

Geeky Jack-o’-Lanterns via Boing Boing Mostly classic geek icons so far. Hopefully there won’t be any Web2.0 logos on jack-o-lanterns on this year. LOLCode.net – Now your LOLCats can use the CLR! via Boing Boing HAI CAN HAS STDIO? VISIBLE … Continue reading →

Emergency Zombie Defense Station via Digg If you think the Zombie Preparedness Kit just doesn’t cut it, now you can get a full defensive outfit. It comes with instructions and everything. How To Build a Light Saber It’s so easy … Continue reading →

Top 10 Immortals via Digg This is a pretty good roundup of “immortal” characters from mythology / pop-fiction. I can’t help but think that they’re missing some of the favorites from my childhood. Oh yeah, they’re missing The Eternal Warrior … Continue reading →

Ten of the Strangest Things Caught While Fishing via Digg Ok, show of hands. Who votes for the 2 headed pike? What about the 300-pound goldfish? All right and the UFO Alien Fish?!? Marv

Uh oh, it’s that time of year again. These guys are taking the most hallowed of pagan holidays and geeking it until you cry out in pain. Slated for release on October 24th, it