Author Archives: madmarv

New Startup: Useless Account via Digg Today’s web is crazy. Open ID is a pipe dream. Every direction you turn you’re forced to create yet another account. Most of the time it’s for one of those throw-away web startups created … Continue reading →

Dan Aykroyd confirms Ghostbuster’s 3 via Digg Looks like it’s gonna be CGI animated, but it would have to be anyway to get a decent ghost on the screen these days. The Eye Of Sauron made out of a Tesla … Continue reading →

Lightsaber MP3 Player: The Opposite of a Chick Magnet via Digg But its got 8GB and Bluetooth, those more than make up for the girls…right?. MacGyver Tip: Use your knuckles to remember each month’s days via Digg Put your fists … Continue reading →

Floppy finally flops via Digg Those pesky coaster replacements have finally been discontinued…at Britian’s largest retailer at least. When will U.S. retailers see the light? It only took a couple of years for the Betamax to die for all practical … Continue reading →

Photo: Japanese Engineer invents Star Wars “AT-ST Scout Walker” via Digg Masaaki Nagumo, an engineer at Japan’s machinery maker Sakakibara Kikai, gets into a 3.4-metre tall, two-legged robot called Land Walker for a demonstration as part of an art exhibition. … Continue reading →

Very Short Stories. 33 writers. 5 designers. 6-word science fiction. via Wil Wheaton’s blog Inspired by Hemingway’s 6-word story, these sci-fi writers spin their own short, short tales. The baby

Top 20 scientific myths of all time. via Digg Chicken can live without a head. Humans use 10% of their brains. Somehow I keep thinking there’s a connection between these two. Boeing 777 Wing Ultimate Load Test via Digg Engineers … Continue reading →

Map of the Inside of the Millennium Falcon via Digg Here’s a handy map in case you ever got lost while on board, or even if you just needed to know where the bathroom is. 5 Strange Vending Machines You … Continue reading →

Coolest Ping-Pong Table Ever! via Digg A 60″ diameter pipe with a table tennis net stretched around the inside surface, creating the craziest ping pong environment outside of a video game. Pac-Man bathroom wall tiles via Boing Boing Just the … Continue reading →

A video of a burning candle at both of its ends… via Digg Watch the candle as it burns from both ends while balancing on a pin inserted through its center of mass. The best diagram ever to fit on … Continue reading →