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About madmarv

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

The $15,200 penny.

830! How a Massachusetts carpenter got the highest Scrabble score ever. via Reddit The two men set three records for sanctioned Scrabble in North America: the most points in a game by one player (830), the most total points in … Continue reading

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Kinetic Art Movement Device (In other words, it's not just dominoes)

CLOCK!!! via Digg Pretty cool clock for watching the day scroll by. Kinetic Art Movement Device (In other words, it’s not just dominoes) via Digg A must see video for those Rube Goldberg fans out there. Mountain looks like an … Continue reading

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Paintball Tanks!!!

Photos: Space Invader Skateboard Deck Design made from Rubik’s Cube Tiles via Digg Dog pee caused mass blackout via Digg And the dog survived too. Let this be a lesson to never pee on an electric pole. And remember, this … Continue reading

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LEGO flamethrower

Star Wars mashup photoshopping contest via Boing Boing Photo mashups of celebrities who never appeared in the Star Wars franchise. And best of all, 100% Jar-Jar free. Star Wars Graffiti on Flickr via Digg Pound Coin Domino Effect via Fark … Continue reading

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Mythbusters Blooper Reel

Lords of the Logistic via Reddit A full page of “before accident” pictures. Stargate: LEGO via Digg Leonardo Da Vinci’s Ten Best Ideas via Digg You know, somehow I thought the parachute would have been in the list or portrait … Continue reading

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Geeky Warning Signs

Geeky Warning Signs via del.icio.us Print one of these handy warning signs in case you need to alert the public of your Non-standard Spacetime or Cognitive Hazard areas or if you just happen to have some Anti-matter laying about. Cursors … Continue reading

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Zero

FDA Set To Approve Products from Cloned Cows via /. I’m still waiting to see a clone implanted in a cow just so that it can eat its way out. ‘DNA computer’ is unbeatable at tic-tac-toe via Boing Boing I … Continue reading

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Zero

FDA Set To Approve Products from Cloned Cows via /. I’m still waiting to see a clone implanted in a cow just so that it can eat its way out. ‘DNA computer’ is unbeatable at tic-tac-toe via Boing Boing I … Continue reading

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Chupacabra caught on tape (and in a cage)

Minivan Struck By Lightning via Digg Melted the radio antennae and showered the car w/ sparks. Chupacabra captured via Digg A mix between a dog, a rat and a kangaroo? How to Do Cube Roots of 9 Digit Numbers in … Continue reading

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Earth's "Second Moon".

Print Free Graph Paper via Digg Cartestian, polar, and logarithmic scales in addition to the really nerdy stuff nobody uses. U.S. and metric units. Earth has a “second moon.” Asteroid 2003 YN107 is looping around our planet once a year. … Continue reading

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