Author Archives: madmarv

About madmarv

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

Where Wookies Come From

Found this on Buzzfeed. Kinda makes you wonder what happens if he finds the raccoon suit. Marv

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Vaderex – The cure for those pesky midichlorians

Yay, @DragonConTV is producing more of their parody ads. That must mean DragonCon is really getting close. Vaderex – DragonCon TV Marv

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Batman goes vinyl

As in vinyl toys that is. If you are a fan of Anime-style super deformed miniatures, these are the toys for you. Standing just 3.75″ high and selling for $8 a pop. Marv

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Engineering Haiku

Found this on Civil 3D for Beginners blog. Kinda makes me want to setup a fortune cookie file to populate my bug reports. Marv

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The 13 Year-Old Makes a Wall Climbing Vacuum Suit

A couple more iterations of this and they won’t need CGI to make a Spider-man film. Marv

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How to pull out a tooth with a rocket…

Saw this on @diggreel. I’m sure the kid thought this up all by himself and the chuckling father applied no pressure at all. Marv

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Light Warfare

From the Strobist blog A little light painting never hurt anyone…so they say. Marv

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R2-D2 Observatory

From @dean_jensen. A college prank turned a helpless telescope storage closet into an astromech. I’m reminded of that scene from Patch Adams where a lecture hall was dressed up for a gynecologist convention. I don’t know why. But I am. … Continue reading

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Robot Presides Over Japanese Wedding

via @bigepaz Yeah, the human race is pretty much doomed. Bring on the robot overlords. Marv

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Amazing Fire Illusion

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