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Papercraft Friday #62: Snow White Wicked Queen’s Heart Box
With the re-release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves on DVD this week, this model from the Disney Experience seems timely. It’s more complicated than it looks at first glance, with a hinged lid that opens and a removable dagger. Plus it has lots of nice roundy bits.
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Arthur Dent is fed up
He’s being brought back from the dead and he’s not pleased about it. Click the link to hear him file a complaint. Douglas Adams’ creation Arthur Dent is not impressed that Eoin Colfer has been chosen to write a new Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. The new book, And Another Thing, comes out on Monday,…
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APPraisal: Pizza Hut
‘Appy Monday once again. Today I’m going to talk about the official Pizza Hut mobile ordering application for the iPhone/iPod Touch. The Pizza Hut folks call it “a revolution in mobile ordering” that’s “easy, fast and fun” and “a killer app for your appetite.” Is it all that and a box of breadsticks?
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Nintendo DSi owners, get those points!
If you bought a Nintendo DSi, don’t forget to connect to the Nintendo DSi Shop at least once to claim your 1000 free Nintendo DSi Points, which you can redeem for games and applications. The points do not expire, but the offer of 1000 free points expires tomorrow at 12pm Pacific Time. No excuses! Claim…
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Papercraft Friday #61: Space Shuttle
The Mars Center has some great space shuttles by Italian designer Raimondo Fortezza. There is a generic shuttle model, plus model sheets to customize it for whichever shuttle you want. The models are very nicely detailed. If you’ve ever been interested in a space shuttle paper model, I’d say this is the one to build.
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Exaspirations: Corporate Greed… err, Green
You gotta love the hypocritical companies that push electronic billing down your throat by promoting how “green” they are. Some are starting to make it mandatory! In reality, it translates into more money in their coffers and and less service for you. The credit card companies are the worst. For every tree they supposedly save…
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Zork: The Musical
Posted by Corey Doctorow at BoingBoing: Phil sez, “Errol and Pifie, two members of the 50 Songs in 90 Days songwriting challenge (known as 50/90) have created a nerd-core masterpiece. A rockin’ walkthrough to the original ZORK text adventure game.” Walkthrough, MP3 download (Thanks, Phil!) NORTH, WEST, GET MP3, LISTEN TO MP3
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Exaspirations: Download Managers
What the hell is up with websites that force you to download and install a download manager in order to download something you really want? Electronic Arts made me download one of these just to download a computer game. Amazon wants me to download its download manager to download a simple .mp3 file. You know,…
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PSP Go is a No Go Proposition
This week Sony is releasing their newest handheld: the PSP Go. It’s the fourth iteration of the PlayStation Portable, and the first to differ significantly from its predecessors. The console is smaller than previous versions, with a slide-up screen and controls located underneath. The screen is slightly smaller, and overall the whole thing is smaller…
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Code Monkey Got Zombie
I missed this post on Scott Johnson’s Extra Life website late last Friday. Very cool. Jonathan Coulton should license it for a t-shirt or something. Click the pic above or the website link to see the full picture. My bro and I went to see Coulton live a couple of weeks ago. Very good show,…
