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Papercraft Friday #58: Subaru Telescope
I’ve always had an interest in astronomy since I was a kid and had a cheap department store telescope. It’s been in my mind this week, as I’ve seen several astronomy-related stories come up (I’ll put up some links in a followup post). As I was browsing the offerings from Canon Creative Park, this neat…
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Happy 10th Anniversary, Sega Dreamcast!
Last month we saw the 20th anniversary of the Sega Genesis console. Today marks the 10th anniversary of Sega’s last console, the Sega Dreamcast, which was released in North America on 9/9/99. I wonder if it’s still thinking?
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Exaspirations: “Helpful” Search Engines
You know how some search engines will say “Did you mean… (something)” when it thinks you mistyped your query in the search box? Have you ever clicked on that suggested correction, only to come up with no available results. As in none. Zero. What’s up with that?? Shouldn’t search engines be smart enough these days…
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Papercraft Friday #57: Doctor Who Adipose
Compared to other sci-fi like Star Trek and the like, finding good Doctor Who papercraft is a challenge. Finding practically any Doctor Who papercraft is a challenge! So seeing the Adipose papercraft that Sponzar posted on HunkyDorky just made my day. Those little fat balls from the Doctor Who episode “Partners In Crime” are so…
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Retro Gamer Magazine Deal
I love Retro Gamer Magazine. If I could have only one game-related magazine it would be Retro Gamer. It’s published in the UK and hasn’t been easy to come by in the United States. And when you have found it, the price has traditionally been around $13-$15 each. I know of only one Barnes &…
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Another V Trailer
I missed this one when I posted earlier in the week. The news of the day is that ABC shut down production for two weeks to “take advantage of our November premiere to maximize creative opportunities and deliver the audience the best show possible.” Sounds like network-speak for “things are not going as well as…
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Papercraft Friday #56: Wii Sports Resort Wuhu Island
Have you been to Wuhu Island? I bet millions of you have. It’s not only the location of the new Wii Sports Resort (which has sold more than 1 million copies in its first month), but also the location of the running portion of Wii Fit, which has sold over 22 million copies to date. …
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Homemade NES Mini Arcade Cabinet
A couple of the gaming blogs have run a story today about a custom-built NES mini arcade cabinet that user russm313 built and posted on the instructables.com website. I don’t recall ever seeing someone build a “half” arcade cabinet like this, though of course you see them in bars and such. What a great concept…
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Follow-up: Google Earth Moon Lander
A reader sent me a link today to another Lunar Lander game, as a follow-up to my blog post last month. This version from PlanetInAction.com requires the Google Earth plugin for your browser, and takes a side-scrolling approach to landing on the moon, using the Google Earth maps of the actual landing area of Apollo…
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V – Fall 2009 Preview
I’m not a huge fan of “everything old is new again.” Hollywood in particular is devoid of imagination (except for Pixar). But Battlestar Galactica was a pleasant surprise, so you never know. I was a big fan of the original V miniseries and show.
