Things I Think Are Kinda Cool » DIY http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Sci-Fi IKEA Instructions…(Jar Jar Binks Not Included) http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/05/10/sci-fi-ikea-instructions-jar-jar-binks-not-included/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/05/10/sci-fi-ikea-instructions-jar-jar-binks-not-included/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 15:11:34 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=6002 Awesome.

Star Wars

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Back to the Future

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Jurassic Park

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Can you handle unlimited coins & 1-ups? Learn how to make your own!

]]> http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/03/29/spotted-in-the-wild-a-real-mario-coin-block/feed/ 0 Make A Muppet With Jim Henson Circa 1969 http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2010/09/10/make-a-muppet-with-jim-henson-circa-1969/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2010/09/10/make-a-muppet-with-jim-henson-circa-1969/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:06:10 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=4491 Learn how to make your own mischievous muppet from the original puppet master himself, Jim Henson.  (Or, if you close your eyes you can pretend it’s Kermit giving you the the instructions!)


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The quasi-3D effect is from a simple technology called ‘wiggle stereoscopy‘, where two almost-identical images are quickly alternated back and forth.  Remember when you were in college and you’d stare at those fuzzy pictures until you saw a 3D image?  This is essentially the same thing, except without the nauseating cross-eyed headache.


-via Blue Swami


-via Hillel Steinberg

***If you want to create your own 3D images (and you’re not afraid of a little Javascript) check out this tutorial.  There are also a few user-friendly iPhone apps that make ‘wiggle stereoscopy’ simple.

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