Things I Think Are Kinda Cool

Oh man, I used to LOVE this video! I remember seeing it in 5th or 6th grade and it completely blowing my impressionable mind. And that music!

Enjoy “The Powers of Ten”:

-via Doobybrain

Introducing…Hoptimus Pint!

-via Geeks Are Sexy

Oh, those wacky Canadians.

After a long, hard day of playing video games and eating Cheetos, what more could you want then to kick back, play more video games, and eat more Cheetos while sitting on this Space Invaders-inspired couch.  (Too bad it looks incredibly uncomfortable.)

From Design Boom via @terrinakamura

Are you a crappy pool player who needs to distract your friends from your pathetic skills? Update your bachelor pad with this hi-tech pool table from Obscura Digital and your buddies won’t even notice how many times you scratch.

-via @terrinakamura

We all know what goes down after Mario saves the Princess (again and again and again…)

Before you whip out your you-know-what, impress your geeky girlfriend by whipping out one of these.  Designer Ben Marsh has created these amazing Game Boy condoms – complete with pun-tastic names like “Donkey Shlong” and “Sextris”.

Disclaimer:  These don’t actually exist…but a geek can dream, can’t he?

-via Geekologie

ps.  Sorry about the outdated “Austin Powers” reference in the title of this post.  I should be shot.

It’s-A-Me…Mario!

Floppy Disk Mario

Toast Mario

Poker Chip Mario

Lego Mario

Soda Box Mario

Post-It Note Stop Motion Mario

Now THIS is incredible:

-via Joystick Division

I’ll save you the trouble and answer my own question…yup, about 25 years too old.  Damn.

-via Unique Daily

From the Flickr group “Tetris Tetris Everywhere”, this is what happens when everyone’s favorite Russian puzzle game invades ordinary life…I can almost hear that infamous background music drilling a hole in my brain.  Beware…Tetris is coming for you.

-From Abrinksy

-From Yoakenobang

-From DiceBourbon

-From Bladerunner82

-From Atomische

-From Sinkdd

-From Coolcatcookie

-From Kazzle101

-From Hairport_Lisbon

-via Kottke.org

I was in Amsterdam a few weeks ago and spotted this Samsung-produced 3D projection mapping demo…it was even more impressive in person.

If you’re brave enough, click here for an insanely complicated explanation of  3D projection mapping, which is the method of mapping three-dimensional points to a two-dimensional plane.

-via @BuzzEdition

I know I’ve been harping on and on about the Robot Takeover for the past few months…but I think I now have definitive proof that it’s officially begun.  Meet the latest member of the robotic community, or as I like to call him, Robo-Cujo.  (I’m scared…)

-From WalYou via Digg