It’s that time of year to be festive and spooky, carve up some pumpkins and get the candy ready for the neighborhood kids. One uber-geek Ashley Mayer, decided to take festivity to an all new level, tied in with her love of a particular social app — Path.
Yes, it’s Halloween, let’s get geekily creative. → Read More
I’ve seen plenty of interesting and unique “resume sites” where people are trying to get the attention of the companies that they really want to work for. Sometimes it’s a Facebook ad, a video or something using the service itself, like a slideshow. → Read More
Today, on behalf of the TechCrunch team, I’d like to welcome our two newest writers: Natasha Lomas and Darrell Etherington. → Read More
Yes, Garbage Pail Kids. In 7-foot wall form. If you thought yesterday’s Star Wars Fathead was expensive at $100, then you may balk at the thought of spending $150 on a larger-than-life Garbage Pail Kids poster. → Read More
See the young man in the above photo? He’s older than you think. His wife made him that sweater. I don’t know his wife but I can tell you right now that any future argument the two of them have can be ended rather quickly by her saying, “I knitted you a Super Mario Bros. sweater vest and this is how you thank me?!” Seriously, until they die she can play that card. → Read More
This is probably the oldest bit of news you’ll ever see get posted on CrunchGear, but I came across this today and just had to share. See, it’s a robotic tattoo machine that’s being powered by a Palm IIIxe (maybe?) that’s simply running Palm OS.
Update: We now have video of the tattoo machine in action. → Read More
Here it is, action sport stars, some real POV footage taken with the VholdR ContourHD instead of the garbage office tour I took earlier in the week. Turn down the volume on your speakers! I’ve included the video that’s currently live on VholdR’s site and YouTube for the full HD video. → Read More
Have you ever driven down the highway when there’s construction work going on and wondered who makes all the money from selling the orange barrels used to block off lanes? That’s a lot of barrels. So many barrels, in fact, that a student at NC State in Raleigh, North Carolina helped himself to three of them and constructed this most-excellent Barrel Monster. → Read More
I’m too lazy to translate the page and the video is pretty self-explanatory. Watch and be amazed. → Read More
A man near Columbus, Ohio got charged with drunk driving after he crashed a lawnmower with a bar stool attached to it. Kyle Wygle told police officers that he drank 15 beers and that his motorized bar stool had a top speed of 38 miles per hour. He was taken to a nearby hospital for minor injuries and has pleaded not guilty to the charge of driving while intoxicated. → Read More
Rejoice! Today is International Day Of Awesomeness. It’s time to celebrate just how awesome you are, and to recognize how awesome everyone else is! → Read More
Vernon Graner of the Austin Robot Group has built a three-story-tall robot in the hopes of “evoking dialogue” and “finding ways to get people excited about technology again.” Mission accomplished, sir. Your gigantic robot is truly a wonder to behold. → Read More
What we have here is a bike lock that has compressed air and colored dye running throughout the lock. When a would-be thief cuts through the lock, said thief along with the bike and everything within a few feet is then sprayed with the dye along with SmartWater, which is an invisible ink. → Read More
I totally know what I’m going to look for when I go to Korea later this month. Apparently these tiny keychains will keep you from getting zapped by static electricity. When said static electricity is eliminated a smiling face pops up. Awesome. Product Page via RFJ → Read More
H-I-L-A-R-I-O-U-S!!! Can anyone make out the site? JWT via ibelieveinadv → Read More
I have no words. This is the greatest thing I have ever seen. I get pretty diffuse light in my apartment, so this wouldn’t really be necessary — plus, my place is the size of a postage stamp and this thing would probably trip me up or crawl in bed with me at night. I guess that wouldn’t be so bad. I love everything about this little robot. Oh my god, how can you not? [via MAKE… → Read More
If this thing doesn’t make Time’s Best Inventions Of The Year list, I’m gonna burn this place to the ground. It’s right up there with the worms-to-ex-girlfriends pill from Brain Candy ("This is a drug… for the world… to give worms to ex-girlfriends.") except without all the nasty side effects. This is a sign… for your car… that gives other… → Read More
Some people have way too much time on their hands. via The Matt Hickey → Read More
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=607349&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 Oh, it’s darling! How can you not want one of these? It turns hard candy (mm, sour apple Jolly Ranchers) into cotton candy — a direct violation of the 2nd law of thermodynamics! I’m not sure Mambas qualify, they’re… → Read More
Maybe you’ll soon see some well-dressed SWAT team members running around the seedier parts of your neighborhood. They’ll look like they just got off the golf course but they’ll actually each be wearing a $12,000 bulletproof polo shirt by Miguel Caballero. While the previously-reported bulletproof pocket square protects your heart, this handsome shirt will presumably protect your entire… → Read More
Finally, a solution to the whole “I wish I had a pool table” problem for those of us living in cramped city apartments. All I’ve needed to do this whole time was cut a big four foot deep rectangular hole in my living room floor and add a hydraulic lift mechanism. I’ll just swing by the Home Depot tomorrow and pick up the supplies. In all seriousness, this looks like a horrifying job if you… → Read More
http://www.gametrailers.com/remote_wrap.php?mid=40153 Who can’t get enough of Uwe Boll, the loudmouth German director who hates everyone and everything? Good luck for us, then, as Mr. Boll is in the news again, bless his heart. The man is creating a video game, and he wants to call it 1968 Tunnel Rats. Swoon. That up there is the game’s trailer. It looks to be a standard first person… → Read More
Oh my. It’s this kind of stuff that makes it all worthwhile. I present to you an idea for a toaster that hooks up to your computer and can burn just about anything you throw at it onto the bread you drop into the slots – weather, news, photos – your call. The Scan Toaster is the brainchild of designer Sung Bae Chang and is currently a finalist in the 2008 Electrolux Design Lab competition. I… → Read More
Not actually the actual chair the teens actually built in actuality. Two 17-year olds in Germany got busted on Saturday for tooling around town on their undeniably awesome office chair outfitted with a lawnmower engine and bike brakes. It’s being called the world’s fastest office chair but I’d be really interested to see how fast it actually goes and also the office chair that’s the second… → Read More
Sweeeeeeeeeeeet. Today, WB and Eidos announced Batman: Arkham Asylum for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. We sort of already knew there was one coming thanks to Gary Oldman, but now it’s official. Based on the “Dark Knight” storyline, based on conjecture, you will assume the role of Batman and you’re task is to deliver the Joker into the Narrows where the imprisoned swine have set a trap for… → Read More
Oh yeah, baby. I’m going to beat this mother in one sitting no matter what. I’m really glad they went back to about the Mega Man 2 era in terms of skills and enemies since that’s the era I rock. I’m going to play some Mega Man tonight with “Eye of the Tiger” on in the background to get ready for this. → Read More
Not since the invention of the Spork has such a masterpiece of meal-time enjoyment rocked dinner tables worldwide. Enter, the Zing! Spoon – a spring-loaded spoon with handy finger mount. Let your family know that you know about being cut out of the will with a nice glob of mashed potatoes to the forehead. Tell your girlfriend it’s not her, it’s you with some healthy oatmeal all over her work… → Read More
http://blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf?enablejs=true&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcrunchgear%2Eblip%2Etv%2Frss&file=http%3A%2F%2Fblip%2Etv%2Frss%2Fflash%2F1032514%3Freferrer%3Dblip%2Etv%26source%3D1&showplayerpath=http%3A%2F%2Fblip%2Etv%2Fscripts%2Fflash%2Fshowplayer%2Eswf There are very few things that I’m looking forward to this year in regards to gadgets, games and gear. The… → Read More
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