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Awesome Fan Designed Original Star Wars Trilogy Posters

Alexander Nachaj — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:45:29 +0000

A graphic designer put together an awesome set of Star Wars posters that tribute the original trilogy in an awesome and cartoony way.

The original Star Wars trilogy had some of the most memorable movie posers out there. Right off the bat you knew who the good guys were, as well ...
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9 Extremely Unfortunate Website Names

Ehud Riven — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:15:48 +0000

Finding a good name for you domain is hard, nearly impossible. All the good ones are taken, although if you don’t mind having a sleazy sexual inneundo in your url, there are plenty of good names out there. Just like these websites, with the most unfortunate names you can find ...
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NASA’s Awesome High-Res Images of Earth

David Delony — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:24:10 +0000

One of the enduring images of the U.S. space program is seeing the Earth from space. Now NASA has improved upon that with Blue Marble Next Generation.

It’s hard not to see an image of the Earth from above and not be moved. All the differences between people and nations down ...
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Gentlemint: Pinterest for Men

Jude Cavale — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:17:32 +0000

Recently Pinterest has been touted as a promising social network that may even upstage bigger networks like Facebook and Twitter if things go as predicted.

The image sharing network that has almost become the mainstay of retail stores trying to push their products in a social atmosphere is however dominated by ...
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Pixel Angry Birds Hark Back to the Beginnings of Gaming

Jude Cavale — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:35:05 +0000

Reniel Guiao is a Filipino Graphic Designer who has created pixelated Angry Bird characters. They almost look like video game characters from the days of 8-bit games.

These pixel Angry Birds look less angry and less annoying than the real ones that we have come to encounter every day at work, ...
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1939, Meet 2012: “Keep Calm …” Ads

Federico Lo Giudice — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:15:26 +0000

It’s usually funny when old-school advertising gets modernized and re-done for the current times, and that’s what happened to this 1939 campaign poster. 1939 was a strange time for Europe, finally understanding that they were headed towards WWII, unavoidably. This was the time when political propaganda and posters were ...
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Philosophical Concepts Explained In Minimalist Posters

David Delony — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:49:53 +0000

We cover geek culture on this blog, but there’s more than one way to be a geek, isn’t there? Although we’re big fans of science and technology, we delve into a subject that’s fuzzier but still offers a lot of intellectual stimulation: philosophy.

It makes sense. There’s not much difference between ...
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Droid Feelings: These Are The Emotions We’re Looking For

David Delony — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:55:57 +0000

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, one artist has created some prints featuring some droids from the “Star Wars” movies experiencing human emotions.

The prints are done by one Chris Gerringer, who goes by the name Paperbeatsscissors. The prints feature stylized pictures of the droids and some clever and heartfelt text ...
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Angry Rebels: Angry Birds Meets Star Wars

Alexander Nachaj — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:08:17 +0000

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a handful of brave Angry Rebels fought against the evil Imperial Pigs, in this Angry Birds mashup.

What would Luke Skywalker, ...
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Pop Culture Overload: Simpsonized Movie Posters

Federico Lo Giudice — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:21:36 +0000

Is it time for a second movie yet? No? Well, then, Simpsons fans will have to settle for these Simpsonized Movie Posters instead.

Matt Groening’s creation, the Simpsons, are about 25 years old now (yet still Maggie doesn’t speak), and are by now an icon on their own, beloved by entire ...
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