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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Geekosystem Newsletter - Celebrate Valentine's Day With a Collection of Romantic Oddities

	Celebrate Valentine's Day With a Collection of Romantic Oddities It is that time of year again, folks, when couples (or triples!) have a designated holiday where the calendar tells them to show their significant other(s) how much they are appreciated. Whether or not you coupled people do that every day and don't require a calendar-mandated holiday to remind you why you're paired off with your significant other in the first place, that doesn't mean you can't enjoy some of the oddities that spring forth from the Internet during Valentine's Day, a collection of which we have right here for your viewing pleasure. Read More »
	Forever Alone Pillow Knows When You're Crying, Sings to Comfort You Sometimes, you just need a shoulder to cry on. In a cruel twist of fate, if you're the kind of person who needs a shoulder on which to cry on Valentine's Day, you're probably also the kind of person who doesn't have a shoulder to cry on today, aside from your own, but that can cause serious neck strain. Should you be in such a horrible predicament, the Sleepy Weepy Pillow was created with you in mind. Brainchild of mikeasaurus, the Sleepy Weepy Pillow knows when you're crying on it and will attempt to cheer you up with a song. Read More »
	Today's Valentine's Day Google Doodle Shows That Google Doesn't Have the Answer for Everything [Video] There's a lot of charm in today's animated Google Doodle for Valentine's Day. First and foremost it looks great, but there's some more subtle things to like about it. For one thing, it's the first time I've seen Google suggest that there are things you can't do with Google -- search as he might, the protagonist of the video cannot find the gift to win the heart of his lady love. Secondly, the whole thrust of the video is that there is no way to "win" someone's heart at all, and that the best connections are made when people act like themselves and share interests. Lastly, the ending montage of happy couples has a gay wedding. Way to go, Google; you really made me feel the love. Read More »
	New Lord of the Rings LEGO Sets are Finally Unveiled! Fresh from the New York Toy Fair come the first images of the forthcoming Lord of the Rings LEGO sets! Thankfully, the excellent From Bricks to Bothans blog was on hand to grab some images, giving us our first look at this new LEGO system. There will be plenty of new figs, custom pieces, and an all new articulated horse fig which is capable of rearing back oh so dramatically. Across the board these sets look like a lot of fun, and will surely make the modders quite happy. See pictures, after the break. Read More »
	An Extremely Intricate Castle in a Bonsai Tree Japanese artist Takanori Aiba takes bonsai trees to a whole new level by infusing one with an extremely intricate castle. Aiba employed the use of copper line, epoxy putty, plastic, resin, and stone clay. Aiba has a background in maze designing, as well as a background in directing architectural spaces, so he put both of those skills to use and created the lovely castle in a bonsai tree you see above, dubbed Bonsai-B. Check out another picture of the work encased in a tasteful display after the break. Read More »
	A Vegeta Tribute to Whitney Houston [Video] As you may already know, iconic singer Whitney Houston was found dead over the weekend, and in what will surely be many a tribute in the coming days, we feel Vegeta's tribute will be the best one in the end. Read More »
	This Swiss Army Knife Has a Tripod for Your Smartphone This multitool made by Gerber Tools is surely a sign of the times. Not only does it sport the usual Swiss Army knife trappings, but also has a tripod for one's smartphone. Dubbed the Steady Tool, you can artsy up your multitool for a price tag of $64. Along with with the tripod, the Steady Tool comes with a fine-edge blade, three screwdrivers, a serrated blade, pliers, wire cutters, and a bottle opener. The multitool acts as a tripod with foldable legs and a screw-in smartphone mount, so the camera is sure to stay in one spot while you take black and white pictures of benches and call it art, but then also open a can of beans and saw something in half afterward with your multitool. Head on past the break for a phoneless shot of the tool. Read More »
	New NASA Budget Slashes Joint Mars Missions, Ups Manned Mission Budget The President's draft of NASA's budget was released this morning, with cuts to some of the administration's deep space exploration plans to Mars and the outer planets. The cuts come as Washington faces one of the most economically difficult times in recent memory, which have hit NASA particularly hard leaving the agency with the smallest budget in four years. Thankfully, it's not all bad news. Read More »
	Geekolinks: 2/13 The least and most romantic cities (Geek Sugar) Tim Schafer is all about digital distribution (Piki Geek) Apple asks outside group to inspect factories (The New York Times) Michael Keaton wants to be Beetlejuice again (TDW: Geeks) The new WB Looney Tunes short looks pretty great (Cartoon Brew) 14 geeky Valentine's Day cards (Mental Floss) 7 equations that explain everything (Business Insider) (title pic of popular video game series Frog Band) Read More »
	These Whimsical, Whoozical Animal Head Trophies are Seuss-Tastic The famed Dr. Seuss made a name for himself with his stories and wordplay, but one of the most indelible aspects of his career was his boundless zoological imagination. Whether it was the Whos in Whoville or the exotic Ka-Troo, Seuss created where Darwin feared to tread. In the same style as the venerable doctor, Carl Turner has created a series of hyper-realistic animal heads in a Seussian style. Large eyes, weird antlers, and impossible birds abound in this delightful collection. See more, after the break. Read More »
	Sony Hiked Up the Price of Whitney Houston's Music Less Than an Hour After Her Death In this age of rampant social media, death has gotten a bit complicated, especially for celebrities. Sometimes you're reported dead before your time, and if you have passed, it's only a matter of time -- 30 seconds or so -- before widespread, uncontained discussion begins. When it came to light this weekend that Whitney Houston had died, the predictable Twitter-splosion occurred, part an parcel with off-color jokes and heart-felt condolences, but something more calculatedly irreverent may have been bubbling up behind the scenes. Some are accusing Sony of initiating a price hike on one of Houston's albums presumably in order to capitalize on the "free" publicity. Read More »
	Personal Data May Have Been Accessed During November Steam Intrusion Steam, the online gaming distribution system we know and love, announced back in November that they'd been the victim of a security breach. At the time, it was reported that the hacker had accessed the Steam user database, but that no information appeared to have been compromised. However, the ongoing investigation seems to indicate that it might be worse than originally thought. Read More »
	This Full-Auto Airsoft Gun Is Made Out Of A Soda Bottle I always wanted an Airsoft gun as a kid, but I ran into two big problems: They tended to be expensive, and even if I had then money, no one was going to sell me one unless I was eighteen or had parental approval. Yeah right. If only I'd known then that I could make an fully-automatic Airsoft gun out of a soda bottle and some air compressor bits. Of course, had I known that then, I probably wouldn't have made it all the way to adulthood with a full complement of eyes. Still, I wish I'd known. Read More »