As a tiny picked-last-in-gym-class woman, I can’t wear a “sporty” shirt without instantly turning myself into a walking piece of ironic comedy. However, I could wear these Novel-T shirts with pride! Literary geekiness FTW!
They have some great authors. I’d love to see Huxley, Nabokov and Orwell in the collection too.
See more here.
I’m currently swooning over Datamancer’s Alchemist Keyboard.
The side lighting is wired into the scroll lock LED and turns on with a press of the scroll lock key. It is a USB keyboard, but because the lighting is hooked into the scroll lock function, this keyboard is designed for a PC, not a Mac. The function keys display the elemental symbols of the various metals used in the construction of the keyboard, as well as a few others. The tilde and number keys display the symbols for the sun, moon and the planets. The symbols for Earth, Air, Fire and Water are found on the arrow keys and the number pad uses stylized Roman numerals. The Enter and Shift keys are labeled with the symbols for Alchemical processes like mixing, stirring, combining, etc.
Datamancer is simply brilliant.
Okay, okay…I said I was going on a blogging break for the week. But I want to share this collection of vintage robots, recently posted on PopSci.
I like this one because he looks like he’s actually DOING “the robot.”
…and shoots? *blinks in bewilderment*
Because if there’s one thing you want a seven foot metal creature to do…it’s yodel:
They really needed to invent a robot to complete these tasks?
The robot golfer:
From the gallery here.
Subversive stitching is all the rage these days, and boy do I love some nice science embroidery!
My favorite in the set:
See more by Voracious Brain on flickr
Many real-life things to do in the next two days. Be back Thursday! In the meantime, enjoy this fantastic explanation of the brain:
What a wonderful poster by Russel Walks: a periodic table of fictional elements.
The elements names are fantastic. Crapcrapium, Wonderflonium…
If only I had a space to hang this!
Get one here.
Call me sentimental, but I find this little comic about Halley’s Comet rather beautiful.
What a simple way to put things in perspective; to show the stunning patterns of the universe and the brevity of human existence.
I saw Halley’s comet in 1986 as a bright eyed seven year old. If I am lucky enough to see the comet again at 81, may I carry myself with the wonder of a child and the wisdom of age.
I will definitely be keeping an eye on the Candyspotting Etsy store after seeing this (currently sold out) little collection of laser cut geeky love cards.
So well done!
There are other fantastic designs in the shop as well. See for yourself here.
I need to find out where this comes from!
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