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‘Knits for Nerds’ by Joan of Dark: book review

Crafty geeks, rejoice! There is a special corner of Geeky Heaven reserved for nerds who are also knitters. And ‘Knits for Nerds’ by Toni Carr, or “Joan of Dark,” is its bible. With 30 original patterns from Toni Carr and other designers covering fandoms from Star Wars to Harry Potter, this book is a great investment if you’re into cosplay. Knitted cosplay, that is. Even if you don’t normally knit your costumes, you might want to save some money by knitting …

Posted in: Arts and Crafts, DIY, Geeky Fashion, Geeky Products, Star Wars

26 Pound Giant Gummy Python Will Choke You To Death, Just Like The Real Thing

This giant gummy python is, indeed, twenty-six pounds. What does that mean? Well, it means that if you were able to eat this in thirty minutes, a.k.a. my friends held me down and fed it down my esophagus, I would be twenty-six pounds heavier. I can finally make the cut for wrestling! I just have to wait a few months for this to digest, hoping that my blood sugar levels won’t kill me. 36,000 is a special number. 36,000 is twice …

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Best Geeky Yarnbombs

For those unfamiliar with the term, yarnbombing — also known as yarnstorming, guerilla knitting, or urban knitting — is like graffiti mixed with photobombing. Instead of spraypainting messages and artwork on walls, people knit or crochet directly over public fixtures. Diapers for naked fountain babies. Crocheted caution tape. Bolas hung over tree limbs. Octopi attacking streetlamps. (The editor’s personal favorite.) Entire cars covered in form-fitted car-blankets. Car-clothes. Yarn-paint? Whatever. It’s the new, weird form of graffiti. There’s even an International Yarnbombing Day. …

Posted in: Arts and Crafts, Funny Lists, Oddities Lists, Star Wars

Glowing Cupcake Recipe: So Easy That Even I Can Do It

I called this a glowing cupcake recipe, but the truth is that these babies don’t glow on their own, and neither do the cupcakes you’ll be making. (What?) You will need a blacklight, but if you are throwing a party with glowing cupcakes, it’s worth the investment. That is, of course, assuming that you don’t want to look like a lamey-pants in front of the cool kids. “You’re too old to say that.” Don’t be a ninnymuggins, you booger-pickin’ lamey pants. …

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The R2-D2 Snow Globe Celebrates Christmas and Disney’s Purchase of The Saga

A rather delightful Halloween has come and gone, dead zombies cleaned off of the roof and all, so it’s time to look ahead. What’s the next big thing coming to a town near you? ME, IN ALL MY OBESE GLORY! Also, Christmas, which is as good of a time as any to spend your money on an R2-D2 snow globe. R2-D2 comes bearing presents in this geeky product, and I can tell you what’s inside that box, since I already peeked. …

Posted in: Geeky Products

Playable Tetris Pumpkin Carving In The Spirit of Halloween

This is my semi-official Halloween post, and I think you’ll all enjoy it. Why carve a pathetic Tetris pumpkin when you’re going to be revealed as the noob that you are when you see this thing sitting on a neighbor’s front porch. This playable Tetris pumpkin doesn’t use fire, but it lights up for all of the kiddies around the block, and that’s all that really matters. Equipped with 28 LEDs and a usable stem-joystick, you can play a solid game of Tetris …

Posted in: DIY, Retro

2012 Most Common Passwords List Proves The World Is As Dumb As It Was Last Year?

Do you want to know why you get daily emails from a Nigerian prince promising you SUM OF $200,000,000 IN EXCHANGE FOR YOUR TIME? It’s because people are less intelligent than we assume them to be. The one assumption that you can make and almost always be right: that the man licking the Wendy’s tables is me. (go ahead and smile … that was sarcasm …) Also, that the majority of people in any given room have the thinking ability of …

Posted in: Gags, Geek News, Geeky Humor

Dogs in Costumes: Wishing You a Bark-tastic Halloween

Well folks, Halloween’s right around the corner, so naturally we’ll be seeing a lot of pictures of amazing – and not so amazing – costumes in these next couple of weeks. Costumes that have been planned for months, costumes thrown together the night before, costumes that are beautiful, costumes that are horrifying, and so on. But what about the little guys who have absolutely no say in how they’re forced to dress on Halloween? No, I’m not talking about little kids (though …

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