Halloween is approaching fast so I thought I’d repost an article from two years ago on how to build an effective, low-cost fog chiller. Coming up to Halloween 2007 I finally tackled the task of creating a homemade fog chiller that I had been wanting to do for at least 10 years. There are plenty [...]
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Shakespeare Insult Kit
October 20th, 2011
Tom Gibson Come on. You know you’ve always wanted to insult someone with the style and verbal eloquence of Shakespeare. Well now you can with this handy Shakespeare Insult Kit. Give it a try thou fobbing, rump-fed nut-hook! Via Blame It On The Voices
Angry Bird Costumes
September 20th, 2011
Tom Gibson Halloween is approaching fast. Have you even thought about costumes yet? Don’t worry because Angry Birds are here to help. There are full body costumes for Yellow bird, Red Bird, Black Bird and King Pig for both adults and children. Or, if you don’t want to totally commit, there are just the headpieces. Costume Discounters [...]
Webcam 101 for Seniors
September 14th, 2011
Tom Gibson Bruce and Esther Huffman are YouTube stars thanks to this accidental recording posted by their granddaughter. ABC has an interview with the couple. Via: YouTube
Origin of ‘The Terminator’ story
August 19th, 2011
Tom Gibson The original inspiration of the 1984 film “The Terminator” came from two episodes of ‘The Outer Limits’ written by Harlan Ellison – ‘The Soldier’ and ‘Demon with a Glass Hand’. However, he didn’t receive credit when the film was initially released. Here is the inside story of how he discovered his stories inspired Cameron and [...]
You can do that at an Apple Store?
July 27th, 2011
Tom Gibson Just what can’t you do at an Apple Store? Comedian Mark Malkoff visited Apple Stores in the New York area to find out if there were any limits. Via YouTube
Nostromo from Alien Restored
July 14th, 2011
Tom Gibson What happens to a spaceship that’s been left to the Southern California elements? It cracks, splinters and deteriorates. At least that is what happened to the Nostromo, the huge industrial towing vessel from Alien. The original model built by the effects team at Bray Studios in London, UK for the 1979 Academy Award winning movie, [...]
Japanese Teen Idol Has A Shocking Secret
June 24th, 2011
Tom Gibson Aimi Eguchi is a typical 16 year-old girl according to her profile (translated) and is featured in this video for Ezaki Glico candy along with members of girl band AKB48. She has also appeared in Japanese magazines and commercials. There’s just one thing that no one knew until it was uncovered by a Channel news [...]
Video: Weird Al’s ‘Born This Way’ Parody
June 20th, 2011
Tom Gibson After some controversy about whether this song would ever make it to an album and have a video produced, here is ‘Perform This Way’ from Weird Al. Source: YouTube
Comic: Why Superheroes Aren’t Online Too Much
June 20th, 2011
Tom Gibson Now it makes sense why Spiderman isn’t Tweeting about his latest victory over crime or why the Hulk never comments on your Facebook posts. Source: Agent-X Comics


