Light cycle comes to life

Light cycle comes to life

Anybody who has seen Tron, knows the best thing about the movie, other than the graphics, is the “Light Cycle.” Owning a bike that looks that good would cost you a pretty penny, $55,000 to be exact. You would find the gasoline powered “Light cycle” over at Hammacher…

CaffiNation 506: Zombie Fun

CaffiNation 506: Zombie Fun

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It has been quite a week, and quite a day around these parts. Lots of things getting done, but not a lot of news on one of our favorite topics. Coffee is like that some days there is a ton of stuff to talk about, others…. not so much. We have a bunch of Halloween them…

Rocksmith, Forge your Skills

Rocksmith, Forge your Skills

Are you a  Rhythm  Gamer? Guitar Hero god? Completed Physcobilly Freakout on iNSANE? nicely done. However real guitar players have long since  derided  these accomplishments as “button pushing” and other less savory terms. File Rock Band, Guiatr Hero and…

Siri – Then and Now

Siri – Then and Now

Siri is the new Apple personal  assistant, voice recognition app. It can do so many things, and apparently one of them is comedy! Part of the challenge of designing software that reacts to people in real language is dealing with unexpected input. This isn’t a…

Buckyballs goes Cube.

Buckyballs goes Cube.

When I found Buckyballs, a bunch of pebble sized balls made from rare earth magnets, it wasn’t long before I had to get it. And when I did, I had nothing but fun for weeks. And I still have fun to this day. Recently, the company who sells Buckyballs have brought…

Fall cleaning at Google

Fall cleaning at Google

  …   Google is officially ending a couple of their programs. Some of them today, others a bit further down the roadmap. Today for instance is the last time you can go into Google Labs! They announced that it would be closing down a while ago, and…

Zombie Candy Corn

Zombie Candy Corn

Meet  Out Out Damned Corn (Patient 0)  and  Return of Yellow #5 (Patient 1). Candy Monsters… tell your friends. In fact warn your friends.  Artist Andrew Bell has seen the light and in the creation of his project The Creatures in My Head. And he has set out to…

Blackboards in Porn

Blackboards in Porn

Who says the internet can’t teach you things. The Adult industry has long since used the taboo subject of  Student / Teacher flings as fodder for a genre of its films. But this site, in response to those films is hilarious. Blackboards in Porn  is an academic…

Barcade Philly!

Barcade Philly!

You know… I was just thinking how much I would love to be able to play retro video games (1980’s Style), and enjoy the fine atmosphere of a night out with my friends all at the same time. I’ve talk about the Barcade in Brooklyn, mostly in hushed…

Paul R Muller

I like to make pretty things. I watch shiny things, and blinking things. I drink black coffee. But most of all I love working on design problems.