Steam powered R2-D2

Someone has build a steam powered R2-D2:

The first robot that I ever built, was a R2…. out of legos when I was 5 years old. So after building over a dozen steam powered contraptions, when I “grew up”, I knew I had to visit my old friend R2. I love machines with personalities and charm. You can love or hate StarWars, but everyone loves R2. To many of us, R2D2 was our first introduction to robots, he’s a swiss army gadget bot with charm, who always saves the day. It just doesn’t get any better than that.

I disagree. It isn’t possible to hate StarWars (the original three films anyway). Really nice idea though.

Friday Link-o-Rama

Woman falls off balcony, saved by poo

“A woman survived a fall from a sixth floor balcony when a pile of poo broke her fall.”

Shit!

History of spy watches

Wow, if I hadn’t been told it was a camera I would have never known!

Really inappropriate adverts

From the ’1929 Johnson Smith Catalogue’ apparently, including such products as a book of ‘Hebrew jokes’, ‘Darkey in a watermelon’, Guns and handcuffs. Wholesome fun for all the family then…

KITT for sale

“one of only 4 surviving T-top cars from the series. None of the 10 series cars have ever been offered for public sale.”

“This car has been restored to it’s original season 1 condition Original dash with 2 operational TV’s. One connected to a camera in front of the car, the other connected to a DVD player with the audio speakers hidden under the nose. Original interior fabric (very rare and not available in reproduction.) Receivers welded to the frame for towing and shooting close up shots”

Historic.

Donkey kong made out of post-its

This is only cool because it’s Donkey Kong.

Bookcase with in-built seat

Nice idea.

Good Ideas I Have Had In The Past Year

• Kobe tuna – fish raised in a tank of dilute beer and massaged on the hour
• Moon-dried tomatoes
• Downloadable car alarm ring tones

And more.

Things Computers Can Do in Movies

12. People typing on a computer can safely turn it off without saving the data.
13. A hacker is always able to break into the most sensitive computer in the world by guessing the secret password in two tries.
14. You may bypass “PERMISSION DENIED�? message by using the “OVERRIDE�? function. (See “Demolition Man�?.)
15. Computers only take 2 seconds to boot up instead of the average minutes for desktop PCs and 30 minutes or more for larger systems that can run 24 hours, 365 days a year without a reset.

Hampster powered shredder

This has ‘Messy accident’ written all over it.

Ass advert

An advert for a job-site or something, but that is mostly irrelevant. The fact is that people are being forced to walk through a giant arse, and that is about as funny as it gets.