I understand. Weekends can be fun but long. Usually I don’t mind because, well, I’m not at work. But even then, sometimes you just want the weekend to pick up the pace and be entertaining. Is that too much to ask? If entertainment isn’t easily coming your way, take charge and grab the weekend by the horns — so to speak. The 500-LED mod above is easily the coolest illumination project I can think of in recent memory. Besides being massive (in...

I remember when I was a kid I had some strange fascination with lava lamps. At my worst point, I had amassed a total of 13 lava lamps — all going at the same time. Ya, it was pretty hectic. But more technological times have come and gone since then, resulting in some pretty cool changes, particularly in how the old Lava Lamp works. Nowadays, the new hotness in illumination technology is LEDs. Naturally, the Lava Lamp has received an update with said technology....

I wouldn’t exactly call myself a big home design type of person, but some geeks are. They care about those little touches that make their house more homey. For them, geeky furniture is a way of life. Rightfully so, new and unique geeky furniture is always nice to stumble upon. Do you find yourself pondering how to spruce up your living room a bit more, with your coffee table looking a bit dated? Nothing a few LED’s and some ATmega328′s couldn’t...

Far too often I see gadgets with all fluff and no flavor pass before me. While a pretty face is more than welcome, and in fact a major bullet point I look for, at the end of the day I tend to fall on the utilitarian side. That is, what good is a pretty face if it doesn’t do anything but sit there and…look pretty? The whole function vs. form thing is exactly what Onda Communications is fighting with their “Elis: Wifi Lamp”. In short, the Elis is a...

Yet again, another nifty gadget that society didn’t have when I was a kid. Gee, I’m beginning to think I really missed out… The Photon Light Board is quite possibly the coolest skateboarding oriented product I’ve ever seen. Skateboarding in general is a lot of fun. When I was a wee lad, I admit that I spent a fair share of my time rolling around on anywhere from 1 to 4 wheels at any given point. Even tough that was no more than a decade ago,...