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Joe The Plumber
(Via The J-Walk Blog.)
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Halloween Lights Controlled Via Internet
Welcome to the 21st century, where even your Halloween light decorations can be controlled over the Internet. The brainchild of Alek Komarnitsky, this Halloween light expose has neen rigged with the X10 protocol, coincidently used to control home automation systems and lights. Pretty neat to have, although what fun is there for you to control [...]
Old British Busker Demonstrates Guitar Hero
You don’t even have to ask this English busker/artist/engineer why he made his pedal-driven, guitar-plucking, steampunk-looking musical whatsit, because his reasons are bolted to the side:
I built this machine because of unreliable guitarists. It don’t smoke! It don’t drink! And it’s never late.
That’s great, guy, but I’ve got a strange feeling that alcohol [...]
15 Tools for Monitoring a Website’s Popularity
As a web designer or developer building a site, it’s helpful to first scout similar websites (i.e. the competition) to help you make design and development decisions. Knowing what websites work and which ones tank can give you insights and inspiration on what design elements, website features, and website content is [...]
Guitar Boat
Created by musician Josh Pyke, this interesting Guitar Boat is ‘prominently featured in the video for his new single Make You Happy.’ Click here for first picture in gallery.
Unfortunately, it is not an actual, playable instrument—which is just as well..it appears to be an accurate replica of his favorite guitar.
[via Gizmodo]
(Via Tech Blog.)
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The Juju Behind Billy Gibbons’ Hat
Wild enough he’s actually playin’ a Strat in this photo, but ever wonder about Billy G’s hat? (I know we’re used to the hat– and the strange thing is the Strat.)
During a ZZ Top tour in Africa, Billy was introduced to a chief of Cameroon’s Bamileke tribe. At the time, Billy was [...]
