It's time to look at what geek, nerd and tech stories tickled my weird bits this week. I think you'll enjoy what I've laid out for you, but then again, I'm an all-round appalling judge of character.
Comic-Con is over, but it left a serious impression on me. Or would, had I been able to go. Some of the coolest stuff to emerge from the convention, however, are little nuggets of brilliantly innovative advertising. Observe the wonder!
TARDIS burritos, handed out by Matt and Karen!
Actual South Park Cheesy Poofs! Ohhh man.
Conan O'Brien's gallery of artwork, generally centred around his awesomeness. Totally warranted.
A GAME OF THRONES PEDICAB, ANYONE?
Oh, and courtesy of SONY, Oscorp ID badges for anyone who attended the con.
But enough with my simmering jealousy! Time for some sciencey art. Canadian artist Maskull Lasserre makes sculptures by carving skulls out of furniture. Check out a few of my favourite shots below:
Yeah, I wish I could do that. I would scare the shit out of so many children.
Anyway, Stuart Hughes, a 'design' company populated by douchebags who spray money, have designed this special edition ipad 2. it costs eight million dollars. See if you can guess why.
Ugly, right? The price doesn't really make sense until you read the description:
The iPad 2 Gold History Edition comes clad in 24 carat gold, with 12.5 carats of 53 individual flawless diamonds set into the Apple logo on the rear.
The device comes with a T-Rex’s thigh bone splintered and shaved into Ammolite sourced from Canada (a rock which is over 75 million years old). This is then finished off with a single cut 8.5 carat flawless diamond, complete with platinum surround and 12 outer diamonds.
…Well if that isn't just the biggest fuck you to childhood dreams, I don't know what is.
And speaking of dreams, here is a 45 minute tour of Middle Earth. Oh, wait MINECRAFT Middle Earth. This is so boss.
Seriously. Amazing.
Let's wrap things up, shall we? Volpin Props have created this gorgeous Mass Effect 3 rifle, N7 style. And I know, I know, it's not a functioning rifle, but it's so cool I just peed a little.
Personally, I prefer to use a shotgun, but I'm old fashioned. Though if I were truly old fashioned, I'd wade into hordes of Geth with a pitchfork.
Paul