cello-wars

What do you get with two cellos, a wookie and Darth Vader? Cello Wars! It’s a battle of the musicians using one of the greatest instruments out there. Add in some cymbals, drums and even an accordian (I didn’t know he could play that)…

A well-created piece of video, the Piano Guys have several videos covering popular songs. But none of them used light sabers.

The crew consists of Paul Anderson, Tel Stewart, Shane Scott, Jon Schmidt, Steven Sharp Nelson, and Al Van Der Beek. Their vision is to inspire music. They are looking for founders right now.

We have fun at Google Hangouts. Sometimes, weird and fun things happen at some of them. That is why we have screen shot software.

This is what happened when a cat invaded a hangout we had not long ago.

This week’s Geek Smack! Crap includes a pair of sandals that I don’t think I’d want to drink the alcohol in. A company is making ties using 50% recycled cassette tapes, but the price might hold you from buying one. Finally, if you’ve touched your genitals, you might want to sanitize. That is what this hand sanitizer is for.

Watch Geek Smack! every Tuesday!

Google Plus Stupid Translator

I get a lot of Google Plus requests. I love adding people to my circles, but some of them I have to remove simply because I can’t understand what they say. Sometimes they speak in a language I don’t understand, but other times they just speak stupid.

I put together this little image to poke fun, and hope Google might add post translation features. Maybe not a “Stupid translator”, but something that could translate a post in Spanish or Japanese to English. Then I could follow and reply to people I might not be able to have a conversation with in real life.

Then again, you could Learn to Speak a new language with Rosetta Stone

Are-you-disturbed

A little photoshop I did this morning. Things this morning have been a little distrubing. Thought this would pick up my spirits. But then again, I kept asking myself the same question. Guess I am the epitome of this flowchart.

So the answer is… yes!

Cooking with Testicles

All I can think of is the classic line in the movie Top Secret when Val Kilmer was sitting at the German restaurant and Lucy Gutteridge ordered the Pig’s balls. I knew in some countries these things are delicacies, but I didn’t know there were many ways to make them.

Well, this cookbook says it all. Learn how to cook, fry, deep baste, slice, dice and puree your balls to perfection. The Testicle cookbook is written by Ljubomir R. Erovic. It comes complete with many how-to videos, like the one below (making a Testicle Pizza).

canon 60D

Check this out! Androp – a band from Japan – created this nice video with a lot of great lights. However, the lights were coming from an unconventional source. Yet, they worked in perfect harmony.

250 Canon 60D DSLR cameras were used to backlight the band. Yes, I said DSLR cameras. They created a wall, with several rows and on each row – a series of cameras strategically spaced apart. A little bit of extra wiring and Voila! A light system is born.

Well, not a cheap light system, anyway. These cameras cost $1,400 on their own. Just the camera – nothing else. So this wall cost at least $350,000. But now you have to add lens kits and flashes. Can you say half-a-million dollars?

Canon 60D Wall

But the end result is amazing. Check out the video, then the how-to video below.

Pick Punch

Last year I got a cool business card from a music company. It was a plastic card; on the side, you could pull out the pick to use for playing guitar. I thought of all my old credit cards that could become better guitar picks than they have in the past.

Now my dreams are reality.

The Guitar Pick Punch is a way to make a pick when you don’t have any around. Just find the material you choose to use (especially those Bass guitar players that use a thick felt pick), place the punch on it like you would a stapler and press down. WHAMMO! A pick is born.

Shop Cool Material has the Pick Punch for $25, so it’s an affordable accessory for those musicians that want to do some experimentation with pick materials. It says the material has to be 0.80 mm thick, which is a slight disappointment, for it limits the amount of material you can use. But what the heck – throw in the balsa wood and see how that sounds on your brass wound strings.

Oh yeah. Don’t forget the guitar strings.

When getting into a star wars fight with another Jedi, always use the force. And a switch-saber can help, too. Lightsabers, saber-chucks (like num-chucks, only cooler) and some good old fist fighting is all you need with your homies to dispute some territory.

Shaycarl has been making some epic fights, but this one was from a galaxy far, far away. I suppose not every jedi saw eye-to-eye, which is why there was a dark side. I wonder if there was a “On the fence” side, too.

“Yeah, I see where you are coming from, but then again, the dark side’s stance on galactic domination is cool, too.”

The best part is that cop that comes in at the end. Just like the LAPD – always wearin white socks. You will respect his authoriti.

Epic Jedi Fight

Beaded QR code via Fashiontech.com

A QR code is also known as a bar code. It’s a way you can get more information. That is why the fashion industry is starting to incorporate – with Beaded QR codes.

Over at Fashioningtech.com QR codes are being used in Fashion. Looking a little like an indian garment, these QR code beads work in two ways – One as fashion and the other as a scannable code. You can then scan the code to get to the website or a special page with great deals on a product.

QR codes don’t have to be 100% accurate. I have done some QR mods to put images or names in the code itself.

So now the real question is – how will you incorporate your QR code into clothing and more?

I have made my share of PowerPoint presentations, but never anything like this. It’s a full animated show that apparently took 3 animators 3 days to make it. Place some music behind it and let the presentation begin.

Varathit Uthaisri (Tu+), Nam Doan (Namrocd), and Arthur Metcalf are the three that put this presentation together. Although it took 3 days, the action unfolds in only 1 1/2 minutes.

Word of Warning – It could crash your Chrome browser if you have too many windows (including Facebook and Google+) open.

Want to flip through it one page at a time?  Then view the Most Awesome 450 Page Presentation. Flip through the 450 pages, or hold down the arrow keys to speed up or go backwards. Just make sure the whole document caches or else you may experience lag.

With this knowledge, I wonder how many people are going to try something similar.

Word of warning – It can crash your Chrome browser if you have too many windows open (Especially if Facebook or Google+ is open).

smurf thong panties

Have you ever been smurfing and smurfed that smurf with the smurf. When you smurfed your smurfs, you find she’s wearing a smurf smurf! That really smurfs me.

Oh, you need a translation? Well, let’s just say that Thongs have gone blue…

The Smurf Thong is for those of you who want to show off a bit of Geek in the downstairs area. A nice cotton thong, you see the Smurf marching band marching on through. You can get this Smurf thong at Artfire.com.

Then you can smurf the smurf with all the smurfs!