Today's Sundae: Star Fox, Old Spice and more iPods!

Tee Time - Awesome Star Fox Tee!

This isn't exactly how I remember my first run with the Rumble Pack (my first run with Star Fox) and all, but in the spirit of realism, of course the characters of Star Fox would actually look like this. And of course they wouldn't actually need space suits in space. And lastly, of course Slippy Toad would be wearing a hat. Duh. Let's all do Peppy a favor and "do a barrel roll" in this tee.

The "Do A Barrel Roll!" tee is available from Threadless for $18.00.

[via Destructoid]

 

Old Spice Remix

The face of Old Spice, The Man Your Man Could Smell Like, is arguably the greatest stint of advertising this world has ever experienced. If not, it is definitely the most enjoyable. Sadly, after a series of brillant commercials followed by some brilliant video responses, The Man Your Man Could Smell Like said good-bye to this pansy world, most likely because it wasn't manly enough. At least not compared to his jet ski lion. And while we all may be sad that we're losing the greatest man that ever manned, let's not forgot to celebrate the short advertising life he lived as the man our man could smell like. In honor of his greatness (and deliciousness), here's an awesomely manly remix of all his manliness.

Man on, friend. Man on!

[via TheAwesomer]

 

The Birth Of A Jedi - Star Wars Painting Time Lapse

Paintings can take a hell of a long time to complete, so it goes without saying that Robert Burden's "The Birth of a Jedi" was a rather large commitment. Apart from being 10ft x 7ft in size, this oil painting took about 7 months to complete. Lucky for us, Robert documented the whole process as a time lapse video. Much to my surprise and, well, discomfort, it looks like he followed a rather strict discipline of how he carried the whole thing out in what looks like waves of work. Maybe I'm ADD, but when I paint, I'm all over the damn place (not to mention I'm too broke for that amount of oil paint). I wouldn't be able to pull of a time lapse like this if my life depended on it. Well, maybe I could, but let me tell you, it'd be one boring ass painting.

Make sure to watch until the end to see the close ups of all the details and inclusions of other characters (and a special visit from a whole different crew). Well done, Robert!

[via Walyou]

 

The ABCs Of Gaming

Just because I'm one of the few geeks out there who isn't terrified of holding a baby doesn't mean that some of you readers aren't already parents or plan on being parents. But while I'd probably suggest the majority of you hold off on having kids (if not skip parenthood completely), you may want to hold on to Francis Acupan's ABCs of Gaming for when you're ready to start rearing children for a better tomorrow.

Think about it, the sooner you get them onto gaming, the easier it will be to neglect them later. Just as long as everyone has his own TV and system. Oh, and a bag of Doritos. I mean, you'll have to carry out some responsibilities after all.

[Capinaremos via Geekologie]

 

A Wall of iPods

Not too long ago, I posted a video of a gaggle of iPod Touches that were connected to each other to act as a single big screen. Seemed kind of expensive to have a big black bar go through the middle of your picture. Anyway, in the same vein, these iHeads connected up a gaggle of iPod Touches to create an interactive installation.

This is a video showing the build of the Welikesmall iPod wall. It was made from 20 iPods over the course of about three weeks in our spare time. Tasks included building and designing the wooden box, programming an iPhone application that runs off the Game Kit framework, hacking a USB hardware fan together, developing a Python / Django web server application, and designing a quick UI. To keep the wall constantly powered we used a Cambrionix B2 USB powered hub. Currently, the application will display photos from a library randomly across all iPhones or as a large image split between iPhones. Future releases will allow all sorts of external user interaction. Stay tuned.

I'm starting to wonder what the big payoff is for these multi-iPod hacked setups. As far as I can tell, none of these ambitious ideas will make my life any easier, just a whole lot more expensive. Then again, maybe that's the point? "Look how awesome we are! We just so happened to have 20 awesome iPods laying around awesomely with nothing else awesome enough to do".

...Still, I have to admit, it is pretty damn aesthetically pleasing.

[via LikeCool]