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Not all that glitters is gold

Not all that glitters is gold

Silver and Gold: Rings Capped With Tiny Replica Nintendo Cartridges

by Susana Polo | 3:28 pm, April 29th, 2013

Oh My Geekness on Etsy makes a number of jewelry items that involve miniature NES cartridges, and I submit that they should really think about expanding to Game Boy cartridges as well, because who doesn’t want a ring with a ruby, emerald, diamond, or pearl?

Yes, that was all to make a Pokémon pun.

I’ll see myself out.

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New Trailer for The Bling Ring, Emma Watson’s Sofia Coppola-Directed Newest Flick

by Susana Polo | 1:16 pm, April 24th, 2013

The Bling Ring is based on the true story of a group of teenagers who broke into and robbed the homes of celebrities in West Hollywood, and features something that’s still pretty strange for Harry Potter fans: Emma Watson with an American accent.

(via Yahoo!)

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If You Are a Geek Who Likes Jewelry, HoraEffect on Etsy Has Something For You

by Susana Polo | 10:16 am, April 19th, 2013

I’m not going to say that if you don’t recognize these lips we can’t be friends. Just that you might have to invest in a bucket of popcorn and an evening on my shitty couch watching The Rocky Horror Picture Show with me and maybe my roommate.

HoraEffect on Etsy has covered a truly wide range of pop culture jewelry, from Hawkeye and other superheroes to Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica and even Soul Eater and a lot of stuff in between. Haven’t found anything relevant to your interests here? You should probably check out the whole store. Trust me.

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Original Charlotte Brontë Manuscript Goes for $141,000

by Susana Polo | 1:58 pm, April 10th, 2013

One of the odd side effects of the digital age is the gradual loss of the acres and acres of handwritten or typed manuscripts that could be catalogued by archivists interested in following the career of an author. With “save” taking primacy over “save as,” those windows (no pun intended) into the process of an author stay shut. Probably there are a lot of writers who prefer it that way.

Like most smaller changes wrought by advancing technology these days, I find this more interesting than depressing or uplifting. However, it does mean that two hundred years from now, probably nobody is going to be bidding six figures for a copy of my Scrivener file.

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Hide Your Wallet: Geeky Earrings Incoming

by Susana Polo | 10:16 am, April 8th, 2013

When Courtney Leigh isn’t making simple geeky dresses and elaborate Avatar: The Last Airbender costumes for her Etsy shop, she’s crafting adorable stud earrings that I would be proud to wear… if I had any piercings. But maybe you could give them a good home?

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Just In Case You Wanted A Personal Magic Weak Spot, Glow in the Dark Shadow of the Colossus Pendants

by Susana Polo | 2:24 pm, April 4th, 2013

The nerdy jewelry fix is a powerful one. And once you’ve gotten a few hits of Triforce pins and 1-up pendants, the popular stuff just doesn’t do it for you anymore. You need something rarer. Obscurity is the best high. Well it doesn’t get more video game connoisseur than wearing a glow in the dark replica of the special spot that all the colossi in Team ICO’s Shadow of the Colossus get morally ambiguously stabbed in. Just watch out for tiny men on tiny horses with tiny magical swords.

Here’s what it looks like in the dark:

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Peter Jackson: I’d Direct an Episode of Doctor Who In Exchange for a Dalek

by Rebecca Pahle | 11:00 am, March 22nd, 2013

Remember when Matt Smith said he wanted Peter Jackson to direct an episode of Doctor Who and Peter Jackson responded that yes, he would absolutely be OK with doing that?

Well, Peter Jackson remembers it. What’s more, he’s still very keen on the idea. He doesn’t even want money for it.

He just wants a Dalek.

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Need Some Really Subtle Nerd Jewelry? Take This Zelda Music Bracelet

by Susana Polo | 12:12 pm, March 13th, 2013

Some folks live lives where they can’t wear a nerdy t-shirt to work every day. I work in an office with a cardboard cut out of David Tennant, but that doesn’t stop “clothing and accessories with subtle Nerd messages” from being pretty much my favorite thing ever. Cute and Cool Designs on Etsy came up with this brilliant idea for Legend of Zelda jewelry, because there’s only so many Piece of Heart pendants and Triforce brooches you can conceivably own. This one’s of the key sequence for the Song of Storms, but pretty much any of the songs from Ocarina of Time or Majora’s Mask are available.

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The Oscars Are Tonight, So Here’s a Supercut of Every Single Best Picture Winner [VIDEO]

by Rebecca Pahle | 6:00 pm, February 24th, 2013

Academy Awards: Best Picture Oscar Winners from Nelson Carvajal on Vimeo.

To get you into the awards show spirit, here’s alcohol a montage of every single film to walk away with Best Picture, edited by Nelson Carvajal. (Though actually the first Oscars in 1929 had two Best Picture winners, one a general award and one for “Unique and Artistic Production,” which really says a lot about the current identity of the Oscars if you think about it… ah, sorry, my film nerdery ran away with me there). Just think—as of tomorrow there won’t be any speculation as to who the next Best Picture winner will be for a good two, three months.

(via: FilmDrunk)

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Not all that glitters is gold

How The Hobbit‘s Goblin King Was Made, Pustule by Glistening Pustule

by Susana Polo | 5:45 pm, February 6th, 2013

Respect the work of Weta’s designer and animators, and, if you can, rest in the assurance that your job does not require seeking out and looking at pictures of horrible skin infections.

(via I Heart Chaos.)

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