Icycle

February 5th, 2010 by Julie Hill

Brrrrr

Imagine yourself naked and cold, with only a tiny bicycle to help you navigate a post-apocalyptic world, and you have the excellently stylish Flash game Icycle.

“The next ice age has arrived and the world as we know it has peacefully frozen in time, but to one naked survivor it’s cold and lonely as hell!

Icycle is a contemporary take on a RETRO style bike game which challenges your skill and memory. Trial and error will pave the way but remembering the path might prove harder than you expect. Collect as many bubbles as possible but be prepared for plenty of amusing fatalities along the way.

If only dying was this much fun in life!”

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Groupons hit Cincinnati!

February 1st, 2010 by Julie Hill

Groupon!

I think a ‘groupon’ sounds likes like some sort of parasite that locks onto unsuspecting groups and steals their souls… which might be accurate as it turns out.

“Each day, Groupon emails you one exclusive, unbeatable deal on the best things to do, see, eat, and buy in Cincinnati.” At least that is what their site says.

I have been waiting to see Groupons in action for a while now and this week they came through for me, publishing their first offers for Cincinnati. Today’s offer was for a yoga studio. I like yoga. I like 50% off. I am not sure I like the location of the offer, but I am certainly going to stay tuned. Any day now they could offer a Groupon for someplace I love or have been meaning to try, and this will be the thing that converts me from a window shopper to a buyer. It’s kind of exciting. In a really nerdy way.

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Coffee Table + Pet Bed = Purrfect.

January 29th, 2010 by Julie Hill

Case-Real, a Japanese design firm, just introduced a new way to think about “dual purpose”. The obvious answer has always been to add storage. A bed that doubles as a dresser, a dresser that doubles as a bookshelf, the list just goes on and on.

But where does your cat go you ask? Why, under this table of course!

meow.

Thanks for the tip Apartment Therapy.

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How to act out “Rocket Man” by Sir Elton John

January 28th, 2010 by Chris Strong

That's pretty far out, man.

About all I can say here is, NICE!!! Someone has finally created a functional jet pack (check out the video gallery.) Not just any jet pack, a $100,000 jet pack that you don’t even need a license for. Let’s review the specs, shall we, to fully understand why this is so awesome:

Engine: 2.0L producing 200HP (You are wearing this!!!!)
Travel: 31.5 miles or up to 8,000 ft!!!
Safety features: Built in parachute (completely unnecessary, why would you ever want to come down?)
Gadgets and Gizmos: Blue Tooth Helmet

The only thing this is missing is a built in video monitor in the helmet so you can watch Disney’s “The Rocketeer” while you are flying.

Did I mention you don’t need a license for this?

Anyone interested in going in on a timeshare set up with me on one of these things, feel free to drop me a line.

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Ryan Abegglen Art

December 30th, 2009 by Julie Hill

Ce chat ne parle pas le français

KEVIN!

His tail is made of SCIENCE

Even fine modern gentlemen will sometimes stab you up.

Dear Ryan Abegglen, do you want to be my best friend?

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Baseball Cards Go Nutz These Days

October 21st, 2009 by admin

baseball_ny1

Check out the technology that Topps is using to have baseball cards come alive with the use of your computer’s webcam. Topps 3D Live cards are included in packs of Topps Series 1 baseball cards released last month. You hold them in front of your webcam and special software on topps.com makes the card come alive, creating a Star Wars-like 3-D image appear on screen that you can interact with.

(h/t: OMGreds)

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Got a Half Hour to Kill?

August 3rd, 2009 by admin

You’ll need it when you look at this.

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We Rocked it out at the ADDY Award Show

February 18th, 2009 by admin

HyperQuake is pleased to announce our rockin’ results from the 2008-2009 Cincinnati ADDY Award Show! This year the theme of the party was “You’re going to score tonight”…and we did just that! With 10 Quakers in attendance, we had fun at the show listening to Jock Jams while snacking on pizza and taco salad. (more…)

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