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Cool PaperCraft Fun: Goobeesta

GeekSugar — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:45:49 -0700

I know how you all love papercrafts, so when I found these super-cute, ice cream-loving guys while surfing the Internets, I had to pass them along to you. Free to download, these "Fold and Fun" characters are pretty easy to put together, as I did all three over the weekend.

Goobeesta has even provided a blank cutout for you to design your own paper monster! Check it out here - get creative then upload pics of your custom design in the comments for the rest of us to see! I bet you guys can come up with some awesome little monsters, and I'll even round up all your hard work in a gallery next week!

Print Your Own Mandelbot Paper Toy

GeekSugar — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:00:46 -0700

The debate over what is and is not a robot is a heated one. Most people think a device that's not "natural" (as in artificially created), can manipulate things in its environment, is programmable and can move with one or more axes of rotation or translation is in fact a robot. The Mandlebot paper robot is none of those things, but it does embody the traditional robot shape.

The Mandelbot is free from Fractal Spin and offers a fun Do It Yourself project. You just fold and glue him together. If you want one, you can add him to your cart, check out with just your email address and they will send you a PDF that you can print out.

Source: Notcot

How-To: Get Crafty!

GeekSugar — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:03:06 -0700

Not only am I a techie fiend, but I'm a crafty gal to boot! That means that I love making things with my hands, not just filling them with shiny gadgets. Gimmie some credit here; I've shown you lots of ways that you can be crafty, too, from repurposing old favorites to making new cases for your tiny new iPods. Check out my slideshow of my favorite ways to get crafty - so easy anyone can do it!

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Daily Tech: First Impressions of the iPhone 3.0 Beta OS

GeekSugar — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:19:38 -0700

So far so good for the iPhone 3.0 Beta release. Notable features include speedy Spotlight, the MobileMe phone locator, and widescreen SMS.- Gizmodo
Are you still on the fence about Facebook? A woman describes her first experiences with it and how this social networking site has changed her life. - Real Simple
If you've ever had a gadget disaster - like spilling a full cup of tea on your keyboard - check out this list of 11 solutions for tech toy mishaps like this. - Switched
Who said a TV in kitchen had to be totally tacky? See some kitchens that have incorporated tech quite nicely into their decor. - Unplggd
Here's a list of 7 common items - like shredded paper - that you thought you could recycle, but can't. - Forecast Earth

iBird: Love It or Leave It?

GeekSugar — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:01:36 -0800

Oooh! A remote control flying toy that's not a helicopter or an army plane! The Silverlit iBird has me kind of transfixed - they have the kind of organic meets tech beauty that I appreciated last month in those rad PaperBirds. It's supposed to fly and flap around like a real bird (see the video in the link), but in action, it reminds me of a hummingbird, which while beautiful, have always incited weird beak-in-ear fears for me. It's about $50 and comes in three color choices. What do you think? Beautiful, freaky. . . Both?

Tech News - Nokia's New 'Open' Ads Show-up Apple

GeekSugar — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:00:41 -0700

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Unlike the iPhone, Nokia phones are "open to anything" - The Boy Genius Report
Keyshia Cole talks about her tech toys - Switched
How to turn piles of papers into digital files - Apartment Therapy
First the gold MacBook, now the gold iPhone? - Bornrich
A video walk through of Guitar Hero III controllers for the PS3 and Wii - Gizmodo
Log-In to Win One of Five RAZR2's on Geeksugar! - Geeksugar Giveaway

Work It On Out With A USB 2.0 Twistahub

GeekSugar — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:03:35 -0800

According to geek legend, when the designers of the Twistahub started to lay down on paper what their new USB 2.0 high-speed four-port hub would look like, the designs came back rather bizzare-looking. One looked like a bunny, another like bacon, one looked like a teakettle.

The more practical of their designs, which wins my bid because of its mixture of colors and building blocks, is a hub designed to resemble everyone's favorite 80s geek toy, the rubiks cube.

The Twistahub's top two segments of the four port hub can also twist 180 degrees! Now your obnoxiously oversized USB devices can all coexist happily with a bit of extra room.

The Twistahub has five colorful bricks, four of which have USB female ports. Brick colors are blue, green, yellow, orange, and red. Get one from ThinkGeek.com for $24.99.

For more about it, just read more

USB 2.0 High-Speed interface, supporting transfer rates up to 480Mbps
Backwards compatible with USB 1.1 specification
Offers both bus-powered mode and self-powered mode with external power adapter (not included)
Automatic connection and speed detection
Over-current detection and protection
Two rotatable ports, easy to connect multiple devices and large USB devices
Plug-and-play, supports hot-swapping of USB devices