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The Making of an O’Reilly Animal

Posted: May 3rd, 2008 | Author: John del Rosario | Filed under: Art and Design, Random | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

pelican

I’ll be out for a few days on vacation again, so here’s something that might keep things interesting around here.

Have you ever wondered how those O’Reilly books got their covers? How did they choose the animal for a specific book? Why did they even choose animals in the first place?

Their website posted an article answering those questions, with a step-by-step image on creating one of the animals (a pelican).

Read the article.

R2-D2 robot projector

Posted: May 2nd, 2008 | Author: John del Rosario | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: | No Comments »

This must be the coolest thing I have seen. An R2-D2 projector with iPod dock, next-gen console connectivity, CD/DVD player, and a whole lot more. It comes with a Millennium Falcon remote control, and it is fully mobile. I WANT! But it costs  $2,995. *sigh*

Check out the video and prepare to wipe your drool off your keyboard.