Articles by Wal You from November 2011

If you’re on Facebook, chances are you’ve been unfriended. But there his someone who can help you get over the pain: Captain Kirk William Shatner.Shatner recently offered his advice on ...

Unless you are living under a prehistoric rock, chances are that you would be familiar with the certain flock of birds that are achieving notoriety for their anger issues.Yes folks, ...Continue Readin...

Life is more than just eating pills 24/7, and now even our favorite yellow video game guy is getting ready for Christmas.Genoa is much more than just the birthplace of Colombus, and proof of this is t...

Whether its Nano,Led , 8-Bit or even plain old digital watch today the variety is extremely wide and you can find some really awesome watches, But who is the geekyiest ...Continue Reading on Walyou ...

A new peripheral called the Atari Arcade lets you turn your iPad into a top notch port of the Atari 2600 gaming console.30 years ago the Atari 2600 was the king of video gaming, and now once again you...

It’s the Monday after Thanksgiving and for those of you that would rather avoid the pepper spray frenzy on Black Friday, have no fear, Cyber Monday is here … and ...Continue Reading on Wal...

If one were to visualize the digital world, one could imagine computers, cellphones, websites, people who use them, the communication that takes place through blogging, commenting and the usage of soc...

For us, retro-lovers, response isn’t everything. We also love killer looks, and we dare not defile our Neo Geo with something less than apotheosic. If you feel the same way we do, you should ch...

If you were broke and wanted to buy a gift for the love for your life, how far could you go? Could you go ahead and build an iPad for your lover when they demand for it and you are poor as a church mo...

Yikes!@! I’m not sure what is worst the unpolishednails, thehairy front or thethefalse teeth on the back, i’ts soweirdand grossbut still you can’t look the other way.ThisbizarreBody ...

In case you got tired of Earth or simply want to make some new friends from… erm… out there, scientists have recently ranked the 10 planets and natural satellites that are most likely to h...

Yikes!@! I’m not sure what is worst the unpolishednails, thehairy front or thethefalse teeth on the back, i’ts soweirdand grossbut still you can’t look the other way.ThisbizarreBody ...

The US Government took the fight against online piracy to a whole new level after seizing 130 domains that are thought to promote counterfeiting and copyright infringement.A list containing more than ...

If you follow College Football, you know Thanksgiving goes along with Rivalry week. Rivals are only good and evil in the eyes of the opposing fan bases, if at all. For those who dive into comic books,...

One of the most important functions of the human body is to be able to bend depending on the work we need to do, unlike machines. Robots may be able to do certain things on command but they have alway...

LEDs have been one of the most important symbols of geek culture, partly because they are easily accessible and come to use in most modding endeavours. The LEDs were introduced way back in 1962 as a p...

By now you’re probably wise enough to know when not to whip out your smartphone under most circumstances … but what about when you’re home for the holidays with the family? This flow...

LEDs have been one of the most important symbols of geek culture, partly because they are easily accessible and come to use in most modding endeavours. The LEDs were introduced way back in 1962 as a p...

LEGO blocks can be quite a bit more than your average toys. In the hands of an artist, they become a medium of expression. Check out 12 iconic celebrities and ...Continue Reading on Walyou ...

One of the best things about videogames in this last decade is that indies stepped up their game, and some of their productions are as beloved and well known as some AAA titles. VVVVVV is one of these...

Video games are either based on a fun plot or on an aggressive plot that features a lot of blood and gore. To use dark humor in game plots is rare and one such game that makes use of wry and dark humo...

Black Friday by far has to be the most popular capitalist celebration in the U.S., though it was originally conceived as a shopping ritual in the spirit of Thanksgiving.Americans spend billions of dol...

The Holiday Season makes us do some crazy stuff. We like to dress our pets with sillycostumes and pretend that they like it – even with all evidence to the contrary – but in fact they star...

20 years ago today we lost the world’s greatest rock singer, an immensely talented man. His legacy lives on through his music… and these geeky tributes. Freddie Mercury influenced and ...C...

I’ve never been captured by a book like Game of Thrones, by a series of books like Song of Ice and Fire. The HBO adaptations to AGOT was fantastic, which drew me to the books, and I’ve bee...

A zombie apocalypse is unlikely, but there’s something oddly enjoyable about planning for the end of the world. A recent contest centered around zombie “safe houses” proves this with...

The holiday travel season is upon us, including Thanksgiving, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah and others. If you’re still trying to get your travel plans together, here are some sites to help. Thes...

Etsy seller brookish7 made this sleeping bag from hand-dyed cotton, lined with red satin. The sleeping bag comes with 5 vegetable pillows: 2 mushrooms, 1 broccoli and 2 olives.This 3 feet by 5 feet wa...

Thanksgiving – Football while the women slave in the kitchen, mashed potatoes, gravy, sweetpotatoes, cranberry sauce, sweet corn, pumpkin pie … Did I forget something ? Oh yeah, the ever i...

In the U.S., this week not only includes Thanksgiving, the holiday where Americans attempt to consume as much turkey as possible (or tofurkey for vegans and vegetarians), but also Black Friday, the da...

The Silent Hill series is one of Konami’s biggest franchises, and Pyramid Head, the most recognizable recurring character. Now artists pay homage to him in sculpture form.Ever since his first ap...

If you remember the “Magic Eye” books, you probably also remember crossing your eyes in order to be able to see 3D objects, like a shark, inside what appears to be an abstract pattern. Now...

Apple’s (AAPL) market cap recently hit $370 billion US dollars. This is an amount that may not seem that large when compared with the $700 billion bank bailout of 2008.Looking at it next to othe...

Let’s face it: us gammers are a hard to please bunch. But not impossible (not anymore!), here’s a bunch of ideas, straight from the Walyou Team. Put down those socks ...Continue Reading on...

Apple’s (AAPL) market cap recently hit $370 billion US dollars. This is an amount that may not seem that large when compared with the $700 billion bank bailout of 2008.Looking at it next to othe...

Let’s face it: us gammers are a hard to please bunch. But not impossible (not anymore!), here’s a bunch of ideas, straight from the Walyou Team. Put down those socks ...Continue Reading on...

The Muppets are Back! More than 12 years since their last big-screen appearance, on November 23, The Muppetswill have it’s big wide-screen opening after already featuring in several select locat...

Super Mario Bros 3 is one of the greatest video games of all time, and influenced lots of future releases, as well as Jesus Castaneda’s art. That’s right, ladies and gentleman, apparently ...

Disco may be dead, but robots live forever. A couple of robots are shown strutting along to the Bee Gees’ classic “Stayin’ Alive,” as immortalized by John Travolta’s own ...

A team of engineers recently designed for themselves four awesome carbon fiber Imperial Stormtrooper suits that make any costume fan cry for joy.Carbon Fiber enthusiast website, Carbonfibergear, tells...

All geeks can appreciate a good piece of 8-bit retro art, but it sometimes is difficult to effectively build your own 3D model of a character. The 8 Bit Pixel Cube changes that. These vibrant, magneti...

How long did it take an artist to create this 6×11 feet painting featuring the Thundercats? No less than 1000 hours according to the creator, who decided that just painting this masterpiece (in o...

Minecraft, Minecraft, Minecraft … it seems it’s all us fans of indie games can talk about. This game by developer Notch revolutionized the scene, as a romantic tale of a very talented man ...

Meet My Keepon, a tiny yellow robot that dances to the beat of whichever song you have playing. Guaranteed to be a hit this holiday season.According to our source, these cute, and ridiculous, looking ...

The holidayseason is for sure the best times to buy crazy accessoriesand get away with wearing them. From somereasonwe like to wear silly clothes like uglyChristmassweaters and say it’s all in t...

If you know the history of technology, you’ll know that a lot of things people think are new have been around for a while, at least conceptually. This is the case for the mobile phone. An old fi...

No, it’s not another Anaconda movie: it’s Titanoboa, a monstrous 35-foot robot designed to mimic the movements and appearances of a real snake. The gigantic robot, weighing in at over 1700...

No, it’s not another Anaconda movie: it’s Titanoboa, a monstrous 35-foot robot designed to mimic the movements and appearances of a real snake. The gigantic robot, weighing in at over 1700...

Here at Walyou we love when people give gadgets a Steampunk touch, makes everything look much better … right?          ThisawesomeSteampunk Star...

ImperialStormtroopers, as the web isconstantlyshowing us, have lives outside of their jobs on various death stars and hunting forrebelson distant solar systems.Via: SourceWell, I guess joining the Cam...

You can always expect robotic innovations and inventions from the IREX (International Robotic Exhibithion) which had its 19th version held at Tokyo with over 270 companies participating.One of the mor...

Origami and papercraft are both rather amazing hobbies, and nowadays it’s easy to see creations on the Internet far more impressive than paper cranes, like these folding ukuleles. Brian Chan is ...

“Do You Think I’m Crazy?!” is one of the oldest jokes out there, regarding the two inmates escaping an asylum. I won’t spoil the rest for you, it’s coming up. In the bigg...

Sculptures are nice to look at, but they’re just so…sculpturey. All they do is sit there. That’s why people like kinetic sculptures. One sculpture by South Korean artist U-Ram Choe s...

Say hello the world’s very first 100% lab-grown burgers. They look creepy, come in a petri dish and can be yours for only $345,000 each.According to our source, the less than appealing looking b...

After burning hispreviousFreedom Gundam papercraft,Taras decided to create a bigger and better replacement.Made of 1,250 parts from 720 pages this bigger than life papercraft art weighs 10lb (4.5kg) ,...

Although the original Commodore Amiga line of computers perished with Commodore itself when the company went bankrupt in 1994, enthusiasts are still keeping the platform alive today.If you thought Mac...

I always consideredhot dogsas a geeky food because you can do some really cool and creative things with them. With a few simple steps, you can transform aregularboring hotdog into a sizzling hot spira...

If you get that shiny new computer you asked during this holiday season, what are you going to with your old one? If you’re artistically inclined, you might want to ...Continue Reading on Walyou...

Check out this awesome, and geeky, Iron Man sculpture that one artist made from some modelling clay and a whole lot of creativity.According to our source, the piece was created by a certain Rich Page,...

Halloween has come and gone, but we’re still finding some awesome costume ideas. MIT Student Tyler Christiansen built a Tesla coil hat that uses electricity to play songs.We’ve seen musica...

Don’t know what about you but I just can’t getenoughof Angry Birds.Whetherit’s cakes,tattoos or gadgetsI just love when fans are trying to be creative and make theirinterpretation of...

Nintendo seems to have triggered some alarms at PETA with its latest Super Mario game, as one of the outfits of the famous Italian plumber is a tanuki fur.Raccoon dogs are traditionally called tanuki ...

Love it or hate it, one major aspect of most popular superheroes it that they still maintain a secret identity, which these images illustrate perfectly. The secret identity concept has been around for...

Believe it or not, it was 10 years ago today that the first Xbox, Microsoft’s very own home console, came out in North America. Happy Birthday, Xbox!The Past – The XboxAfter a successful r...

Angry Birds has not only taken the world of smart phone gaming by storm but also inspired more than a few chefs to show their gaming allegiance.Apparently several Angry Birds fans have noticed that it...

“Obesessions make my Life worse and my Work better” is the message one artist decided to convey using 250, 000 coins in this amazing street mural art.According to our source, the mural was...

Have you ever wondered what a cellphone would have looked like in a Jules Verne inspired world? Check this out, now. We’ve been in a steampunk kick here at Walyou, as we love the idea of re-imag...

A massive 3D chalk art piece was recently created and inspired by both your average LEGO pieces and ancient Terracotta warriors.Unlike your average LEGO piece with is only an inch or two high, this ch...

Well we surly saw this one coming, was only a matter of time.The London Philharmonic Orchestra performed the Angry Birds theme song at the ‘Video Game Heroes’ event and the end result is v...

If you really think about it, superheroes have the most reasons to be depressed: their parents die, their planets explode and the Joker kills them. Boo-hoo! Seriously, the most well-received comics us...

Ever wonder what Bible stories would be like if everyone was made of LEGO? If that’s the case, The Brick Bible is probably just what you’re looking for.The Brick Bible is a 272 page comic ...

Video games have come a long way, baby … and so has the animation within them.These days, we’re used to the bright, often realistic images in our video games, but it wasn’t always th...

If you ever wondered how to make a Pikachu origami, your search is over.Thanks tosynconiyou can now make your own.With this extremelydetailed tutorial its now pretty easyto make the traditional Japane...

Whether its Nano,Led , 8-Bit or even plain old digital watch today the variety is extremely wide and you can find some really awesome watches, But who is the geekyiest ...Continue Reading on Walyou ...

I’ve seen my share of geeky pizzas, but by far this is the best one.The Mortal Kombat logo rises above the pizza dough and among the pizza tomato sauce to form its iconic dragon out of cheesy go...

So far the future has been very disappointing. Where are the hover boards? Where are the moon bases? Where are the sexy, full-service cyborgs? So far the boffins have let us down big time. But one thi...

Most smartphones are not waterproof, but this one sure does something cool with steam. Introducing: the Steampunk Smartphone Mod.As much as we like our iPhones, Androids, or Blackberrys (we refuse to ...

So far, no director or studio had picked the gauntlet and delivered us a Superhero movie with an obvious Steampunk design, atmosphere, etc. Until then, we can either settle for Anime movies like Howl&...

Cigarettes have uses other than weakening you to the point of almost coughing your own lung: that is, being raw material for art. People who go to VMFA (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts) might get surpris...

‘What’s in a name’ is a question that lots of people ask, and fail to answer effectively. Even when all answers fail to convince, people do believe in importance of certain names any...

If you want to see what the future of the Web is today, then it’s worth knowing about HTML5.Like the name suggests, HTML5 is the fifth version of the HyperText Markup Language, which is the hear...

Superheroes and minimalism embrace each other in this series of illustrations byFrench artist Grgoire Guillemin.Now, most of us tend to not really give this a lot of thought, but it’s been 72 ye...

Celebrating Thanksgiving and loving Turkeys is one thing. But for some reason, people love Turkeys so much that they actually got themselves a tattoo of one. Think about it. A ...Continue Reading on W...

Every now and then, which means every day pretty much, somewhere around the world someone makes a Nintendo Inspired Cake, be it the console itself, or one of the characters ...Continue Reading on Waly...

Apple TV, as the name suggests, is a device made by Apple that allows you to manage and display your digital content on your TV.Back in the Dark Ages of 2006, Apple noticed that people were buying the...

A tank-bot inspired by the average gecko is able to scale walls with ease, turning corners and clinging to most surfaces.The robot, designed by a team of engineers at the Simon Fraser University in Bu...

In a few days time the highly anticipated The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the fifth installment in The Elder Scrolls role-playing game series, will be out.Dovahkiin is the player character in the game, t...

Nothing spells love for a company like a nice tribute in 8-bit, and this last decade Valve has been nothing but deserving of this. By creating awesome games like Team Fortress 2, Portal, the Half-Life...

A new headset peripheral for iPhones called the Moshi Moshi is delightfully retro, giving your smartphone an old-school office vibe.According to our source, the Moshi Moshi is the latest accessory to ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the premier research universities for science and engineering. But even MIT students like to have some fun, and with the technical training ...Conti...

As someone who grew up watching such cartoons as TMNT, Voltron and Saber Rider, I must admit that the Ninja Turtles as reimagined by Dave Rapoza brought back some really nice memories.Dave Rapoza is a...

There are a billion newly graduated students with a graphic design degree who are turning to the internet for online publicity. On the Internet, almost anything is possible — and everyone is wat...

A lifelike anthropomorphic man robot is able to walk on two legs, as well as perform push ups and other feats of strength.The robot, designed by Boston dynamics (the same people who brought us the Big...

Apple TV, as the name suggests, is a device made by Apple that allows you to manage and display your digital content on your TV.Back in the Dark Ages of 2006, Apple noticed that people were buying the...

You’ve probably heard by now that you can open pages on Google plus similar to a “fan page” on Facebook.AccordingtoGooglethey’ve focused so far on connecting people with other ...

Turn your doodles high tech with the Wacom Inkling, a device which captures your hand drawn sketches and transfers them to a digital medium.The Wacom Inkling is the first ever pen and capture tool tha...

Doctor Who, the longest running science fiction show in the World and the most successful Science Fiction series of all time has enjoyed quite an emergence in popularity since the BBC returned the sho...

It seems that only Japan is keen to populate the planet with androids. A Korean robotics center recently revealed a robotic head that will most probably serve an educational purpose. The Center for In...

Barnes & Noble new Nook Tablet hopes to take on Amazon’s Kindle and knock it out of the water with better tech specs and more features.The tablet was unveiled along with all its details at a...

Of all the games that we have played during the last decade, Call of Duty and Battlefield have to be two of the most popular first person shooter games around.by Infinity Ward released Call of Duty wa...

If you thought Darth Vader has cool friends and does fun stuff while hanging out, guess again. Heapparentlyprefers to spend his time with some old Superhero-like grandpa, who just might be Kick-Ass 70...

Even programmers like to have a little fun with their software from time to time. Lots of projects have little “easter eggs” hidden messages or functionality. Google combines a geeky ...Co...

Yes, we couldn’t believe the title either, but that is exactly what it is: a Wales inmate at a Category C Usk prison in Monmouthshire created these.We understand that people need something to do...

If you had been using Mozilla Firefox 7 and cursed how slow it is, well help is here. Firefox 8 would be hitting the shelves on November 8th and promises to be faster, slicker and more efficient in us...

HDMI has made transferring media data to a display significantly easier. Here we’ll go over some of its perks.Up until some time ago, most TV’s couldn’t compete with the cheapest com...

East meets west when the main character in V for Vendetta, V, gets represented in traditional amigurumi style.V, the guy wearing the Guy Fawkes mask, is nowadays a symbol of non-conformism, fighting a...

If you happen to be in Tucson, Arizona before November 22, 2011, make sure you check out the Paper Elegies exhibition signed by Nick Georgiou at Etherton Gallery.I have seen artwork made with paper be...

Well,this is atrulyawesome gem.Cowabunga!The TMNT gang’s act has been stolen … by a tree. This formation on the trunk seems to be natural in nature, but an uncanny rendition of one of the ...

While we sit around and twiddle our thumbs, waiting for flying cars to hit the market, people like this are developing their own methods of personal air transport. The helicopter is a brilliant, if od...

Ever wondered if the Stormtroopers were real what would they dowhen they are off duty?Swedish photographerKristina Alexandersonanswers thatquestionusing her camera and a lot ofcreativity. She staged t...

From the first moment A Game of Thrones took to the air on HBO last April, I was hooked. After watching the show, came reading all five novels making the A Song of Ice and Fire series (so far), and th...

Two pop-cultural icons from the 1980s have come together for one awesome project: the Rubik’s Cube and Mario as he appeared in the original “Super Mario Bros.” game.One YouTube user,...

Finding friends or strangers with the help of GPS has long been documented as good for business and personal reasons.We have earlier mentioned how Apple’s Find My Friends wrecked quite a few hom...

We love super hero teams, with the creme de la creme of justice fighters, but we rarely see them re-imagined. That’s exactly what Sillof did, once again.We had talked about Sillof’s work b...

Although music videos are a rare sight on MTV, the channel that made them popular, YouTube is overflowing with them. One unique video by singer-songwriter Kina Grannis is done in stop-motion with jell...

With the winter fast approaching, there is nothing better than a football game to warm up with. All that one needs to do is head to the closest stadium in order to catch the latest football match.Afte...

Toys that were manufactured during the 20th century,especiallyduring the baby boomer generation had a special impact on our societies. Most of these toys were mass produced and had anelementof being r...

Rounds secures $3 million in funding from Verizon Investments, Tim Draper and Rhodium to expand its communitainment platform. YesterdayRounds announced they’ve secured an additional $3 million i...

Two prototype Venus Fly Trap robots were recently designed with the ability to capture and eat real bugs and use them for energy.According to our source, the robots were designed as part of a joint pr...

“Help us, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Only you can quench our thirst!” might not be such a powerful line, but fits best in this context. Now here’s another creative tribute to the most beloved l...

Legally, copyright laws exist in China, but they’re suggestions, and not really enforced. The result is a hilarious industry of knock-offs.Everyone who has seen at least one of these knows ...Co...

Twitter’s main goal is to help you answer the question “What’s happening?”, but if any of your friends is the equivalent of Thomas (biblical reference here), the Delen Memory t...

A well known game developer from Texas works from home and runs his office through a robot, which he controls and leaves in charge during his absence.The office, headed by Richard Garriot, who is famo...

People usually take years to solve the puzzle of Rubiks cube and most of us usually give up after months of seemingly endless problem solving. However, there are many of us who also swear by these lit...

Google has introduced a new function to their arsenal of search tools: the ability to search flights anywhere in the U.S.Google Flight Search is , as the name might lead you to expect, a tool that all...

The year is almost over, and most of the Blockbusters are already out (we’re waiting for Skyrim, though!). Still, we’re gonna call Portal 2 the Game of the Year. The physics-bending puzzle...

Samsung is preparing to launch a new line of smart phones and tabelts in 2012 that will feature flexible display screens.The smart phones and tablets will be designed using AMOLED (Active-matrix organ...

If you’ve ever carved a pumpkin for Halloween before, you know it can be a messy endeavor. Chemistry teacher Mr. Bergmann has a more impressive way to do this, although it’s probably just ...

A new Android app has just been released to help out the Occupy Wall Street Protesters called “I’m Getting Arrested”.As silly as the main screen for the app looks, this litte program...

Most photographers would agree that it is the ability of a camera to take pictures that can be blown to a large sized print, which makes them special.If we go by that yardstick, most cameras have a ce...

In order to get noticed on Halloween, some people come up with the geekiest designs for their pumpkins. The following Android pumpkin is certainly a very good example of that.At some point, pumpkins u...

If you want to show off how much of a typography geek you are, then why not try out this game where your goal is to “kern” letters?In “Kern Type,” your goal is to drag the lett...

Whether you find the iPhone 4S’ Siri to be endearing or unsettling, you can ensure it’s the latter by purchasing this HAL 9000-style dock for your iPhone 4S, perfect for fans of 2001: A Sp...

When zombies and vampires will knock at your door, you had better have something really impressive to treat them with. This recipe for glowing kryptonite candies should do the trick, but you should hu...

It is no surprise if your kids love Lego blocks, as even as adults most people like to build stuff with them. In fact, Lego building blocks have less to do with age, and more to do with creativity and...