Articles by Wal You from October 2012

Carving just pumpkins is something of the past. The really in thing to do is just mix veggies and create the best representation possible, such as this combination of pumpkin and watermelon.The turtle...

Gangnam Style took the world by storm and not even traditional celebrations such as Halloween were safe from it. If you don’t believe us, check this example here. We love when things that don...

Circuit boards are, in their way, beautiful and perfect, so it’s really cool that someone decided to take the pattern and transform it into geeky fingernail art. The circuit board fingernail art...

Halloween is more than just a night out in a party, looking for someone dressed in some slutty outfit, better if it’s a geeky one (Princess Leia) to gawk at. It’s about having fun all day ...

Established geek shows calling it quits after almost a decade on air as the channel they’re hosted on moves in a new direction.Sports geeks should know the name of Don Meredith. 1) For being the...

Halloween isn’t only costumes, costume parties and pumpkins. It’s alsoaboutcompanies taking advantage of parents’ doing anything to buy their kids whatever they want, including cerea...

What does one man with a little too much time on his hands do? He chooses to build a life size replica of theMillennium Falcon. Now where do you park something like that?When most of us think about bu...

With all the craze surrounding remote-controlled toys and flying objects, perhaps the Kyosho Space Ball is the only one of its kind.Continue Reading on Walyou ...

Who would have thought that doorknobs and other such door hardware could be used someday for creating giant replicas of famous paintings? A hardware store owner from Bethesda considered this to be a g...

When youdon’t’ have the money to get the license for the original character, you don’t go into despair and give up. You simply make a very cheap knockoff with a ...Continue Reading o...

The likes of Fire Emblem: Awaking, the next Professor Layton game, and oh so more can be found in this set of Nintendo 3DS trailers from the latest Nintendo Direct. Come on in!Megaton-less would proba...

Sci-fi and iconography meet again, this time in a Star Wars mash-up that presents Jedi masters, droids and Sith Lords as saintly figures. Chawakarn Khongprasert, the Thailand-based artist who created ...

Sometimes, the most frightening films about horror films isn’t the actual gore and frights you get to see on screen. It just might be that knowing that sometimes, they’re based ...Continue...

Who knew playing with your food could be so much fun, or so allowed!? One recipe book dares you to get creative with your bento box packed lunches! You will be the envy of your office!I dont know abou...

Villains need to look awesome and scary, besides acting like that. What can you do, we judge books by their covers, and even sci-fi, fantasy andsuper-villainsneed to be a bit ...Continue Reading on Wa...

‘Until death do you part’ takes on an entirely new meaning when you are surrounded by horror movie characters and coffins, or married by a zombie!I love Halloween, it is a night where I ge...

An artist’s talent is measured by the work itself more than the means that led to its creation… but in this case, we’ll admit being equally impressed by both. Jane Labowitch is the n...

Have you ever wanted to get a gaming-related tattoo but didn’t know which game to tribute? This guy decided to go for all of them. The proud owner of this tattoo isCharles Wheeler, who shared it...

What are hipsters? Why doesn’t anyone like them? Do they know that they’re hipsters, or is it something only observed from the outside?In honor of hipsters and a new typeface ...Continue R...

Apple might have recently launched the iPad Mini, but Apple’s long-standing rival, Microsoft, it looking to steal some of the company’s thunder with Windows 8.A new release of Windows migh...

What do you get when you cross beer with Twitter? One really cool infographic wizard that will design your own customized infographic within seconds.Brought to you by the folks at Amstel Light in conj...

Pumpkin faces are too typical. This time, people are straight up going for pumpkin sculptures, with a pumpkin face on top. Yeah, anthropomorphic sculptures need a face, anyways. Talk about a geeky twi...

Once upon a time, the big, multi-national beer corporations accounted for the lions share of brewery growth. Now, it’s aboutboutiquebrands and micro breweries paving their ways into themainstrea...

Japanese folk art meets the gaming universe once again in this sweet set of artwork.Back for a round two of awesomeness is author and illustrator Jed Henry, who you might remember coming up with and ...

These days, food doesn’t have to be delicious. I mean, it doesn’t hurt, but being interesting to look at is just as important, if not the most important thing.Along with ...Continue Readin...

If no other religion will ever accept you, you could consider starting your own. And we have just the god/saint figure you’ve been looking for: Iron Man himself. Yes, we’re talking about I...

This cloud music infographic breaks down various websites and services that offer “music in the cloud” sphere.Much like the Rock n Roll Hall of Game, the cloud music scene is full of rocks...

Move over Voltron, theres a new defender of the universe and it hails from the Magic Kingdom.You know a nation is truly robot crazy when it even has an effect on foreign exports. Yes, not even Mickey ...

While most people don’t use matchbooks for anything other than lighting candles, cigarettes, or the occasional firework (YIPPEE!), one artist is using the matchbook as his own drawing pad.What i...

We usually think of scientists as people in white coats doing their geeky work inside boringly cold and sterile laboratories. Not everyone thinks science is fun. But imagine a way you can turn your iP...

The human brain, our mind and our memories are an interseting subject. Most of us don’t even know why we remember what we do, why we forget what we don’t ...Continue Reading on Walyou ...

It could happen at any time, you need an armor to deal with blows and don’t have any that are geeky enough to go out in. Well, problem solved!This incredible piece of leather armor is the creati...

Just in time for the recent Iron Man 3 Trailer that got released today, here’s some Iron Man fan productions, straight from reddit! To be honest, we don’t know a lot about the mastermind b...

How do you say, "I do" in Klingon? Whatever language it is, this lucky Swedish couple said their vows and tied the knot last October 19 at the UK Star Trek Convention. Continue Reading on Walyou ...

Alex Meade didn’t want to be like every other painter, drawing on a flat canvas. Instead, she creates her paintingsdirectly on top of the physical subjects that she is referencing.Once they̵...

Don’t let the opportunity to make this splendid Super Mario Bros.-inspired drink fly by.The autumn season plays out quite differently down in the south than it does up north in these United Stat...

When people show up with their pets to theTompkins Square Dog HalloweenParade, all bets are off, and there isn’t an outfit too humilhating for the owner or their dog(s) that’s ...Continue ...

The land of Westeros has 8 big families ruling it, and those 8 also rule this cake. The hottest show on TV and book in current literature appears before us once again, this time at its tastiest! The W...

Part of the magic of morning cereals are, believe or not, the characters on the boxes. The mascots, like Tony the Tiger, Count Chocula, Trix Rabbit and Cap’n Crunch, are probably 50% of why kids...

If Bobba Fett were into custom-made choppers and big bikes, he would definitely approve of this awesome design by Tattoodles. As the creator aptly named it, the “Bobba Bike” is a BMW motor...

If you love Walter White or Don Draper; If you can’t get enough of Nucky Thompson or Dexter Morgan; If you feel strongly for Carrie Mathison and people running away ...Continue Reading on Walyou...

Half Life is probably one of the most important science fiction first person shooter video games ever released.It has remained popular since 1998 and continues to inspire video game fans and geeks all...

When you know that someone is watching you while you sleep, it is certainly unsettling.However, Ibis Hotel has proved that assumption incorrect by employing a lovable Picasso of robots that graphs you...

The Internet loves Star Wars, and the Internet loves kittens. It was only a matter of time till they got combined into something magical.Buffy, the kitty, is the luckiest cat in the world. The love of...

Good things do come in small packages and this tiny gaming system amazingly packed into a tiny toy figure proves it.Hannes Hummel, huh? Isnt that the name of the bad guy from Die Hard? Interesting, wh...

Nutella is the most delicious thing in the world, but also, is now what inspired some developers to create speakers based on its iconic jar. The result is both delicious and sounds great. What has bee...

Felix Baumgartner’s jump from the stratosphere was undoubtedly one of the most publicized events of last week. As expected, it started to inspire people into creating geeky reproductions of the ...

Back from the dead is Capcom’s beloved Darkstalkers series in a two game collection due next year.Remember when Vampires, Werewolves, and the rest of the horror wheelhouse of creatures were cool...

Game designers now have a new place to crowd source their ideas and potentially turn them into the next big indie hit.The gaming world has changed, friends. Its now the visionary and his or her Intern...

Trying to be romantic by saying nerdy things? You aren’t the only one, but if you sometimes run out of lines to say or text to your special other, Nicole Martinez came up with some cute ‘N...

We’ve shown youTom Gateley‘s work in the past, with most of it having to do with Game of Thrones (A song of Ice and Fire to book fans) house sigils. Even after going through most of the ma...

You won’t be bored (teehee) with this Nintendo take of the classic board game Risk made by a creative Redditor.Having never played a round of Risk before in my entire life, I might finally give ...

It’s all about the fingers, as Italian artist Dito Von Tease demonstrates in the following series of fingerprint portraits.As my fellow Walyou writer Ehud pointed out in the other post featuring...

Many people don’t know this, butThe Princess Brideis actually based on a 1973 fantasy novelwritten byWilliam Goldman. The known version in the 1987 film, directed by Rob Reiner, who managed ...C...

Street artists have taken their works to a new level in Belgium, as they made use of multiple dimensions and even integrated real-life objects into the picture.The following works of street art are th...

Although it’s not April’s fools yet, the upcoming Halloween sure does make us all a bit more goofy then usual. Office pranks are always fun to do, especiallyif you are on the pranking side...

Fitter, happier, more productive… no matter what it takes. Following this logic, we introduce this fridge that s traight up forces you to smile unless you want to starve. Can we see your teeth n...

In an effort to match up serious publishers with the right high-quality designers, the data visualization leaders at Visual.ly have launched their Marketplace today.Visual.ly, the premier community an...

Look like a boss member of the Systems Alliance military’s highest ranking forces with this stellar armor set. Fictionally, that is.This is one Mass Effect costume that youre probably not going ...

If you thought the Batcave was the geekiest and coolest place on Earth, wait until you see the LEGO version of it. The Dark Knight already had one of the coolest lairs in comic book history, but thank...

If you’ve been following the Batman comics sinceScott SnyderandGreg Capullorelaunched the title, you probably know that the return of the Joker in “Death of the Family” is one of the...

Well, I mustadmitthis is one sweet use of those empty beer cans.It’s always awesome to seeartistsmake cool thing from stuff we all just throw to thetrash. What makes this art soawesomefrom our p...

Call me Luke and get me a beer, so I can use this out of thisworldStar Wars Millennium Falcon bottle openerThis cool bottle opener is the perfect companion for every thirsty smuggler and Star Wars fan...

Most of us just think of No. 2 pencils as what is used to complete math tests, but one woman took the pencil to a whole new level, creating a massive art project that won her top prize.I was never the...

Looking to save energy around the house? Using creative wall-electricity readers can help you monitor your energy consumption while other gadgets find and store energy from activities and places you&#...

Are these Pugs areup to the challenge? Can you see them protecting our world? Well, they just look like they might be able to!There’s really not much to say about this, except that this might be...

The release of the upcoming Skyfallis a chance to celebrate not only the 23rd film in theJames Bondfranchise or Daniel Craig’s third appearance as the title character, but the 50th anniversary o...

A Persistence of Vision (POV) globe is cool enough on its own, displaying a spherical image, but one user decided to make it even better by turning it into a mini Death Star.Jason Hotchkiss came up wi...

Rovio announced the launch of Angry Birds Star Wars, yet another game in the Angry Birds franchise, on November 8.The Finnish game developer decided not to come forward suddenly with the news, and kep...

We are used to seeing sedans, SUVs, hatchbacks and other “normal” cars on the road. But if any of these beauties showed up, you sure bet everyone would be rubbernecking to see what is goin...

If someone likes a post on Facebook, you want to really feel it, not just see the thumbs-up. A new jacket will let you know when your post is liked in the form of a squeeze.Getting likes on Facebook i...

Coca-Cola is well known for their modes of advertisements, and their latest one will have you doing the Macarena or some other weird dance for your drink.Coca-Cola always likes to find new ways to get...

Starting October 23 the PlayStation Store will ditch its bright blues for a darker, hopefully more responsive interface.The PlayStation Store launched in 2007 and while its always been considered a se...

An Italian artist decided he no longer needs a canvas to draw pictures. All you need is a finger and somePhotoshoptalent. From here to these fantastic portraits, the road was ...Continue Reading on Wa...

Gotta Free ‘em All. That’s the tag line for the well-known animal activist group’s latest gaming stunt, a lampooning of the Pokmon series.Ill give PETA the People for the Ethical Tr...

Animated pictures, now and 60-70-80 years ago, back when Disney was just getting started, always come from somewhere. Of course, classical stories andfairy talesmost of the time, but the look of the m...

If you consider yourself a geek chicgirl, you probably already have some really cool geekyitemsin your closet. And if you are like me, you’re always looking for the next geeky item you can add t...

If you’re going away on vacation, you might put timers on your lights and your TV to make it look like you’re still home in order to thwart burglars. One robot has decided to do better. It...

The best thing about Halloween? Ladies find their inner, slutty selves and dress up in, well, minimal clothing and call it an costume. What’s even more popular these days is ...Continue Reading ...

Before you go buying your next video game, iPhone 5, or favorite upcoming piece of hardware, you should know that saving is a virtue. And no better way to motivate yourself than keeping a geeky piggy ...

Portal is one of the greatest things that happened to the gaming landscape in a few years, and as such, deserving of all the love fans give it. Now, one of those loving fans has created an incredible ...

Movie producers, as you might know, don’t really care if they have an original idea or a good script. The only factor that matters is the money making ability of the film. Jurassic Park 4, belie...

PatrolBot, the robotic enforcer the US researchers are currently working on, will employ telerobotics, which means that the policemen will be able to control it remotely via a virtual reality helmet. ...

The noteworthy and most excellent digital release of the week is Retro City Rampage, a blast from the 8-bit past that you must get to know.Ten years is a helluva long time to make one game, and then o...

Scientist nerds, they all can laugh. Despite all the seriousness involved in their work and their reputation, there’s a lot of jokes (even if many of them are lame) to ...Continue Reading on Wal...

Well this is my favorite time on the year online for sure. Halloweenis just around the corner and we’re already starting to see some seriouslyawesomePumpkin Carving artworks.ThisawesomeGizmo Pum...

Pixar changed animated film history and pretty much cinema history, taking the quality of content and obviously visuals into another level, being the first to take advantage of technology moving ...Co...

Doctor Who wouldn’t just be the same without his enemies, and out of all of them, the ones we like the most are the Cybermen. Now, they’re back with a vengeance. A steampunk vengeance, tha...

No speakers handy to attach to your iPhone, well, maybe a rolled up Coca-Cola magazine is lying around nearby. It makes for a fun DIY amplifier.One of the best things about the iPhone, in my opinion, ...

Video games have changed a lot over time. Some games use traditional playing platforms that require a hand held controller, others use movement sensitive remotes, then there are some that track your b...

Want to take photos with your iPhone underwater? Not a problem! If you use this “ScubaSuit” case you can do just that.I always enjoy finding cool cases which do more than just protecting m...

Sometimes it is better not to try than to try and fail. Some people try to make their own costumes, and while the effort is commendable, the outcome…well, not so much.Halloween is coming up soon...

Well I know what I want forChristmas! Only a real old schoolgamer could truly appreciatetheseawesomeBubble Bobbe pillow covers.This retro Old schoolgamerwillappreciatethe retro 8-bittribute. If you kn...

Videogames become the stellar focus to a memorable marching band halftime show over the weekend.It may surprise you all to know this – okay, maybe not but my high school extracurricular days we...

Think you have the next great idea? Check out some of history’s most influential innovations in this interactive timeline.What seems like a small step for mankind and a huge leap for a company r...

The next alien invasion will come in a series of neatly ordered green ships, made out of LEDs. If you don’t believe us, you’ve just not seen what’s been going on in Toronto, Canada. ...

Halloween is just around the corner, and for enthusiasts, it is never too early to start thinking about costumes, especially if you are in the habit of having your family ...Continue Reading on Walyou...

Talk aboutbeingcreative! When it comes to ice-creamusuallythe coolest things we see arespecial anduniqueflavors, but these Moon ice creams cakes are simply out of this world.Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Le...

We all have phones, whether its an iPhone or another smartphone device, and its pretty safe to say that most of us have one or know someone who has. It’s not a secret that our phones are made fr...

If you are trying to relax andgatheryourstrengthI think a raid in the Hot Tub can do the trick. I don’t think you can relax in a more luxurious way than this!The hot tub boat contains up to 2,00...

An interesting calendar will have people staring at it, wondering if it actually says the date, or is some really interesting wall art. Why not have both!January is going to ...Continue Reading on Wal...

Thinking about a blank and white watch, color watch, or just something really out of left field to make you stand out, take a look at some of these funky LED watch designs.I love watches, and not just...

What’s so legendary about this shield? It’s awesomely made entirely out of LEGOs. LEGOs and The Legend of Zelda, two great tastes that now go Tony the Tiger’ grrrrreat! together than...

Smartphones pretty much rule the mobileindustry. It seems that each day that passes by, those little wonders become a bigger part of our lives, and one can only imagine the place they will take 10 yea...

Out of all the mythical creatures, none is as fear-inducing as dragons, the scorn of the land. One made of buttons might not be so threatening, but it sure looks cool.This monster (literally) is the c...

If your 3DS is hungry for eShop games, Nintendo is making sure that the handheld gets its full for 2012′s remaining months.Oh, mercy! Nintendo has made the current population of 3DS users happie...

Yoda’s face, although so different from any face we’ve seen, is one of the most recognizable ones in geek culture. An artist decided to show us what it would look like if we just walked up...

Usually, you want Trojans to stay away from your computer, but we’re not talking about viruses today, just art. Specifically, a recreation of a Trojan horse with spare computer keys. It took us ...

Anime has such a queer aesthetic, and we can’t help but love it. Yet, can you imagine what an anime character would look like in real life? Well, 19-year-old Anastasiya Shpagina has decided to ...

Another insightful iFixit teardown locks its sights on the newly announced slimmer PlayStation 3.With a third redesign of the PlayStation 3 now in tow, gadget gurus iFixit have done, well, what they t...

Van Gogh’s classic, Starry Night was recreated in collage form using actual pictures of galaxies. And the best part is that the result looks fantastic. We could say this is a collaboration from ...

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pretty much defined the late 80s and early 90s, but have since faded into obscurity. Now they’ve been brought back, in graffiti form. Meet this incredible piece ...

There’s nothing like showing your love for Photoshopother thantattooingaPhotoshop toolbar onto your arm.This graphicdesignerdecidedto go the extra mile by rockingPhotoshop’sfamous tool bar...

When it comes to keyboardshortcutsthe sky is the limit. There are so many of them that its hard to master them all, but knowing some effective ones can truly make ...Continue Reading on Walyou ...

The story of the arcade age, past and present, gets told in this 2013 video documentary.Flipping through channels and reflecting on the landscape that is modern television, it appears to me that peopl...

The seventhseasonofDexterpremiered on September 30. I haven’t seen it yet so no spoilers in the comment section below please .This cake waspublished byRedditusergold-coin, and it has most of th...

From cave painting to the Facebook wall, man always relied on technology to make business and communication easier. But has it?This infographic, brought to you by Wix and Visual.ly, shows the evolutio...

Securing a strong password is very important. Most of the timepeoplechoose a simple one in order to make it easier for them to remember, but this can cost them theirprivacy and personal information.Pa...

Sweet cases for the sweetest of Nintendo portables.The cake is a lie. No really, it is! These delightfully looking desserts before you dear reader are completely phoney – like my avid interest i...

More expensive than a bottle, or moreaccurately, 20 bottles of Chanel perfume; A lot more expensive than prescription eye drops, more than 50 bottles worth; much more expensive than a bottle of Dom Pe...

Food is wonderful to stuff inside of you, but what if we could combine different foods to create ultra-food combinations? The good news is that we can, and the bad ...Continue Reading on Walyou ...

Geeks come in all shapes and sizes – and with all different talent levels and skill sets, too. Here at Walyou we recognize and appreciate those facts, doing our best to provide you with a range ...

It’s hard enough to make regular macaroons, so imagine what it takes to make Angry Birds Macaroon! It is not a simple task but Lindsay Coutteaumanage to do just that, and the result is sp yummy ...

Video game Collectors Editions your fancy? Both Zone of Enders HD Collection and the upcoming Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance have them and are must sees.As of Thursday, Zone of the Enders HD Collectio...

If you like chess, LEGO and “Star Wars” then this post is a perfect storm of geekiness.A Flickr user named brickplace has created a chess set out of LEGO featuring both the Rebel Alliance ...

At some point in history, somewhere in the 1990′s, video game consoles were far too popular, making handheld games that weren’t part of any console kindaobsolete. Still, sometimes it’...

When your big loves in pop culture are Dr. Seuss and Star Wars, it seems natural that you’ll somehow try and combine the two. Luckily for Jason Peltz, he’s actually quite a talented artist...

What time is it?! Time for some dazzling fan-made Adventure Time Famicom carts!SimplyAWFUL, huh? I don’t quite see it, because for my eyes, these imaginary cart labels for the Cartoon Network sh...