A Throne for LEGO Baron Harkonnen
If you’re both a LEGO and a Dune fan, unless you’ve been living in a cave on Mars with your eyes shut and fingers in your ears, you’re probably aware …read more Continue reading A Throne for LEGO Baron Harkonnen
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Imagining a Dune-accurate Fremen Thumper
Never underestimate the power of fandom to obsess over the smallest details of its chosen canon. We say that with all due respect, of course, as some of the builds …read more Continue reading Imagining a Dune-accurate Fremen Thumper
Motherboard Does Dune Listener’s Guide
Last week we talked about ‘Dune’ for almost five hours. Here is our comprehensive guide to those conversations, where to find them, and how to watch or listen. Continue reading Motherboard Does Dune Listener’s Guide
Is This Timothée Chalamet’s Xbox Modding YouTube Channel? An Investigation
A conversation with a security expert who investigates war crimes has helped Motherboard uncover the truth of Chalamet’s past as a YouTuber who did custom paint jobs of Xbox 360 controllers. Continue reading Is This Timothée Chalamet’s Xbox Modding YouTube Channel? An Investigation
The ‘Dune’ Screenplay Was Written in MS-DOS
The Oscar winning screenwriter of ‘Dune’ writes in an MS-DOS program that can only hold 40 pages in memory. Continue reading The ‘Dune’ Screenplay Was Written in MS-DOS
What Every Geek Must Know
How is it possible that there’s a geek culture? I mean, it’s one thing to assume that all folks of a nerdy enough bent will know a little Ohm’s law, …read more Continue reading What Every Geek Must Know
Teardown: Box of Pain (Gom Jabbar Sold Separately)
I immediately felt uncomfortable when I realized this thing is called the “Breo iPalm520 Acupressure Hand Massager”. You’re supposed to stick your hand into it, and through unknown machinations it performs some kind of pressure massage complete with heating action. It’s like one of those pain boxes from Dune. It’s all the more disturbing when you realize the red button on the thing is an emergency release. That’s right, once your hand is in this contraption you can’t take it out until the thing has had its way with you or you tap out.
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