Hasta La Gadget!

I’m a rather forgetful person. If it’s not written down the chances of me remembering to do it are pretty slim. That means I have a bunch of Post-it notes stuck all around my office to remind me of things that I have to do. The problem is if I’m not in the office to look at those Post-it sticky notes, I still forget.

That’s where these PA-Design’s wristwatch Post-it notes would come in. These things have sticky ends and you can write your own notes on the watch shaped paper. You can then wrap it around your wrist and stick the ends together so you have the reminder with you wherever you go.

These things are quite a bit more expensive than your normal pad of Post-it notes about $13(USD) per pack of 100 notes. The pad measures 8.25 x 1.5 x 0.4-inches. The only downside to these is that they appear to be out of stock on Amazon right now – though it looks like can still order them direct from PA-Design here.

[via This Is Why I’m broke]

You probably have a favorite pool cue, but I don’t care what yours looks like, it is nothing next to this bad boy. Yours stick is a wimp compared to this one. What you’re looking at here is the world’s most expensive pool cue. It looks more like a legendary weapon you might find in Diablo 3 than a pool cue. In fact, if you ever find yourself across the pool table from Satan, you’d better be packing this weapon. I mean cue.

The Intimidator from McDermott Handcrafted Cues is a sight to behold. It started out as an 82-pound piece of solid stainless steel, and took 1,862 man hours to become the pool cue you see here.

Those four bladed wings look pretty dangerous and it also has a genuine Italian obsidian gemstone sphere at the base. It is also inlaid with 24K Gold, has deep relief & French grey scroll engraving. There are over 210 separate inlays, including 112 hand-polished Precious Metal inlays on the handle.

If you’re serious about your pool you’ll need to hustle your opponents for $150,000(USD) before you can afford one.

[via Geekologie]

So you’re engrossed in a game of Settlers of Catan and don’t want to leave the game board to grab something to eat. What will you do? You could call for a delivery order, or you could eat something much more appropriate, courtesy of the geektastic cuisine of Chris-Rachael Oseland.

Her new book, Wood for Sheep offers tasty recipes for Settlers from all walks of life.

The book includes over 100 recipes designed for hexagonal service, including many for vegetarians, vegans, gluten free diets, lactose intolerants, and low-carb eaters. Inside, you’ll find full meals and snacks for hungry board gamers.

The book offers two main sections – one focused on edible, configurable food maps, the second one focused on recipes with sheep and grain as well as clever uses of wood, brick and ore.

The book is available now over on Amazon for about $13 (USD) – a savings of about 34% off the retail price of $20. That money will give you enough to pick up some hexagonal dishes to go with.

I don’t know about you, but food just looks so much better crammed into hexagons.

Artist and webcomic creator Ashley Lange embarked on the challenge of a lifetime and emerged victorious. She drew all of the hats in Team Fortress 2 in one image. She didn’t include the hatless headgear and the miscellaneous items that can be considered hats, but honestly not even Gabe Newell can complain about her madness. I mean dedication. Thanks to Ashley, when the iPhone 9 comes out TF2 fans will already have a wallpaper for it.

Ashley used Photoshop CS3 and a Cintiq pen display to create the drawing. She almost gave up on the project because Valve kept coming up with new hats as she was working on the drawing. Fortunately she outpaced the company. The video below is a time-lapse of her drawing; the hatness madness starts at around 3:30.

For her next feat, perhaps Ashley should draw Gordon Freeman. Fighting all of Suikoden’s 108 Stars of Destiny. Who each have all of the Pokémon. Which are each wearing all of the Team Fortress 2 hats.

[Ashley Lange via Geeks Are Sexy]

We have seen some incredibly cool props come from the replicating geeks over at Volpin Props. One of my favorites was the Terrible Shotgun from Fallout 3. The latest build to surface is definitely of the quality we expect prop maker Harrison Krix, and this time it comes from the Halo universe. What you see here is a realistic replica of the Needler gun complete with lights and sound effects.

The prop was commissioned for Tested, and it’s incredibly cool. According to Volpin, the replica required 15 molds to cast its 24 individual parts. All told, there are 54 LEDs used to make the needles and other components glow.

It’s not exactly a lightweight prop with the finished product weighing in at about 10 pounds. The replica pistol also plays three different Halo sound effects. If you want to see how the replica was built, you need to check out the time-lapse video below, and read the build log over on Tested.

[Volpin Props via The Awesomer]