Hasta La Gadget!

Typically, when we talk about Kickstarter projects here on Technabob, we’re looking at a video game or some sort of gadget or accessory. But some of the most common projects on Kickstarter have nothing to do with electronics. One such project is a zombie children’s book called A Brain is For Eating.

The book isn’t exactly aimed at human children, unless those children lean towards the macabre. Illustrated by Scott Brundage, the book is described by its authors Dan and Amelia Jacobs as a children’s book written for zombies and their little undead. The idea is that the book teaches little zombies how to catch food and share with their legless brethren. The book looks quite funny, I particularly like the passage about finding a school bus that’s not moving…

A pledge of $10(USD) will get you a digital version of the book for the Kindle, iPad, and other digital readers. A pledge of $25 will get a hardcopy version of the book. If you pledge $50 or more, you’ll get a limited-edition version of the book signed by the authors and your name listed in the back including a digital copy.

The project is seeking $10,000 in funding to finish and publish the book, and with five days to go, it has so far raised nearly $6000. If you like the thought of a zombie children’s book, you need to head on over to Kickstarter now and pledge to get in on the project.

Death is inevitable. That’s where we’re all headed, although when exactly – we’ll never know. But just because we don’t know when we’ll go doesn’t mean we can’t prepare ahead.

Photographer Frieke Janssens agrees. That’s probably why she came up with tombstone photography in her project called ‘Your Last Shot.’ The series basically features portraits that the subjects will eventually use on their tombstones. Each will bear a caption with the subject’s name and birth date, followed by a dash where the date of death is to be filled in.

My aim is to make an iconic portrait that is beautiful, serene and fearless, preferably with a gentle smile, indicating that the model is clearly aware of the fact that this portrait will be used for a very long time to come.

You can view more shots from the series in the gallery below.

Interested in having Frieke shoot your tombstone portrait? If you’ve got at least $1,060+ to spare, then you can. That’s how much it will cost for a shoot with Frieke, complete with makeup, assistance, styling, and post processing.

[via Petapixel via New Launches]

Most cats are just happy to sit in the window and watch birds or sleep all day, but the adventurous cat likes to travel to exotic alien planets via a Stargate.

If you have the sewing skills to make a cat bed like this, your cat will be very lucky indeed. It’s no wonder the Egyptians loved cats so much. It turns out that they are galactic travelers who at one time had their own Stargate technology. Or so I want to believe.

They travel to various planets finding lifeforms that will pamper them and feed them and treat them like royalty. How else do you explain our absurd love of these creatures?

You can find the instructions for making your own Stargate cat bed over on Instructables.

[via Nerd Approved]

Given all of the massive lawsuits going back and forth between Apple and Samsung, I’m still surprised that Apple uses any Samsung components in their devices. Still, until Apple can come up with alternative suppliers, they continue to be corporate frenemies for now. But I think the days of their partnership are numbered – as is the employment of this guy…

While I’m suspicious that this is just a bit of Photoshoppery, part of me really wants to believe there’s an Apple employee actually named “Sam Sung.” With over 50,000 employees, I suppose it’s possible, right? Heck, I wouldn’t be shocked if there was an “Andy Roid” and a “B. Lack Berry” on their payroll somewhere.

[via UFUNK Facebook Page]

Apparently, rocking chairs are pretty hot commodities nowadays. Following fast on the heels of the Rocking-Knit chair and the iRock  is the Artful Dodger. Doesn’t sound like something you’d name a rocking chair, but designer Sam LOmingshum (no, that uppercase “O” isn’t a typo) did so with good reason.

You see, the Artful Dodger isn’t just a rocking chair. It also happens to be a thief. Well, sort of.

It’s never a good idea to sit and rock on a rocking chair if your pockets are full. If you’ve tried doing so with change in your pockets, then you know what I mean. Sam and his artfully dodgy chair are also well-aware of this fact.

So when you start rocking and your coins start falling out…

…the Artful Dodger will take care of collecting all your loose change. It’s sort of like any automatic piggy bank – for the owner of the chair, that is.

[via Chair Blog]