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Even in prime locations, vacant stores can go tenantless for months or years, costing landlords quite a bit in uncollected rent. One real estate owner in Sherbrooke, Quebec is hoping to move a property a bit more quickly, though, using a creative hack to attract attention to an otherwise ordinary “for rent” (à louer, in this case) sign. A standard red placard is mounted to a motorized horizontal track, with a camera keeping tabs on passersby. As pedestrians walk down the sidewalk, the sign slides to match their position. It’s a clever trick for sure, but with “many abandoned shop fronts” in the area, according to Niklas Roy, the project’s lead, it may be entertaining tourists for some time to come.

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Source: Niklas Roy

You know how they have the building plaques on some ships to commemorate their construction? Every Star Trek ship has one on the bridge too. Well, even though the Star Wars ships never had these, you can buy them from Big Bay Toy Store.

They’re printed on brushed aluminum, with a black box backing for hanging and a certificate of authenticity. It’s a great way to pretend that your office or living room is a Star Wars ship, even though it doesn’t look like one. Choose from the Millennium Falcon, the X-34 Landspeeder, or the T-65 X-Wing Starfighter.

Each plate is limited to 295 pieces and is available for pre-order now. They will cost you a crazy $264.99(USD) each, but they do look pretty awesome. Serious Star Wars fans will want at least one.

[via Nerd Approved]

Best neon sign ever? Probably. Then again, I’m just a sucker for cool Ghostbusters stuff. Just don’t cross the streams or else the neon in these tubes might explode.

Fans will see at once that this neon sign recreates the Ghostbusters movie poster, but what you may not know is that this sign can be found in the window of a Mexican restaurant called Touche Hombre in Melbourne, Australia. Random, no?

I love that a kick-ass Ghostbusters sign like this can be found at a Mexican restaurant in Australia. That is so awesome! It’s things like this that make geeks travel the world. I wonder how many other establishments have signs like this. Thank you internet. I am well traveled, yet rested.

[My Food Trail via Neatorama]