From the blog Dogs in Duds, a picture of a terrier in a Yoda costume. And wait, there’s more! Although any pet owner will tell you it’s cats, not dogs, who exhibit the true attitude of the Sith…
Hold me….
Live like an Ewok
If Ewoks were into mid-century modern and/or houses that look like giant eyeballs. (via Neatorama)
En guarde!
Star Wars inspired Olympic fencer. Speaking of sabers, here’s a surprisingly professional fan-made duel video that’s been making the rounds.
Build spaceships, for real
Scaled Composites, the folks who built SpaceShipOne, are recruiting. They say they hire from all sorts of backgrounds, but I know CJ has at least one actual rocket scientist…
In related news, the X Prize Foundation is setting up draft rules for a lunar lander contest.
Beware of geek
Advertising industry site Adotas ponders if techies are the new creatives:
In roughly the time since “Star Wars” was released, the way the world works, thinks and transacts has been revolutionized by technological innovation. In that same time the film business has barely moved on from the story-telling pattern set by “Star Wars” itself – a narrative revolution created by another inspired, informed and slightly geeky individual, George Lucas. As a matter of fact, the most significant innovations in film-making during this time have been the extension of the special effects tools to the digital realm by the same sort of inspired, informed and slightly geeky individuals that are building the technology revolution in the rest of the world. Indeed, Photoshop, the now industry standard image processing software, was created in part by John Knoll – a special effects maestro at George Lucas’s Industrial Light and Magic.
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned for Sega
A sweet love song for all the geek-lovin’ ladies in the house. Thanks to Rach for the find!
Human-alcohol relations
These personal bartending robots from Japan bear a certain resemblance to our favorite astromech. If you happen to live in Japan, you can even win one of your own. (via Boing Boing)
An important message this holiday season
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Thanks to HollywdLiz for the find.
Pocketses!
When one thinks fashion and Star Wars, Luke Skywalker isn’t exactly the first person that comes to mend. But according to Tom Stubbs of The Sunday Times, ‘man gear’ is now in fashion, and Luke gets namechecked. Huh. (Via TFN.)