"This is the Neuroti-Kart. (PsychoKart was taken) Homemade electric go-Kart. Design goals: electric powered, quiet, fast, capable of doing donuts in my street. Home run! " Thanks Gnomic! - Link.
Powered by 4 12 volt car batteries and the frame was made from Home Depot gas pipes... Nice work.
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The Kleptones and A Swarm of Angels call for artists
A Swarm of Angels is a community powered movie project. The goal of the project is to gather a group (swarm) of people (angels) to fund and produce the entire project.
Webby artists of 2005 “The Kleptones” will be producing the soundtrack for the movie. The Kleptones are known for their mash-ups of rap, rock [...]
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MTV Profiles Hardcore NES Collectors
MTV´s Stephen Totilo has a cool piece up on the lengths some retro Nintendo gamers will go to scratch their collectors itch. Some cart hounds buy and re-sell rare games on eBay, some sell pieces of wood struck by lighting—a missed oppotunity to become the nerd successor to Robert Redford´s The Natural, I call it.
Those of you considering getting into the game of collecting games should read up. Despite sounding like a very glamorous existance of cataloguing your recent aquisitions and spending your early weekend mornings at flea markets and garage sales, keep in mind that a copy of the 1990 Nintendo World Championships is probably going to set you back over seven grand.
Look, you can´t have everything. Sometimes you have to choose between owning a factory sealed copy of Stack Up for your R.O.B. and having a normal life. Michael McWhertor