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I made my first Blade Runner pistol when I was 18, while living in Hell's Kitchen, NYC. I stared at the VHS version on pause and made sketches. Put it together from toys and model kit parts. It's lovely and terrible: <img src="http://www.boingboing.net/Photo%203.jpg" height="480" width="640" border="0" align="left" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt="Photo 3"> (Years later the internet would teach me that the six dollar plastic gun I bought on Canal street in NYC and cannibalized for the grip was created by Edison Giacattoli, a legendary toy gun designer) I made a crazy accurate scratch-built when I was 30, from resin and bondo. I had great picture reference but shitty size reference, it was 20% too small. Fuck! <img src="http://www.boingboing.net/LargeBlaster.jpg" height="285" width="432" border="0" align="left" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt="Largeblaster"> I even had it chrome plated at one point and I weathered it: <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/chromedBR%20blaster.jpg"><img src="http://www.boingboing.net/chromedBR%20blaster-tm.jpg" height="421" width="640" border="0" align="left" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt="Chromedbr Blaster"></a> In 2006, the screen-used original surfaced after 25 some-odd years and sold at auction last year for $256,000.00. <strike>Supposedly to Paul Allen</strike> [That myth has been busted -- Mark]: <img src="http://www.boingboing.net/PIHPKDHeroAuction.jpg" height="792" width="612" border="0" align="left" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt="Pihpkdheroauction"> This is the final iteration: <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/blasterbothsides2.jpg"><img src="http://www.boingboing.net/blasterbothsides2-tm.jpg" height="213" width="640" border="0" align="left" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt="Blasterbothsides2"></a> It's 95% finished. My hand-built baby. About 30-40 hours of labor spread out over (at least) 6 years. An original Steyr-Mannlicher .222 target rifle receiver and magazine and a Charter Arms Bulldog .44, both demilled and gunsmithed by me (working with hardened steel -- FUN!) with custom machined aluminum and steel parts (barrel, grip, butt) and made as close as possible, in every respect, to the original. Painstaking. That is all I have to say on the subject (probably not). I can't even describe how good it feels to hold it in my hand. [Click thumbnails below for enlargements] <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/adams-blade-runner-gun-01.jpg"><img src="http://www.boingboing.net/adams-blade-runner-gun-01-tm.jpg" height="266" width="200" border="0" align="left" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt="Adams-Blade-Runner-Gun-01"></a> <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/adams-blade-runner-gun-02.jpg"><img src="http://www.boingboing.net/adams-blade-runner-gun-02-tm.jpg" height="256" width="200" border="0" align="left" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt="Adams-Blade-Runner-Gun-02"></a> <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/adams-blade-runner-gun-10.jpg"><img src="http://www.boingboing.net/adams-blade-runner-gun-10-tm.jpg" height="256" width="200" border="0" align="left" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt="Adams-Blade-Runner-Gun-10"></a> <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/adams-blade-runner-gun-04.jpg"><img src="http://www.boingboing.net/adams-blade-runner-gun-04-tm.jpg" height="157" width="200" border="0" align="left" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt="Adams-Blade-Runner-Gun-04"></a> <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/adams-blade-runner-gun-05.jpg"><img src="http://www.boingboing.net/adams-blade-runner-gun-05-tm.jpg" height="136" width="200" border="0" align="left" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt="Adams-Blade-Runner-Gun-05"></a> <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/adams-blade-runner-gun-06.JPG"><img src="http://www.boingboing.net/adams-blade-runner-gun-06-tm.jpg" height="150" width="200" border="0" align="left" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt="Adams-Blade-Runner-Gun-06"></a> <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/adams-blade-runner-gun-07.JPG"><img src="http://www.boingboing.net/adams-blade-runner-gun-07-tm.jpg" height="150" width="200" border="0" align="left" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt="Adams-Blade-Runner-Gun-07"></a> <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/adams-blade-runner-gun-08.jpg"><img src="http://www.boingboing.net/adams-blade-runner-gun-08-tm.jpg" height="150" width="200" border="0" align="left" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt="Adams-Blade-Runner-Gun-08"></a> <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/adams-blade-runner-gun-09.jpg"><img src="http://www.boingboing.net/adams-blade-runner-gun-09-tm.jpg" height="150" width="200" border="0" align="left" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt="Adams-Blade-Runner-Gun-09"></a> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=32f20282d76fa440a85b9e4d24eba817&p=1"><img alt="" style="border:0" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=32f20282d76fa440a85b9e4d24eba817&p=1"></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~4/Z2Kv2BHrO_Y" height="1" width="1">

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Adam Savage: my Blade Runner gun

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2010-03-10T02:00:35-06:00

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<blockquote>Shared by Jared Gotta say it's about as engaging of a 3 minute video of someone ironing as your going to get.</blockquote> <div>Yes, anyone can say that they value a nicely pressed shirt, that their employees are 100% aligned behind delivering a world-class pressed shirt experience, that their shirts are the mostly likely to be properly ironed, etc...But can you actually do it? Over and over and over? Until it feels as natural as breathing, when it becomes the thing you just do? Thus are reputations made. And reputation is the stuff really great brands and careers are made of. <embed allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="never" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IeA9gH_iWXY&hl=en_US&fs=1&" height="295" width="480" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed> </div>

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Execution really matters

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William Shatner Reads @ShitMyDadSays

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2010-03-09T00:00:38-06:00

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<blockquote>Shared by Joseph laughed so hard a cat shot off of my lap.</blockquote> <img src="http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/epic-fail-vending-machine-win.jpg" alt="epic fail pictures" title="epic-fail-vending-machine-win"> Vending Machine Win Picture by: dunno source Submitted by: dunno source via <a rel="nofollow" href="http://cheezburger.com/fail.aspx">Fail Uploader</a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/failblog.wordpress.com/41401/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/failblog.wordpress.com/41401/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/failblog.wordpress.com/41401/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/failblog.wordpress.com/41401/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/failblog.wordpress.com/41401/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/failblog.wordpress.com/41401/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/failblog.wordpress.com/41401/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/failblog.wordpress.com/41401/"></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/failblog.wordpress.com/41401/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/failblog.wordpress.com/41401/"></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=failblog.org&blog=2441444&post=41401&subd=failblog&ref=&feed=1"> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=ac8d4bf470918543425c44d48b104647&p=1"><img alt="" style="border:0" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=ac8d4bf470918543425c44d48b104647&p=1"></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2222"><div> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/failblog?a=nEQadU1YgWs:dd_eKamQZWY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/failblog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/failblog?a=nEQadU1YgWs:dd_eKamQZWY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/failblog?i=nEQadU1YgWs:dd_eKamQZWY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/failblog?a=nEQadU1YgWs:dd_eKamQZWY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/failblog?i=nEQadU1YgWs:dd_eKamQZWY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/failblog?a=nEQadU1YgWs:dd_eKamQZWY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/failblog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/failblog?a=nEQadU1YgWs:dd_eKamQZWY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/failblog?i=nEQadU1YgWs:dd_eKamQZWY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/failblog/~4/nEQadU1YgWs" height="1" width="1">

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Anyone fancy a cool Ice-T?

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2010-03-04T01:00:34-06:00

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<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/oimages/03_and_i_m_a_pc.jpg"><img alt="03_and_i_m_a_pc.jpg" src="http://www.boingboing.net/assets_c/2010/03/03_and_i_m_a_pc-thumb-650x433-30570.jpg" width="650" height="433" style="text-align:center;display:block;margin:0 auto 20px"></a> If you thought Valve's switch from Internet Explorer to WebKit for its <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/uiupdate/">new beta version of digital distribution platform Steam</a> -- or the semi-irrefutable <a href="http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1157656">hints of OSX compatibility within</a> -- were just coincidence, this morning's latest viral blast should seal the deal. Just days after ramping up a fantastic campaign <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2010/03/01/not-a-lie-valve-upda.html">hinting at new developments with their Portal</a>, the developer let loose a set of images sent not only to games press like <a href="http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/03/03/valves-big-fat-hint-steam-for-macs/">RockPaperShotgun</a> and <a href="http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/valve-teases-forthcoming-announcement">Eurogamer</a>, but <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2010/03/03/valve-teases-upcoming-half-life-release-for-mac/">MacRumors</a>, as well. With an Apple-logo-emblazoned <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Freeman">Gordon Freeman</a>, iPod-ad-silhouetted Team Fortress 2 Heavy, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_a_Mac">John Hodgman/Justin Long</a> dual-turret montage, the message is pretty clear. Below is a hi-res collection of all the images released thus far. With their iPhone-esque "dot" navigation at the bottom of each image, there seems to be just one more to go [UPDATE: <a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/146840/2010/03/valve_mac.html">MacWorld got the final image</a> of Half-Life's Alyx disrupting a version of Apple's classic 1984 ad], and with just days to go to the 2010 Game Developers Conference, we're likely less than a week away from their grand finale.<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/oimages/steamteasebig1.jpg"><img alt="steamteasebig1.jpg" src="http://www.boingboing.net/assets_c/2010/03/steamteasebig1-thumb-960x639-30572.jpg" width="960" height="639" style="text-align:center;display:block;margin:0 auto 20px"></a> <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/oimages/02_igordon.jpg"><img alt="02_igordon.jpg" src="http://www.boingboing.net/assets_c/2010/03/02_igordon-thumb-960x640-30574.jpg" width="960" height="640" style="text-align:center;display:block;margin:0 auto 20px"></a> <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/oimages/03_and_i_m_a_pc.jpg"><img alt="03_and_i_m_a_pc.jpg" src="http://www.boingboing.net/assets_c/2010/03/03_and_i_m_a_pc-thumb-960x640-30570.jpg" width="960" height="640" style="text-align:center;display:block;margin:0 auto 20px"></a> <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/oimages/04_heavy_sandvich.jpg"><img alt="04_heavy_sandvich.jpg" src="http://www.boingboing.net/assets_c/2010/03/04_heavy_sandvich-thumb-960x640-30577.jpg" width="960" height="640" style="text-align:center;display:block;margin:0 auto 20px"></a> <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/oimages/05_francis.jpg"><img alt="05_francis.jpg" src="http://www.boingboing.net/assets_c/2010/03/05_francis-thumb-960x1394-30579.jpg" width="960" height="1394" style="text-align:center;display:block;margin:0 auto 20px"></a> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=0a95b74b60a764e1313992fdfe945e86&p=1"><img alt="" style="border:0" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=0a95b74b60a764e1313992fdfe945e86&p=1"></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~4/aj-6woO1nuo" height="1" width="1">

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Gallery: Valve tease Steam/Half-Life/Left 4 Dead for Macs, in style

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Gallery: Valve tease Steam/Half-Life/Left 4 Dead for Macs, in style

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2010-03-04T02:00:44-06:00

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<blockquote>Shared by Joseph I just threw up in my mouth a little.</blockquote> infoq: Java EE 6 Bean Validation Provides Entity Validation Metadata Model and API http://bit.ly/9DJ7qS

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infoq: Java EE 6 Bean Validation Provides Entity Validation Metadata Model and API http://bit.ly/9DJ7qS

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OK Go's Rube Goldberg music video

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OK Go's Rube Goldberg music video

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<img src="http://craphound.com/images/18357_277482507276_277479937276_3208658_3122349_s.jpg" align="right"> Carl sez, "A petition to make Hella- the official SI prefix for 10^27, for measuring things bigger than Yotta- (the prefix for (US) billion trillion). For instance: 'the sun (mass of 2.2 hellatons) would release energy at 0.3 hellawatts.' It would also come in handy for eventually measuring Internet traffic and US national debt." <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Official-Petition-to-Establish-Hella-as-the-SI-Prefix-for-1027/277479937276?v=info">The Official Petition to Establish "Hella-" as the SI Prefix for 10^27 </a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_prefix">List of SI prefixes</a> (Thanks, Carl!) <div> Previously:<ul><li><a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/27/punk-math-philosophy.html#previouspost">Punk math philosophy and podcast </a></li> <li><a href="http://boingboing.net/2009/09/07/the-math-book-from-p.html#previouspost">The Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 ...</a></li> <li><a href="http://boingboing.net/2010/02/01/math-for-adults-the.html#previouspost">Math for adults: the subtle wonder of numbers and Sesame Street ...</a></li> <li><a href="http://boingboing.net/2009/12/07/mobius-bagel-interlo.html#previouspost">Möbius Bagel: interlocking, endless, doughy rings of math </a></li> <li><a href="http://boingboing.net/2010/01/18/3d-printed-math-and.html#previouspost">3D-printed math and science sculptures </a></li> <li><a href="http://boingboing.net/2009/03/03/march-is-math-holida.html#previouspost">March is math holiday month, today is square root day!</a></li> <li><a href="http://boingboing.net/2009/08/15/zombie-apocalpyse-th.html#previouspost">Zombie apocalpyse: the math geek edition</a></li> <li><a href="http://boingboing.net/2009/08/15/zombie-apocalpyse-th.html#previouspost">Zombie apocalpyse: the math geek edition</a></li> </ul> </div> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=325bb88ddad984143ee6875f5a925035&p=1"><img alt="" style="border:0" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=325bb88ddad984143ee6875f5a925035&p=1"></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~4/YvRE8nv0XOs" height="1" width="1">

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Petition to make "Hella" the prefix for 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

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