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Thursday, November 24, 2005 |  |
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What an awesome Christmas present this would be!
This submission (47K) blew me away - this plasma sword letter opener was made by Paul S., by hand. His words:
Made by hand from 2mm anodised aluminium, about 150mm long and partly polished for a two-tone look. The handle design was modified for two-finger use (held between finger & thumb) and the inner edges of the blades are sharpened to cut through envelopes, although not too sharp, as it apparently got used as a hairclip on occasion. I still have the template if anyone wants to make one for themselves.
(This was uploaded to us about a month ago - I sincerely apologize for the delay.) Paul - if you're reading this, we'd LOVE to host the template. (Louis Wu 14:25:25 UTC) (permalink)
Administrivia, and a Halloween Costume
Remember when I said that yesterday, I cleaned out the uploads folder after a two-month neglect period? I wanted to remind people what NOT to use that folder for. There were 267 items in there when I started downloading. There were the few dozen misc art pieces I posted yesterday, plus another dozen or so wallpapers (coming soon). There were half a dozen cool items (we'll get to those)... and the rest was stuff that shouldn't be uploaded here. There were DOZENS of movies, even though the uploads page says not to use it for movies (in big red letters). There were wallpapers totally unrelated to Halo. There was porn. There were files from our own servers, reuploaded (I'm guessing by people who were curious about how the upload process works). There was fan fiction. Amazing. Anyway, before I go get buried in the minutae of preparing for 18 bird-eating guests, I thought I'd toss a couple of things out there. We got this picture (80K), from William Bush - took him a week to make this for his son for Halloween (yes, it's been sitting for a while). Pretty cool! More soon. (Louis Wu 14:21:18 UTC) (permalink)
Movie-theater-based tourney in Ohio
Another Halo tourney to be played out on a movie screen is happening in Ohio this Saturday - XKade will host a Halo 2 tourney at the Tiffin Mall in Tiffin, OH. $50 per person, prizes to be announced. More info is in the link. (Louis Wu 13:43:24 UTC) (permalink)
Turkeys and Pro Halo
Happy Thanksgiving! We may have some trouble here - we normally cook our turkey outside, on the grill, and it's... um, rather white right now - but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. In the meantime, there's a bit of Halo news. MLGPro.com has posted a primer for Halo50k4, their huge Atlanta tourney coming up this weekend, and there's some good stuff in there. There's an intro to the new bracket system... and a new feature - the MLG Betting Table. (It's not real money, don't worry.) Fun stuff! Thanks, 3Suns. (Louis Wu 12:57:45 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday's news in brief:
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The Art Floodgates Open Xbox 180. BoB Zero: Genesis Your Favorite Zombie - Now on a Mac Mid-week reading Find that HaloCE Tutorial - Fast! IGN looks at Halo 2 on a 360 Don't follow Frankie's Japan links. |
Tuesday's news in brief:
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Zero O'Clock Lost The Lead. |
