Sharpie the pen makers have created a Liquid Pencil that contains an “ink” made from liquid graphite. Its liquid graphite “ink” allows the user to erase at will for up to three days. After three days the liquid graphite will then turn to ink and will become permanent, to a degree. Cool! The Sharpie Liquid Pencil ($5) will hit stores in September, pack of 2 pens with 6 erasers for $5. Via LikeCool.

Very excited to give these a test drive!

Random ABC News story on X Japan, mostly focusing on Yoshiki. Surreal.

• Waiting for the plane… This is just plane boring. Hurrrrrrr. Tweeted #
• The Go-Bots’ home planet was actually called Gobotron. GOBOTRON. Tweeted #
• I prefer my murders grisly. Tweeted #
• Meg Foster eyes Tweeted #
• Finished LIMBO tonight. Short but VERY sweet experience. Incredible art direction, crazy puzzles. Highly recommended. Tweeted #
• It’s HOT. I’m indoors right now, right…? Tweeted #
• Chobot Coma Tweeted #
• Transformer keeps popping. Wonder if I’m going to be able to get any work done today… Already lost 20min of work to sudden outage. Tweeted #
• Hopefully getting over 1.5 days of migraine. *knock on wood*. Feeling much better at this moment. Tweeted #

File under: Cool-ass packaging. Iron Maiden’s upcoming Final Frontier “Mission Edition”

Victor Rodriguez’s Half Man. Half man, total awesome.

Here’s Part 2 of 2 of my Orlando Vacation photos. Continued from HERE. There are lots of extra photos at the bottom, by clicking the thumbnails.

One last visit to Star Tours before they redesign it all…

Snowspeeder at the backlot

Brand new Simpsons ride. Gave me a headache.

At Epcot World Showcase

Big new Harry Potter castle.

Billy Mitchell Again Is Champion Of Donkey Kong — And Jr. Too

On the day he was to be enshrined with the inaugural class of the International Video Game Hall of Fame, Billy Mitchell was once again certified as the world record holder in Donkey Kong – and also Donkey Kong Jr.

The certifications, timed to coincide with the IVGHOF’s “Big Bang” celebration this weekend in Ottumwa, Iowa, returns Mitchell to the top spot in Donkey Kong with 1,062,800, and gives him the Donkey Kong Jr. crown with 1,270,900. Twin Galaxies, the global sanctioning authority for video game high scores, certified Mitchell achieved the marks at Boomers-Grand Prix Arcade in Dania, Fla.

Mitchell’s Donkey Kong record unseats Hank Chien, whose 1,061,700 took the top spot in early March. The Donkey Kong, Jr. record tops Mark Kiehl’s 1,253,000, which in April topped Mitchell’s rival and fellow IVGHOF inductee Steve Wiebe in a back-and-forth.

In a statement released by Twin Galaxies, Mitchell said that he originally intended to beat the Donkey Kong score, then decided to go after the Donkey Kong Jr. mark on the spur of the moment. “I remember a lot of celebration; hugs, kisses and a lot of hooting and hollering,” Mitchell said. “Once that died down, stood there looking at Donkey Kong Jr. and thought ‘there’s one more thing I have to take care of’.”

Mitchell evidently quit his Donkey Kong game immediately after beating Chien’s mark. Asked why, Mitchell said: “Some say I’m being cocky. Some say I’m being lazy. I say, I’m being Billy Mitchell.”

Hey look, it’s Princess Peach, by DeviantArtist pluckylump.

This practically defines EPIC. Meet “Extinction”, a custom-made gestalt (combiner) of the freakin’ G1 DINOBOTS! Via Seibertron, my favorite Transformers site.

This is a beautiful couch. By Igor Chak.