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We’re one step closer to living in the world of Harry Potter, geek friends. Remember how in Harry’s world all the pictures move? Rufus Butler Seder invented Lifetiles, which are glass-tiled murals that come to life when the viewer walks by. You can see them in the Smithsonian, Sea World, Union Station, and other places around the world. Then he moved on to smaller things – books! Scanimation is the evolution of the Cracker Jack prizes of yore: it uses scrambled artwork overlaid with a striped clear sheet. When you open to the new page, the image moves right before your eyes! (Does it move when you’re not looking? If a banana falls in the forest and a monkey isn’t there to catch it, does it cry?) Star Wars fans young and old will love this book. Watch in amazement as the most memorable scenes from the saga come to life before your eyes. See Obi-Wan battle Darth Maul, the Millennium Falcon zooming away from the exploding Death Star, Luke riding his Tauntaun, Yoda twirling his lightsaber, and more – 12 iconic scenes in all. It’s movie magic without any electricity or wires or even internet. (Gasp!)
Scanimation Star Wars Book
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ThinkGeek :: Stuff for Smart Masses

“Remember that owl in the Tootsie Pop commercial? The one that stole that kid’s Tootsie Pop and then ate it? Stupid owl. Anyway, if that kid had known how to estimate properly, he wouldn’t have had to ask Mr. Owl and he wouldn’t have lost his candy. He needed a copy of How Many Licks? (Or, How to Estimate Damn Near Anything), because this book really does teach you how to estimate properly. By using Enrico “”Smarty Pants”" Fermi’s theory of approximation, How Many Licks? bring the world of numbers into perspective. You will learn how to analyze an estimation problem, figure out the variables involved, and build an equation to solve the problem – all by examining questions found in pop culture. You’ll examine such questions as: How long would it take to drive to the Sun? How many people are having sex right at this moment? How long would it take to eat the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man? And 67 other funny and thought provoking questions! How Many Licks? is a great book for those of us who love word and number puzzles, for those of us who like reading, or for those of us who are kept up at night wondering just how many licks it really does take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop.”
How Many Licks? (Or, How to Estimate Damn Near Anything)
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ThinkGeek :: Stuff for Smart Masses

“Binary started out as a way for geeks to master the world of computing, but here at ThinkGeek we understand that binary is mostly just another way for us to help you confuse your friends and co-workers. Enter the Jumbo LED Binary Clock. Simply slap this stylistic one foot square clock on the wall or on your favorite flat surface, select BCD or pure binary mode, set the time, and voila! You’ve just created an Instant Confusion Device (ICD) that actually tells the time. Congratulations! For best results do net setup your ICD in your local IT Lab as the chances of confusion will decrease to the point of non-compliance. Now simply wait for the next peon to walk across it’s path and stare in dis-belief as the thick sludge of neurons between his ears fails to grasp any approximation of the truth before his eyes. Then just laugh to yourself and go back to playing Portal. But ThinkGeek, I’m Basically A n00b, How Do I Read It? – Glad you asked. All geeks were n00bs at one point (except maybe Linus, and that guy in the wheelchair). So we’ve created a simple, idiot proof visual guide to reading the clock in BCD mode. Available here. Easy. Pure binary mode is just as easy, but instead of visually we’ll describe how you read it so you can sharpen your basic written comprehension skills. The horizontal bottom row represents the seconds, the 2nd row from the bottom the minutes, and the third from the bottom the hour. Then the six vertical columns are each assigned a value, from left to right, they are: 32, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1. Just sum up the values across the horizontal columns for hours, minutes and seconds – and voila! Instant mad time genius. Of course detailed reading instructions are included with each clock for those of you with ADD. Features/Specs: BCD or “True” binary display options, selectable by switch 12 hour and 24 hour display, selectable by switch 3 brightness levels Wall mountable, or can be used tabletop with included brackets Battery backup of time during power loss (uses 3 ‘AA’ batteries, not included) Dimensions: 12.3″” by 12.3″” and is a slim 1.25″” deep. Available in your choice of crystalline blue or bright red LEDs”
Jumbo LED Binary Clock
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“Most of us first encountered sticky notes when we were dragged along to a parent’s workplace. For an adult, there’s plenty of stuff to do at the office. For a kid, not so much. We amused ourselves by chaining paperclips together and by drawing cartoons on the bottom corners of pads of sticky notes. Depending on what level Artiste we were at the time, this could be a stick figure that walked awkwardly across the page or a bloody battle between Godzilla and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. Either way, Mom was always pissed that we had “”ruined”" her sticky notes and didn’t buy our argument that they were vastly improved. If you have a lazy or sucky Artiste in you, perhaps we could interest you in these fine Flip Book Sticky Notes. In luscious office yellow, each pad contains 100 pages (or frames!) of exciting animation, drawn by someone who probably has more artistic skills than you do. (We can’t totally vouch for that, but in general, code monkeys make for poor designerds. And vice versa.) Flip your pad to watch crazy stunts in an airplane, or on a motorcycle or skateboard. Enjoy them over and over again. The only sad part is that the movie will get shorter and shorter every time you use a page, thus possibly saving trees as you ponder whether that note to Bob in Accounting is REALLY worth a frame of motorcycle movie.”


Flip Book Sticky Notes
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What is Pi? Some might define it as the ratio of a circle’s circumference divided by its diameter. Others might think it’s an irrational number that’s impossible to know completely. Still others might think it’s a mystical, transcendental, almighty number that will only finally be revealed when the Mayan calendar ends. Those people are probably putting their affairs in order, though, and not so much reading this site. But we digress… We here at ThinkGeek like to think of Pi as a way to help you come up with creative reasons to spend your hard earned cash on a t-shirt. Quick question. When is Pi day? March 14th of course. Think about that for a second. Now, while still mesmerized, drop this shirt into your shopping cart. Royal blue, 100% cotton, kids’ t-shirt with the Pi symbol on it. The first 4493 digits of Pi were used to construct the Pi symbol itself. That’s a whole lot of Pi. Enough for everybody to share so don’t get greedy on us now. A big shout out from ThinkGeek goes to Archimedes way back in the B.C. for finally giving us a good approximation of Pi, and doing so without the benefit of modern trigonometry. And thanks to the Egyptians and Babylonians for trying.


Pi by Numbers – Kids
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