Back to the Future Minimates Box Set

Our story on 12 things you didn't know about Back to the Future, seems to have stirred the imagination of a few geeks. Marty (we are sure that's made up, you smart dude) sends us some info about these strange toys he found called Back to the Future Minimates. We guess it's made of wood, any clues?

 

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How to: Build a Jet Engine

 

Okay, first of all this is really really dangerous stuff guys. Building a jet engine may sound very macho, but if you are going to follow the instructions make sure you are geared for it.

Okay, that said here is the secret page (just kidding!) with the instructions.  

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How to: Disassemble an iPhone [Video]

We are not entirely sure why you would want to do this to a brand new iPhone. But, nevertheless  here's an interesting video from Youtube for you to learn how to disassemble the iPhone.

 



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12 Things you probably didn't know about Back To The Future

Back to the Future is  one of our favorite geek movies. But, if like us you believe you knew everything about Time travel and Back to the Future, read through this list of 12 things you probably didn't know about Back to the Future.  Let's see how many you didn't know, drop a comment if you knew all of them.

1. Before the producers decided on the DeLorean as the Time Machine, the time machine was supposed to be a refrigerator. Imagine travelling to 1955 in a refrigerator.

2. Ever wondered why DeLorean was selected as a Time Machine? Sure, there were other cars. You see, DeLorean was selected for it's  futuristic appearance and gull wing doors, which would make the folks of 1955 presume it to be an alien spacecraft, as in the first part. Of course, DeLorean for ever made it's name in history because of it.

3. Albert Einstein died in the Year 1955, the year Doc says has a signficance in the time travel.

4. Back to the future is not only one of the top geek movies but it was also voted number 7 in UK Channel 4's "Greatest Family Films".

5. In Back to the Future II, Jaws 19, the movie is advertised as directed by Max Spielberg.  Steven Spielberg who directed the original Jaws son is named Max.

6. The Mr. Fusion Home Energy Converter that's used in the DeLorean from future is actually a modified coffee grinder.

7. In the real year 1955, a film called Marty won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Coincidence, or time theory at work?

8. In the french version of Back to the Future when marty wakes up in 1955 after the car accident on his young mother's bed, she calls him Pierre Cardin instead of Calvin Klein. Likewise in the Italian version he is called Levi Strauss.

9. When Marty is trying to re-start the DeLorean in 1955 (Back to the Future 1) to get back to 1985, the car's headlights flash the Morse Code for "SOS".

10. Through the entire series of Back to the Future, the DeLorean travels not 2 or three times, but 14 times through time.

11. The denim jacket worn by Marty in Back to the Future I is actually on sale in the antique store in Back to the Future II.

12. In the Back to the Future II, the role of George McFly (Marty's dad) is played by Jeffrey Weissman and not Crispin Glover (the original actor in Back to the Future I). He is just made up to look like Glover.

Lost in Space Robot: Toy RC Version of the Robot from Lost in Space

Remember, the classic television series - Lost in Space and the B-9 Environmental Control Robot?  Nah? Haven't watched it? (Grab a copy of the DVD from here). Anyways, we  do and  so, it's exciting to  talk about a toy version of the same robot from lost in space that you can own; for real, as long as you can sell your car that is... :)

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10 Things you didn't know about Nokia

All right. This just came in on our e-mail. No idea, if all of them are correct though. Do drop a comment, if you know who the original fact finder is.

10 Things You didn't know about Nokia


 1) The ringtone "Nokia tune" is actually based on a 19th century guitar work named "Gran Vals" by Spanish musician Francisco Tárrega. The Nokia Tune was originally named "Grande Valse" on Nokia phones but was changed to "Nokia Tune" around 1998 when it became so well known that people referred to it as the "Nokia Tune."

2) The world's first commercial GSM call was made in 1991 in Helsinki over a Nokia-supplied network, by Prime Minister of Finland Harri Holkeri, using a Nokia phone.

3) Nokia is currently the world's largest digital camera manufacturer, as the sales of its camera-equipped mobile phones have exceeded those of any conventional camera manufacturer.

4) The "Special" tone available to users of Nokia phones when receiving SMS (text messages) is actually Morse code for "SMS". Similarly, the "Ascending" SMS tone is Morse code for "Connecting People," Nokia's slogan. The "Standard" SMS tone is Morse code for "M" (Message).

5) The Nokia corporate font (typeface) is the AgfaMonotype Nokia Sans font, originally designed by Eric Spiekermann. Its mobile phone User's Guides Nokia mostly used the Agfa Rotis Sans font.

6) In Asia, the digit 4 never appears in any Nokia handset model number, because 4 is considered unlucky in many parts of Southeast/East Asia.

7) Nokia was listed as the 20th most admirable company worldwide in Fortune's list of 2006 (1st in network communications, 4th non-US company).

8. Unlike other modern day handsets, Nokia phones do not automatically start the call timer when the call is connected, but start it when the call is initiated. (Except for Series 60 based handsets like the Nokia 6600)

9) Nokia is sometimes called aikon (Nokia backwards) by non-Nokia mobile phone users and by mobile software developers, because "aikon" is used in various SDK software packages, including Nokia's own Symbian S60 SDK.

10) The name of the town of Nokia originated from the river which flowed through the town. The river itself, Nokianvirta, was named after the old Finnish word originally meaning sable, later pine marten. A species of this small, black-furred predatory animal was once found in the region, but it is now extinct.

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