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Hobbit Hack Makes Toy Swords Glow Blue When Unsecured WiFi Orc Is Near

No, you did not fall over and whack your head during a bajillionth reread of The Hobbit: Someone has created a hack to change a Sting replica into a glowing beacon of technology, turning a glowing blue to signal the presence of unsecured WiFi. Which is just like an orc, without all the slavering and nastiness those creatures bring to the table. [More]

We Want To Go To There: Travel Posters Feature Destinations From Game Of Thrones, Star Wars

We Want To Go To There: Travel Posters Feature Destinations From Game Of Thrones, Star Wars

For anyone who ever spent a family vacation as a kid with their nose shoved deep inside the Lord of the Rings series while your parents begged you to take in the local sights, we understand that it’s not that you don’t like to travel. It’s just that you can’t actually go to Rivendell, or Luke Skywalker’s home planet of Tatooine, or cast your gaze upon Winterfell from Game of Thrones. But if only you could… [More]

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New Zealanders Will Be Able To Buy Bilbo & Gandalf Stamps With ‘Hobbit’ Legal Tender

If there was a common currency* used in Middle Earth, Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey would’ve totally been famous enough to have their faces grace coins all over the land. But back here on regular old boring Earth, they’re important enough in New Zealand to be featured on actual legal tender, as well as a new set of stamps to commemorate the upcoming The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. [More]