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A surplus of geekery by :: Fred Abercrombie

Peep This: Muppets With People Eyes

Who knew replacing those funky white-ball Muppet eyes with people eyes would be so damn creepy.

Statler and Waldorf will poke your eye out if you don’t keep tabs on the Tumblr Muppets With People Eyes. Still in its infancy, you can see how mesmerizingly unsettling the effect is, no matter the character.

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Pic: Tiger Woods Shank Shot & Cigar ‘Stache Guy

This shot of Tiger Woods‘ ball coming right at the lens of Daily Mail photographer Mark Pain is cool. But even cooler is the moustache ‘n wig dude in the crowd.

I don’t follow golf, but I’m sure there’s a story on this guy.

Via SFGate. (Thanks, Ty)

Click for more Cigar Guy photoshop awesomeness. Damn, the interwebs work fast. (Thanks, Rich!)

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WTF: Album Tacos

Album Tacos? I expected vinyl LPs warmed and folded like tacos. Maybe filled with shredded album covers. Something you might find at Vinyl Frontier. But instead, it’s the majestically taco-fied reinterpretations you see here.

Much like the contents of a Taco Bell taco, you shouldn’t think too hard about it.

See more at Album Tacos. (Thanks, Rich!)

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WTF: Pinup Robert Downey Jr

Why? I thought Bea Arthur Mountains Pizza and Selleck Waterfall Sandwich photoshopped past the randomness of what Nic Cage As Everyone only hinted at.

Look for an answer at the Pinup RDJ tumblr.

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Photoshop: Man Moustaches on Lady Celebrities

Moustaches on lady celebrities are better than lady beards on male celebrities—see any of Tom Cruise’s wives or Simon Cowell’s girlfriends. (*Explanation here.)

Moustache … Wha? See the rest »

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Star Wars: Hitchcock’s North By Northwest Galaxy

Cary Grant stars as a hapless New York advertising executive who’s mistaken for a Jedi by a group of Imperial agents, and is pursued across the galaxy while he looks for a way to survive, is how I’m guessing the IMDB would read. More great imagery on NCOTB. (Thanks, Fang)

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Star Wars: Admiral Ackbar As Ole Miss Mascot? It’s A Frat!

The students of Mississippi University have voted to make Admiral Ackbar their official mascot. Now we wait for the Student Mascot Committee to decide. You can’t repel suspense of that magnitude.
More info at SFGateThe Force

UPDATE: IT’S NOT A TRAP

Ackbar For Ole Miss has an official site It’s Not A Trap and a Twitter. They’ve even got a killer motto, “Who wants a Colonel when you could have an Admiral?” Stay tuned for more. (via Daily Dish)

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Geek Out: All Things Ackbar … It’s A Blog!

After yesterday’s post on SNL Digital Short “The Curse” I had a fever. And the only prescription was more Tim Cappello.

This is my contribution to a site I had the honor of naming, All Things Ackbar. A Star Wars character who’s moments were fleeting, but who’s magnitude the internets cannot repel. No, it can’t be explained. But like Selleck Waterfall Sandwich and Nic Cage As Everyone, we’ll help run this into the ground, too.

Scott, the Web Admiral, created the site and is now taking submissions.

Geek out on AllThingsAckbar.com »

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WTF: Selleck Waterfall Sandwich

Admit it. Now that NicCageAsEveryone has practically everyone (um, Lightning McQueen? Cookie Monster?), you were looking for another reason to Photoshop celebs. And lens flares.

Selleck Waterfall Sandwich is here with an almost existential theme. And a self-explanatory name that’s as close as you’ll get to an explanation. Behold! (via AgencySpy)

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Updated: Nic Cage as Pee-Wee and Megan Fox Rose Boy

Fang‘s Pee-Wee Cage just got posted to NicCageAsEveryone. What a day, folks. Congrats to all.

(FYI — Below is the clip the post is referencing with “Paging Jeff Fang …”)

Chalk up another one for Fang. Nice work!

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Awesome: Classic Album Cover Art Extended

It’s like Sleevefacing, but different … Sleevescaping? Sleevemancing?

What happens beyond the borders of classic album cover sleeves? That was the challenge issued by B3TA, to which hundreds replied. Some are pretty damn clever. Check ‘em here.

The Pink Floyd Animals cover BoingBoing picked out is my fave. Ace Photoshopping.

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Photoshop: Nic Cage As Pee Wee, Lando, Everyone

PW is Jeff Fang‘s entry to the blog Nic Cage As Everyone. Tyler’s is below. You may remember their skills tweaking classic albums and Microsoft ads. Fang even achieved 3rd place in Gizmodo’s Photoshop Watchmen Contest. Where do they find the time? Maybe they need more work.

Nicolas Calrissian! Way to make use of the Raising Arizona ‘stache, Tyler.

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Photoshop: Re-Tool The Microsoft Trainwreck CONTEST

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The biggest crime on this Microsoft ad isn’t versioning out nationalities for placement in different countries. That could be argued endlessly. No. It’s the horrible Photoshop job. The neck. The hands. Dear lord, the hands.

Fang's Photoshop with Ty's Caption

Friends of the Umlaut Rich and Malcolm took the initiative to instigate a good ol’ Photoshop contest.

HOW TO ENTER:

  1. Download the blank Microsoft ad here.
  2. Photoshop your best worst.
  3. Email it here: photoshop.king@hotmail.com

I’ll post winners on Monday. Follow us on Twitter so you don’t miss out.

 

ENTRIES SO FAR: See the rest »

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Photoshop: Gizmodo’s Insert-Tech-Into-Classic-Album-Covers Contest

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UPDATE: Winners posted. Jeff’s and Tyler’s got a nod. Congrats.

Here’s some entries from a couple Friends of The Umlaut for Gizmodo’s new photoshop contest. Good luck to Jeff’s Purple Segway, Tyler’s Bluetooth Thriller & Wii Jam, and Davon’s Ghost In The iMachine.

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