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Carving a Game Boy out of a matchstick

Cory Doctorow at 10:00 am Wed, Mar 14, 2012

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Here's a minute classic Gameboy carved into the base of a toothpick, in a mini-doc about its carving.

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http://www.nathanhornby.com/ Nathan Hornby

The game boy chiptune soundtrack was the perfect accompaniment to the video!
http://illustratorhints.com/ Jesseham

Minute classic? It was 2:50!
- http://toblender.com/ cyberscythe
  
  Can’t tell if didn’t get the pun … or trolling people who didn’t get the pun.
  - http://illustratorhints.com/ Jesseham
    
    I’ll put a smiley next time. ;-)
http://twitter.com/johndavidstutts johndavidstutts

Damm they is so create!
http://www.facebook.com/diarmaidomeara2 Diarmaid O Meara

That’s a minute period of my life I can never get back lol.
http://fiercefamily.com zdislaw

I could have used each slide lasting about a quarter of the time that they were, but the end result is pretty cool. As is, it kind of just feels like a really slow time-lapse. Maybe if I could read Japanese?