Author: Mike Flacy

    Editor-in-Chief for The CheckOut. During my free time, I love to write about pop culture, home theater, digital photography, social media, mobile technology and cool gadgets!

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  • Back to the Future iPad Case
    Shut Up and Take My Money: Back to the Future iPad Case

    If you grew up watching the Back to the Future series like I did, you will be extremely familiar with this absolutely awesome iPad accessory. The Grays Sports Almanac “Complete Sports Statistics 1950-2000” iPad case looks just like the...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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  • New York Magazine Avengers Cover
    If the Avengers Were Real, This is What Magazines Would Look Like

    Developed by artist nottonyharrison, this collection of art assumes that the members of the Avengers are real and news magazines around the world are doing stories on them. Utilizing the full set of Avengers superheroes, magazines depicted...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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  • windows8
    How to Turn Windows 8 Back Into Windows 7, Visually Anyway

    If you recently purchased a new laptop or ultrabook with the dreaded Windows 8 operating system and are longing for the simplicity of the Windows 7 desktop, don’t fret; there’s hope! While you are waiting for the...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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  • Scroll the Infinite Pages of the Internet
    Six Hilarious Travel Posters for the Lazy

    Developed by College Humor and currently on sale here, this collection of travel posters gives adventurous life to the mundane events and activities of the day. Ideal for any staycation, events depicted within the series include ditching...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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  • How to Convince Friends, Family to Watch a Popular TV Show

    Created by the folks over at College Humor, this set of illustrations details the best possible angles to take when attempting to convince friends, co-workers and family members to watch a TV show. Popular shows recommended within...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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  • Kelso burning Kelso memes from the new Jobs trailer

    If you haven’t seen the new Jobs trailer, watch it first before consuming the memes below: The film hits theaters on August 16, but already opened to a tepid reception at the Sundance Film Festival this year. Perhaps...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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  • Steampunk NES modification
    15 of the Coolest NES System Mods

    While people can’t stop talking about the next generation of video game consoles, there’s a whole scene of gamers that are obsessed with modifying older consoles into other useful items or simply giving the console a brand...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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  • Mike wazowski looking at you
    We Scare Because We Care: 20 Monsters Inc. Fan Posters

    In honor of the Pixar awesomeness rolling out this weekend in the form of Monsters University, we collected 20 of our favorite Monsters Inc. fan posters ranging from the completely minimal to the increasingly complex. It’s been...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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  • Master Chief is back
    25 Reaction Memes to Microsoft’s DRM 180 on the Xbox One

    After the news broke earlier today regarding Microsoft’s major policy shift on DRM on the Xbox One, the response from the gaming community ranged from elation to disgust to complete confusion. One piece of late breaking news,...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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  • xbox-180
    Microsoft pulls an Xbox 180, cancels plans for DRM, online check-in

    Noted first by Giant Bomb today and confirmed by an official post on the Xbox Wire as well as Major Nelson, Microsoft is completely reversing all planned policies regarding online verification, restrictions on the selling and purchasing...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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  • Bioshock Infinite's Columbia in the sky
    The world of Bioshock Infinite, created with LEGOs

    Built by a Flickr user with the username Cool Whip, this set of photographs shows off lots of time and effort put into recreating BioShock Infinite’s floating city in the sky, Columbia. Elements recreated within the LEGO build...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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  • Almond+ router
    Shut Up and Take My Money: Almond+ 802.11ac Touchscreen Wi-Fi Router

    Targeting a launch window of September 2013 in the United States, the Almond+ 802.11ac touchscreen Wi-Fi router is a follow-up to the Securifi Almond Wireless N touchscreen router. Ranked number one on Amazon for the last nine months, the...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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