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Quirky news links for the week of October 5th

For no known reason, everything interesting this week revolves around food: Cupcake cars grace the cover of this year’s Neiman Marcus Christmas catalog – and it comes with a matching hat! Gummi bear art – you can see the appeal… Laser engraving food – the engraving makes perfect sense, the choice of Rick Astley does [...]

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Reverse gadget vending machines are coming

So the idea is this – you insert your old and unwanted gadget, a camera scans it and then offers you money, gift cards, or if it’s totally worthless a tree gets planted. From the sounds of the U.S.News article they think this is going to be last year’s cell phone.  I can hardly wait [...]

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Muppet Mad Men

It’s surprisingly close to the AMC version – although they stuck to advertising and left out the sexual escapades. I particularly liked the use of the word ‘sycophants’ at the end, toddlers could stand to use that word more often…

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It’s that time again – how big is your pumpkin?

For unclear reasons, it’s become hip this year in garden design circles to plant a mini decorative farm in front of million dollar houses in exclusive neighborhoods, a giant pumpkin, some sunflowers, maybe a gourd. Whatever the reason, there’s really only one thing to do with those giant pumpkins and it’s best to do it [...]

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Random links for the week of September 28th

Blue walls mean more money and successful relationships (hmmm) Online mouse-generated fractals – wheee! via Neatorama Turtles can apparently be Anglophiles too… New strict twittering rules for athletes – can’t wait to see what the fines look like Why do the British like to study statistics of names? No answer but here’s the latest study [...]

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Don’t forget to celebrate! Unusual holidays in October

The prime holiday season is upon us and the less common holidays are in abundance: October 3rd- Techies Day – hug a geek! October 7th – Bald and Free Day (best do it now before it gets too cold) October 9th – Leif Erikson Day, eat lutefisk if you dare October 18th – National Chocolate [...]

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