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New (and improved) 1337 (leet) eye chart
via bookofjoe by bookofjoe on February 13, 2008
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Message Bean Can
via TheDieline.com by Randy Ludacer on February 14, 2008
Cans of bean from SMP style meets people. For the uninitiated, a “Message Bean” is a single bean (with an laser engraved “message”) packaged with soil in a pull top can.I’d seen the “message bean” online at various blogs, but had never seen it’s packaging, first hand and en masse. We took this photo of their display (above) at Gift Fair.Package design for SMP, we are told, is...
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Elmo Comes Alive!
via The Muppet Newsflash by Greg on February 15, 2008
You will want to toss your Tickle-Me-Elmo away and put your Chicken Dance Elmo into storage, because Fisher-Price has just revealed a new Elmo toy that is sure to leave all those other talking dolls in the dust. Elmo Live is the latest interactive toy from Fisher-Price and Sesame Workshop.The Elmo Live doll actually appears to speak as his mouth opens and closes just like the real Muppet. Elmo...
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Worst Foods in America
via ParentDish by Angie Felton on February 15, 2008
... Men's Health has ranked the worst offerings among appetizers, main courses, and desserts in popular chain restaurants. Keep in mind that a daily caloric of 2,000 calories for women and 2,500 for men is all that is required to maintain your current weight.I'm off to nibble on a lettuce leaf now...........%Gallery-16156%Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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International Builders' Show Product Preview: Amana Jot Refrigerator
via Consumer Reports Home & Garden Blog by Consumer Reports Home & Garden Blog on February 16, 2008
If your kid tends to scribble or doodle on everything in reach, you might find yourself reading—literally—the writing on the wall . . . or the floor, counter, and other household surfaces. But what if you could strike a deal so that your burgeoning Picasso or aspiring Austen were to confine his or her assaults to only one front: the refrigerator?A 28-inch-wide top-freezer fridge from...
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TGIF!
via Serious Eats by Raphael on February 22, 2008
Your Friday LOLSquirrel brought to you by icanhascheezburger.com.
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Starbucks Closing for 3 Hours Today
via Serious Eats by Adam Kuban on February 26, 2008
Fair warning, coffee addicts: Your local Starbucks will be closed when you go for that late-afternoon cuppa joe. Don't freak. All 7,100 of the chain's U.S. stores will be go dark from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. for employee retraining—all 135,000 baristas. And Dunkin' Donuts knows an opportunity when it sees one; it'll be offering small lattes, cappuccinos, and espressos for 99¢ from 1...
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Braille on Beer Cans in Japan
via Serious Eats by Robyn Lee on March 03, 2008
How does a visually impaired person pick out a can of beer from other canned non-beer beverages? By feeling the braille on the top of the can—if you're in Japan, at least. Beer manufacturers in Japan have started stamping braille on the top of cans that spells out "alcohol" or, if made by Kirin Brewery, "Kirin Beer." Whether this will increase the number of drunk blind people on the...
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