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Puppies Are Not Toys, Campaign Urges People to Avoid Pet Store Dogs
Animal cruelty prevention organization ASPCA has created Puppies Are Not Toys, a holiday campaign that educates consumers about why they shouldn’t buy a puppy from…
A 2013 Limited Edition Letterpress Calendar by 12 Musketeers
12 Musketeers, a collaboration between Paperreka Stationery Design and 11 of her designer friends who all trained at the school of advertising art in Dayton,…
Pizza Hut Perfume, Smells Like Freshly Baked, Hand-Tossed Dough
According to a Marketwire press release, restaurant chain Pizza Hut Canada has created a very limited-edition Pizza Hut Perfume, a fragrance that smells like “freshly…
The Worst Things For Sale Catalogs the Best of Ill-Conceived Products
Bill Clinton corkscrew Drew of the Toothpaste For Dinner comics has created The Worst Things For Sale, a humorous Tumblr blog that catalogs the best…
The Simpsons’ Mr. Burns Explains the Fiscal Cliff
For those of us confused by the “fiscal cliff,” Mr. Burns of The Simpsons helpfully explains the looming disaster in this short animated video. image…
Reinvent Payphones, A New York City Design Challenge
Reinvent Payphones is a design challenge hosted by the City of New York that calls on the public to redesign the city’s public pay telephone…
Will Ferrell’s Super Sexy Hot Tan Sunscreen, To Benefit Cancer Charity
You can get a bottle of Super Sexy Hot Tan Sunscreen from comedian and actor Will Ferrell by donating $25 to Cancer for College, a…
Gravity-Defying Rube Goldberg Machine
Canadian photo studio 2D House created this ingenious Rube Goldberg machine that appears to defy gravity. Things start to get weird at the 0:16 mark—see…
The Boyfriend’s Guide to Pinterest
“Does using Pinterest make you feel girly? And if so, is that okay?” In The Boyfriend’s Guide to Pinterest, Modern Primate editor Chris Menning talks…
Pop Block, Keyword Blocking Service for Web Browsers
Pop Block is a service that blocks keywords of the user’s choosing as they browse the Internet. The free service uses a browser extension to…