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Ray Villafane & His Team Carve Huge Pumpkins Into Pumpkin Zombies
While at the The New York Botanical Garden for their 2012 Haunted Pumpkin Garden event, master pumpkin, toy and sand sculptor Ray Villafane and his…
Spraytect, An iPhone Case Filled With Pepper Spray For Self-Defense
Spraytect is a smartphone case and personal protection device rolled into one. Each case is outfitted with detachable cartridge that is filled with military grade…
PillowMob, Create Custom Puffy Photo Pillows of Your Face
PillowMob is a Seattle based company that creates puffy photo pillows of your face (or someone else’s). You can make your own personalized pillow at…
Letterpress, A Free iOS Word Game by Tweetie Creator Loren Brichter
Letterpress is a great new free word game you can play through Game Center for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch with iOS 5.0+ where…
Darth Vader and Son, A Star Wars Childrens Book by Jeffrey Brown
Darth Vader and Son by is a cute book created by cartoonist Jeffrey Brown and published by Chronicle Books that gives us a comic style…
Scrap Metal Animal Sculptures by Robert Jefferson Travis Pond
Portland-based artist Robert Jefferson Travis Pond builds stunning animal sculptures out of salvaged metal parts. To see how he does it, watch this time-lapse of…
Triumph The Insult Comic Dog Crashes The Final Presidential Debate
“It was a night of political nuance and intelligent discussion…for Triumph to poop on!” In this humorous clip from Conan, the trouble making Triumph The…
Classic Wrecks, Scale Models of Vehicles Made Into Rusty Junkers
Classic auto enthusiast John Findra creates really cool scale models of vintage vehicles but with a twist, he makes them to look like rusty old…
Stephen Colbert Wants to Dip His October Surprise Into Trump’s Mouth
Recently on The Colbert Report, host Stephen Colbert announced his own October surprise, a potential game-changer in the world of politics and television. The announcement…
Styleblaster, A Real-Time Fashion Blog That Critiques People Walking Down The Street in Brooklyn
Styleblaster is a real-time fashion blog that takes photos of people walking down Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and “documents their style.” The blog’s webcam…