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Random Stuff
Nixie Tubes: The (Very) Slightly More Adult Pixy Sticks
12:30AM Dan Nosowitz | The methods of caffeine ingestion range from typical (coffee) to X-TREEM (energy drinks) to sort of hardcore (5-Hour Energy), but none have been outwardly juvenile—until now. More »
Random Stuff
The Candy Expo, Where Dreams and Diabetes Come True
1:00AM Mark Wilson | Imagine a world in which all candy is free and you can eat as much as you want. Now stop imagining, because that place is the All Candy Expo. And I visited earlier this week. More »
Design
Vending Machine Dispenses Comfort Food When Economy Stumbles
8:00AM Jack Loftus | The Japanese have vending machines dispensing treats when an emergency strikes and the British, not to be outdone, now have one that dispenses snacks when the BBC reports something bad about the economy. More »
Gadgets
Hmmmm… Breakfast
11:30PM Jesus Diaz | Some people would call these edible circuits—made of all things sugar, spice, and everything nice—”candy.” I call them breakfast ready to be dunked in 100% fat chocolate milk. [Flickr via Boing Boing] More »
Random Stuff
How Peeps Are Born
11:40AM Matt Buchanan | Peeps taste like the foam rubber inside a Temperpedic mattress, but enough people devour the marshmallow birdies that they’re reborn every Easter. The Tribune shows us the industrial womb they’re born in via photogallery. [Tribune] More »
Gadgets
Hershey’s Developing Line of Sweet Gadgety Treats
10:00AM Sean Fallon | Hershey’s has teamed up with Jazwares to develop a line of consumer electronics that will do nothing to curb the fattening of desk jockeys across the US.
Peripherals
Maxell M&M’s Earbuds Will Probably End Up In Your Kid’s Stomach
8:00AM Jack Loftus | iPod accessory maker Maxell is going to release music player earbuds that look like many kids’ favourite candy-coated chocolate candy. What could possibly go wrong?! More »
Toys
How to Make Lego Bricks You Can Actually Eat
4:45AM Jesus Diaz | I have had my share of accidentally-eaten Lego pieces–specially the 1×1 bricks that I used to keep in my mouth when I was a kid–which actually explains the weird chemical components that always pop up in my blood tests. Some of them, anyway. But I digress. What is important here is that someone has actually come up with a way to mix two of the most important inventions in the History of Civilization–Lego bricks and gummy candies–into one single product that you can make at home: Lego gummy bricks. Yes, I know, they look–and probably are–as delicious as the real ones. More »
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