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Gigantic Marionettes Invade Berlin

7:20AM Adam Frucci | This week in Berlin, two gigantic marionettes have appeared to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. They are awesome. Check the Big Picture for the full set. [Big Picture]
Software

Walt Mosspuppet Reviews Snow Leopard

5:20AM Matt Buchanan | Walt Mosspuppet’s take might just be the only Snow Leopard review you need. He even reveals, exclusively, the next revolutionary version of OS X: Perilous Siamese Cat. [YouTube]
Online

Walt Mosspuppet’s Windows 7 Survival Guide: Blow Up Best Buy

4:20AM Matt Buchanan | Walt Mosspuppet lays out surviving the Windows 7 apocalypse: Blowing up Best Buys will slow the spread, but killing the head Windows 7 is crucial. If you can’t join the fight, seek shelter in an Apple Store. Ready? [YouTube]
Phones

LG Thinks Their Phones Are For Muppets

9:30AM Nick Broughall
LG probably didn’t mean to call their customers Muppets with their ad for the GM730 smartphone. In fact, they almost certainly meant to imply that their new phone is so easy to use, even a puppet can manage it. But for some reason, it’s the idea that people who buy this phone are Muppets that sticks in my mind. More »
Hardware

Beloved Useless Zip Drives Are Made Lovable Again… In Marionette Form!

12:30PM Wilson Rothman | Who doesn’t love a Zip drive? With their sweet 100MB of magnetic memory, they used to save my arse back in the day. (My Performa 6400 even had an internal Zip drive.) And who doesn’t love a marionette? With their beady eyes and history of horror-film animation, they touch the heart of any child from 1 to 100, sometimes with a knife. Put the two together, and what do you get? More »