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Random Stuff

Make Up For Looking Sexy In High Definition Video

10:20PM Brian Lam | Cargo cosmetics has a line of Blu_ray make up for looking good on high definition video. [Cargo Cosmetics via BBG] More »
Toys

Bandai Water Bottle Toys Offer All The Cuteness Of A Waterborne Parasite, None Of The Diarrhoea

8:47PM John Herrman | Here’s a Japanese cultural phenomenon you’ll probably have to strain to understand: small toy creatures that float around in water bottles like captured alien parasites. Odd? Definitely. Adorable? Kind of. More »
Cameras

Santa LeBron Gifts Unsuspecting Teammates With Flip Mino HD Cams

2:40AM John Mahoney | It’s probably just the latest of King James’s half-hourly endorsement contract fulfillments, but it’s still slightly weird to see the ‘Bron at the 2009 MVP rostrum pulling Flip cams out of a Best Buy bag. More »
Online

The Strangest StreetView Craziness Yet

1:52PM Nick Broughall | If you thought the weird images in Devonport Tasmania were the strangest thing on Google’s streetview, you’re going to love Coopers Plains in Queensland. It’s like the Google Car was suddenly abducted, imprisoned in purple bars to be judged for its crimes against humanity. And then released to carry on as usual. Weird. [Streetview - Thanks Michael!] More »
Games

Sony Registers ‘Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman!’ Trademark

1:30PM Erica Ho | Sony’s new trademarked tagline is “HOLY INVASION OF PRIVACY, BADMAN!” It’s apparently related to “games” and “optical discs.” I think it might be related to “Christian Bale” and a “temper.” Would explain all those caps. More »
Vehicles

Man Arrested For Crashing Motorised Barstool While Intoxicated

10:00AM Sean Fallon | A Newark, Ohio man was busted for an OVI (Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated) when he crashed his motorised barstool on a public street. More »
Random Stuff

UFO Spotted Over China

2:45PM Elaine Chow | Chinese officials have reported a UFO sighting while they were on an aeroplane and, in case anyone thought it was just a case of baijiu-induced hallucinations, they snapped pictures of it too. More »
Music

Probably the Weirdest Way to Visualise Music Yet

9:00AM Jesus Diaz | After his debut, Daito Manabe decided it was time to torture four of his friends by connecting them to his Face Visualiser—a player which stimulates facial muscles using electrodes. The resulting video is funny. More »
Online

Confronting Your Digital Doppelganger Deranges and Disturbs

6:20AM Mark Wilson | I’ve always figured that if you spent enough time on the internet, you could discover anything. And when I came across my apparent long lost twin earlier today, my theory proved eerily true. More »
Peripherals

New Printing Technology Makes Your Home Photos Into Spooky 3D Images

12:00AM Jesus Diaz | This one is creepy: The new Shapeways’ Photoshaper is the latest “printing” technology, turning any home photographs into a 3D plate which—when looked through light—will reveal the original image with a spooky ghost effect. More »