Aren’t you excited for October? The beer, the costumes, the season. It’s time for a new dose of linkage.

Don’t forget our latest contest.

• Unbutton Your Beast
• Today’s teenagers think they can text blindfolded
• A new Nintendo DS come tomorrow?
• Not even GoW 2 can save the Zune
• Cut it out, Cox
• LaCie makes displays?
• A paintbrush with interchangeable brushes
• C’mon, the iDesk? For real?
• An Oregon power plant will breed algae

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