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Best Buy’s Black Friday ad has leaked, which means it’s time to do some serious itinerary planning for the big day. See, I like me and my fiancee set up a full contingency plan based on what we want the most for us, then comes gifts for others. Come on, we need to set priorities people! Strategy is the name of the game on Black Friday.

So Best Buy has some moderately cool deals, especially in the video game department, but nothing mind-blowing. Though what might be notable is that Best Buy is not going to allow for anyone to get hurt this year because of their doorbuster deals. Apparently they don’t take “death by stampede” lightly. All doorbuster sales will be handled via tickets, which will be passed out up to two hours before the 5 am door openings. Hit the jump for a full-list of Black Friday Best Buy deals. Doorbusters are followed by an asterisk.

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Not everyone is in the financial position to buy a keyboard with illuminated keys. That shit can get expensive. Macbooks might come stock with illuminated keys, but my Dell POS sure as hell doesn’t. What if I’m high off my ass in the dark and can’t remember my QWERTY hand placement? Not a pleasant situation.

These Glowing Keyboard Stickers, made of high quality florescent print, eliminates the need to buy a brand new keyboard just to have a little illumination in your life. They reflect any ambient light, even the glow of your monitor, providing an awesome, and more importantly, cheap alternative.

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I haven’t watched Nickelodeon since about the time Ahh! Real Monsters came on the air, but I still get a hint of nostalgia everytime I hear the channel name or see some of their iconic green slime. Hours and hours of watching Doug, Rugrats and Rocko’s Modern Life will do that to you.

Dell and Nickelodeon have partnered to introduce the Inspiron Mini Nickelodeon Edition netbook PC designed for kids. Stocked with an Atom N270 processor, 1GB RAM, up to 160GB hard drive, a 10.1-inch LCD display, WiFi, Bluetooth and a 1.3 Megapixel webcam (the webcam is probably a bad idea), the notebook is designed to look like it has been slimed.

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“Yeah, hey, I was just wondering if anyone else noticed that headless horse hanging on the wall. No biggie. Doesn’t seem that out of the ordinary. Just wanted to know if it’s some sort of conceptual piece or the result of the acid I popped this morning.”

“Nope, it’s a horse.”

“Ahh, nice, nice.”

The “Untitled” piece by Maurizio Cattelan is simply a headless taxidermied horse hanging from a wall, which makes no fucking sense.

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Dell, HP, Apple and plenty of other computer manufacturers are flipping a shit today. Know why? It’s because China is nothing but a pro-censorship, communist country that shelters its people from truth. Starting next month, all computers going into the country will have to contain software that filters websites that China deems “unhealthy.” News, video and plenty of other websites will now be censored, leaving the Chinese population in the dark about what’s really happening in the world.

The New York Times has an in-depth look at what’s going to happen as a result of this. Be sure to check it out, especially if you’re heading over there anytime soon.

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Dell is diving even deeper into the netbook market. In this video, a Dell engineer shows off the new 10v laptop running Ubuntu and the “Cupcake” version of Google’s Android OS. He calls it “snappy” and makes sure to note that Dell is not offering this as an option on any of its computers. However, it’s very possible to port it over to your 10v, so if Google’s mobile OS tickles your fancy, you better start coding.

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Fuck the hard drive. That shit is so 1997. Why bother with storage when you can just call up dell for a PC and store everything in the RAM. What, you haven’t heard? Dell is offering the Precision T7500 workstation, which comes with abnormal amount of RAM slots (16 to be specific). Each slot can take a PC10600 stick up to 16GB. The result? Probably the fastest fucking computer ever. I mean seriously. 192GB of RAM. Think about that.

Dell has played it smart so far and hasn’t announced how much the T7500 will cost with 192GB of RAM. I’m guessing somewhere in the $50,000 range so unless you’re a true professional, I’m sure one 16GB stick will be more than enough.

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If Terminators and Skynet take over Earth, at least you’ll have a laptop that will stand up to them. The Dell E6400 XFR is the latest “toughbook” to hit the market and boy is it ugly. That’s OK, though, because you’re buying this for usability, not design and portability. Inside this ugly beast, you’ll find a decent set of specs including an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, 256MB of nVidia Quadro 160M graphics and a big 14.1″ display. Not bad, not bad, but where are features like fingerprint recognition and a webcam for video conferencing?

Need one to throw in the bed of your Ford F-150? The XFR won’t come cheap. It starts at $4300 and weighs a whopping 8.5 pounds to boot.

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Don’t miss out on this hilarious video from The Onion.

• iDream, You Dream
• Get serious about your recycling
• Dell just released this slick handheld printer
• Use your penis as a joystick (NSFW)
• The Korona K3 Moon Phase Watch
• Whoa, Nellie!
• The DIY electric toaster
• Minifigs drive in style
• Scientists take control of a beetle

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If you’ve ever seen Fifth Gear, which is essentially a direct copy of Top Gear on the BBC, then you know it’s all about two things: raw power and fast cars. This video is a direct example of that. It features host Tiff Needell taking a bright green Lamborghini Gallardo on to an ice-covered track and lets her rip with traction control both on and off. The results are, understandably, awesome. Whoever gave Tiff carte blanche to fuck with their Lamborghini on a mountain is pretty impressive.

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