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“101 Weapons for Women: Implement Weaponry:�A Unique Concept in Women�s Self-Defense” explores different ways that woman can use household objects to ward off the average neighborhood rapist, including shoving a cactus right into the unsuspecting perpetrators groin. We’re confident that author Rodney R. Rice is comfortably living off of the royalties he made from this masterpiece. See? This is why ...

The Beatles might have predated Queen, in both rock and papercraft history, but the influence of Freddy Mercury and his band of merry men cannot be ignored, nor denied. To celebrate the band’s eternal impact on music, People Too created this awesome papercraft recreation of Queen doing what they did best: strutting their stuff on stage. Queen always struck a ...

Don’t you hate it when your doctor is one of those guys that just feels the need to be in every picture? I’ll hand it to him, he has a pretty impressive skull, but I refuse to condone such behavior, and it’s not just because I’m extremely jealous of this man’s normal-shaped head. Link

UPDATE: The newest Facebook app update released (3.2.1), the second update in less than 12 hours, seems to remove this problem. Most people who were not seeing a check in button will now see a “this feature will be available in your region soon” message with the newest bug fix update. At least, that’s the case for me. I thought ...

We’ve covered a few of the awesome and odd Celebration V collectibles in the past few days, but the surplus of eccentricities seems endless. First, George Lucas announced Star Wars on Blu-Ray and unveiled a deleted scene. Then we caught whiff of a Jon Stewart Stormtrooper action figure. But that was just the tip of the asteroid. Included in the ...

I wouldn’t even bother to besmirch the sanctity of the 43″ Ostendotech CRVD display and its 0.02 millisecond response time and 2880�900 resolution with the mediocrity that is my computer. A display like this deserves nothing less than a custom-built gaming behemoth. Most Alienware gamer rigs are too modest for this bad boy. With its awesome curved form factor you’re ...

I have to admit I was sort of worried when I discovered my teenage brother had been collecting butterfly-shaped rubber band bracelets. I had no idea that these Silly Bandz were actually a “thing.” Sort of like Tamagotchi and pogs were a “thing.” I have no idea what the fascination with animal shapes is. I guess it ‘s because animals ...

We’ve seen attempts at adding a tactile QWERTY keyboard to replace the touchscreen of the iPhone before. iTwinge seemed like a viable option if you didn’t mind a hell of an eyesore, but it was actually pretty impractical. Half the touch screen was covered by a massive sheaf of buttons which were visibly awkward to slip on and off when ...

Humans, all animals really, run on an internal clock known as a circadian rhythm. Well, maybe I should say that humans SHOULD run on a circadian rhythm. A proper schedule becomes harder and harder to maintain as we work more, sleep less or just sleep at the wrong times. Since our circadian rhythm is governed mostly by the Sun, the ...

At least it didn’t feel any pain. FreeTaxUSA used the death of an innocent iPad to advertise their services. While death has been used for self-promotion before (hell, look at most political ads), never have I seen such a blatant use of gore and bloodshed used so lightly. FreeTax shot an unsuspecting iPad with a shotgun slug for their own ...