These Mini Lighter Cufflinks were available on Etsy before the internet took over and sold out every last pair. Will they be back? Who knows, but lord, these things are awesome. They’re cufflinks which are actual lighters, meaning you can light up a smoke without even reaching into your pocket. I wouldn’t recommend these if you go a little heavy ...

The recession has hit Batman pretty hard. In fact, he can’t even afford gas for his old Batmobile anymore. He’s replacing unleaded with peanuts. They might want to attach a fricken’ laser beam to his head. It’d be nice to have a weapon other than trample, you know, just in case we happen to be chasing down a criminal overlord. ...

Steampunk animatron Abraham Lincoln is not amused. He just checked over some of your recent legislation and as you can see, he is not too happy. You will now feel the wrath of Steampunk Lincoln. Go, go jet power! Go, go ocular laser beams! If Steampunk Lincoln had a comic book, I’d be all over that shit. Link

You might be hesitant to cover your car with witty bumper stickers. Whether you don’t want to ruin your car’s cosmetics or don’t want to wreck the warranty, you just haven’t gotten to the point where you’re comfortable applying stickers to your car’s body. That doesn’t mean you can’t have a witty retort when your on the move. These awesome ...

Within those hours upon hours of playing around with Super Mario Bros. we figured there must have been some sort of life lesson. We convinced our parents that the game was teaching us indispensable hand-eye coordination skills. But there was another hidden message that, unbeknown to us, would teach us all we needed to know for our adult years. The ...

Unless you have a huge family, crafting a jacket out of empty Capri Sun containers is going to require two sacrifices. Lots of drinking and lots of peeing. In fact, you’ll probably wind up doing both at once if you really want to finish this jacket in record time. Made using almost solely empty Capri Suns (with the exception of ...

Leave it to New Yorkers to one up the rest of America. Noah Fulmore and Erin Finnegan dropped more than $16,000 on a wedding in a zero-G plane. A 90 minute ride full of dives and twists allowed the happy couple to say “I do” entirely upside down. Too cool. Link

Ahhh, Friday. We’ve joined Twitter, so be sure to follow us. Apple is opening new stores and remodeling others Terminator Salvation heads to the iPhone Solar powered trash cans invade Philadelphia Rapid prototyping via delicious candy iPanties A lampshade made from toothpicks In case it rains at tee time Have great links you want showcased on Afternoon Linkage? E-mail us: ...

Any DIYer worthy of the title should know about Lady Ada aka Limor Fried. She’s the ultimate maker and when I ran into her last week at a Gawker party, she brought along an Arduino-based robot she was working on. Needless to say, such a technophile needs an appropriate business card to match. Limor’s feature pop-out Spirograph shapes that you ...

You don’t need a degree in economic theory to feel the strain of the economy. Just check your mutual funds. Check your stocks. Hell, check your damn wallet. The strain is bound to make our hair fallout. Seems like our currency has felt it the most. Even the images of our forefathers are looking a little stressed out. Need some ...