Swim With The Monkees

I never really thought about implementing an idea like this but thankfully, Speedo and iRiver have already done the hard work for us. The Aquabeat Waterproof MP3 player has both an appropriate name and look. It can go up to three meters underwater and has a mind-blowing 1GB of storage. Then again, how much music are you gonna need underwater? ...

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Lucas Ruins Star Wars Sweet Cakes With Special Effects

There are few things we love more in this world than Star Wars. But, if we were forced to choose one, it’d have to be baked sweets. So, instead of finding something greater than Star Wars, why not get the best of both worlds? Star Wars-themed baked sweets, such as these highly-detailed Yoda and Millennium Falcon cakes, are about as ...

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4464 Glass Vials = Sunny Day

People must get really bored over in Stockholm. I mean, how else could artist Aleksandra Stratimirovic fill up 4464 small glass vials with different colored liquids? To do that would take at least a month, unless you had mechanical help. Well, somehow Alek pulled it off, arranged them and lit ’em up with a fluorescent light. The result? “Sunny Day.” ...

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Jay and Silent Bob Bookends

Would you like to hold my books, Berserker? For $129, you can score one of these Limited Edition Jay and Silent Bob bookend sets. Only 1500 are being made from Graphittidesign and I’m guessing they know damn well there’s over 1500 people in the United States who would pay $129 for some Clerks-related bookends. Link (via)

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You Spilled Paint On Your Laptop Case

Street artist KR, creator of the KRINK line of ink and markers has designed a laptop sleeve for the folks over at Incase. The KRINK sleeve has a dripping paint design surrounding its exterior, so everyone will know what a sloppy mess you are when it comes to painting.� It’s said to be compatible with the MacBook Pro 15-inch, but ...

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Rollercoaster For Bikes, Sign Waver Prior To Riding

Think you’re hardcore? Think again.� Swedish artist and designer Anders Jakobsen aka Lagombra has created a bicycle rollercoaster for the MU Art Foundation in Eindhoven. Made up of raw wood and scaffolding the coaster is reminiscent of a series of toppled dominoes. The tracks highest peak nearly hits two meters and dares riders to risk their necks for nothing more ...

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Slaughter Pedestrians On Your Nintendo DS

So, you thought Nintendo DS had nothing more to offer than some Nintendogs and Pur Pals? Think again, you wannabe veterinarian. A new Grand Theft Auto was announced exclusively for the Nintendo DS. Bringing a whole new storyline to Liberty City, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will be your one (and only) chance to show those Triads that you don’t ...

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Afternoon Linkage for July 16th, 2008

Billy Idol would approve of the following links. He’d probably write a song called “Lovers Links” or some shit. Way to act mature, CNN I’d love to ride a jet ski in a hot tub What the fuck is Nintendo thinking? SERIOUSLY! Time to wake up and get in shape Did you purchase MobileMe last week? Apple wants to hook ...

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New Breed Of Garden Gnome Actually Does Garden Work

Garden gnomes compliment the yard fervently, but do they provide any productivity other than looks? Why can’t they just come to life, water the plants, cut the grass, trim the hedges and then go back to looking innocently petrified beside your garden? All you’ve known about the secretive lives of garden gnomes is about to change. Dutch Studio TX has ...

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Land Rovers Grow Up

Land Rover is coming up on its 60th anniversary and to celebrate the occasion, sculpture artist Gerry Judah has created nothing short of a masterpiece. This 34 meter-high installation at the Goodwood Festival of Speed features several, from what I can make out, Range Rovers (?) scaling the structure. The entire thing weighs an astronomical 120 tons and is on ...

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