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The most common demise of fish is due to negligence. If you go through life with a “can’t someone else do it” attitude, like myself, then pets really aren’t your bailiwick. Fish of all pets are the easiest to maintain and yet, some people can’t keep a goldfish alive longer than a week. With Fifer, the fish feeding robot, fish ...

From a classic Pha post on TechCrunch, commenter Chuck Watson alerts us of the following: Super Secret Insider News � AT&T has decided to lower their credit score requirements for the first several days of the iPhone 3G sales. They want to get it into the hands of EVERYBODY they can. So if credit has been an issue for you ...

Pesky trespassers, beware! This USB missile launcher is outfitted with a radar that picks up enemy movement in its field of vision. The instructions to make one are provided with a circuit board layout and a free download of the C# code to run it. Just plug this missile launcher into your PC and you’ll be scanning for Charlies in ...

A new month, a new batch of links. There’s enough to go around for all, though we might be out of rolls. Japan’s cigarette vending machine gets beat by a photo A breathtaking Hobbit House Tesla announced a new electric car for $60K Having a bad day? This letter opener will make you smile Analog Rights Management (ARM) LEGO Wall-E ...

Oh noes! Some key logger has taken over my World Of Warcraft account! All my gold is missing, all my gear was probably destroyed all because I left my password as “password.” Well, it won’t happen again ’cause Blizzard‘s got this Blizzard Authenticator they’re selling for just $6.50.� It’ll keep them hackers out…unless said hacker happens to be ‘Zero Cool’. ...

In Russia, you don’t mod car. Car mods you! This Alien car was created by some bored people in the frozen tundra of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. It looks like they created a mold to place on top of a car (that resembles a PT Cruiser) and then painstakingly painted it. Not only does it look downright beautiful, it’ll definitely keep thieves ...

Want to show off your fanboy pride? After all, ever since you bought that Nintendo Wii and downloaded a ton of games on the Virtual Console, you haven’t been the same. Go for the gold and get this $6 NES keychain. It comes with miniature versions of the console, the controller and a game cartridge. No word yet if you ...

Unless you have loads of cash like the great Magic Johnson, HIV and AIDS could still be a threat to your precious blood cells. Scientists may have found a way to give average earning folks like you and I an immunity to AIDS. Some people are naturally resistant to HIV due to a mutation in their cells that keeps them ...

For a smoker, catching a cig before work is a must whether the weather be rain or shine. Some of us can’t find a dry area half the time and if you’re in Seattle, forget it. In comes the Smoker’s Umbrella to save the day. Equipped with a clip-on ashtray, you’ll be able to keep dry and puff down without ...

I don’t know what you did to piss Sirius Satellite Radio off. Maybe you forgot to pay your bill a month? Perhaps you told them to “piss off” when they offered you a hardware upgrade? Whatever you did, they just got us back real nicely. Sirius is debuting ABBA Radio. God help us. At least it doesn’t launch until July ...