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Who says Marines can’t have fun, too?� Somewhere in the world it’s 16:20, which means it’s time to blaze.� So, put down that assault rifle, twist up a spliff and relax, devil dog; someday we’ll be out of this mess. Link (via)

Reading in bed just isn’t my thing. I tend to be that dude with the laptop watching YouTube videos until 3:00AM. Fortunately, there’s plenty of people who do read in bed, creating a lucrative market for light-up book covers everywhere. But why shell out $14.95 to Borders when they’re not even going to bother to order Vaginal Release, Volume 4 ...

Montreal native Yee is crazy for origami. Offering DIY kits on his site, you too can create an origami V12 paper engine that pumps just like the real thing (with the help of electrical wires, a resistor, a motor and a battery holder).? Damn shame it can’t power a car with pencil shavings. Well, there’s always the next millennia.Link (via)

If there’s a company out there that can take on Apple, it’s either Nokia or Sony-Ericsson. The latter company will be coming out with a sleek little cellphone called the C905 in Q4 of this year. It’ll have a really nice QVGA screen, support MS Exchange just like the iPhone 3G, Bluetooth, Xenon flash and some other crap. It sounds ...

Are you an impatient mother who can’t hold onto her diaphragm without worrying if the fetus in her womb will develop sickle-cell anemia? Well no worries, tubby, because Royal Philips Electronics wants to turn those awkward and impersonal ultrasounds into something “much more playful,” says Frank Rettenbacher, a product designer for Philips. Now, that’s just fucking creepy.� Philips researchers were ...

If you’re one of the many who suffer from diabetes and your glucose levels are so sporadic that driving any distance could lead to unpredictable results, then this device is for you. Medtronic Diabetes unveiled its new car, a Lincoln equipped with a system that wirelessly associates your glucose monitor with a screen on the dashboard to make driving safer ...

My father still owns an 17-year-old desk lamp from IKEA that closely resembles the Hector Dome lamp from Graham & Green. The ‘Dome keeps your work area lit evenly with just the right amount of light. And it looks good while doing it too. Critics would argue the basic look of this lamp but I call it classic. Used car ...

This basic iPhone case is the shit and I’ll explain to you why: You see, it’s modeled after a chocolate bar. And while it’s not real, delicious chocolate, it’s certainly the precursor to a prank that will be played on you constantly. By purchasing this $30 case, you’re basically begging your friends to offer you a piece of chocolate when ...

Almost like the movie “Sunshine,” we’ll soon be probing the Sun, except we wont be using a suicide squad of top scientists and astronauts. NASA has decided to finally go to the sun after 400 years of studying the star from afar. The mission is being called Solar Probe+ (pronounced ‘Solar Prove Plus’). We’ll be using a heat-resistant spacecraft made ...

Here�s a delicious helping of good reads from around the �net. Get inked up – digitally Now THIS is how you levitate! Dear Sally, I’m sorry you got SARS. Get well soon. Love, Vince You know it’s a slow day when BB Gadgets is posting about Hello Kitty shit, albeit cool Hello Kitty shit Folding handlebars could make biking easier ...