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Gadget Junkies Will Feel Comfortable In This T-Shirt

While you’re sure to get some strange looks from both sneering fashionistas and mildly frightened parents, you can’t help but enjoy the honesty of this t-shirt. You might not get a confidence boost from acknowledging the fact that you have more toys than a 12-year-old Japanese school girl, but anything else would simply be a lie. If us geeks�are known ...

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Bikini Atoll Playhouse

Well not literally but it might as well be. This playhouse is designed to look like a mushroom cloud from an atomic bomb and that it does. Who knows what was going inside creator Dietrich Wegner’s mind when he made this. Pain? Destruction? All I know is I’m so getting my kids one. Link [via]

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Pac-Man Stools

I love the look of these handmade stools that were spotted over in Japan. There’s a Pac-Man stool and then four additional stools shaped like ghosts. That’s right, take a seat and plop down on top of Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde. They won’t mind. After all, they’re inanimate objects from a 1980s video game. Link

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Skiing the Slopes as You Drop The Browns Off at the Ole Swimming Hole

Talk about being scared shitless. Coca-Cola has gone all hardcore with the marketing of their new Georgia Max Coffee brand, redesigning a number of toilets at some of the most popular ski resorts in Japan. And really, where else could something this absurdly awesome exist? The fully wrapped bathroom walls simulate the experience of a skier on all sides of ...

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Control Gadgets With That Beautiful Punim Of Yours

The next time you’re shopping for jock straps at the mall, be on the lookout for guy or girl with the messed up face. I’m not talking about some huge tumor hanging off of a chin here, I’m talking about people who have the latest Japanese accessory for controlling their iPod. It’s called the Mimi Switch and it allows the ...

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Magic Carpet Ride: ISS Edition

The Japanese are at it again. This time around, the country that brought us underground bike storage will be going to outer space for some wacky feats. Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata is set to perform 16 different zero-gravity tasks that were chosen by the people of Japan aboard the International Space Station’s Kibo module later this month. Koichi will attempt ...

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Afternoon Linkage for February 26th, 2009

I’ve got some great reviews coming tomorrow and possibly this weekend. We aim to please, just don’t cut the cheese. Test signals sans white noise All you need is some tequila and you’re good Steve Jobs is on track to return to Apple in June Sea otter boogers. Only in Japan! Don’t be a nerd Keep those cords hidden and ...

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Fast Foot Papercraft

Care to grab a bite to eat? Make sure it’s the real thing. This Japanese papercraft features what appears to be a tasty burger, some weird fish sandwich, “Fried Potato” and a soft drink. Unfortunately, just like the real thing, this papercraft isn’t free. It’ll cost you $6 but won’t leave you feeling fat and unsatisfied. Link

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