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A relic from the prophetic Hildebrandt chocolates collection of foreboding predictions for the future, this artist clearly had no idea what he was talking about. For one, those video conversations are clearly taking place over a 3G connection. Secondly… flying cars? Come on, that’s crazy talk. All I can say is that this woman must have said something mighty rude ...

“101 Weapons for Women: Implement Weaponry:�A Unique Concept in Women�s Self-Defense” explores different ways that woman can use household objects to ward off the average neighborhood rapist, including shoving a cactus right into the unsuspecting perpetrators groin. We’re confident that author Rodney R. Rice is comfortably living off of the royalties he made from this masterpiece. See? This is why ...

Well, howl-le-lu-ya! While I understand what singer/songwriter Jim Steager is “trying” to do, the whole dog face paint thing is way too creepy for me. It almost would have been better if it was more of a cutesy type of face paint design rather than such a realistic human-canine combination. The face he makes at about the 36 second mark ...

The Beatles might have predated Queen, in both rock and papercraft history, but the influence of Freddy Mercury and his band of merry men cannot be ignored, nor denied. To celebrate the band’s eternal impact on music, People Too created this awesome papercraft recreation of Queen doing what they did best: strutting their stuff on stage. Queen always struck a ...

The BBC’s new Dimensions website uses the size of important places and events in modern and ancient history as well as science, and superimposes the dimensions over any location on planet Earth. Doing so provides some perspective on events and places that most of us (or all of us in some cases) will never get to see first-hand, much like ...

Don’t you hate it when your doctor is one of those guys that just feels the need to be in every picture? I’ll hand it to him, he has a pretty impressive skull, but I refuse to condone such behavior, and it’s not just because I’m extremely jealous of this man’s normal-shaped head. Link

While the talks heat up about the future of Foursquare in the wake of Facebook Places’ choppy launch, Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley tweeted that yesterday set a new company record in terms of new user signups. While this can largely be attributed to Foursquare’s newly found nook in the media following the launch of Places, it bears repeating that Facebook ...

UPDATE: The newest Facebook app update released (3.2.1), the second update in less than 12 hours, seems to remove this problem. Most people who were not seeing a check in button will now see a “this feature will be available in your region soon” message with the newest bug fix update. At least, that’s the case for me. I thought ...

I’ve read about the history of the net from probably well-near 100 sources overall. I probably didn’t absorb everything I’ve read, but I swear, everytime I read one of these tremendous infographics, I learn new things. Everything from J.C. R. Licklider’s 1962 concept of an “intergalactic network” to the end of 2009, in which mobile data exceeded that of voice ...

Our favorite single-serving Tumblr blog of� the week, Pinup RDJ, photoshops Robert Downey Jr.’s face onto the body of vintage pinup model prints. It’s going to be hard to find a blog more single-serving than this one. He is pretty. Oh, so pretty. I like that natural European look. Link