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This is just a bit creepy, no? Facebook will keep the page of a deceased user active as long as the family wishes to memorialize the deceased. These memorial pages will be different from normal profiles. All contact information will be removed and people will be barred from logging into the account. The only users who will be able to ...

Here’s a chaser for your zombie cupcakes. Nothing washes down brains better than more brains. The brain-effect is caused by mixing acidic lime juice and Irish cream, which produces a curdled brainy mixture. Link [via]

How much more awesome would the Revolutionary War have been had it been fought with lightsabers? I think the answer is pretty clear. Link

According to this t-shirt, we are nothing but spear toting nomads, prepared to take our next step into awesome mutation. I don’t know about you, but I haven’t carried around a spear for at least a decade. If this shirt design added one more link between Wolverine and the caveman, I think we’d find it just a tad more accurate.

The 80s was an orgy for geeky pop-culture enthusiasts, springing up pop phenomenon around every corner. The list just goes on and on. ALF, The Smurfs, video games, ALF. As you can see, I could just keep going all night. This 80s Cake celebrates some of the most iconic and obscure elements of 1980s culture including the Rubik’s Cube, Michael ...

Never find yourself without a way to blow bubbles in your drink again. This chair is made entirely out of drinking straws, meticulously glued together to form a unique piece of furniture. Link [via]

According to sources Google Wave will almost certainly have an application marketplace, where users will be able to purchase third-party applications for the new communication tool. Google Senior Staff Engineer and Wave co-developer Lars Rasmussen has said that he would be very surprised if the applications model was not followed by Google. Google might be making the jump into the ...

…especially in the crotchal region. Check out this shot of Kirsten Dunst decked out in cosplay anime gear. Want to touch the hiney? Link

For $147.72, audiophiles have another excuse to spend an exuberant amount of money on a “cryogenically-treated, gold-plated” doodad. And the vendor is 100% serious about their “audio grade” label, even going as far as trademarking the term. But hey, it’s sooo worth it for the perfect sonic experience. Or so the product commenters will have you believe. Apparently “behind acoustic ...

While it might not have been Luke’s proudest moment, Han Solo saved Skywalker from certain death in the Empire Strikes Back by slicing open a freshly dead Tauntaun and shoving the unconscious Jedi into the depths of the animal’s guts. Still warm, the heat of the dead animal saved Luke from freezing to death in the harsh Hoth climate. This ...