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Even though I’m all-man, I don’t mind being a puss every once in a while and cooking for my woman. Cooking usually equals ordering a pizza and saying I made it from scratch. The problem with this plan is that most cookery is made for ladies, as is the nature of things. So I need a pizza cutter that’s really ...

90’s children’s cartoon characters + Mortal Kombat fatalities = pure awesomeness. Pixel artist Jude Buffum created these two prints, one featuring Carebear ripping out Teddy Ruxpin’s heart, the other featuring Strawberry Shortcake being decapitated by Rainbow Brite. If wanting to own these prints is criminally insane, consider me a high-priority patient of Arkham.

After almost a year in development, Microsoft today releases their freeware Microsoft Security Essentials, a free anti-malware product replacing the hot mess that is Windows Live OneCare. All I can say is it’s about time that Microsoft, the creator of the BSOD, had a free anti-malware alternative. Kudos to Crazy Uncle Ballmer for getting the ball rolling, but really this ...

Artist Thomas S. Kuebler creates wax sculptures featuring freaks, horrors and legends. Pictured above is his ultra-realistic sculpture of Schlitzie, perhaps the most famous and beloved pin-head in both freak show and pop culture history. Link [via]

Sources are reporting that Apple has sent a memo out to their retail stores across the U.S. stating that “further orders for many of its existing desktop SKUs would go unhonored and that stores should not expect those models to be restocked.” In other words, we definitely should be seeing some new Apple desktop computers in the coming weeks, potentially ...

If you spend all of the time you used to spend exercising checking all of your shiny social media sites, chances are you’re starting to look a little lumpy. But there’s a solution! The New (Media) Workout Plan encourages fitness and geekiness working in tandem. Every time you open up a new tab to check one of these sites, perform ...

If the Last Supper was attended by our favorite animals from the best internet memes across the web, it would have probably looked something like this. Just with more poop. Who else but Keyboard Cat could take the place of the man himself? And, wow, I’d be so star-struck if I happened to get a seat. But the tickets per ...

This thing just has bloodshed written all over it. $14.99 gets you yet another unintentional weapon to add to your rapidly growing armory. Link [via]

The ultra-realistic mechanical tumor plugs into your computer, pulsating and growing as your computer works harder and harder. I’m sure designer Mio I-zawa had a more significant symbolization in mind than my nausea can dictate at the moment, but for now all I can think of is not puking. Hit the jump for a super creepy tumor-filled video.

I was recently sent a copy of Richard L. Brandt’s “Inside Larry and Sergey’s Brain,” a book which attempts to delve into the inner circle of two of the most hermetic CEOs in tech, exploring the path of Google’s evolution and the company’s meteoric success in the process. The book provides some insight into one of the most close-knit triangles ...