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The next time your son begs you for a fingerboard skate park, try not to laugh in his face. Instead, be more considerate. Perhaps his new hobby will eventually lead to him going pro and becoming sponsored and thus earning him a living doing what he loves. Of course, you don’t want to settle for the cheap plastic junk Tech ...

Hickery dickery dock. Gearfuse is still on the clock. I’l bring you links, that’s what methinks and then you’ll all be stocked. Aphex Twin is still around? Fallout 3 vs Oblivion WPA encryption is partially cracked Walmart will give you a free Blackberry Bold Horror Meets Science What Pac-Man uses to store books A godsend for when you’re painting Bird ...

Combine anti-theft tags for clothes with bike locks and what do you get? An exploding bike lock that tags a thief with a permanent dye, making the scumbag easily identifiable. It’s called the SmartLock, but there’s only one flaw with it: what if this would be bike-napper isn’t wearing clothes? Then, he finds some clothes in a nearby alleyway, ridding ...

Words cannot simply do this video justice except that it blew my mind how much spare time people can have. Link

The Mintpass Mintpad is a neat concept, had Nintendo not thought of its conception four years ago with the Nintendo DS. What seems like a glorified stand-alone version of the Nintendo DS’s Pictochat is also a portable media player, camera and web browser. With this lil’ tablet, you can send full color notes to any other Mintpad users with its ...

The room was designed by Japanese architects Naruse Inokuma and features wood trees, plant life and other goodies that help the room resemble a forest. I think it’s more suited for children but hey, who says adults can’t have fun? Click through to find out more about this unique domicile. Link

Live in Arizona? How about Texas? Florida? If you live somewhere where it doesn’t snow, consider iSnow. For $4 and a feeling of embarrassment, you can open the package, mix in a little water and have some snow to play with. It’s made in China though, so make sure your kids aren’t playing with this shit. It’s probably packed to ...

Is this some kind of a sick joke? This knitted doll looks nothing like me. Well, maybe the hair. Regardless, Hannah J. Simpson made this knitted Ash doll that’s supposed to be me, but doesn’t look a thing like me. Good thing she’s not selling these, otherwise you’d be getting ripped off. Buying a doll with my name on it ...

Who’s the leader of them all? That’s made for really cheap! M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E! What costs fifty bucks and is designed by SEGA Toys? M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E! Altogether now! M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E! What a joke! M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E! Will leave you broke! It can carry up to 49 pictures and uses USB! M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E! Tiny screen! M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E! White, blue and pink! Don’t forget ...

Finally, Mozilla is coming in to its own with a browser feature that is perfect for porn. For Firefox 3.1, the team at Mozilla have included a feature called “private browsing.” Upon exiting the browser, any trace of past sites you visited located in the browser?s history, cookies or temporary files are erased. That means: no dirty clues as to ...