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Compubeaver:A computer inside a stuffed beaver and Text-o-possum:a laser keyboard out of a possum.

I’m not sure what to make of this… The pope is doing his thing and a spider is crawling all over him?

What kind of dumps is he playing these days anyways that spiders can just go around riding popes?

YouTube – Raw Video: Spider Bugs Pope.

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Clever wheel design Galileo robot... very clever!

(YouTube Link) The Galileo Robot has retractable wheels within its rear wheels that extend on command, expanding the hub of the wheel into a tank track. This allows the vehicle to have the advantages of a tracked vehicle when off-road,... Found via...

From: Dog Hates Me

The Most Important Choice – Dog Hates Me.

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Interesting stuff... I didn't know that different potatoes are used seasonally!

Potato farmers, researchers and industry representatives are in the midst of finding a new spud for McDonald's french fries. Found via...

So all this time, i’ve wanted a tablet but apparently, what I’ve needed is a booklet!

Gizmodo has been granted a preview for their Gallery event and I am superbly jealous.

They have the first gallery of prototype images and a neat video showing the interface. It pulls from the pen tablet work they’ve done already and adds the newest ideas enabled by multitouch capable screens.

Courier: First Details of Microsoft’s Secret Tablet – Microsoft courier tablet – Gizmodo.

Wow, I would pay a dollar to see Kanye do some “light wrestling”, but only if they bring back The Rock and Mankind! Simply because I haven’t watched wrestling in like 10 years.

WWE Offers Kanye $10M to Get Into Ring – Gossip News Briefs | Newser.

This ad for Natty Light showed up in my facebook this morning…

Apparently, they think that Cool People Drink Natty… Maybe if there was a disclaimer that people only drink Natty while playing games and because its mostly water, then I could agree…

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So wonderfully random! Woken up by a phone call at 4am to learn that you're now a king!

Peggielene Bartels lives in Silver Spring and works as a secretary. When she steps off an airplane in Ghana on Thursday, arriving in the coastal town her family has controlled for half a century, she will be royalty — with a driver, a chef and an eight-bedroom palace, albeit one in need of repairs she will help finance herself.

“I’m a big-time king, you know,” said Bartels, seated at her desk at the Ghanaian embassy just off Van Ness Street NW, where she has worked for almost 30 years.

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First question, where did they find this nice looking Bel Air to crash for science?

Second question, how does the windshield in the Malibu not even crack after ending up next to the Bel Air’s firewall?

Fascinating!

VIDEO: IIHS celebrates 50th anniversary by crashing modern Malibu into ‘59 Bel Air — Autoblog.