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Beware! Apple Stores Have Mysterious Tractor Beams
Your local Apple Store is home to a mysterious tractor beam that pulls in unwitting shoppers who venture less than 25 feet from its storefront, says Apple Insider. An anylst from Piper Jaffray spent 6 hours monitoring traffic in front of various Apple Stores and found that shoppers were inexplicably drawn to the big glowing Apple. More »
shopping
Amazon's "Customers Vote" Shopping Game Is Back
Amazon's "customers vote" shopping game is back and it seems very fun. More »
customer service
Southwest Gate Agent Entertains Passengers With Ukelele
We're not huge fans of the ukelele, but this is a lot better than that time we were stranded at JFK and the Delta gate agent stared coldly at us as he recited the words to NIN's "Closer" into the PA system.
Plug in your work headphones and get ready to rock out classic-easy-listening-style.
Gate Agent Plays Ukelele [YouTube] (Thanks to Brent!)
Mental Floss has a fun quiz that asks you to match actual warnings to popular drugs. It's a good way to brush up on your side effect trivia, so you'll know what to take to increase your gambling addiction but not interfere with your sleep driving. (Sadly, we only got 3 out of 10 correct.) [Mental Floss via BoingBoing]
on your left
How To Build A Shopping Cart Bike
Instructables user Zieak has built the ultimate shopping bike. Trouble is, it doesn't really corner that well. Maybe you can help him improve it? More »
Cut Spending With Flickr And A Cameraphone
Here's an idea for people trying to get a lock on their spending but find writing down everything too fascist. What about taking a picture of everything you buy with your cameraphone and uploading it to Flickr?
Here's an idea for people trying to get a lock on their spending but find writing down everything too fascist. What about taking a picture of everything you buy with your cameraphone and uploading it to Flickr?
travel
News Footage Of The United Airlines O'Hare Traffic Jam
on the cheap
Got 5 Minutes? Make Ice Cream In A Plastic Baggy
It's hot here in Brooklyn and we could really go for some ice cream... if only we could make some in 5 minutes using 2 ziplock baggies and this carton of half and half... oh wait. We can! From BoingBoing:Here's a pretty damned simple ice-cream recipe: combine ingredients in a baggie. Fill a bigger baggie with ice, salt and the baggie of ingredients. Shake for five minutes. Ice cream. Who knew?More »
on the cheap
Time To Go Strawberry Picking!
Picking your own strawberries is fun, not terribly expensive, and now is the time to do it. Don't know where to go for strawberry picking fun near you? More »
spring cleaning
Baking Soda Is Very Useful
Here's your semi-annual reminder that cleaning things with baking soda is hip. (And don't forget, you can bake with it, too.) DIY blog Curbly has a nifty list of baking soda ideas, some of which were new to us. More »
dinner
6 Dinners You Can Make In One Pot
Real Simple has 6 dinners that you can make in one pot, and they look mighty tasty. Making one-pot dinners is awesome. At this very moment we are making Italian Beef in our kitchen, which is another thing you can make in one pot. We will not give you that recipe, however, because it is our secret recipe. —MEGHANN MARCO More »
greenhouse
Cheap Greenhouse: Grow Plants From Seed
Remember when you did crap like this in first grade? Wasn't that fun? Yes, it was. Recapture your lost youth by growing some plants from seed on a sunny windowsill. With this greenhouse from Instructables, you can: More »
New Things To Know For Taxes This Year
Ladies and Gentlemen, Dependants and Deductions, it's officially tax season! Yay! So, what's new?
Ladies and Gentlemen, Dependants and Deductions, it's officially tax season! Yay! So, what's new?
ringtones
Make Your Own Ringtone
Save money and have fun by making your own ringtone. We've not tried this yet, but we'll probably give it a shot later this evening. We've always wanted the theme to Romancing The Stone. Yes, we are lame. —MEGHANN MARCO More »
gifts
This Next: Fun Social Shopping
Is there anything that we can't Web 2.0? Introducing This Next, a social shopping site. Lifehacker recommends it for gift ideas, and we'd have to agree. From Lifehacker:- Here's how it works: you sign up (quick and easy), and then you can start browsing ThisNext and adding things to your wishlist (what you want), or your recommendations (what you would advise others to buy).
We noticed right away that This Next users recommend the "Airzooka", which we own and love. The Airzooka is the single best way to scare a cat off the sofa. It shoots a "ball of air" (this makes sense once you try it) wherever you point it. Seriously, Airzooka is amazing, and This Next seems pretty cool too. —MEGHANN MARCO More »
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David LaChapelle's Boots Commercial
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