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It's now 70% off at Things From Another World

Posted: 26 Jul 2008 02:54 PM CDT

Approximately 2000 comic books, action figures, and other collectibles on sale.

"Ho-Made Soups" sign

Posted: 26 Jul 2008 02:47 PM CDT

Flickr link. Via.

*Previously: Dinosaur warning t-shirt design.

*Find vintage signs at eBay.

Ahsoka Tano with Huttling and some other sketch cards available at eBay right now

Posted: 26 Jul 2008 02:26 PM CDT

Iron Man by Anjin Anhut.

? by Chris Brunner.

Human Torch by ?.

Hawkeye and Mockingbird by Katie Cook.

Ahsoka Tano with Huttling by Amy Pronovost.

*Find sketch cards at eBay.

Chip Kidd's cover for Brian Greene's "Icarus At The End Of Time"

Posted: 26 Jul 2008 02:10 PM CDT

Spotted at Chip Kidd's blog, where he writes about creating the cover. The book can be preordered at Amazon.

I've watched the miniseries based on Green's The Elegant Universe close to a dozen times. Even though the science is mostly gibberish to me, it's the best-edited tv show about science I've ever seen. The four-disc set is available at Amazon.

*Previously: Chip Kidd predicts the impact Amazon's Kindle will have on the book-publishing industry.

Video: Darth Vader fighting Yoda in Soul Calibur IV

Posted: 26 Jul 2008 02:06 PM CDT

Found at Kotaku, which is spreading the rumor that both characters will be available as downloadable content, regardless of the system. (I remain convinced Namco will announce a Star Wars-centric fighting game shortly after Soul Calibur sales die down.)

*Find Star Wars Happy Meal and cereal toys at eBay.

Fire engine papercraft

Posted: 26 Jul 2008 01:54 PM CDT

Download it here. Via.

*Previously: Garbage truck papercraft.

Everyday objects with faces

Posted: 26 Jul 2008 01:11 PM CDT

High-res image here.

*Previously: Pie with a funny face.

Video: Simple trick to do at a bar

Posted: 26 Jul 2008 11:24 AM CDT

Marijuana growers believe Ganesha is their patron saint

Posted: 26 Jul 2008 11:15 AM CDT

The New Yorker has a long, fascinating article about the entrepreneurs who grow medical marijuana in California. This detail stood out:

While Blue napped, I wandered around his apartment, and counted nearly a dozen images and carvings of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha. The proliferation of Ganesha dates back to a well-publicized federal bust in January, 2007, when the D.E.A. seized the medicine and cash of eleven pot dispensaries in Los Angeles. The only major dispensary that wasn't busted had a Ganesha in its window. Now it is hard to find a karmically inclined ganja dealer in Los Angeles who doesn't own a herd of lucky figurines.

Read the whole article by David Samuels here.

(Marble Ganesha idol found at Flickr.)

*Previously: Ganesha plush.

*Find Ganesha statues at eBay.

A new hardcover graphic novel: Tales of the Watchmen, by Geoff Johns and Alex Ross

Posted: 25 Jul 2008 11:24 PM CDT

Chris Sims breaks "news" from an alternate Earth where Alex Ross does something more interesting than painting the Super Friends over and over. Sims lists a whole bunch more "rumors" that in a better world would come true.

*Previously: Something Awful photoshops panels from The Watchmen.

"Don't burn incense and film in the hall"

Posted: 25 Jul 2008 11:17 PM CDT

Loses something in the translation perhaps? Sign from Beijing spotted at Flickr.

Zen Mozaic

Posted: 25 Jul 2008 11:04 PM CDT

I like the iTunes store, but hate the iPods I've owned (scroll wheel, battery life). The Mozaic sure looks touchable. More photos and stats here. Via.

Doctor arrested for (allegedly) sexually assaulting female patients...

Posted: 25 Jul 2008 10:55 PM CDT

This story's chock full of interesting facts. The doctor is named Kevin Brown. He's known for organizing fundraisers at the Playboy mansion. His father "heads the government" of Bermuda, so he's considered a major flight risk. He was finally arrested after (allegedly) sexually assaulting an undercover police officer. Here's the story.

Yahoo reminds the world that only suckers buy DRM protected music

Posted: 25 Jul 2008 10:51 PM CDT

The Yahoo music store is closing down its servers September 2008. After that, if you want to move files you bought from Yahoo to a new computer, you'll have to burn music to a cd and re-upload it. Link. Via.

I've mentioned this before, but if you're not familiar with it, may I recommend Hype Machine for your music needs.

Video of leopard fighting a crocodile

Posted: 25 Jul 2008 09:52 PM CDT

The leopard drags the crocodile out of the water, grabs it by the throat, suffocates it, and drags away the carcass. Here's a slideshow:

Here's a gallery of stills. Here's photographer Hal Brindley's personal site. Via.

*Previously: Frog eating mice.

It's illegal for this gay couple to get a divorce

Posted: 25 Jul 2008 09:38 PM CDT

In 2004, Rhode Island residents Cassandra Ormiston and Margaret Chambers drove to Massachusetts and got married. Two years later they decided to get a divorce. Unfortunately for them, the Rhode Island courts don't "recognize" the same-sex marriage and therefore won't give them a divorce. They can't get divorced in Massachusetts either because they're not residents. D'oh. Link.

*Previously: Lawyer finds out the hard way that her clothing's more revealing than she thought.

Desktop Wallpaper: Joe Ledbetter's vinyl toys

Posted: 25 Jul 2008 09:36 PM CDT