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It's a jungle out there in the blogosphere, and if you're going to survive, you've got to be tough. Show the world you're hardcore, like Geekologie reader Jian did by getting this tattoo.
http://plixi.com/p/70457774 via Geekologie
A start-up company called Motivity developed this application for Foursquare. Ratio Finder lets users find check-in locations with the sharpest gender imbalances so that they can go there and, well, presumably flirt and such. Mickey Kaus writes:
A site called Ratio Finder uses GPS data from Foursquare check-ins to generate a map showing which restaurants have more men in them and which have more women in them. Combine this with the information on Facebook, Grindr, and Google, and soon you'll be able to pick your restaurant by flipping through naked pictures of everyone eating there. Or that's the direction we seem to be headed.
Pictured above is shot of nightclubs in San Francisco. Blue dots represent majority male locations and pink dots represent majority female locations.
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Last month, Miss Cellania showed us the view of a camera attached to the tip of a sword. YouTube user rcman0125 offers something similar: the view of a rear-facing camera on the end of an arrow in flight.
via Gizmodo
People look at you funny if you raise a whole bottle of whisky to your lips. That's why this canned whisky is a more discreet and thus superior option:
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A Panama-based company believes outdoor drinkers would prefer to crack open a tin rather than lug round a bottle of their favourite tipple.
Now bosses at Scottish Spirits – which retains an office in Glasgow – is testing out the novelty on its Caribbean and South American markets.[...]
Scottish Spirits launched the tins last week, the first time straight whisky has been sold in a can.
Chief executive Manish Panshal said: ‘We are really thrilled with the idea – it’s going to be a part of every lifestyle and occasion.
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El Paso-based artist Isaac Salazar folds and cuts the pages of books to create word and images. Here's the story of how he started in the craft, as told by his wife Veronica:
In 2000, we went house hunting and saw a model home that displayed some book art. They were very simple, kind of like the Readers Digest Christmas Trees, but a bit different. We loved them... so i immediately went home to make our own for the guest bedroom. We have since moved and I needed some new art for our guest bedroom when my husband asked if we can fold "WELCOME" into the book. I thought it was too complicated and told him ~ "I don't know, why don't you try"... and viola... he creates the masterpieces and I list & manage our Etsy shop.
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Does it seem like your lunchbreak goes too quickly? It's time to reverse the effect with the Lunchtime Clock by Instructables user randofo. This clock slows down during the lunch hour so that you can relax a little:
Thanks to great in advances in clock technology, I present to you a clock that speeds up 20% every day at 11:00 and slows down 20% every day at 11:48, giving you an extra twelve minutes of lunch to enjoy. Twelve minutes may not seem like a lot but, to put it into perspective, this is a full additional hour of lunchtime gained every week.
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Mariel Clayton photographs dioramas of Barbie dolls in grisly scenes that juxtapose the glamor of Barbie with the savagery of her hidden violence. It's like all this time she's always been a female version of Dexter Morgan.
Link (some NSFW) via J-Walk Blog
Etsy seller Ann Parri made this scarf out of tasty bacon and eggs. Or yarn. One of the those two options. The bacon parts are curled to make them more realistic.
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Leonard McCracken worked for a steel company until he retired in 1969. He's now 107 and has been living on savings, Social Security, and an annuity payment ever since. Bankrate.com's Jennie L. Phipps asked McCracken to share his wisdom about managing personal finances that permitted him to remain retired for 41 years. Among his suggestions was to always get a job, even if it's for much lower pay than you're used to:
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McCracken was unemployed about 45 years ago after his previous employer went bankrupt. He had to take a job driving a truck that paid $5 per day. It was a low point in his life, but between that and a commission sales job that he took at night, he and his family muddled through until he got back on his feet.
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Winters are quite cold in Yellowknife, the capital town of Canada's Northwest Territories. YouTube user samantha683 instantly froze boiling water by tossing it into the -30° C air.
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Starbucks is now offering the trenta size, which is just one ounce short of a full quart. Sadly, it will not be available for straight coffee -- just icy drinks. In this infographic, Andrew Barr of Canada's National Post points out that this size is larger than the average adult stomach capacity.
Link -- Thanks, Jeremy! | Image: National Post, used with permission.
From a distance, Yang Yongliang's sculpture looks like a large, upside down cigarette. But a close inspection shows that the ashen tip depicts a city. As you can see in the other photos at the link, below the cigarette is a pile of ash in a field of wildflowers.
Link via Dude Craft | Photo: Yang Yongliang
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