A restored Ghostbusters Ecto-1 vehicle built for Universal Studios in Florida is up for bids on eBay. Talk about a stylish way to show up for a Halloween party! The current bid is $45,000. Link -via Digg

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When we first posted Cat Man Do by Simon Tofield, the overwhelming response was that cats are exactly like that. This time-lapse video proves it to be true. I was waiting for the cat to get a baseball bat! -via Arbroath

In the world of competitive barbecue, the team that calls itself Transformer BBQ stands above the rest... at least for its logo! It makes sense. The pig transforms into dinner! Link -Thanks, raphael!

Have you ever had an episode of drunk emailing that backfired on you? Once sent, an email message cannot be "unsent" when you sober up. A new Gmail feature from Google may prevent that from happening again.

When you enable Mail Goggles, it will check that you're really sure you want to send that late night Friday email. And what better way to check than by making you solve a few simple math problems after you click send to verify you're in the right state of mind?

By default, Mail Goggles is only active late night on the weekend as that is the time you're most likely to need it. Once enabled, you can adjust when it's active in the General settings.

Link -via J-Walk Blog

If you're not too busy playing online games today, you can help Jason Morrison and his wife name their baby!

My wife and I are expecting, and thus we have to pick a name for our new baby. We’ve perused baby name websites and tried the Freakonomics tactic of predicting popular names, but to be honest none of it was really working.

As a Googler, though, the answer should have been obvious - let the Internet do it! So that’s what we’re doing, opening up our baby’s name to an Internet-wide vote.*

* We do reserve the right to ignore the results of the poll completely. Otherwise we’ll end up with a kid named Mr. Splashy Pants. Actually, that has a nice ring to it…

Link -Thanks, Jason!

Matthew Inman, who created 9 Reasons Not to Date a Tyrannosaurus Rex and 10 Reasons It Would Rule to Date A Unicorn, has illustrated The 8 Phases of Dating. I think this may apply to marriage, too. Link -Thanks, Matthew!

People see faces when they look at the fronts of cars. What they see can influence what they buy. A consulting group arranged a research study to find out what personality traits cars appear to have, and which ones people would prefer on the car they drive.

Study participants assessed cars based on a system known as geometric morphometrics (GM), which allowed the men and women to rate certain traits on a sliding scale (such as "infancy" to "adulthood"). The traits represented maturity, sex, attitudes, emotions, and personality — all things that people infer from human faces at a single glance.

After rating car traits, participants then answered the question of whether they saw a human face, animal face or no face at all on the cars. They drew facial features such as eyes, nose and mouth on the car images whenever they did see faces.

Lastly, the study participants answered whether they liked a car or not. The study restricted car choices to passenger cars, because hulking SUVs would have skewed the results.

People overwhelmingly preferred cars that rated highest on "power" traits." High "power" cars like the BMW 5 Series tended to be lower or wider, and have slit-like or angled headlights with a wider air intake.

Link -Thanks, Geekazoid!

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Oh yeah, Take on Me by the Norwegian group a-ha, a big song in 1985. But wait... this song has been altered to match the video! That makes it worth a listen, doesn't it? -via YesButNoButYes

Jeffrey Augustine made this mixed media artwork called Dream Captcha -a play on Native American dream catchers and the captcha process. Hang one of these above your computer and it will sleep without nightmares! Link -Thanks, Jeffrey!

I have a headache after looking at these. Link -via Metafilter

Iconic celebrities rendered in typeface, using whatever font will work. Folha de S. Paulo newspaper in Brazil used these images to advertise the movie posters they included in Sunday editions. Brilliant! See Marilyn Monroe, Charlie Chaplin, and James Dean as well. Link -Thanks, Tal Siach!

What does a president do after his term in office ends? If history is any indication, there are a lot of opportunities. See how well you know what past presidents did after leaving office in today's mental_floss Lunchtime Quiz. I scored 60%, better than I expected. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/18857

Etsy seller trixiedelicious has all seven deadly sins featured on quaint vintage English and Japanese china plates. They are food safe and come with hangers for display. Link -via The Seven Deadly Sinners

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Of course, an engineer would build a simple machine to do the task! -via Geek Like Me

Consumer Reports has a checklist of seven things people do that compromise your online security. Are you guilty of any of these?

1. Assuming your security software is protecting you
2. Accessing an account through an e-mail link
3. Using a single password for all online accounts
4. Downloading free software
5. Thinking your Mac shields you from all risks
6. Clicking on a pop-up ad that says your PC is insecure
7. Shopping online the same way you do in stores

They have more details on each, and steps you can take to keep your identity secure. Link -via Consumerist

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