Disneyland in Anahein, California will close down the It’s A Small World ride for a year beginning in January to retool and refurbish. The reason? Bigger passengers.

The problem, quite simply, is that the flume that the boats ride in, and the boats themselves, were designed and built in 1963 on the assumption that the male adult riders would average 175 pounds and the women about 135, which they pretty much did at the time. Alas, those figures are as outdated today as the Rocket to the Moon ride.

Oh, the irony. Link -via Metafilter

Every year, Forbes posts printable versions of celebrity Halloween masks. This year, the scary celebrities featured are Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, OJ Simpson, Larry Craig, Britney Spears, Phil Spector, Michael Vick, and the 2008 presidential candidates. You can also access masks from previous years. Link -via J-Walk Blog

Look at This has posted a comprehensive look at Halloween, including the origins of the holiday, the many ways different countries celebrate, Halloween trivia, and a huge list of links to more holiday fun and information. Link

Beckham Creek Cave Haven near Parthenon, Arkansas boasts all the amenities of a regular hotel, but it’s built inside a cave!

Set on the 530 acre estate, the Cave House was built with the philosophy that the ongoing preservation of natural beauty is paramount. With its perfect blend of magnificent craftsmanship and technology, it took nearly four years to complete. Everywhere one looks, the superior design and attention to detail is obvious.

Putting you directly in touch with nature, the house boasts natural living cave walls and ceilings. By maximizing window areas along the wall facing outside, and maintaining large, open living spaces, natural sunlight floods the living area, pool room, and kitchen, bringing the outdoors inside the cave.

Link -via Grow-A-Brain

Previously at Neatorama: A cave hotel in Turkey.

Reko and Bobby made iPhone costumes complete with video display and music!

LOL People on digg think we stole these displays from apple lol. But we didnt its just an LCD tv hooked into a video ipod. We edited the display video and cut out all the zoom out shots we dont work for apple or anything.

Push play or read more at the YouTube page. -via Viral Video Chart

You can have any kind of wedding you want, and lots of people use the opportunity to act out their fantasies or display their lifestyle or pastimes. This list has ten photos of couples who went all out (although the Star Trek wedding photo is an ad, it advertises a wedding you can have in Vegas). Link -via the Presurfer

Who knew you could get packing tape in so many different designs? See many designs at Reuben Miller. I particularly like the tape that says "Shut Up!" Link -via Dump Trumpet

This may look like a saw dripping with blood, but it’s a crocheted scarf! Lady Linoleum at Monster Crochet made it for Halloween. Link -via Need Coffee

Ricardo Cabello made this lovely animation. Move your mouse over it. Nice stress break, isn’t it? The thumbnail pic you see here does not do it justice. http://mrdoob.com/lab/pv3d/dof/05/. More animations. -via b3ta

Switched picked their eleven favorite geek t-shirts. Each is linked to the vendor, so you can do your Christmas shopping online. Link -via Geek Like Me

Christmas Island red crabs (Gecarcoidea natalis) only exist on that one tropical island in the Indian Ocean. They must spawn on the shore because their larva grow in water. So every October or November, they swarm towards the sea, over 100 million of them! The crabs have been endangered several times by man-made disturbances in the balance of species on the island. Read the story at Damn Interesting. Link

Bob and Judi Olwine of Woodstock, Maryland left the gate to their pool open for just a few minutes while preparing it for winter. Two deer walked in and went down the pool steps for a swim. After they closed the gate, three smaller deer pushed under the fence and jumped in the water! But the five deer couldn't get enough traction to get out of the pool, so the Olwines called 911. Five police officers spent an hour helping the deer out of the pool. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.rodricks25oct25001521,0,129949.column?coll=bal_news_traffic_util to story. Link to more photos and video. -via Arbroath

New York plastic surgoen Dr. Lajos Nagy created a surgical procedure to make human ears pointed, like a mythological creature. From his website:

A newfangled extravagance is spreading amongst the music-lover youngsters of New York, which, after invading America, is sure to conquer the whole world. Ears becoming pointed as a result of plastic surgery not only enhance the attractiveness of the face, but also improve the experience of listening to music.

Dr. Nagy is planning to introduce the method in Hungary. Link -via the Presurfer

If they were all this entertaining, people might actually listen to them! Push play or go to YouTube. -via Arbroath

The challenge was to explain string theory in two minutes or less. Sandy Chase of New York produced this video and won the contest at Discover Magazine. Link -via Metafilter