January 2010
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Five Questions With Panera Bread iMac Man
Unwittingly snapped by a sandwich shop paparazzo, Panera Bread iMac Man took center stage in our corner of the internet for one day in December. More pictures surfaced, but our questions remained unanswered. So we got in touch.
Well, actually, he got in touch with us. Going in, we knew only what we could see: he uses his iMac in Panera Bread; he plays lots of World of Warcraft; he’s a...
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Man Superglues Phone to his Ear
It was an accident. Gye Gardner of the Northern Territory of Australia keeps his phone headset in his ear all day. Recently the truck driver hit his head against the boom of his truck and broke the earpiece. Gardner repaired it with superglue. Then his boss called him. Without thinking, Gardner put the piece in his ear to answer the call and drove about five minutes before he realized what he...
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The ultimate protection from laptop thieves
The idea of hiding valuable technology inside something people don’t want is nothing new. Remember the iPod hidden inside a Zune thing? But this is pure genius. Behold the BookBook, a padded MacBook Pro case made from genuine hardcover, hand distressed books.
It’s a well known fact that the only thing thieves value less than books are OLD books, so this is really a pretty ingenious way to...
Front Desk? Please Send a Bed-warmer To My Room....
This winter has been unusually cold in Britain. In response, three Holiday Inn hotels there are offeering to provide guests with bed-warmers. Human bed-warmers.
If requested, a willing staff-member at two of the chain’s London hotels and one in the northern English city of Manchester will dress in an all-in-one fleece sleeper suit before slipping between the sheets.
Holiday Inn said the...
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Crayola's Law: The Number of Colors Doubles Every...
In this infographic, Stephen Von Worley observes that the number of discrete colors in a box of Caryola Crayons doubles about every 28 years. That’s an annual growth rate of 2.56%. Von Worley writes:
If the Law holds true, Crayola’s gonna need a bigger box, because by the year 2050, there’ll be 330 different crayons! Shortly thereafter, frazzled packaging designers rejoice, for to the...
Why I Believe Printers Were Sent From Hell To Make...
via theoatmeal.com
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Mario Jumping
If you’ve ever been to Retro Sabotage (featured previously at Neatorama), then you know Mario Jumping will not be like any other Mario game you’ve ever played. The payoff is well worth the effort. Link -Thanks, Tof!
via neatorama.com