Life, the Universe, and Everything 
Portable watermelon cooler/heater(0)
July 20, 2010
This $230 portable watermelon cooler / heater is a Japanese invention because of course it is.
Atheists don’t have no songs
Steve Martin with the Steep Canyon Rangers, from the 2010 New Orleans Jazzfest.
Typewriter 2.0
Your old cranky typewriter could double as a fashionable (albeit somewhat impractical) USB keyboard for your home computer or iPad.
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