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GyroBike training wheels
Gyrobike's patented Gyrowheel replaces a bicycle's standard front wheel and uses battery-powered gyroscopic technology to keep kids from falling over. Specifically, it can sense unbalanced riding and re-center the bike underneath the rider's weight when the bike starts to wobble.
http://www.thegyrobike.com/howitworks-s/37.htm
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911 is a Joke?
Oh NO YOU DIDN'T. You did? You did. You actually did print that.
http://www.regrettheerror.com/2009/12/13/wash-posts-911-is-a-joke-correction-exposes-problem-with-papers-correction-policy/
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Information Design & Menus – Using Type & Layout To Take Your Money
http://nymag.com/restaurants/features/62498/
Cool little excerpt in the New Yorker about how restaurateurs design menus to drive profits:
"… it’s a big mistake to list prices in a straight column. “Customers will go down and choose from the cheapest items,” he says. At least the Balthazar menu doesn’t use leader dots to connect the dish to the price; [...]
It’s a frap!
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Blackberry users have many, many girlfriends
I only want TXTs to my BB from my very best girlfriends. Those other skanks can just hit me on my pager, dawg.
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Do midgets have night vision?
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War Plan Red – The U.S had plans to invade Canada, UK & Australia
Lucky we had that second World War, because the U.S were getting real antsy, just sitting there. So twitchy, in fact, they drew up serious plans in the '20s to invade Great Britain, starting with a strategic division of Canada. Australia plays a role too. WTF, America, WTF.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Plan_Red
The plans (declassified in the '70s) refer [...]
World War I – Colour Photos
Fascinating archive of colour photography from French battelfronts.
Particularly interesting because of the colonial regiments – Senegalese, Tunisian and Algerian troops.
More photos here: http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/the-great-war-in-colour/17358
And here: http://www.worldwaronecolorphotos.com/
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“Sleep” – Contextual shelf-talker ad
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Your Office Christmas Party Sucks
Miniature Horse, Paedo Bear, Stripper Pole, Rad T-Shirt, Bluetooth Headset… this photo is like a "circle as many rad things as you can in 30 secs" puzzle.
BREAKING!!11 UPDATE OMGFG: The guy in the intense tucked-in-tee/dad jeans/Seinfeld sneaks getup is codenamed: "Hivoltage". Get the backstory here: http://www.ivomitrainbows.com/?p=81
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