Dig if you will the picture… mom’s online logged into her favorite auction site.  She gets tired and decides to take a nap.  Her 3-year-old daughter took over the controls, and by the time she awoke the youngster had purchased a $12,300 earth mover.  So the toddler had the house to herself?  That’s messed up.

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This is unprecedented in the cell phone industry.  Starting today, U.S. Cellular customers with dead or dying batteries can walk into any retail store and receive a fully charged replacement for free.  Two minor catches… 1) you need to be a U.S. Cellular customer and 2)  your phone needs to have been purchased within the [...]

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You may have noticed a new little icon over there on the left of the page touting free ringtones.  It’s not some money making scheme and it’s not going to redirect you to a page with a bazillion popups with no real ringtones.
What you will find is a page with a small selection of quality [...]

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I’ve long held that toast is a nearly perfect food. Now, it’s even more perfect-er, in a total geek sort of way. For $55 you can get your hands on a toaster that burns the image of none other than Darth Vader on your toast. Here’s to a balanced breakfast, with the [...]

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Do yourself a favor and get in on the ground floor of this amazing opportunity before word spreads. Among the many benefits of the Blank Paper Utility from Benjamin Bradford…

Extend the life of your print cartridge.
It’s free.
No download required.
Blank sheets of paper whenever, wherever you need them.

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Legendary rock band Rush appeared on the Colbert Report last week, which was pretty awesome by itself. While they were waiting backstage, the show folks set up the band to tackle their own “Tom Sawyer” on Rock Band. Not bad for beginners, they scored 31% on expert mode.

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Until you have your very own…   R2-D2 Projector!

 
So, throw down that $2,995 and be the biggest nerd on your block with this guy.
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Robots will kill us all…
 and this one will get you first!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qOuVfcoRmw

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On April 9th, 2008 - hundreds of blogs & websites (including TubaPants) are “going naked” in honor of CSS Naked Day. We’re stripping out the stylesheet code so you see the content of our site in the raw for a day.
This is the third year of the annual CSS Naked Day which honors web [...]

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Big news in the online world this week, as Photoshop launched their Photoshop Express online photo editing tool.  It’s free, and allows you to do basic photo editing and sharing all via pretty much any web browser on pretty much any computer.
Pros:

 Works on variety of browsers (Safari, Firefox & IE)
Cross-platform (Mac & Windows)
Easy to use
Tools [...]

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I work for a cellular phone company, but I thought even the average person might find this mildly interesting. The Finnish Road Administration has taken to locking roadside toilets, and you can unlock them by texting the word “open” to a short code. This way, they can keep short term records of the users [...]

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Yes, folks… you missed it.  It was a blood thristy, pulse pounding, dirt spiting event to behold!  In one corner we had PUPPY!  In the other corner, ROBOT!  It was an
Epic Battle For Territorial Domination!
 and they fought.  If you missed it, watch below!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dneLQY6ZVk

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is playing a…. SEXBOX!
oh my!
Fox News once again, proves that it is full of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCPXQvdmys0

Now, basically.  The one guy who was defending the game Mass Effect was the only person who understood what was really going on in the game.  I just finished one play through last night.  I must say, I have seen more [...]

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yes, ZOMG!
Sasquatch was found on MARS!!!

As one enthusiast put it on a website: “These pictures are amazing. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw what appears to be a naked alien running around on Mars.” Another, dismissing cynicism about the somewhat stony look of the “alien”, wrote: “If you show me another rock [...]

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Dad sells son’s 90-dollar video game online for more than 9000

 
You smoke-ah the Pot, you Lose-ah the Gat - tar Hero 3
So, a father goes out of his way to get Guitar Hero 3 for his son. Then, finds his boy smoking weed in the backyard. Needless to say, the father [...]

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