Fandango Movie Tickets - Buy 1 Get 1 Free

Posted July 15, 2008 by Mark
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Fandango is offering Buy 1 Get 1 Free Movie Tickets when you pay with a DiscoverCard through 9/30/08.

The one free ticket is up to a $12.50 value, including a $1 convenience charge. Limit one free ticket per customer.

Now that’s a traffic signal!

Posted July 5, 2008 by Mark
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Traffic signal

This traffic signal, located at a major intersection in the Central Business District in Melbourne, Australia, is for cars, trams and bicycle lanes.  Fourteen different signals (or lanterns, as they are officially known)!

via Neatorama

Where is Matt?

Posted July 5, 2008 by Mark
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Where is Matt?

First dancing solo throughout and then with throngs of people in various cities and regions worldwide, Matt Harding has traveled all over the world and danced.

Here is Matt’s most recent video, which features him dancing with others worldwide.  It was an effort 14 months in the making, spanning 42 countries, with cast of thousands:

Where the Hell is Matt? (200 8) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.

You can check ou the rest of his dancing videos and outtakes here.

Bookends

Posted July 2, 2008 by Mark
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Designed by Chris Collicott, these bookend men will keep your favorite books in place. Approximaltey 8 inches high and made of stone and resin, they are avaialbe at Wrapables.com for $41.95. This picture shows the two sets “pushing” and “leaning” blended together.

Free Starbucks Iced Coffee

Posted July 2, 2008 by Mark
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If you’re a fan of Starbucks and happen to live in the New England area, then here’s a coupon for you.  Bring in the coupon below each Wednesday until July 23, 2008 for one tall (12 oz.) iced coffee.

(Note: This offer appears to only work in participating Starbucks in CT, DC, DE, MA, MD, ME, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA, VT)

Enjoy!

Jack in the Box - Two Free Tacos Day

Posted June 26, 2008 by Mark
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Jack in the Box has some good news.  On Thursday, June 26th, all you need is to bring a gas receipt to any Jack in the Box and they’ll give you two free tacos.  Check out http://www.jackinthebox.com/twofreetacosday/ for more information and a message from Jack himself.

Free Taco day

You know you’re from California if…

Posted June 5, 2008 by Mark
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1. Your co-worker has 8 body piercings and none are visible.

2. You make over $300,000 and still can’t afford a house.

3. You take a bus and are shocked at two people carrying on a conversation in English.

4. Your child’s 3rd-grade teacher has purple hair, a nose ring, and is named Flower.

5. You can’t remember if is pot illegal.

6. You’ve been to a baby shower that has two mothers and a sperm donor.

7. You have a very strong opinion about where your coffee beans are grown, and you can taste the difference between Sumatran and Ethiopian.

8. You can’t remember is pot illegal?

9. A really great parking space can totally move you to tears.

10. Gas costs $1.00 per gallon more than anywhere else in the U.S.

11. Unlike back home, the guy at 8:30 am at Starbucks wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses who looks like George Clooney… really IS George Clooney.

12. Your car insurance costs as much as your house payment.

13. You can’t remember… is pot illegal?

14. It’s barely sprinkling rain and there’s a report on every news station: “STORM WATCH.”

15. You pass an elementary school playground and the children are all busy with their cells or pagers.

16. It’s barely sprinkling rain outside, so you leave for work an hour early to avoid all the weather-related accidents.

17. HEY!!!! Is pot illegal????

18. Both you AND your dog have therapists.

19. The Terminator is your governor.

20. If you drive illegally, they take your driver’s license. If you’re here illegally, they’ll give you one.

(Via Miss Cellania)

Annual Report Directions: Must Bake

Posted November 21, 2007 by Mark
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The annual report (for Podravka, a Croatian food company) is sent wrapped in foil, and needs to be baked in an oven in order to make the thermal-reactive ink illustrations show up.


Croatian creative agency Bruketa & Zinić have designed an annual report for food company Podravka that has to be baked in an oven before it can be read.Called Well Done, the report features blank pages printed with thermo-reactive ink that, after being wrapped in foil and cooked for 25 minutes, reveal text and images.

A hot and innovative idea!

(Via Dezeen)

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Discover the "Polymer Lab" for kids

Posted November 21, 2007 by Mark
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Discovery’s “Polymer Lab,” a goo-making machine that’ll have the kids turning out slime, foam, ooze, and many other squishy delights.

You can get it for just $40 from the Discovery Store, plus shipping.

(Via BoingBoing)

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Ancient & Modern Egypt

Posted September 4, 2007 by Mark
Categories: Phones, Travel

This amazing shot “The Ancient and the Modern” juxtapositions the modern urban sprawl of Cairo with the ancient pyramids of Giza in the background, taken by Flickr user graspnext.

(Via Neatorama)