1. An anonymous commenter pointed out that you can now input a password at the Skynet Research website. Go here, hover your mouse over the "p" in products to activate the password entry slot, and enter the code skynetresearchinitiatephasetwoprojectjudgementday. Of course, I'm not really clear on what it does next.
2. Donate money to a boy who needs an organ transplant, get to hang out with Trent Reznor. The price really doesn't seem too high if you're a NIN fan.
3. Paint job and new drawer pulls really freshened up a simple Ikea dresser.
4. At Evil Buttons, footage from the MCC Theater's Coraline musical, photo of limited edition Coraline doll.
2. It's fun to follow Trent Reznor on Twitter: "Now that I'm in love and gone all soft on you, can anyone recommend any romantic comedies? Got a weird urge."
1. How will we be able to tell when the robots take over? "[A] team at Google couldn’t decide between two blues, so they’re testing 41 shades between each blue to see which one performs better."
A Soviet all-woman bomber regiment was nicknamed the "Night Witches" (Nachthexen) by the Germans. The Night Witches flew 23,000 sorties and was the most highly-decorated unit in the Soviet Air Force. You can see a preview of Garth Ennis' new comic about them here. Via.
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This logo for Art Van Furniture has been found to violate Hershey's trademark. Via.
There's a new iTunes game called Tap Tap Revenge: Nine Inch Nails Edition that features music from the last two NIN albums. A high score could earn you merchandise and concert tickets. Via.
1. The blog started by former EGM editors Dan "Shoe" Hsu and Crispin Boyer has already managed to get itself banned from using Google AdSense.
2. Target (wrongfully) suspected a woman of trying to pass counterfeit bills and referred her name to the authorities, which led to Secret Service agents visiting her at work. She sued Target for defamation and just received a $3.1 million judgment. Target plans to appeal, but her attorney had a great line: "Where can we buy her back her good name? We've looked, and you can't buy it at Target." Via.
3. Per Rich Johnston, "Astonishing X-Men: Ghost Boxes" had 16 pages of story, and a cover price of $3.99. It can't get much clearer. Marvel thinks anyone buying new comics at the store is a sucker.
4. "Bandit catchers" are volunteers who work marathons and make sure no one who sneaks onto the course gets to cross the finish line without running the full race. Via.
5. An octopus at an aquarium in Germany shortcircuited the power to the entire aquarium by squirting water at a particular light he didn't care for, has been seen juggling crabs, smashes the tank with rocks, and periodically rearranges the scenery. So, if you believe in reincarnation, is this guy ready to be human, or a recently devolved criminal?
Nine Inch Nails: Lights In The Sky, Over North America 2008 Tour Sampler:
we are pleased to offer a free EP featuring songs from the talented group of artists who will be supporting us on the lights in the sky tour this summer.
the EP contains five high quality, DRM-free, fully-tagged MP3 files from a place to bury strangers, does it offend you, yeah?, crystal castles, deerhunter, and nine inch nails. your download will also include cover art and a pack of digital extras.
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