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Disguised weapons

Jeff was looking for disguised weapons. Mike offered him several designs. Via.

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Mass Effect M8 Avenger Assault Rifle

Mass Effect M8 Avenger Assault Rifle by Volpin Props.

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101 Weapons for Women

101 Weapons for Women - - see many more pages here.

1. The charm of the Wieden + Kennedy Old Spice ads was lost on me, but supposedly sales of Old Spice bodywash products up a whopping 107 percent in the last month. Via.

2. Cory Doctorow on Amanda Palmer's uncanny knack for monetizing her loyal fan base.

3. Check out the Suicide Bomb Deterrent - - if Muslim suicide bombers blow themselves up near it, they'll get pork on themselves.

Behold the efficiency and the power of the greatsword (video roundup)

"There's nothing awkward or clumsy about this awesome sword." God, I wish Billy Mays was alive to pitch this.

Machete "illegal" trailer. Wow this looks good.

Bob Munden, blazing fast quick draw artist.

Guy getting hit by a taser at a Phillies game.

Via these fine sites.

*Previously: Make your own taser for about $10.

*Buy machete posters at eBay.

Debra Baxter's Crystal Brass Knuckles (link roundup)

Debra Baxter's Crystal Brass Knuckles via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. A particularly good Significant Objects short story.

2. The Force Unleashed and Indiana Jones concept art. Great sketch cards, too.

3. Bees mummify prey that are immune to stings. Via.

*Previously: Crystal Mountain sculpture.

*Buy Star Wars sketch cards at eBay.

Sword of light

Rapier of light spotted at Ffffound and apparently by Jasper Goodall, although the interface at the site defeated me.

*Previously: Watchmen lightshow on the Thames.

*Buy Civil War swords at eBay.

Rodenator Pro let's you blow up squirrels and other rodents (Google Trends roundup)

Spokane, Washington Parks and Recreation officials are under fire for their plan to use the Rodenator Pro to blow up squirrels. Above is the ad for the device. You really don't need a flashy campaign when your product is that awesome. There's a forum at the official site, which could really use more participants.

And I'm experimenting with something new. Here's a roundup of four more items I saw on Google Trends that seemed interesting:

1. 47-year old Susan Boyle appeared on Britain's Got Talent and blew everyone away with her incredible voice.

2. This is the dazzle rifle:

It emits super bright light to blind adversaries. Here's a list and photo gallery of more nonlethal weapons that could be used against pirates.

3. 18-year-old high school student Samuel Valdivia was caught having an affair with his 48-year-old math teacher, Tamara Hoffman, by Hoffman's 20-year-old boyfriend, Sixto Balbuena, who was also one of her former students. Balbuena stabbed Validivia to death (accidentally). Story and photo of Balbuena here. The only site I saw with (what was alleged to be) a photo of Hoffman was so sleazy, I won't link to it.

4. Supposedly some study indicates there's a cure for kleptomania. True or not, this sentence is priceless: "Reuters India reporting out of New York states that there is a drug, naltrexone that can help people who have kleptomania."

*Previously: What it's like to pilot a drone and have to decide in a moment whether to blow up a suspect.

*Buy ray guns at eBay.

Here are the logos from some of Sacha Baron Cohen's shell companies (link roundup)

These are the logos to four of the fake companies Sacha Baron Cohen and his crew created. You can read all about how they were used here.

And a few more links:

1. Fascinating article by Pablo Torre about pro athletes squandering their money. This passage about basbeball player Torii Hunter is difficult to believe:

About five years ago, Hunter says, he invested almost $70,000 in an invention: an inflatable raft that would sit under furniture. The pitch was that when high-rainfall areas were flooded, consumers could pump up the device, allowing a sofa to float and remain dry.

Read about more wacky investments here.

2. And here's an article about the next young basketball player who has already been identified as a star. He's in the Sixth Grade.

3. Perhaps not fully grasping that the reason to have a clean Earth is for people to live there, one of Gordon Brown’s "leading green advisers" says "Britain must drastically reduce its population if it is to build a sustainable society."

4. To go along with the Orthodox Priest Warrior costume I posted yesterday, here's a fighting censer.

*Previously: Fake mascot contest (including the Chernobyl LOLCats).

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Neon plastic horsemen desktop wallpaper (link roundup)

Valt3r Rav3ra's Flickr gallery is full of beautiful desktop wallpaper sized images, including these neon blue plastic horsemen, and this mournful statue.

And a few more links:

1. Adorable animated gifs of the Human Torch, Mazinger, and Gizmo turning into a Gremlin.

2. A claim that the Mormon Church, US Marines, and others are buying votes at Digg and Stumbleupon. Via.

3. Self defense pen. (I'm not sure what makes it a self defense pen other than it's strong and useful for stabbing.) Via.

4. A guy who sued Google in small claims court and won tells his story. Via.

*Previously: Mazinger desktop wallpaper.

*Buy Mazinger toys at eBay.

The New Frontiersman is active (link roundup)

The Watchmen companion site, The New Frontiersman, is now active. There's also a related Flickr account. (Also, Tenacious Toys has some Watchmen toys on sale.)

And a few more links:

1. WW2-era design for a chocolate bar that was actually a disguised grenade.

2. Sports fans have probably heard by now that Dwyane Wade's wife has filed for divorce and is making all kinds of fun allegations including that he gave her an std and abandoned his kids. But you might not know that back in 2007, he was honored at the 66th Annual National Father of the Year Luncheon presented by the National Father’s Day Committee. Sharing the honor that day were fellow all-star fathers Hulk Hogan and former U.S. Senator John Edwards.

3. Win one of Terry Border's Bent Objects.

4. Obama desktop icons.

*Previously: The $888 shirt my father wanted for Father's Day.

*Buy Obama toys at eBay.

Learn how to turn office supplies into deadly weapons

At OfficeGuns.com, you can learn how to use office supplies to create weapons both simple

and complex

Via.

*Previously: Wasp Injection Knife.

*"Forbidden LEGO: Build the Models Your Parents Warned You Against!" is 34% off at Amazon.

"Sarah-Cuda" Hunting Bow

Pink camouflage "Sarah-Cuda" hunting bow by Lakota Industries Inc. in honor of Sarah Palin. Ten percent of the purchase price will be donated to a Down Syndrome-related charity. Via.

*Previously: Video of the Wasp Injection Knife in action.

*Buy Packaging The Presidency: A History and Criticism of Presidential Campaign Advertising at Amazon.

Partygoers at Russian rave blinded by laser light show

Approximately two dozen ravers suffered retinal burns and loss of vision as high as 80%. The damage is attributed to event technicians using too-powerful lasers, combined with the fact that the party was tented in due to rain. So, lasers that were intended to light up the sky instead reflected off the tent, with disastrous results. Link. Via.

The story reminds me of an issue of Warren Ellis' excellent Global Frequency - - inhabitants of a town are mysteriously struck dumb by a shared religious vision.

*Previously: Video of the Technoviking.

*Buy vintage ray guns at eBay.

Wasp Injection Knife: For when you need to drop a large animal fast

The official site says:

As divers, we all know what the effects of compressed gas are underwater. Our training teaches us that our lungs would burst from over-inflation if we held our breath and rose to the surface. This principle is key to the effectiveness of the WASP Injection System.

This weapon injects a freezing cold ball of compressed gas, approximately the size of a basketball, at 800psi nearly instantly. The effects of this injection will drop many of the world's largest land predators. The effects of the compressed gas not only cause over-inflation during ascent when used underwater, but also freezes all tissues and organs surrounding the point of injection on land or at sea. When used underwater, the injected gas carries the predator to the surface BEFORE blood is released into the water. Thus giving the diver added protection by diverting other potential predators to the surface.

Here's video of one taking down a watermelon. Permanently.

You can buy one here. They ain't cheap. Via Bruce Schneier, who links to this rather puzzling article claiming that British police are concerned about the new knife. The US and UK are awfully different if a British criminal is going to buy a $400 knife instead of a firearm.

*Previously: Urban Security Suit by Tim Smit.