'Robotic Pack Mule' For U.S. Military Carries Load, Never Falls Down

A four-legged robot called BigDog can carry more than 88 pounds, and doesn't lose its balance -- even if you kick it. (With incredible picture and video)

The video of this is really amazing...they kick this thing in the side while it walking and it catches itself...very very cool...Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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Self Cooling Beer Can

The Instant Cool Can (I.C. Can) cools using simple water evaporation, and will lower beverage temperature by a minimum of 30° F (16.7° C) in just three minutes.

No one likes to drag around a damn cooler...or even worse drinking a warm beer...think about how easy it would be to smuggle beer into the golf course when you don't have to worry about keepin it cool...or all the space you'll be able to save in your fridge...Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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Programmable Soda Bottle

What will they think of next?

Now I work in this industry...and I'm not so sure you'll be able to convince Pepsi-Cola to jump on board with something like this...the amount of MtDew drank by this nation equals the amount of all other Pepsi products with the exception of Aquafina which in the past two years has grown to surpass MtDew in some markets...the flavored soda's like vanilla, lemon, cherry hardly scratch the market...Pepsi would be wasting money on adding the flavors to EVERY bottle of Pepsi when so few customers already purchase the flavored soda...I don't see this becoming a viable product...at least not in the way this article deems....Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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Cell Phone Jammer - Drop All Cell Phone Calls 30+ feet around you

Just bought one of these things, expensive but hilarious. It actually works. I love following people around and driving them nuts. Great for the airplane after you land or I just leave it on when at a restaurant.

Just think about the crime implications...someone breaking into your house already cutting your phone line, and now you cell phone doesn't work because they're jamming it...or someone robs a bank and uses this to keep hostages from using their cell phones...Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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Bar Bouncer's cell phone put him near rape victim

NYPD says calls from the bouncers cell came from undeveloped land that body was later found in

Nevermind the "ample" DNA evidence against him, the cell phone places him in an area he didn't have any good reason to be in...this may be one of the few cases where the cell phone 'tracking' will allowed since it shows where he was at the time of the murder...previous cases used tracking after someone was a suspect...Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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Video: LED car rims display digital image while driving

I'm not huge into "pimping" my ride, but this is just cool. These rims can display an image on your rims while you drive. This video pretty much sums it all up. You can create custom images and change them while driving.

Okay...nevermind we've seen this in PacMan bike wheels...but I think these are still pretty sweet...if you've got a huge hunk of change to drop on your rims....Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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Spray on dress

Each squirt from the can sends thousands of cotton fibers splattering against your skin. The fibers then bend together to form a disposable garment that peels away when you undress.

Well isn't this just sweet...sure to make open backed dresses a lot more popular...seriously, this is like hair in the can...however this just might sell, maybe a quick stain cover up...or a great way to fix a tear...Welcome to CrzyLand




-Nic

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Testicles yield 'ethical' stem cells

Men's testicles may provide an ethical source of embryonic stem cells (ESCs), suggest new experiments in mice.

GREAT...but you have to ask...does this really beat the story about Menstrual Blood Good Yield of Stem Cells....it's close....Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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Arkansas Teacher Can't Say 'Evolution' in Class

Not only is this Arkansas science teacher prohibited from saying the "e-word" in class, but he can only say that 300 million year old rocks are "very, very old".

Without getting into a huge rant over evolution I think that it's Crzy that you're going to tell a teacher that he can't mention just how old something is because of fear that a religious finical supporter may find it an insult to their belief. Rock are older then Christianity would allow you to believe...why can't the church dismiss this as GOD went and picked supplies to build the everything at the local divine lumber store, and most of the stuff they had in stock was sitting around for awhile....Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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Fined For Using Someone Else's WiFi

involves a guy in Illinois who was fined $250 for "theft of services" after a police officer spotted him sitting in a car, using the open WiFi of a non-profit agency.

umm...this is total bullshit...this is OVER stepping the bounds of the law....Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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Playstation 3 Will Be Region Free for Games

Sony's announced PS3 consoles will launch region-free for games. Yeah, you heard it, any game anywhere in the world will play on any PlayStation 3 console purchased in any nation.

The really instresting factor in all of this is that game developers would be able to make a single game disc for worldwide distribution...this could also make game releases faster for us here in America...more often then not Japan will get games months before America, and sometimes games never make it to the states...Also the BluRay technology in the PS3 poses an issue...how can the games not be region free, and the yet to market DVD's have region controls...could be a pandora's box of problems...Welcome to CrzLand

-Nic

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Strippers! On Ice!

Oh, like you need to know anything more than that...

Umm just watch the video...Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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VW's New gypsy dashboard interface.

A place to control not only your iPod (other audio also) as well as email, phone calls, whatever. It looks nice and simple to. VDub in das haus.

Well nevermind that you're in your car...this thing can control EVERYTHING...using bluetooth, WiFi and just about any other known means of connecting to a device this dashboard can do it...left the lights and tv on...simply turn them off while you're sitting at the red light...POSSIBLY a little more cool would be throwing a frozen entree into the oven when you leave for work, and then turning the oven on when you get into the car to drive home...all of this is VERY VERY cool...Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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Why the Playstation 3 can't lose

Arrogance: The sign of a true winner

Here you find the basic story of what any g33k worth his weight in processors knows...PS3 isn't about gaming, it's about taking over control of your living room. Don't think that Sony is the only ones trying to do this, the XBox 360 want you to incorperate Windows Media Center with you living room, and Apple just want to be a part of everything you do in your livingroom, but they're just not too sure how...The really scary part here is that Sony CAN pull this off simply based on the number of loyal consumers they have....by slamming a blu-ray HD dvd player in there, they instantly have given 6million people blu-ray technology...you basically can kiss the other format goodbye because it's not going to be able to keep up, Sony has made the perfect machine, and it was cost a lot, and people will still buy it, and Sony knows it...when you wake up in the morning, walk up to the mirror and ask it 'Who owns me?' and the mirror will reply 'Sony Bitch!'....Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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New TIVO Bug Has Been Cutting Out Large Chunks of Shows

Because of a software glitch in some machines, TiVo customers have been discovering over the last few months that some of the shows they had set to record were cut off before the programs ended. "I lost the last 15 minutes of 'Lost,' as well as 'C.S.I.."

God forbid that you might lose out on the last 15mins of 'Will & Grace' or an episode of 'Simpsons'...but missing the last 15mins for 24, Prisonbreak, or any other show the requires the use of a TiVo...frankly I'd kill my TiVo box if this ever happened...but alas there is a little sanity at the end of this tunnel...the DirecTiVo units are immune to the bug...Welcome to CrzyL.....

-Nic

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Forget Porn, Your Boss Is Now Worried About Basketball, Apparently

CBS' decision to stream NCAA tournament games for free, rather than charging for subscriptions, looks to be paying off, as it says it's delivered more than 14 million streams since the tournament began last week.

Pretty soon you'll find your company limiting your internet use to the point that you wont get anything done, even if what you're trying to get done is watch the NCAA tournament...Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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Grow Your Own Oil, U.S.

This story discusses how bio-waste can be converted into an oil that can then be processed into numerous substances for commercial use including hydrocarbon fuels.

You can already get ethanol from corn...now take the corn husk from that corn and make a bio-oil...this could make corn twice as valuable...not to mention how easy it is to grow corn and even the corn that isn't used for ethanol the husk can still be used for bio-oil...Welcome to CrzyLand where things like this will never come to life

-Nic

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FBI Doesn't Have Enough Money For Email

Budget constraints are forcing some FBI agents to operate without e-mail accounts, according to Mark Mershon, the agency's top official in New York. "As ridiculous as this might sound, we have real money issues right now, and the government is reluctant to give all agents and analysts dot-gov accounts." Yes Mr. Mershon, it is ridiculous.

Maybe they should stop spending all their money on data minning...and other expensive and wastefull things...Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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phpBB mass hack being prepared?

During the last few days a bot using a name FuntKlakow, has been
registering to maybe thousands of phpBB forums. Some speculate that the bot's owners are preparing to exploit an unreported vulnerability.

Proactive hacking?!! Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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Stealthy Soap Dispensing Device + Water Fountain = Tons Of Bubbles !!

Some guys make a sneaky device to pour washing liquid into fountains at malls, the results are quite cool.

The video of this is really pretty cool, but the effects weren't as dramatic as they had hoped...Welcome to CrzyLand now with pretty bubbles

-Nic

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Pirate Hip Hop Station Blocks Pilot-Air Traffic Communications

Airline pilots say an illegal pirate hip hop radio station called Da Streetz is interfering with air traffic control communication at Miami International Airport on two separate aviation-only frequencies.

Imagine flying into Miami's airport, and then crashing and everyone aboard dead...black box is recovered and instead of air traffic control, instead they hear Snoop Dog...Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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US Navy Engage Battle With Pirates

Two U.S. Navy warships exchanged gunfire with suspected pirates Saturday off the coast of Somalia.

It would appear that a small wooden skiff isn't ANY match for two U.S. Navy Warships....how about the fact that it took TWO Navy ships to take on these Pirates...Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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Pot sold and distributed as candy (Video)

Marijuana sold i "candy" packages with altered labels such as "Pot tarts" and "Buddah fingers" this is kinda funny.

Turns out making pot brownies CAN be a lucrative business model...and why stop there? Jolly Rancher candies with high grade hemp-oil added for that extra buzz...with names like Stoney Rancher and even Jones 'N' Soda...better yet, the employee's even punched time cards...Welcome to CrzyLand now laced with THC Jolly Ranchers

-Nic

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WiFi releases medicine into bloodstream.

A new microchip can wirelessly give you a dose of your medicine inside your body.

now you can freak out when the power goes out because grampa can't get his meds...OR your just outside your WiFi signal range...maybe this would be more praticall inside a hospital where nurses wouldn't have to come in and give you any meds...or maybe an asylum...nevermind getting hacked! Welcome to CrzLand

-Nic

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California Using GPS to Track Gangs & Sex Offenders

California prison officials have begun using Global Positioning System anklets to track known gang members

Well now you can watch game crime live via your home computer...or the new possibilities of "hunting" wild game in the urban enviroment...blah blah blah...what's the point of this? Sounds to me like a big waste of money...Welcome to CrzyLand where gang members are tracked via GPS

-Nic

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Kingston's Self-Destructing USB drive

The 4GB flash drive encrypts all data with 128-bit AES, and then adds an extra layer of security: a self destruct feature...

No no...it's really not what you think...I'm sure you're thinking of a James Bond type device that would simply blow up, or at the very least fry the drive...but alas it simply deletes any files after 25 failed attempts of entering a password....for most bruteforce programs this would happen in a matter of a second...but can you delete a file that's being accessed by a brutforce program? That I'm not really sure about, but still a gadget that every spy SHOULD have...Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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Store stuff INSIDE your laptop

"A little storage drawer ... allowing you to carry extra memory cards, cash, or anything else that will fit in a semi-secret compartment." for only $10!



Okay this is REALLY and kind of makes you wonder why you didn't think of it first?!! Using the laptops PC card slot to store a small 'glove box' like device...very cool...Welcome to CrzyLand now with hidden storage

-Nic

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Drug trial goes terribly wrong, six men in intensive care

The young men were being paid to take part in the early stages of a trial for the drug TGN1412. Within hours the six volunteers had to be admitted to intensive care. The mens bodies are badly swollen and organs are failing fast.

Here's a link for the follow up story too this follow up story.

It would seem that these poor guys may be at the hands of some really mad scientist. There's talks that when the drug was tested on animals, that a dog had died. That was later denied, but still doctors are saying they're going to need a mircal to pull out of this. Really a shame to think that we're testing these things on humans before we really know what amount, and what dose they can handle...Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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Action Figures Made From Cat 5 Cable

These are Russian soldier action figures made entirely out of cabling with an arsenal of 23 weapons. I have no idea what the page says, but they are fun to look at.












Okay...normally I'd leave this to 48y/o virgins living in their mothers basement...or 16y/o interns working for your local ISP...but apparently it's the Russians behind this...I think the pictures speak for themselves..Welcome to CrzyLand now protected by CAT5 soliders.

-Nic

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Capsaicin (the stuff in peppers) triggers suicide in cancer cells

Capsaicin, the stuff that turns up the heat in jalapeños, not only causes the tongue to burn, it also drives prostate cancer cells to kill themselves.

So basically that burning feeling that you get after a late night of mexican food, that's just ass suicide...but seriously, the implications here are wide, but the application is yet to be seen. I would expect to see a rise in number of old men eatting jalapeanos...Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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Menstrual Blood Good Yield of Stem Cells

Japanese researchers have harvested stem cells from human menstrual blood. They were able to obtain about 30 times more stem cells from menstrual blood than from bone marrow.

Now I'm sure we'll soon see TV add's from Tampex featuring new "stem-cell friendly" tampons...and a "mailing pouch" for easy shipping...Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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McAfee update exterminates Excel

An error in McAfee's virus definition file released Friday morning caused the company's consumer and enterprise antivirus products to flag Microsoft's Excel, as well as other applications on users' PCs, as a virus called W95/CTX, Joe Telafici, director of operations at McAfee's Avert labs, told CNET News.com.

Only in CrzyLand would an anti-virus program become a virus program with a simple 'mistake' by the programming team...Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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Man Charged With Hacking Into GM Database

A former security guard at General Motors Corp.'s Warren technical center is accused of taking employee Social Security numbers and using them to hack into the company's employee vehicle database.

What's of more intrest is how this man was caught while sitting at the same libary terminal that he used to commit the alleged crime...first rule of thumb NEVER return to the scene of a crime. Nevermind that GM is trusting their security to the criminal mind...Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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PlayStation 3 delay official

Sony has finally come clean: PlayStation 3's "Spring 2006" launch is now "November." The company cites complications with its proprietary Blu-Ray technology as the source of the trouble.

Well it appears to be offical...PS3...November in Japan...only leaving us with ONE question...will they make a worldwide release, or will the PS3 miss the Christmas deadline here in the states....no PS3 for Christmas...must be CrzyLand

-Nic

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Debit card crime ring BUSTED!

Law enforcement officials in New Jersey have arrested 14 people in connection with a crime spree that has forced banks across the nation to replace hundreds of thousands of debit cards.

Appears that these crooks finally did what everyone has been trying to do for years...get you PIN number and access your bank..simply drainning the money out of your account and into their hands...I personally don't use debit cards, and now I finally have a good reason...Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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She couldn't have heard it coming...

The reigning Miss Deaf Texas died after being struck by a train. Tara Rose McAvoy, 18, was walking Monday near railroad tracks when she was struck by a Union Pacific train, authorities said.

ummm....Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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Will Vista be Microsoft's final OS?

Bill Gates discusses Microsoft's new plan... and it isn't operating systems as we know them...

Basically Bill is shitting his pants because people are still not paying for his OS, but they're paying for 'services' like forking over $.99 for a song on iTunes. Apple just recently hit it's 1 billionth sale, and is only growing it's customer base with the recent release of the iPod video making a ripple effect in iTunes with shows like LOST avaible for purchase. The whole 'service' market is rapidly growing and companies that are on the fore-front like Google are raking in the cash. Microsoft is decidingly jumping on the band wagon...leaving an entire company to shit gears...never an easy task...THIS could make a big hole for Linux to step in and become the leading OS....Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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Trojan Virus Encrypts your files, holds password ransom for $300

A new Trojan identified as CryZip infects files on a computer by encrypting them, then demands a $300 ransom for the password to unlock the files.

Umm...okay this is sweet, but pretty screwed up at the same time. Apparently the files are being zipped up, and locked with a standard zip tool...trying to open your file informs you of the password, and it's 10 symbols long. The author then wants you to send him $300 and he'll give you the password...This is why you NEVER open e-mail's from people you don't know....Welcome to CrzyLand you've been held hostage and must click an addlink to leave

-Nic

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Alabama cow confirmed with Mad Cow Disease

A cow in Alabama has tested positive for mad cow disease, the Agriculture Department confirmed Monday.

The real big deal here is the question on when the cow was born. The cow is 10 years old, and a food ban was placed in 1997. The cow being born before the ban could explain why it got mad-cow, and wouldn't lead to a panic. However if it turns out that the cow is younger then that, then watch out, you could see wide spread panic....Welcome to CrzyLand the other white meat

-Nic

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Kites Banned in Pakistan After Boy's Slashing Death

The death of a 4-year-old boy whose throat was slit by a low-flying kite string coated with glass has prompted authorities to forbid kite-flying in eastern Pakistan. The boy became the seventh kite-string victim in the past two weeks, prompting the provincial government to announce the ban.

Ummm...first kids getting killed by kites...not funny, not cool. Now letting your kid ride on the back of a motorcycle and having a kite string slit his throat...maybe the kid shouldn't have been on the motorcycle. That being said over 18 people were killed and 200 more injured by kites in 2000. I'm thinking that people in Pakistan need a new hobby! Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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Desktop Earth V2.0 - wallpaper just got better

A new version of Desktop Earth (generates very high-resolution wallpapers based on NASA's Blue Marble Next imagery). Now spanning multiple monitors, including recent cloud formations and different night images (all this and now much smaller to download)

...crator searching NOT included...pretty sweet

-Nic

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Amateur observer discovers two impact craters using Google Earth

Believe it or not, Emilio Gonzalez, a Spaniard amateur began his crater search at home after reading an article about the discovery of Kebira, the biggest one found in the Sahara. After a couple of minutes he located two craters. After checking the records, he realized these were completely new, and now two geologist confirms his findings.

Nevermind finding your house on Google's Earth...now you can help scientist find new discoveries on our planet...downside, millions of dorks living in their mom's basement at 4am sending links to 'crators' that science has known about for years. Gee how much fun, wish I had that kind of free time.

-Nic

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Cingular, T-Mobile stop Razr cell phone sales

Companies say a glitch in Motorola's wildly popular phone causes dropped calls or shut down; Motorola stock tumbles over 2 percent.

Finally a company stops the sales of a crap product. Sure the phone is hella thin...but it's a piece of crap. I've seen several first hand problems with the new Razor. Bluetooth headset being constantly communicated with while not being used causing the headset batteries to drain...firmware upgrades that cause the headset to drop it's signal to the phone WHILE talking to someone...all of these problems yet many providers continue to supply customers with a problamatic phone. Welcome to CrzyLand where money talks and cutomer satisfaction is a minimal concern

-Nic

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Circuit City rebate practices are intentionally deceptive

This is the story of my rebate hassles with Circuit City... If you've had problems with rebates, you might find this story interesting!

Well it would seem that Circuit City is finding a way to take advantage of their "bread-n-butter' customers. To lure people into buying a products online, and having links to fill out a rebate form online, and then rejecting the rebate because it was purchased online is simply Crzy! Possibly a name change in the futre.....Crzy City?

-Nic

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Porn site loses 17 million names, emails and IPs of its users

Seventeen million customers of the online payment service iBill have had their personal information released onto the internet, where it's been bought and sold in a black market.

hahaha...sucks to be them...this IS CrzyLand...and if you think I'm wrong wait till they start getting spamed, and the credit cards get maxed out...let the good times rool

-Nic

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Why Data Mining Won't Stop Terror

This article is an important read...people don't understand what's going on. The government is over-stepping it's own guidelines, and it's doing it in the name of "defense." I can't say that I don't agree with them, and I feel their intentions are in the right place, it's just an overwhelming, and pointless endeavor. The funds being spent on this would be better spent on gear and supplies for enforcement agencies...possibly allowing them to be better prepared for impending future terrorist attacks...this is why we're all living in CrzyLand

-Nic

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Pacman LED rims for Bicycles

Using LEDs and a "persistence of vision" technique, ladyada has created an animated Pac-Man scene on the spokes of his bicycle. (Using the LED sign illusion technology; Pacman going for a ghost is displayed on a bicycle's wheels)







Whatever happened to a baseball card being the ultimate feature to add to your wheels? Now Pacman....what's next...episodes of Friends?!!.....Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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Homeland Security HQ called unsafe

Former guards at the Washingtin Department of Homeland Security Headquarters call the compound unsafe.

'Guards said they watched in amazement as superiors carried' an envelope of 'white powder' past offices, and procedded outside to empty the contents without evacuating the building.

I think that we can all say that we wouldn't want a person accused to dog abuse to watch your pet...so why would you let an organization that handles 'possible threats' by just shaking them out in the breeze as if they're just shaking out the welcome mat at their own front door...Welcome to CrzyLand

-Nic

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50-Year-Old Mother Studies Karate to Protect 22-Year-Old Son From Bullies

She came out to find her son being beaten by a muscular guy. Other boys and girls were standing nearby and laughing...

ummm...plain and simple version...what a pussy!...Welcome to CrzyLand...now with Ninja Mom's

-Nic

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