Quark XPress remains the industry leader page-layout ap (despite attempts by Adobe to shove InDesign down everyone’s throat). A free public beta is available - and will remain functional until March 31st. Go get your design on! (Both for Mac OS X and Windows)
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Ryan Gardner on October 21st, 2005

I know all of you out there have been dieing for a bullet-proof jacket that is both trendy and protective. Nobody wants to go out in public and look like you are a member of a SWAT team - yet you still want some serious bullet-stopping power in case you get into the rough part [...]

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Ryan Gardner on October 10th, 2005

I don’t know why anyone would want to sell this - but the guy must have come up on some hard times to want to sell his “one of a kind” Alien Spacecraft Detector.
What is he going to do now when aliens are within 8-10 miles of his house and he has no way [...]

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Ryan Gardner on October 8th, 2005

Have you always wanted to own your very own Abu Ghraib playset? There is one up on eBay now. It comes complete with a Barbie dressed in camouflage, and a naked prisoner. There are some nice details thrown in - like Betty’s cigarette, or the string attached to the neck of the prisoner.
It’s a [...]

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Ryan Gardner on October 7th, 2005

From the Auction:
Some strange goings on over in the carrot patch!
Mr.Carrot was found streaking in Flushing Michigan!!
I caught him and he is now in my freezer.

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Ryan Gardner on October 6th, 2005

What do you get the high-school biology teacher who has everything? Why, a two-headed pig. But where do you find a two-headed pig this time of year? Well, if you are willing to go with the preserved variety, there is one up on eBay right now.
[Via Way Out Auctions]

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Ryan Gardner on October 5th, 2005

The dog wearing the guitar is worth the price of admission on this one:
My dog (Spirit) wants to learn to play the guitar!
He wants to make a demo of the song he wrote “The Dog House Blues.”
But first he needs to brush up on his cords!
I told him he was doggone crazy!
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Ryan Gardner on September 30th, 2005

Check out this post on TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog) - the have an article linking to a site in Germany that has a cool desktop image of a smashed screen.
Good idea: Putting it on the screen fullscreen and then pretending to drop the computer. Give back to friend.
Bad idea: Actually dropping the computer [...]

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Ryan Gardner on September 14th, 2005

Today my heart skipped a beat when I was talking with some other physics majors about our courses. One of them asked me if I had taken 441/442 yet - and I told him that I was taking one winter and one spring… He replied “They don’t offer them then.” Woops!
It turns out that I [...]

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