Day: December 24, 2012

As reported on Businessinsider.com by Laura Stampler Yandy We just got accustomed to the bizarrely unnecessary, yet incredibly profitable, sexy Halloween costume market — shilling everything from sexy Oscar the Grouch to barely there Chewbacca. Christmas is revealing costume vendors’ latest victim.  Sexy Santa, elf, and even gingerbread house costumes are on the rise. “Last year, we ran out of Santa costumes, and I had more than 200 for sale, and 85 for rent, and we rent each…

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As reported on Businessinsider.com by Brett LoGiurato Jamie Germano/@jgermano1 Police in Webster, N.Y., said this morning that two firefighters were shot and killed while responding to a fire in the upstate New York town, victims of an apparent “trap” set by a shooter who is believed to be dead at the scene.  Two other firefighters have been injured and are in “guarded” condition at nearby Strong Memorial Hospital, according to CNN. “It does appear it was a…

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As reported on Businessinsider.com by Henry Blodget In the days following the massacre of 27 adults and children at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, there have been many reports of skyrocketing gun sales. This is said to be typical. Whenever there is a highly publicized mass shooting, Americans apparently rush to gun stores. The theory is that they do this for two reasons: First, they want to buy guns to protect themselves from all the…

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As reported in LifeHacker. by Alan Henry Whether photo filter apps are fun ways to share your mobile photos with friends or you use them to add a touch of personality and custom flair to your snapshots, one thing is for sure: iTunes and Google Play are both full of them. Some of them offer heavy editing tools, others have great social aspects to back them up. We asked you which ones you thought were the…

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As reported on Wired. BY MICHAEL CALORE Longtime readers will be familiar with Wired/Tired/Expired, our snarky cultural scorecard that began appearing in the magazine way back at the dawn of Wired. (Actually, it started as Wired/Tired, and Expired was added in 2002.) Not content to let a good idea sit on the shelf, we’ve asked product reviews editor Michael Calore, the office’s most opinionated loudmouth, to weigh in on the topics most deserving of this year’s honors.…

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As reported on Wired. BY JOSEPH FLAHERTY The “Happy Beaver” is a vinyl toy designed by Jeff Pidgeon – a story artist at Pixar who worked on theToy Story series. The toy started out as a sketch in Jeff Pidgeon’s notebook. Going from 2-D to 3-D can be challenging. Pidgeon started with clay, but eventually modeled the character in 3-D. One of the key benefits of 3-D printing is rapid prototyping. Pidgeon was able to evaluate models…

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