July 3, 2008
US Consumer Product Safety Commission - Recent recalls and product safety news
The lid supports on the toy chests fail to prevent the lid from closing too quickly, posing an entrapment and strangulation hazard to young children.
July 3, 2008
Businesspundit: Main Page - Your Daily Dose of Competitive Advantage and Entrepreneurship / Drea
Fourth of July is the ultimate all-American holiday. Part of what makes it so American is the associated schwag. I can’t think of a single 4th I’ve celebrated without beer and BBQs, flags and fireworks, corn on the cob, and hot dogs.
July 3, 2008
xbox360 / Chris Cornwell
If you thought that you'd seen the last of non-gaming Halo merchandise for a while, think again. The Halo juggernaut continues with the release of the Halo board game, due to arrive this September. You'll control armies of characters and will apparently be able to follow the Halo storyline, or head-to-head in Slayer and Capture the flag modes.
July 3, 2008
Boing Boing Gadgets / John Brownlee
At just 4.5 inches long, the Liliputian-sized MX1 chopper is the world's smallest remote controlled R/C helicopter. I imagine a hiveswarm of dragonfly-like whirlybirds to harass and confuse my enemies, or the moment — months from now — when I write a post about some daring modder who manages to hook up a tiny streaming video cam to the nose cone and fly it up Scarlett Johansson's Oscar dress.
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July 3, 2008
James Gosling's annual pick of extreme innovation in Java technology takes place at the 8:30 a.m. technical session at the 2008 JavaOne Conference. Mars surface maps, talking pens, massive super-colliders -- read all about it.
July 3, 2008
Gamespot Recent Updates [News]
Spawn producer unveils line of World at War action figures set to storm shelves this November.
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July 4, 2008
The Sherman Foundation / Thomas Sherman (noreply@blogger.com)
July 4, 2008
CFO: Chief Family Officer / Chief Family Officer (noreply@blogger.com)
July 4, 2008
CRAFT Magazine / Jenny Ryan
Softies Central points us to this soft crocheted chess set by Etsy seller CozyColeman. She's offering the pattern as well as the actual crocheted set itself.
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July 4, 2008
Stuff On My Cat: Stuff + Cats = Awesome
Cat: Toupee
July 4, 2008
CrunchGear / Teresa von Fuchs
At Germany’s new grocery story of the future (already in use by residents of the present) shoppers can use mobile phones to check out while they shop. The store has created free software for your phone that allows you to use your camera to capture barcodes as you shop.
July 3, 2008
GamersCircle / andy
After teasing the images and announcement across the web earlier this morning, McFarlane Toys is finally sharing details of its latest licensed toy lineup: Call of Duty: World at War. Scheduled to be released this fall - alongside Treyarch’s latest take on the venerable franchise and McFarlane’s other Activision-enabled lineup, the Guitar Hero figurines - [.
July 3, 2008
Daddy Types / greg
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July 3, 2008
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One of the new toys Olivia picked out for Swoozie....