Not what it seems

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Hola,

I know what you're thinking: "What if I attached a faucet to a watermelon and filled it with spiked watermelon juice so party guests could serve themselves right from the melon?" Well, this guy finally turned that dream into a reality. Last year's model seems well worth recycling.

Summer's here and it's drunken watermelon on tap
http://blog.evite.com/evite/2007/09/end-of-summer-b.html


Drag and Drop World
Called "amazing" and "thought provoking" by the wisdom of the crowd, I guess sometimes you're just better off staying at home. Now what does this have to do with a phone...???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CdYKaA6XXA



Shields up
How could I not include something called "Star Trek flatulence", just on spec...???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcwOuaJ_fSw



QuOteD
"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." -- George Bernard Shaw


Edible dot what?
Whereya gonna go when you've got a craving for worm crisps, lizard wine, a Tequilalix Lollipop, Scorpion Vodka, or (of course) Weasel Coffee...?
http://edible.com/



Star Wars Rube Goldberg Machine
Who says our high schoolers aren't learning anything?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rspYOxcnaTk



A little gamey: Burn the rope
http://www.mazapan.se/games/BurnTheRope.php



Slow art
This dude makes snails into moving street art. No salt added.
http://www.innercitysnail.blogspot.com/



Mostly cloudy
Here's a webtoy for generating "word clouds" from text that you provide, and you can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes, and then print them or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends (if you're that kind of person).
http://wordle.net/



Famous last words
"The saying 'Getting there is half the fun' became obsolete with the advent of commercial airlines." -- Henry J. Tillman

Enjoy,
vW