"construction workers installed a Subway sandwich shop atop a crane"

"Builders hope the high-rise hoagie store will help hardhats work more efficiently by allowing them to purchase $5 footlongs without descending from the skyscraper"

Maleficent’s Castle

Maleficent's Castle ("Forbidden Fortress"), sculpted by Larry Nikolai and available April 2010.

Lump of coal gift box

Go here to see how to turn a gift box into a lump of coal.

Bioshock papercraft

Subject Delta, Big Sister, Little Sister, Toasty, and Baby Jane paper toys by Bryan Green can be downloaded here.

10-dimensional paperweight

Calabi-Yau Manifold Crystal on sale here.

The Force Unleashed 2

Ankonian Lamborghini

Ankonian Lamborghini concept car designed by Slavcho Tanevsky and available as desktop wallpapers here.

Demon Lamp

Demon Lamp designed by Jamie Hewlett on sale here.

Strong truck photograph

A picture of an F-150 holds bricks overhead.

"MIT wins $40,000 prize in nationwide balloon-hunt contest"

CNN:

A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology won $40,000 in a high-tech scavenger hunt on Saturday by discovering the location of 10 red weather balloons.

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This contest was designed to test the way social networking and lesser-known Web-based techniques can help accomplish a large-scale, time-critical task.

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"We're giving $2,000 per balloon to the first person to send us the correct coordinates, but that's not all -- we're also giving $1,000 to the person who invited them. Then we're giving $500 whoever invited the inviter, and $250 to whoever invited them, and so on..." it said.

Blue Shell Christmas tree topper

Mario Kart Blue Shell Christmas tree ornament by Jaime Margary.

The Burton uniform for the U.S. Olympic Snowboarding Team

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Thomas Allen

By Thomas Allen for this article in United's inflight magazine.

Marble Demon Mask

Cold cast marble Carnivean mask by Jason Soles on sale for $200 at Etsy.

*Previously: Lego mask.

*Buy M.A.S.K. at eBay.

Star Wars nose art

Slave Leia by Dean Reeves.

"Galileo's missing fingers found in jar"

CNN:

They were purchased recently at an auction by a person who brought them to the Museum of the History of Science in Florence, suspecting what they were

Cave of Wonders sculpture

The Cave of Wonders from Aladdin sculpture by Jacqueline Perreault Gonzales, spotted amongst these Disney sculptures.

iPhoto spots faces in places

Goenetix experimented with iPhoto's face recognition software and found that it spotted more faces than expected.

Neve Luxury Ice

Neve Luxury Ice:

We only use the purest water possible. We believe that the water one consumes should be of the highest quality and so should their ice. Our cubes are frozen a minimum of 48 hours to ensure the slowest dilution rate achievable. Our elegant cube designs fit perfectly into tall and short glasses. Their size and solidity lead to perfectly chilled, undiluted drinks or cocktails. Not only do our cubes melt slowly, they taste great and look beautiful. Again, attention to detail and quality are not new concepts - they've just been forgotten as of late. We prefer to remember and celebrate them.

Here are a few of the options:

Collins/Hi-Ball Ice This long "spear" is perfect for tall glasses, slowly lowering the temperature of your drink without affecting any carbonation in it.

Rocks/Old-Fashioned Ice Crafted for shorter and wider glasses, this huge "rock" of ice accommodates drinks that call for "straight" spirit, or the addition of citrus, while maintaining the proper "washline" (the "line" which the liquid creates before the lip of your glass).

Shaking Ice Ideal for the professional bartender, this product has been measured accurately so as to cool your cocktails in a shaker, without too much dilution. Its design ensures that it will not explode or crack during the shaking of a cocktail.

Anti-landmine ketchup packet

Ketchup packets by Publicis Mojo simulate bloody wounds to protest landmines.

Dracula Has Risen From The Grave

Plush bulldog

Tiny plush bulldog by Sian Keegan.

New Playboy mascot

Scott Hansen rebranded Playboy for a class project. He has various prints and t-shirts on sale here.

Method says Scrubbing Bubbles like to watch