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What better way to celebrate the historic election of President Obama than by commemorating the occasion with the purchase of you’re very own Chia Obama! That’s right kids, forget the classic Chia Pet, now you can afro out the President of the United States with sprouting greens! Order yours today.

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10 Awe-Inspiring, Sustainable Designs for a Living World: Showing Now at Cooper Hewitt (Slideshow) | treehugger

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Young Architects Program 2009 Winner and Exhibit | P.S. 1

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Recently Opened Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in Photographs | Arch Daily

This is a quick little commercial for Porsche that does a great job of linking the brands heritage to it’s current models. It also manages to evoke the one true characteristic of Porsche that has always made it stand out of the crowd, the cars “soul”. Ok, sure they actually say that, but it would work even if they didn’t.

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When I say the power of KATSU I am not talking about the appetite satisfying ability of some quality Japanese fried chicken, but rather that of NYC graff writer KATSU. If you live in NYC you are no doubt familiar with the giant fire extinguisher tags and incessant bombing of the man known as KATSU. KATSU’s signature is his creepy little skull, created from a single line. In this video you can watch the infamous skull drawn on a grain of rice, all the way up to a 120 foot monster tag! All I can say is one word…WOW!

Via | Chunnel TV

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I am usually the first one to praise Amazon for their both their business model and how they recommend useful products to me on the site. You know how it works, buy an item and Amazon will tell you the items that other people who previously purchased that item also picked up. This has gotten me to buy a few extra items more than once. However, while having some fun with Amazon, I noticed that they sold caskets, this seemed odd by itself, but I thought to myself “what doesn’t Amazon sell?” and moved on. That was until I took a gander at the items others who bought this casket had purchased. There I noticed the #1 most frequently purchased item, by casket shoppers, was a shovel! Yes, a shovel. Oh, and not just any shovel, but one with the pun-tastic name that included the term “true temper”. Perhaps Amazon should consider turning the buyers of caskets and shovels over to the proper authorities? Nah, forget it. With the sale price of $386.62 for the casket and $19.99 for such a quality shovel, who wouldn’t pick these up. I bought two of each myself. Hmm, now what to do with them?

Via | Amazon

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Proving once again that there are no new ideas, the “Notificator” was a machine from 1930’s London, that essentially accomplished what the Twitter of today does.

To aid persons who wish to make or cancel appointments or inform friends of their whereabouts, a robot message carrier has been introduced in London, England.

Known as the “notificator,” the new machine is installed in streets, stores, railroad stations or other public places where individuals may leave messages for friends.

The user walks up on a small platform in front of the machine, writes a brief message on a continuous strip of paper and drops a coin in the slot. The inscription moves up behind a glass panel where it remains in public view for at least two hours so that the person for whom it is intended may have sufficient time to observe the note at the appointed place. The machine is similar in appearance to a candy-vending device.

Besides Grandpa, you know who else has Twitter? Yep, we do. Check it out!

Via | Boing Boing