The only known edition of the world’s first telephone directory - the first phone book - is up for auction, reports Discovery News:

Ditch Your Ex-es Drek Blek And More!

 
A website has been set up which allows ex-girlfriends and wives to sell unwanted gifts from former lovers. What a great way to release angst and score some cash!

 
A Japanese man puzzled by food mysteriously disappearing from his refrigerator got a shock when he found out a woman had been living in his home for months without permission, police said Friday.
 

Only a real sucker would wear these suckers
I enjoy jewelry as much as the next lady, but I am not too sure I want to wear octopus either in my ears or on any part of my body.
 

Rick Rivera, left, and Nathan Lichon spot the sneaky little cameras in an electronic billboard in Manhattan
In advertising these days, the brass ring goes to those who can measure everything — how many people see a particular advertisement, when they see it, who they are. All of that is easy on the Internet, […]

Probably will never make it to the market place, but fun to look at
Here is a totally geeky workstation to make your working hours fun besides making your friends and colleagues crazy with envy!
 

 
 German spys were feeling pretty safe at their Deutsche Telekom home until this happened
The allegations against German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom just keep on coming. German news service, Spiegel, has information that Telekom tracked journalists’ movements using mobile phone data. And the company may have hired ex-Stasi spies to help.

Even seven weeks later, Howard was cleaning mud out of orifices he never knew he had
Pay attention! These photos are the ones that will fill that giant void in your life. As we always say, “don’t avoid the void”. Sound advice if you ask me.
 

Is it real or virtual? Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain
Gartner defines a disruptive technology as one that causes major change in ‘the accepted way of doing things’, including business models, processes, revenue streams, industry dynamics and consumer behavior. Complete list after the jump.

 
Hey buddy, can you give me a hand?  No, not that one!
Here is a novelty item to keep in your toolbox. Just pinch those little nuts between your cheek and gum… (Pic)

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 Look for an upcoming horror movie to involve one of these
Here is the a Plustech Oy / John Deere hexapod logging machine prototype. While it may look like some kind of alien life form, it’s actually a prototype vehicle for moving felled trees.

Weeding through the BS. For some, the online dating world is an addiction
When Jane Coloccia set out to find her soul mate online she had no idea that eight years and 200 dates later she would end up an expert on the topic, writing a book and setting up a course to teach the pitfalls […]