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05/20/10
The weekend is barbecuing early.
SALE-ING
50% Off Vintage Watches
Summer Fridays, Daylight Saving Time... this season has a way of rearranging your schedule. And we're not
saying a new watch will help you adapt, but it couldn't hurt. At Watchismo's online sale, you'll find a
bunch of old-school timepieces from the likes of Timex and Hamilton. (We've got our eye on this crazy piece.) Though, we suppose,
truly embracing summer might mean ditching the watch altogether.
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- Watch out here
ICEMAN COMETH
Introducing the Mini Ice Ball Maker
Another key staple of summer: the backyard BBQ. And a staple of those BBQs: ice-cold drinks. And in those
drinks, another staple: ice. Which, as you know, should not be trusted to amateurs. This ice ball
maker—from Japan, naturally—is like the kind you've seen at your favorite cocktail haunts, except, you
know, smaller. But feel free to enjoy in the same large drinks.
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- Say freeze here
CHALK IT UP
The Chalkboard Globe
You've long been planning your route to world dominance, but perhaps it's best to start small: by recreating
the globe in your own image. Take chalk to it, and the United States of Youmerica will finally make its
rightful claim to sovereignty. Plus: you can finally reclaim Canada for the good guys.
IDLE HANDS
The Sound of Two Hands Tapping
We're not going to say how or why—you have your reasons—but every once in a while, it would be a good
thing to persuade those around you that you are, in fact, humbly typing your way through the workday. Even
if you are, in fact, not. Which is where this site comes in: it produces keyboard clicking sounds so no one
knows that you are, in fact, executing an art heist in Paris. Hypothetically speaking.
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- Key it up here
SCALP HUNTING
When to Resell Your Tickets
You buy tickets to a big game for one reason: to resell them at a profit. This site turns that into a
science: basically, it uses an algorithm, based on who the team is playing, what tickets are going for on
StubHub and the historic value of the same matchup (Sox-Yankees games, for example), to find the optimum
time to sell your ticket for the ultimate value. We'll just say this: July 6.
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- Get swapping here
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