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  • Face The Tape

    Well, this is fun. The boxes covered with faces above were made out of this:

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    Posted May 08 2009, 10:27 AM by Alex Zalben with | with no comments
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  • Send an Envelope, Get Free Stickers

    California-based company Sticker Robot has just embarked on an SASE Shindig, which works like this:

    1. Decorate an envelope
    2. Send it in, with your SASE inside
    3. Receive a package of free, silkscreened vinyl stickers (pictured above)

    It's that easy! More info -- plus a few amazing envelopes they've received -- after the jump:

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  • Go Ahead, Be a Bad Boy

    Need a little pick-me-up? Tired of sitting shirtless in front of the computer, reading about other people having fun? You're in luck! The Bad Boy kit has everything you need to get the party started:

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  • Quick Tip of the Day: Be Ready for the Martian Invasion

    I've got four words for you: War of the Worlds. It could happen, and where would you be without your own personal ray gun?

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    Posted Mar 06 2009, 09:03 AM by Laureen Mahler with | with 1 comment(s)
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  • You See UV Graffiti

     

    I should've gotten into graffiti when I was 13. I'd be able to practice, get caught by the cops without any serious charges, and learn the best ways to sneak around and "tag shit up".

    It seems a little late to start getting into it at 23. I'd be nothing more than a graffiti artist poser.

    . . .But if I wanted a temporary thrill without going to jail, this may do:

     

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  • You Got to Know When to Fold 'Em

     

    If you're a loyal reader of MM, then you know I've recently moved to New York from Chicago and you also know that I had my things sent to me from storage in the last month or so. Among the things I was really happy to see after five months apart was my trusty bike. Man, I love my bike. I just bought it about a  year ago, but I put some serious miles on that thing before I moved. In Chicago it's so easy to get around on a bike — from April to November, that is — so I rode my bike everywhere. Not only was it economical, but it was awesome exercise and it lifted my 30-year-old butt about 3 inches higher.

    So, you might expect that I was really looking forward to getting back on my bike now that the weather is nice in New York. I knew it wouldn't be the same as riding around in Chicago, but I'm just a few blocks from Central Park and a few blocks from the river, so I was excited about the biking I'd do there. But then the awful happened: I realized that my stairs are too steep and my bike is too heavy and big to carry from my apartment down to the street. Without any storage at all or any safe place to lock it up, there's really no practical way I can ride my bike. After my day of heartbreak, I've started thinking of other options: I could just ride my bike 24-hours a day and never carry back up the stairs, I could pay 30 bucks a day to store it in a garage 2 miles away, or I could look for a folding bike. The latter seems the most practical solution, so I've started my search. So far, the Dahon Espresso is my favorite. Looking at it in the photo above, you'd never guess it could fold up like this:

     

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    Posted Apr 18 2008, 03:30 PM by Wendy Atterberry with | with 1 comment(s)
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Alex Zalben is a writer living in New York City. He's written for McSweeney's, Modern Humorist and PulpSecret.com. As one-fifth of the sketch comedy group Elephant Larry, he has been written up in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and pretty much every other major publication. Their blog was named one of PC Magazine's Top Blogs for 2007, and they recently won an ECNY Award for their viral short, "Minesweeper: The Movie." Alex did not know love until he bought his first Mac.

Steph Auteri is a freelance writer and proofreader who has been published in Publishers Weekly, New York Press, Playgirl, and other bastions of fine writing. She maintains a professional site https://www.stephiswrite.com, and also blogs about freelancing over at Freelancedom. You can keep up on her day-to-day by visiting her Twitter page.

Diana Vilibert is a freelance writer, among other things. Born in Lithuania, she now lives in New Jersey, where she doesn't have to walk to work ten miles in the snow, barefoot, uphill both ways. Diana cannot afford most of the products she writes about because she buys too many pairs of heels to make up for her shoeless childhood. She's written for MarieClaire.com, Janemag.com, and CosmoGIRL!.

Shaun Seneviratne is a dude just like anyone else. Just your average guy that raps Bone Thugs-n-Harmony to strangers on the subway at 4 a.m., doesn't chew his food because he believes it's a waste of time, and sleeps next to a scale replica of the Ghostbusters headquarters. He can rest easy knowing Egon, Peter, Ray, and Winston have his back. He currently lives in northern New Jersey, plays bass in Rapid Cities, and recently started a tumblr.

Laureen Mahler is a writer and editor who lives in California, where the sun never sets and everyone rollerskates to work. She coedits Beeswax Magazine and spends the remainder of her time as a freelance writer and letterpresser. She truly believes that someday she will master the ultimate multitask of blogging while letterpressing, though that might mean that she'll need a second pair of arms.

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