This adorable little puppy, who supplies us with endless comparisons to Lil’ Brudder from Homestar Runner, was born, alas, with no front legs.

Named Hope, this little Maltese puppy gets around using model airplane wheels as front leg and her hind legs to run around. She was taken in by a Maltese Rescue in Chattanooga, TN when she was only six weeks old.

It’s comforting that, in a world full of crazy people designing robots made for enslaving humanity, like robotic underwater sea snakes and bots with jaws that can crush anything, people are still making simple devices like these. Cuz seriously, the Big Dog Robot scares the living hell out of us. That’s one bionic puppy we want nothing to do with.

Daily Mail via Cute Overload

In a more perfect world, I would only imagine that the majority of people would have the vision, genius, and initiative that Jared Nielsen had when he sunk $2000 into remodeling his own cubicle.  The majority of the cost went into the chair and the LCD monitor, and rightly so.

Jared expresses the reasoning behind it much better than I ever would, so take a look:

“There is nothing more emblematic of capitalism than the modern IT department yet there is nothing more socialistic than a cubicle farm.  This dichotomy is exposed to its greatest extreme with my new project:  The Red Mahogany Luxury Paneled Cubicle with Dark Cherry Hardwood Floors. ”

Cubicle on NielsenData.com 

I didn’t have time to craft a wittier title, so this is what I call my (hopefully) faithful weekly Monday Magic column.

Today we present you with Bacon Floss in all its meaty glory. It’s available through the venerable Archie McPhee online store (and I suspect the catalog as well) for only $4.95. Admit it, everything tastes better with infused Bacon flavor. With Bacon Chocolate, Bacon Lollipops, Bacon Vodka, and a ton of other Bacon-themed items popping up recently I started wondering “what WILL they think of next?” (Edit: McPhee also has Bacon Mints and Bacon Flavored Toothpicks.)

Here’s a short list of ideas:

1. Bacon Ice Cream
2. Bacon Cologne
3. Bacon Air freshener
4. Bacon Soda
5. Bacon Cereal

Bacon Floss Via Uncrate

So the ever talented Brickmodder built in some LEDs to a custom built and painted Iron Man Lego figure.

The results are really quite awesome. Another shot of Iron Man dodging a missile after the jump.

Iron Man Lego via Brothers Brick

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It’s a candle and an alibi all in one! You don’t smell like a stripper, you just smell like a candle.

This is our favorite candle. After hundreds of hours of research and a lot of dollar bills we succeeded in capturing the legendary stripper scent. If you don’t know what a stripper smells like just imagine the perfume counter at your local department store times a thousand… then add some glitter. This is a perfect gift for your favorite bachelor, groomsmen, or retired stripper who misses her pole.

A retired stripper who misses her pole? Really?

Check out the product site for this brilliant new innovation.

Hotwicks via Geekology

Don’t you hate it when you have a piece of important paperwork on your bulletin board, but there is no way you can accurately express your loathing for it, short of crumpling it up and throwing it at your neighbor? Because hey, you need that damn TPS report. You can’t just chuck it anywhere.

Thanks to Chromoly, perhaps, one day, you’ll be able to take your anger out on your paperwork without completely destroying it.

Alas, the ends are not sharp like a ninja star, and are instead, thin pieces of metal like traditional tacks. These are currently prototypes, but here’s hoping they go into production in the near future. Cause those things are awesome.

Bulletin Board Ninja Stars @ Chromoly

Cosplay and Anime go hand in hand – and when those hands belong to a couple of fine female cosplayers, geeks everywhere rejoice.  Introducing Slobsofgaming‘s tribute to these geek-goddesses that someone should make a calendar out of.  Also, Eric, I took care of getting Samus’ contact info – I sent her an email on the Geekadelphia account pretending I was you.

Also, if any of these women happen to read this blog, you should come to Wizard World Philadelphia next weekend.  Ok, I’ll stop being creepy now.

For more images (do yourself a favor, guys) click through for the full article!

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There are a lot of terms you hear thrown around the office. Logging on, boss, getting fired… I know I’ve heard that third phrase several times in the past week, after I threw a stapler at my neighbor. She’s okay. Don’t worry.

Ever wonder where all these phrases came from originally? Check out the origins of the term cubicle.

Cubicle: Dating back to the 1400′s, this word stemmed from the Latin cubiculum, meaning “sleeping area” (completely apropos). It became obsolete after the 16th century, but it was revived in the 19th century as a word for “dormitory sleeping compartments.” Its use as any partitioned space didn’t surface until the 1920s.

Amazing! And to think, to this day, it still means ‘sleeping area’ for so many of us.

Check out some more origins over on Neatorama’s blog.

The Origins of Office Talk @ Neatorama

I love that damn owl.

Neatorama, one of my favorite blogs, recently opened a store packed full of hysterical t-shirts. Not only do they have their original Neatorama designs, but they’re featuring an artist, Mike Jacobson, who has some wonderfully funny comics appearing on some sweet threads.

Consider that O RLY t-shirt purchased.

Speaking of stores, ours is about ready to open. It should launch when our sweet new layout goes up.

Neatorama Online Store
http://shop.neatorama.com

Sometimes you just have to.

It’s a simple website, just that splash image, but check out Vote-Adama.com.

Tim and I are thinking of doing some crazy street art and taping these signs all over Center City. I suppose it won’t be street art as much as it is humorous vandalism… but whatever.

Vote-Adama.com

So Bill Barmanti out in Illinois had his coffin made especially for him, custom designed to look just like a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon. He’s not on his death bed or anything, so right now he’s using the coffin as a cooler.

Regulars at Bob & Barbara’s plan to copy the coffin, served up with a sized-to-scale shot of Jim Bean, to be used as a pillow inside. (Note: this statement may or may not be true).

llinois Man Designs Beer Can Coffin @ USA Today

Just look at these sweet little guys!

Photographer Trieste Visier has a whole collection of these adorable photos on her Flickr, including shots of these little budgies in the bathtub, playing piano, playing Connect Four, and way more. Such talent for macro photography. I’m blown away.

Take a look for yourself. The pictures are sure to make you smile.

Posed Parakeets @ Trieste Visier’s Flickr