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Walmart vs. Target - Grocery Price Comparison - My latest endeavor was to compare grocery prices at two shopping meccas, Walmart and Target.

Scalping Stamps - If you live near Sacramento, California, and you wait until the very last moment to mail your taxes, you are in for a special trip to the main Post Office in West Sacramento.

What Does Amazon Sell? - Fun Fact- There was once a time when Amazon.com only sold books

Redbox: The Unbreakable Vending Machine - Yesterday I realized something incredible – Redboxes never break.

Space Shuttle Discovery on ebay - Fully restored interior featuring six 80 watt stereo amplifiers and more than 61 speakers total.

Fake Interview at Bankers Life Insurance - About a day after I applied for a job on Careerbuilder.com, I got a call from Henry, a recruiter at Bankers Life and Casualty Company. He told me that he had come across my resume and wondered if I was interested in a career opportunity.

TV Shows out of their Time - Enjoy this chart of all the shows which are set in a time different than the one they were made.

95 Photos Added to the Photographic Height/Weight Chart - Almost a hundred new figures in the height/weight chart

The New Starbucks Cup Holds an Entire Bottle of Wine - It's not the largest cup in America, but the new Starbucks Trente is big. Thirty-one ounces.

Does the SunChips Bag Really Break Down in a Compost Pile? - Ad auction on ebay

Fast Food Menus with Calories Included - Restaurants in California have begun to post calorie counts for all of their foods and drinks, including fast food restaurants such as McDonalds and KFC

Does Safeway Self-Checkout offer a Coinstar Workaround? - I'm a little jealous of the Coinstar business model. They have machines that take cash money and give back 91% of it.

Cockeyed.com Frontpage Redesign - I redesigned the front page of Cockeyed.com. Come take a look. Kindly send a note if you spot any cross-browser glitches!

Jewelry Sale in the Uncanny Valley - Just when you thought that you couldn't afford sexy curbside sign spinners, someone invented a robotic one.

Easy, Illustrated Instructions on How to Remove a Toilet Ring - Pumice sticks are chunks of volcanic stone that are used as abrasives for feet and bathroom fixtures

The Remarkable Array of Cordless Power Tools - Right around the time that I got out of high school, Makita cordless drills were taking over the world of drills.

The Meaning of Car Company Symbols - Six years ago, I saw a secret memo detailing the meaning of the trademarked symbol for a luxury car manufacturer. It was a pie chart, detailing a segment of the consumer market they were striving to exploit.

Winning Tony Gonzalez's Costume Contest - Unbeknownst to me, Atlanta Falcons Tight End Tony Gonzalez introduced a costume contest the day after Halloween.

Betting $1,000 on a Slot Machine - I never thought I'd find myself in a casino, shoveling hundreds of dollars into a slot machine.

I Won! Contest Roundup of Paparazzi Costume 2 - Wading into the crowd, I hit as many people as possible with a flood of flashes. The VIP section got an eyeful.

Finished the Paparazzi Costume 2 - After I sprayed a heap of expanding foam into the mold, I carefully cleaned the foam nozzle with q-tips, trying to keep it clear so that the can wouldn't be sealed shut the next time I used it.

Page 4, 5 and 6 of Paparazzi Costume 2 - I thought I would just cut the tops off of 2-liter bottles for the flash parabolic reflectors but the were pretty floppy because the plastic is so thin.

Guest build log: Greg's Whiplash Costume. - I knew the most difficult and important parts of the costume would be the whips and arc reactor.

Visual Aid for the Deep Mine Rescue in Chile - I was having trouble visualizing the depth of the escape shaft in Chile, so I created this long web page. Just scroll down to experience the depth of the mine at a scale of 1 pixel per inch (39 pixels per meter).

We Buy Any House Prank - In Sacramento, the problem is even worse. All sorts of variations have arrived, such as this "We buy birdhouses" sign.

Page 2 of Paparazzi Costume 2 - Low cost and low weight are two of my goals, but I hate building a costume which has a chance of breaking unexpectedly.

Incredibly Depressing Mega Millions Lottery Simulator! - It is really hard to win the Mega Millions lottery. So hard that it can be difficult to comprehend what long odds confront its players.

How Much is Inside a Bottle of Wine? - A lot of planning and testing is required to throw the perfect wedding reception, and one of the first tests is to figure out how many glasses of wine you get from one bottle.

The Quest for a Solid Ice Beer Tray - When I was a kid, my parents had a large chest freezer in the garage. I have fond memories of freezing balloons full of water into ice bowling balls.

Standing in Line Five Times for the Movies - Have you ever bought those packs of discount movie tickets at Costco? They are a way to get movie tickets at $7.75 instead of $10 each.

Failing the Smog Check with my Hyundai Elantra - One of the things that will cause your car to fail is if the "Check Engine" light is on. I don't know why that's against the rules. In my experience that light is pretty safe to ignore, but the state of California treats it seriously.

Things I Figured Out, Part 3 - At the risk of sounding like an idiot, I've decided to post some little things I figured out over the years.

When No One Comes to the Party - I've thrown a few parties, and I've attended almost as many. Along the way, I've learned a few things.

Cockeyed.com Advertising Space - Height Weight Chart with Photos - This auction is for a small text ad on the Photographic height/weight chart of Cockeyed.com

A Song Stopped the Aa - A Short Story Using All the Valid Two-Letter Words in Words With Friends - I loved when Em would meditate while baking, chanting om while a za or pi was in the oven. Mm!

How Fences Break - When they lean over, one way to react is to prop them up with a buttress.

Easy, Illustrated Instructions on How to Fix a Gate - Because they have moving parts, gates are likely to need repair or replacement before the fence itself.

50 Good and Bad Fence Ideas - This gallery might be useful to anyone designing a fence for their yard.

Easy, Illustrated Instructions on How to Fix a Fence - Fences are usually ignored until they fall down, but then all of a sudden you can see into your neighbor's yard and everyone gets freaked out.

The Three Mysteries of Cup Noodles - Behold! Cup Noodles! So convenient. So cheap. So mysterious. Please join me on a voyage to explore its many secrets.

How to Desiccate a Cockroach - Early Wednesday morning I was disappointed to find, relaxing on the white rug in our living room, a big cockroach.

The Apple Prank - For a long time, I've wanted to put up some fake produce stand signs.

Buying from Rent A Center is Like Using the Worst Credit Card Ever - There is a short list of businesses I will never set foot in because I already know they are a rip-off.

How Much is Inside Reese's Peanut Butter Cups? - Peanut butter cups were invented in 1984, when a high-school principal walking through the halls with a chocolate bar ran headlong into the school librarian, who was snacking out of an open jar of peanut butter.

The Price of Animals - Animals! They are great, aren't they? And they are valuable... especially the mammals.

McDonalds Cheeseburger vs. Trader Joe's Meatballs - At lunch, I got to thinking about the cheeseburger testing I had done in January and wondered, how would these Trader Joe's meatballs compare to the meat patty of a McDonalds cheeseburger?

Costco vs. Sam's Club: Warehouse Store Price Comparison - Recently I visited Sam's Club for the first time and discovered that it was a virtual mirror image of a Costco warehouse store. The same concrete floors, same steel rack shelves and the same giant shopping carts. I wanted to know, who had lower prices?

Visit to ROFLcon 2010. Part 3 - It was not long after this photo that Stacy became the WORLD'S LARGEST AUTOTUNE THE NEWS FAN.

Visit to ROFLcon 2010. Part 2 - We walked through the Harvard campus, where I picked up an honorary PhSTD.

Visit to ROFLcon 2010. Part 1 - About two months ago, even before I got invited to SXSW, Tim Huang wrote and invited me to speak at ROFLcon in Cambridge

The Costco Sign Prank - On a recent visit in search of a quality, yet low-priced tequila, I realized that their on shelf price tags are rather generic.

Your Friend didn't get Mugged in London - I suspect that no one reading this website is foolish enough to fall for this scam, but I thought I'd share my experience with it anyway.

The Unexpected Concert Experience - I love watching an unexpected concert experience play out on stage.

Prank How-To Video: There's Something on Top of Your Car! - Attach items to your roof for a priceless reaction from everyone on the road

BMW on fire in Rancho Cordova - Came across this smoking, then flaming BMW in Rancho Cordova, CA

Continued: Visit to South by Southwest Interactive 2010 - But we had hardly made it out the door when John asked if we wanted to skip lunch to go sell some organs.

How to Find the Most Expensive Flight - While others debate the best way to track down the lowest airfare, I went the other direction, spending the evening tracking down the most expensive airline ticket out of town.

Job Test - A newspaper reporter friend of mine is working on a story about strange and quirky tests that people invent to assess potential job candidates and he is looking for our input.

Visit to South by Southwest Interactive 2010 - In February I got an invitation to Austin.

I'm going to SXSW Interactive - I've been invited to speak at South by Southwest Interactive in Austin Texas. I'm a member of a panel for a presentation called "Epic Lulz, Secrets of Hilariouser Web Content"

It Would Take 300 Years to Read All the Vampire Books at Target - On a recent trip to Target, I realized that one entire shelf was full of young adult vampire books.

Easy, Illustrated Instructions on How to Keep your Video Card Cool - Tips to Help Keep your Video Card running cool, such as adding ice and increasing the airflow

How to Return you Kirby Vacuum and Cancel the Sales Contract - How to Excersize your Three Day Return Window.

What is that Mysterious Noise? - What is that noise outside?

Ikea Dinner Party 2010 - This year, Jason's daughter Cheyenne organized the Ikea formal dinner party.

What are Folks Figuring out on Google? - Check out these great examples of auto-completed search suggestions on Google

Easy, Illustrated Instructions on How to Fix a Hole in the Wall - It's surprisingly easy to fix a hole in the wall.

Google Chat Surprise - Google mail might open up a chat window on every computer where you are logged in.

Comcast Service and Equipment Dropoff Locations - Street Addresses - The internet needs this simple list of Comcast Service Locations

Lloyd Dobler Costume - Extra arms make boombox-toting easy!

Easy, Illustrated instructions on How to Paint a Room - How to prepare and paint a room in your house