Hasta La Gadget!

Today on Groupon, Greg H. from Cincinnati proposed to his girlfriend, Dana B, who apparently said yes (it says, the deal is on). Okay, it sounds gimicky, but I have to admit, it’s actually pretty cute. The deal is titled “A Surprise for a Dana from a Greg,” and by clicking “buy,” Dana accepted Greg’s proposal for $1 (she got $999,998 off the $999,999 value). What a deal!

Greg included a short proposal, which isn’t unlike most, “I want the amazing times to continue by spending the rest of my life with you–the sweetest, most beautiful, and smartest woman in the entire world.” Then in the deal explanation, he describes their lives (him, a engineer, and she, a NFL cheerleader) and their relationship (from movie nights to make-out nights), and he vows to “always eat the disgusting bacon from her plate while giving her his tender, delicious mushrooms.”

Groupon had fun with it and threw in some quirkiness. The Fine Print ireads: “Groupon entitled to no less than 15% of your marital bliss. Either party may develop a snoring problem. One or both participants will not always look like a 20-year-old. Good luck, you kids.” It also lists The Groupon Guide to: A Successful Marriage, which includes advice like having nacho Thursdays and watching The Negotiator to learn about compromise.

If you were also charmed by Greg and would like to purchase the deal, just click buy and you’ll receive the message “Congratulations Dana or Stranger. You are now unofficially obliged to marry Greg!.” Good deal!

I know, you’ve always wanted to watch the opening day of Congress, but you just didn’t want to pull yourself away from Facebook. What a predicament. Well, now you can do both.

Yesterday, John Boehner, the incoming House Speaker, announced that beginning at noon on Wednesday (today), you will be able to view a live-stream of the first day of Congress’ new session on Facebook. This is the first time that Congress will be broadcast on the social media site. Facebook users can view the first day’s floor proceedings and Boehner’s first speech as Speaker of the House, and they can make comments as the events happen.

If you want to see Congress make the transition to the GOP-controlled House, go to the “Pledge to America” Facebook page at noon today.

There’s all manner of technology out there to help the visually impaired cope with their lack of eyesight. But there are certain aspects of life that technology has thus far failed to sufficiently address–pornography, for one. Lisa J. Murphy is looking to change things, single-handedly.
Earlier in the year, the Toronto-based artist gave the world Tactile Mind, a book featuring, essentially, images of naked people aimed at the blind. The images were raised, printed on thermoform plastic, the material used for Braille, letting blind people enjoy adult images with their fingertips.

Murphy is now offering up lingerie photos in a similar format, including descriptions in American English Braille. “I used the same process for this as I did before for my book,” the artist told AOL. “I took photographs of my friends in lingerie, blew up the images and hand-sculpted them into clay. Then I made thermoform copies. I ran the plastic myself through my thermoform machine at home, so each one took awhile to make.”

The hardest part of the process? Sculpting the butt, of course. You want to make sure that that Braille lady butt doesn’t look like a Braille man butt. “The butt was really hard to sculpt,” Murphy added. “I wanted to get it nice and even and give it a feminine softness so it would actually feel like a woman’s butt. It took me days to sculpt all the curves right, but I’m told it does feel like a woman’s butt in a G-string.”

The future is here, friends.

The Brick Thief! The new LEGO stop-motion promo video is just plain cute. Mustaches, music, stop-motion, robots, monkeys, LEGOs… It really makes me wish my LEGO bricks built themselves on their own. Click!

Watch and enjoy!