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So here we are again, the wonderful summer time months, vacations galore and roads trips to bore. Hark! What is this though? A colony of Ants living under you sink? Good lord man, run and hide, do as Iron Maiden suggests and “Run To The Hills”

Oh? What’s that? You don’t want to run to the hills and hide? You don’t want to run for your lives? Well Eddie will be very disappointed, but alas, we do have some solutions for you, and eco friendly solutions at that!

1. Ants hate Chalk, so draw a chalk like around where the ants are entering, and don’t forget up the wall as well because they are incredible climbers. Be careful though as if you block off one way of access, then they will seek out other ways.
2. Put out Cream of Wheat, which contains farina. Don’t cook it first though, because this is the best part, when the ants eat it, it expands, boom! Ant parts everywhere, shazzam!

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Stumbled across this weird commercial for a giant robot hotel.

Creepiest bank ever.

This bank is designed to give the appearance that it is eating money. Creeps me out. On the other hand it might teach kids to be more frugal out of fear. Another weird product from Japan Trend Shop.

Everyone with a cat needs one of these things. Its a cute little perch that might convince the cat to not sit on your hands while you are typing. The website that holds it boasts attractive cat furniture for those that prefer not to have less visually pleasing cat toys. Still think the stuff is unattractive, but less ugly is better than nothing. The KitIn Box is $49.99 at The Redefined Feline.

Being a hair partial to stupid toys, this Potty Monkey I find hilarious. While the fascination with kids toys with the need to potty has always boggled the mind, its easier to understand the mean kids that torture the poor toy and make it soil itself. I totally agree with Andrew on that standpoint. Alas I have a niece that refuses to be potty trained so this goofy thing may be worth a shot.

via OhGizmo

Have you ever felt that your pre-bottled tea was just not fresh enough? Apparently some folks in Japan felt that way so they are selling tea that has not been brewed yet. There is a cap on top that holds the tea so when you drink it, it will be as fresh as you want it to be. Being really lazy or busy is part of buying pre-bottled tea. I sort of defeats the purpose to add another step. But hey….someone will buy many of them.

via Scout

So you want your kid to learn to program. And you want to force gently persuade your child as soon as possible to take that path. Make Have them play C-Jump, its designed to teach kids Java, C, and C++. Check out some of the facts from C-jump.com:

c-jump facts:

• This game is not only about teaching and learning: it’s fun and entertainment for the whole family!
• Skiing and snowboarding is a perfect programming analogy.
• c-jump game is ideal for home school education.
• The game is based on the code of a real computer program!

Enough people pick this thing up and there will be a reality show about it.

Via About Blank

See.

It has voice recording too but would you really want it that close to your face?

via Dvice