(Chinese medicine image from Wikimedia Commons/Chris 73)

Coca-Cola and The China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences have jointly created “The Coca-Cola Research Center for Chinese Medicine.”

No, this is not a joke.

Their objective: to secretly design a new commercial beverage incorporating Chinese herbal medicine [link].

“[Coke is] looking for exotic herbal ingredients to make a completely new drink and sort of revolutionize the whole soft-drink industry . . .” said Matthew Crabbe, director of Access Asia [link].

(via Media Post – Marketing Daily, via Statesman)




Completely Unrelated Bonus Round:
Some Chinese characters worth knowing:

And for those of you who got bad tattoos:

(Thanks Keewon and Xiao-Yi!)

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I wish these coffee beans would stop moving . . .

Squirmy Bonus Round:
This also works with watermelons (thanks Wendy!)

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Ya gotta love all these mashups of old video and new music– in this case Sesame Street just got a whole lot funkier:

(via Producer Laura)

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(images from Trummerkind.com)

This is awesome:
Michael Townsend and Adriana Yoto had a nicely decorated 750 square foot apartment in Providence, Rhode Island, for nearly four years. Until the Providence Place Mall security caught them – they made this secret apartment inside the shopping mall.

Their site is rendered in hilarious ‘real estate sales’ format.

“During the Christmas season of 2003 and 2004, radio ads for the Providence Place Mall featured an enthusiastic female voice talking about how great it would be if you (we) could live at the mall.”

(via Make: magazine)

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About every other month, my neighbor Kate and I will explore one of the many foreign grocery stores in our area. And we always come back with tons of random unidentifiable stuff. This month’s adventure: Daiso in Daly City, CA – it’s kind of like a Japanese Wal*Mart (everything in Daiso is $1.50).

What we brought back (each was only $1.50):

Japanese Barf Bags



Japanese Instant Inflatable Boobies
(Model: Kate)



Japanese Instant Swan Boner
(Model: Me. Note the creepy guy on the package)



Japanese Golden Nose with Blue Mucous
(model: Kate)

Update 9/3/08: Someone on Notcot has made a video of the inflatable boobs. Sweet!

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A – The InfraScan SD thermal imaging handheld camera. If ghosts have a fever, you’ll see them! Only $4,995.00, available through Prairie Ghosts Paranormal Investigation Outfitters.

B – The Gaussmaster EMF Meter. A must-have for the new ghost hunter. $39.95, available through Prairie Ghosts Paranormal Investigation Outfitters.

C – The KII EMF Meter (with switch modification). $66.95 (or $44.95 unmodified), available through Ghost Augustine.

D – The TRI-Field Natural EMF Meter. Don’t let the name mislead you, it also works with supernatural EMF fields also. $207.99, available through Ghost TRHAPS.

E – The Baketan Ghost Detector 1.0. Strap it to your cellphone, it changes color to indicate the nature of the supernatural presence. Only $19.89, cute ghost charm included, available through Strapya-World.

F – The Baketan Ghost Detector 2.0. Small enough to strap to your cellphone, it changes color to indicate the nature of the supernatural presence, also includes new ‘ghost voice translator.” $19.12, available through Strapya-World.

“Back off man, I’m a scientist!”

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Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – near the top of the list of culturally significant films of the mid-80’s.

And it had a great soundtrack.
And the soundtrack was never released.
This was a serious loose end of my adolescence.

Apparently director John Hughes was concerned about the eclectic range of music in the soundtrack and so the soundtrack was never released. Over 20 years later and people still want it.

Here is the soundtrack, in Muxtape form:

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – The Lost Soundtrack

*Tracks I did not include because of space issues and because they’re kinda lame-ish:
• “Theme from ‘I Dream of Jeannie’” – Hugo Montenegro
• “Star Wars (Main Title)” – John Williams
• “I’m Afraid” – Blue Room

Voo-Doo Economics Bonus Round:
The Nike Dunk Pro SB “Ferris Bueller” – based on Ferris Bueller’s wardrobe.

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