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The Most Awesome Claw Machine in the World
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Because everything is big in Texas: This machine must be surrounded by hopeful gamers every single day.… |
June 2nd, 2010
Pac-Man Land Theme Park: Blast From the Past
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I found this great time capsule image over on Flickr earlier today… I’m not sure where Flickr contributor Rotin managed to dig up this postcard image, but I can’t believe there was actually a Pac-Man Land… attraction at the Six Flags Over Texas theme park back in the 1980s, and |
August 9th, 2009
The Great Insect War: Ants Versus Phoridae
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Freaky news from Texas: apparently, fire ants are becoming a problem in the Lone Star State, so they’re importing phorid flies to deal with the problem. Pshaw, what can puny flies do against ants, you must be saying. Pshaw. Well pshaw on this report from UPI: “The phorid flies effectively… |
May 13th, 2009
Austin Pranksters Hack Signs, Warn of Zombies
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So imagine that you’re just bebopping along down the road, minding your own business, maybe thinking about picking up a mocha or pulling in to get gas, and there are road work signs. Okay, no problem. That’s typical. Road work happens. Except… these aren’t warning of impending construction. No, this… |
January 29th, 2009
Texas Scouts’ World Record Rocket Launch
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This weekend, a group of Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts in Austin, Texas set out to break the Guinness World Record for the number of simultaneously launched model rockets. They successfully deployed 965 model rockets at the same instant, smashing the previous record of just under 400 rockets. Check out… |
May 14th, 2007
Is That a Banana in Your Stratosphere, or Are You Just Glad to See Me?
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A French-Canadian artist is working on a plan to launch a gigantic banana-shaped blimp into orbit above the state of Texas. The project proposes a 300-meter, helium filled banana floated skywards, to hover over the Lone Star state. Artist Cesar Saez claims to have raised tens of thousands of dollars… |
February 9th, 2007
