The desk's minimal, hidden design looks good, as opposed to the usual DIY gamer monstrosities. Here's the desk itself. [imgur]

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An epic thread at r/AskReddit invites mechanics to describe the dumbest things people do to their cars.

As you can imagine, there is some pretty stiff competition.

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The Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan is a massive abandoned sports stadium. Watch BMXer Tyler Fernengel shred the place.

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Crc-yOPNXJU/watch-bmx-session-inside-huge.html

Mark Cerny, the system architect behind Playstation 4, is said to have been put in charge of finishing Sony's all-but-legendary project, described by Leigh as the lost game of a microgeneration. Read the rest

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Monsters, ferrets, aliens, foxes and more are all on display at freelance illustrator and designer, Lily McDonnell's website, MyBeautifulMonsters.com.

Check out her etsy shop.

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The martial arts star posted this uplifting message on his Facebook page. Thanks, Jackie!

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This new video series from the Asian Pride Project features parents from different cultures and countries expressing their support for their LGBT children. Read the rest

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Vlogger Akilah Hughes decided to document her week in a rather unusual way Read the rest

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Brit Bennett penned a great essay on the complicated history of black dolls in American culture. Read the rest

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The legendary Clarion Writers' Workshop uses the funds from its annual Write-a-Thon to subsidize the tuition and expenses of the next generation of science fiction and fantasy writers. Read the rest

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Surgeon Xiaoping Ren at China's Harbin Medical University are planing to transplant the heads of long-tailed macaque monkeys. They've apparently tried it on hundreds of mice with at least some of the animals surviving for a few hours. Read the rest

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You’ve seen the movies, now see the book. Star Wars Frames collects selections of single frames from the entire Star Wars saga.

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Film producer and real estate developer Nile Niami is building a massive Bel Air, California residence, containing a 74,000 square-foot main house and three smaller homes, that he will try to sell for $500 million. Here's what that pocket change gets you: Read the rest

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Ben Marks of Collectors Weekly wrote a piece on rare Lalique car mascots (aka, hood ornaments) from the 1920s and '30s.

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Its own News app and updates to OS X and iOS filled an unusually-packed lineup of new software Read the rest

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UCLA psychology professor Alan Castel ran an experiment where more than 100 students drew the Apple logo from memory, and the results were surprisingly terrible. Why? Read the rest

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Scarier than the original, because it recalls memories of accidentally stapling your finger.

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Cotton Candy, Caramel Cocoa Cluster, Lemon Bar, Cinnamon Roll, Red Velvet Cake, Cupcake. These are the six new flavors of Starbucks Frappuccino that are sure to get your insulin busy transporting glucose into your adipose tissue.

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National Geographic shares yet another story on California's mass sea lion starve off.

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The Texas Police Pool Party will be known for the officer who pulled a gun on children. But this ninja roll deserves more infamy. Isn't it a good one?

People will claim the officer stumbled, and merely did what was necessary to avoid faceplanting. But that bright pink towel was clearly a tactical threat to be adroitly evaded, and he did so with with calm, military efficiency.

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