A touching commercial made by DDB New Zealand and The Sweetshop for NZ Lotteries. We had to remind ourselves that it was just an ad, and the dog didn’t actually go through all that hardship.

Sure, it’s not even Halloween yet, but it’s never too early to start decorating for Christmas, right? Actually, it is. Keep these R2-D2 light strings in your closet until after Turkey Day.

Ready to clog your arteries with deliciousness? Try out this recipe for a twice-battered, deep-fried chicken and waffle sandwich from FreezerBurns. Just one question: where’s the bacon?

If you thought Photoshopping of ordinary people into their perfect selves was overkill, just wait until Hollywood gets their hands on this, a technology which will allow reshaping of bodies in movies.

When you’re done playing X-Men Arcade, keep an eye out for Activision’s upcoming new X-Men game, which features a complex, branching storyline in which you control your mutant’s destiny.

At first glance people might suspect that you’re not properly dressed for Halloween, but the joke will be on them once you reveal the hidden surprise on the underside of this clever tee from Deez Teez.

ThinkGeek’s Gummy Brain candy comes with delicious strawberry-flavored brain parts. Bonus: a small vial of cherry flavored liquid candy (aka candy blood) is included with each horrific brain.

Lawrence Malstaf is an artist who literally shrink wraps volunteers as an art form. The intention is to encourage people to consider the threat to their survival and how they would protect themselves.

Great camera angles in killedthewind’s sweet video footage of riding above the ocean through progressive strapless surfing, kite wake-skating, and other wind fueled mayhem. (Thanks John!)

A 2-disc box set featuring Top Gear‘s Jeremy Clarkson and some of the best cars in the world, including a Mercedes SLS, a Lambo Superleggera LP570-4, an Ariel Atom 500 and a Zonda R.

Sprayground’s Graffiti Utility Backpack is built from tough coated cotton canvas, holds 8 spraycans in a faux-fur lined front compartment and can also hold a laptop, markers, tips and skateboard.

Ice Cream & Sadness is the second collection of strips from the popular webcomic Cyanide & Happiness. The book has 120 comic strips as well as 30 more that are exclusive to the book.

In preparation for his new show, bad-ass Conan loads up his 1969 Dodge Dart with a trunkload of explosives, a hood full of popcorn, dowses it with gasoline, then drives it into a canyon.

We just witnessed the 33 Chilean miners rescued from the most dire of underground circumstances. Well, it turns out there was one more miner down there, and he just came to the surface.

Therefore Productions imagine what ads would be like if they featured several products at once. Wait, don’t we already have that? What were they called again? Oh right. TV shows and movies.

If you thought the Unlogo app was cool, wait ’til you see this wonder software from Jan Herling and Wolfgang Broll. The program can remove and fill in objects from videos in real-time.

Are you bidding on Marty McFly’s shoes? Then you might want to grab his jacket too. It’s rarer than the Nikes, as it’s the only  jacket of its kind that Michael J. Fox actually wore in BTTF II.

It’s far from being comprehensive, but if you’re into music – especially hip hop – NPR’s short documentary about the origin and legacy of the attention-grabbing gadget is a fascinating watch.

A photoblog that features maps and diagrams from actual comic books. Even if you’re not a fan of comics, you’ll find a lot of humor, honesty and Looney Tunes-like simplicity in the drawings.

Directed by Peter Weir, The Way Back tells the true story of a group of prisoners who managed to escape from the Soviet Gulag back in 1940. The Oscar buzz on this one has already started.

The Lensbaby Scout camera lens with Fisheye Optic delivers an ultra-wide 12mm focal length capable of capturing a 160° angle of view from infinity all the way down to 1/2″ from the front of the lens.

Funny thing about Breanne Brennan’s trailer mashup is that a guy named Joel Cohen co-wrote the original Toy Story and Joel Coen co-wrote the True Grit remake. Well played. Well played.

A few more photos of the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible are now floating around the web. The direct-injected V6 with 312 hp and the 426 hp 6.2L V8 SS model will debut at the 2010 LA Auto Show.