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Late Night with Wax Figures in the Men’s Room

Posted by By Michael Arnzen June 17, 2009Posted inOddities3 Comments
There was a particularly uncanny moment last night on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.  Wait for it: The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien - Wax Figures, Redux: Creepy Wax…
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Photoshop Disasters and the Fantasy of Picture Perfection

Posted by By Michael Arnzen November 15, 2008Posted inAdvertising, Oddities1 Comment
Photoshop Disasters is a funny weblog that collects flawed design elements in advertisements and elsewhere (like the above image from a Sears Catalog). The accidental amputations, bizarre hands, and other…
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Creepy Automata Videos

Posted by By Michael Arnzen November 10, 2008Posted inOdditiesNo Comments
For Halloween, the readers of Oobject voted for their Top 12 Videos of Creepy Automata. A great theme, from cats in a milk churn to maniacally laughing dolls. One of…
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