I have a couple of Magic 8 Balls at work.

But since I’m a manager and sometimes need to deal with issues not related to technology from time to time (like all manner of personal problems employees have at home or personality conflicts with other employees), I’m thinking one of these Dr. Freud Therapy Balls may come in handy in those 1:1 sessions.

It provides twenty different responses such as "How did that make you feel?" and "Talk about your mother."

Hmm, on second thought, there may be some questions there that are best left unasked

Animator vs. Animation by Alan Becker on deviantART.

An animator faces his own animation in deadly combat in this Flash video. The battlefield? The Flash interface itself.

A stick figure is created by an animator with the intent to torture. The stick figure drawn by the animator will be using everything he can find - the brush tool, the eraser tool - to get back at his tormentor. It’s resourcefulness versus power. Who will win?

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Looks like we should be looking at the bottom of our Starbucks cups.

Here’s an informative message one lady discovered scrawled on the bottom of her coffee cup from a Chicago Starbucks recently. This might be a reason why Starbucks is one of the best companies to work for in the entire U.S.: underwear is optional, and the baristas have free time to write interesting messages on the bottom of my Venti drip.

Over at Starbucks Gossip there’s a thread on this very topic, check out the comments from the baristas, very entertaining!

NASA announced recently that the next mission in the Mars Scout program, originally planned for launch in 2011, is now targeted for launch in 2013.

The Mars Scout program is designed to complement major missions being planned as part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, as well as those under development by foreign space agencies, within a total mission cost cap of $325 million. The Mars Scout Program is managed by JPL.

This unit is the “Holy Grail” for late night gamers (like me) :)  I got one of these bad boys from my editor here on GeekNews - Thanks Andy!  Works right out of the packaging, no assembly required.  Just set it on your desk, plug it into any available USB port, and push a button.  I especially like this lamp because the base has a very small footprint, AND there are two buttons…one that illuminates the base so you can see the buttons, and the other that switches the lamp on and off.  This lamp is especially helpful for me because I have no light directly where my computer desk is, so I have to use a light from another room to illuminate my computer in the evening, which can be a hassle at times.  Check out the specs below!