The talented writer and DM pal, Steve Duffy, has passed on this fun little, interactive “gadget” - your very own hamster, which you can feed, water and play with.

This lively pet hamster will keep you company throughout the day. Watch him run on his wheel, drink water, and eat the food you feed him by clicking your mouse. Click the center of the wheel to make him get back on it.

Click the edit settings link above to customize the hamster. When you are finished, click the “Add to Google” button.

It’s designed by Adam Bowman, a web developer who lives in Maine, and runs a fantastic website, which showcases his wonderful gadgets. You can find Adam’s site here.

For your own hamster check here, or play with the one below.
 

 
With thanks to Steve Duffy
 

 
Yes, it’s real and I want one. Two non-stick pans go for $29.99 over at Jesus Pan (discounted bulk orders available).

 
Mr. Roku, Japanese kid wrestler, makes mincemeat of opponents 10 times his size using the high flying lucha libre style.

The little dude is an aerodynamic fighting machine. But, the girl in the second video is the Goddess Kali incarnate. Pretty in pink and deadly.
 

 
Brazilian Obama impersonator, Ananias Rodrigues da Silva, posed for some photos with a local São Paulo man named Francisco Helder Braga Fernandes who looks eerily like Osama bin Laden. Apparently folks who live in São Paulo have been begging Frenandes for years to cut his beard because of his striking resemblance to bin Laden. It’s probably a good thing he resisted, because this amusing photo-shoot would not have taken place.

 
More Osama and Obama palling around after the jump…

 
I have no idea who shot this photo, but I like it.

(via TDW)

 
If you’re out of loop on the whole HANKSY graffiti thing popping up on the streets of NYC, here’s the first HANKSY that appeared about a month ago.

(via Wooster Collective)

 
According to the YouTube comments this genre of music is called Drumstep, not Dubstep. It’s hard to keep track these days.

 
(via Nerdcore)

 
I’m freaking out over how insanely BAD this is (not bad meaning good but bad meaning terrible). Seriously folks, I need help, I mean is this FOR REAL?! First up I can’t stop giggling, but secondly it raises a lot of questions. “Why?!” being one, closely followed by “Maybe she’s mad because he wrote this sucky song about her?” And who the hell is “Mayberry”?

Well, at least one thing is for sure - this gives lie to the myth that “making music is easy with Autotune.” Kind of. I’ve messed around with Autotune before (if you own a Mac you have a cheap version as part of Garageband) and know that these guys have to be doing something really wrong for it to sound this bad. In all fairness though, this was uploaded over two years ago. Maybe PtheG has improved since then?
 
PtheG - “She’s Mad”
 

 
Oh the humanity.

 
It’s witchcraft I tell ya! All kidding aside, the gentleman ultimately learns how to ride the escalator without a hitch. 

 
(via TDW)

 
Shit My Students Write is a bleak Tumblr blog where teachers anonymously submit their student’s work. Like the blog says, this is “Evidence of the true cost of educational funding cuts.” God help us!

 

 

 
A few more after the jump…