Flawed? Yes. But still extremely cool, and proof that animatronics will always trump CGI for life-like appearance and movement. ALWAYS, Mr. Lucas.

(Via Stuff I Stole From The Internet, by way of Adj!)

Are things really so grim up north? In an effort to shrink their own budget deficit, Canada has decided to go the Franklin Mint route and sell quarters (you know, those coins that are only worth 25 cents no matter how much you gussy them up?) for $29.99.

I suppose the one thing that DOES bode well for this “investment” is that it has a defined floor — since these quarters ARE technically legal tender within Canada (unlike the crap the Franklin Mint peddles), they’ll always be worth at least “25 cents” (What? Inflation? What’s that?). Still, that’s a potential (hell, probable) depreciation in value of almost 900%.

You may be asking, “What the hell makes these quarters ‘worth’ $30.00?” Well, they have glow-in-the-dark dinosaurs on them. Of course! That’s the most natural thing in the WORLD to put on money!

So the Canadian government went back to prehistory for economic inspiration, and set the Delorean’s time circuits to 1985 on the way back for good measure. Is the obverse side of the coin heat-sensitive like a Hyper-Color shirt? I sure hope so.

This shit is straight out of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations; you know, right after the chapter where Smith says it’s a good investment in your future economy to teach young investors that spending thirty bucks on an item that will only ever be worth 25 cents is sound fiscal policy. Huzzah! I just discovered the cause of the financial collapse! You may pay me in glow-in-the-dark dinosaur coins for my services.

(Via Discover Magazine — and Adrienne!)

I recently did some logo design work for these guys and they were nice enough to link back to me. Today I saw their ad on a lamp post here in Baltimore:

(Via—you guessed it—DinosaurBreeders.com. You can also follow them on Twitter and/or like them on Facebook)