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October 31, 2006

Create your own miniature electric chair

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Sure, we’ve got plenty of options to sit in when it comes to rewarding yourself, but what if you’ve got a mischievous trick-or-treater that really needs some payback for stiffing you in the candy department? Enter Lil’ Sparky, the miniaturized (albeit potent) electric chair, handcrafted to scare the living daylights out of anything or anyone who dares to place its behind in it. Rob Cruickshank has officially “put the cute in electrocute” by wiring up a wooden electric chair that’s powered by a single 9-volt battery and can deliver the juice to the unlucky participant with just the flip of a toggle switch. While we certainly don’t condone the act of channeling unabated voltage through anybody’s bones, be sure to peep the video of the electrifying chair in all its sizzling glory just in case the need presents itself.

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October 22, 2006

It’s the Great Robotic Overlords, Charlie Brown: make a Cylon jack-o-lantern

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Charlie would be better off trying to kick that football than tracking down this jack-o-lantern. The guys at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories put their l33t stenciling, carving and LED wiring skills into this Cylon Centurion née pumpkin, and naturally posted all the info necessary to create your own. This stacks up pretty well against the pumpkin PC and even the Engadget pumpkin. But for truly evil and mad status, we’d prefer a fruit-based rendering of Number Six, destined to be destroyed October 31st by Starbuck Power Mac – only to download, re-emerge next Halloween and continue its plan of human genocide through sweet, pie-based deliciousness. Frak.

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