There was a time when we were kids when drinking coffee was fun. It was such an adult thing to do that we suffered through the harsh taste of black coffee, enjoyed the lightened version filled with cream and sugar, or pretended to be all grown up with our sampling of coffee ice cream. Around that time, we probably also played with LEGO on a regular basis (yes, some of us still do). Now, the two portions of our childhood come together with this LEGO coffee mug. Fully functional, it allows the owner to add characters, blocks, or other LEGO accessories to our morning cup o’ joe. Create whatever fantasy world…

One of the grandfathers of social news may be on the selling block as Geeknet announced today that they were evaluating “strategic alternatives” for their online media business that includes Slashdot, SourceForge, and Freecode. They may be for sale soon. Then again, Geeknet may decide to invest more into them. It’s one way or the other as the current model is not profitable. The company showed a net loss of $2.1 million in the first quarter of 2012 despite having nearly 50 million visitors per month to the sites. “After much discussion, our management team and Board of Directors have decided…

Poor ThinkGeek. Between mounting pressure to develop the iCade and now this, it’s a wonder they bother to participate in April Fool’s Day at all. If you were doing your internet thing this April 1st – and I certainly hope you were – you no doubt are privy to Canned Unicorn Meat, the “sparkling, crunchy, savory meat of today’s elite”. Seriously, I sat here for, like, three minutes trying to come up with a better description than that one, but let’s face it. There isn’t one. Anyway, all is not well – the National Pork Board, owners of the slogan ‘the other white meat’, have issued ThinkGeek a cease and desist….