Not safe to stick in a stereo, but safe to use when sticking other things together, the Indispensable Tape Dispenser is every mix-tape fans dream come true. Shaped like an original cassette tape and packed with two-sided sticky tape, I can see this getting added to lots of kids adding this to their wishlists this holiday season.

I’ve always wanted to open a diner. Greasy spoon, all you can drink coffee at 2am served by waitresses chewing gum who you know just doesn’t give a damn about your problems in the middle of the night. Thankfully, there is always some enterprising company making my (potential) life just that much easier. Atlanta, Georgia’s Dinermite has taken pre-fab architecture to new heights, by offer a series of modular, pre-stocked Diner setups for those of you who’ve always wished about changing your name to Frank or Bill and sticking up a ton of chrome on your street corner. Including everything from the checkerboard flooring to the kitchen sink, Dinermites’ modular diner systems provide almost everything a diner-aficionado needs to get their own greasy spoon up and running. Minus the cute aprons, jukebox and attitude of course.

Dine more: Dinermite! | Collection of diners around the US

Ok, it’s not the *only* thing I want for Christmas (there’s also this, this and this on my list), but damn if this isn’t in my top-5! The Donut Robot 42 belongs to the very lucky Derrick (adw3345) who documented his wonderful robot sidekick on his LiveJournal, teaching us some amazing facts on his vintage robot, such as it’s ability to make 384 donuts per hour, automatically. That’s about 4 more than I need! Per hour.

Read more: Get to know the Donut Robot 42

Another brilliant gallery of vintage marketing from mid-20th century magizines. The theme of this gallery is vintage drug and narcotic advertisements from various mid-20th century magazines, proving that not only has pharmaceutical companies always been totally sleazy with their marketing, but that vintage magazine ads from the 50’s just look fucking awesome.

Read more: Gallery of vintage drug advertisements

I wouldn’t go so far as saying these were movies teaching sexual education, more like banging pots and pans and jumping up and down, which was pretty prevalent in mid-20th century US. That’s not to say we don’t enjoy seeing a few of these propaganda films and enjoying a bit of popcorn with friends. A LiveJournal post has collected a few photos of brilliant vintage movie posters from the golden era of propaganda and scare tactics, featuring several different variations for VD classics “Devil in the Flesh” and “Damaged Goods”.

Read more: Vintage sex-ed movie posters

Indie games outfit, Cogames, has created an exciting (and addicting) browser-based version of Asteroids, only removing the asteroids and replacing them with other players! Users enter an arena with, it appears, up to 4 other players and begins a hectic and exciting free for all match, including power ups such as health and weapons and a chat feature, all through your Flash-enabled browser window. I’ve been playing all morning and I find it even more addictive than the original, much more fast-paced and even plays well on my PowerBook!

[Multiplayer Asteroids]

French artist, Space Invader, or someone close to him, has posted pictures giving Flickr users an inside look of his ‘invasion’ of Vienna throughout June 2006. Creating a mixup of art installation and social exploration game, the artist created tile-based pixel art recreating characters from the classic video games Pac-Man and Space Invaders, then pasted them to buildings around Vienna, Austria. Space Invader is currently at residence in Vienna’s Museumsquartier.

[Space Invader Flickr Gallery | Space Invader]