It's fixed now on the Target website (updated product page here), but for a time, this was one very interesting product title. Yeah, it's super old, but still funny to those who haven't seen it. [Digg - Thanks Marco!]

When I see dust, I start cleaning like crazy. When Paul Hazelton sees dust, he collects it, and turns it into statues. Yes, this skeleton was really made out of a pile of dust bunnies, just like Hazelton's other art.

The artist explains that "humans were supposedly made from dust, so it is interesting to create other things with it," and he certainly takes to that task well. Or, if nothing, he must have some superpower that allows him to keep from sneezing long enough to make these statues:

Ashes to ashes, funk to funky. Am I the only one who somehow started thinking of Bowie after looking at Hazelton's art? [Saatchi Gallery via Metro]

Well, lookee' here. Motorola's been building their own Android Marketplace, and someone found it out. It's been taken down since, but here's what Android and Me found before Moto pulled the plug.

The biggest addition is that it's web based. That's right, Android users. A store that's easily browsable on the desktop. Not to mention an application for desktop app management.

So that's all well and good, but why does Motorola have to even build a separate portal? This is all stuff that Google should really be on top of if they want to really win consumers over. The last thing that anyone wants is to have the Android Marketplace start getting segmented by manufacturer, so please Google, whenever you're done building your phone, add this stuff in to save us all the trouble. [Android and Me via Engadget]

RADAR's got a great short documentary about our friends at MakerBot Industries (who were at the Gizmodo Gallery). Check out what they're doing, and why they believe we'll all have 3D printers on our desks someday. [RADAR, thanks Houseoftrim]

It wasn't supposed to exist. "The" Google Phone. Then we (and others) heard otherwise. And now, Google isn't just handing this "sexy beast" out to employees, they're going to sell it directly. Everything has changed. Here's what we know.

• The Wall Street Journal says it's made by HTC and called the Nexus One. It'll be sold online, directly by Google. You'll have to get your own cell service (which suggests it's an unlocked device). Curiously, the WSJ says, "unlike the more than half-dozen Android phones made by phone manufacturers today, Google designed virtually the entire software experience behind the phone." Sounds weird, since they designed the look and feel of the software on the Droid and G1 too, except that our source had told us before that the current Android we know isn't the "real" Android. Also odd sounding: that name, Nexus One. But maybe not that odd.

• Google confirmed they handed out "a device that combines innovative hardware from a partner with software that runs on Android to experiment with new mobile features and capabilities and we shared this device with Google employees across the globe."

• A bunch of Google employees tweeted stuff like the phone is "like an iPhone on beautifying steroids."

• It probably looks like this:

• It's supposedly an unlocked GSM phone running Android 2.1, powered by the crazyfast Snapdragon processor, with an OLED touchscreen (no keyboard), dual mics (for killing background noise), and enhanced voice-to-text powers. It's gonna be alllll Google branding. And it's probably coming out in January. Which jives with what our source saw a couple weeks ago, a huge screen running a brand new version of Android unlike anything out there.

• We heard it was referred to, at least in some capacity in the staff meeting where they were handed out, as the "Passion."

If Google really is going to push this as The Google Phone (and it's not just a dev phone), it's hard to understate just how radically this changes the landscape not just for Android, but what it means for Google and their relationship to the cellphone industry. The Google Phone would be a radically different model, a shift from the Microsoft one—make the software, let somebody else deal with the hardware—to the Apple and BlackBerry one—make the software and the hardware, tightly integrated. And Google's even taking a step further, by selling it directly, bypassing the carriers, at least initially. (Google would not be the first to sell a high-powered unlocked phone—see Sony Ericsson and Nokia—but neither them are, um, Google, and their well-known failures with that approach makes it even ballsier.)

It's a powerful message: to the companies making phones running Android, to the carriers, to developers, to consumers. Google is in this, to win. Everything has changed. You know, unless it hasn't.

Maybe everyone wouldn't be so riled up about Facebook's privacy changes if they knew what's up over at Twitter. A best man set up a prank where his friend's bed now tweets whenever the newlyweds are, *ahem*, "on the job."

The best man promised the groom that there wouldn't be any tricks before the wedding. Of course, he didn't say anything about after the wedding. Using the same concept behind the Twittering office chair, the best man set up a system where every time there's increased activity up top, the bed reports it. Once all is said and done, the bed reports a summary (including a "frenzy index"), along with a judge's comment for good measure.

The anonymous best man defends himself by saying "BTW - he stitched me up something rotten when he was my best man so I reckon this is reasonable payback :)" He also promises that he will never reveal who he is or the identity of the couple.

Depending on how you look at it, it's either a gross invasion of privacy or a hilarious prank. Tomato toh-mah-toe, I say. If this happened to me, it would definitely be one of those "I hate my friends" moments when I found out. [@newlywedsontjob via 140char, thanks Everyone Like Me]

This little tidbit just popped up on the Wall Street Journal. They're saying that the Google Phone will be called the Nexus One, unlike the Passion name that's been thrown around all day. Keep in mind that Sony calls their custom Android UI Nexus, too. Other than that, they're confirming what we've been hearing: It's built by HTC, Google put a lot of effort into tweaking the stock Android interface, they'll sell the phone direct online, and you'll BYO service plan. [WSJ]

For the past 15 years or so, most authors who've signed with publishers have explicitly defined their ebook publishing rights. But who owns the rights to the bazillions of books published before ebooks existed?

There's a battle raging (okay, it's actually being handled rather quietly through proper legal channels) right now between publishers and authors over who owns the digital publishing rights of older books. In one corner, you have the authors claiming that because ebook rights were not set explicitly, they retain the right to publish. In the other corner, you have the publishers claiming that ebooks fall under the category of "books" and as such they own the rights.

You can see how this gets messy. In 2002 a Manhattan judge ruled in favor of the authors. saying that ebooks are separate from books. But that's just one case, and there's sure to be more legal action to follow.

You can read more at the link. It's yet another interesting conflict over who owns what, brought about by the gadgets we create. [NY Times]

I was walking through NYC today, and noticed an invasion of people dressed as Santa Claus. At least a hundred. I don't know what they were up to, but none of their costumes were as good as the Red-Nippled Reindeer.

Best use of a LED in a very long time. [Thanks David Keyes]

This video of the Festo CyberKite shows exactly how we'll arrive at our dystopian future. Robots will do our jobs and play our games. Eventually, completely devoid of feeling, we'll all...say, look at that kite go! [IEEE Spectrum]