

If you’re a golf nut, you’ve probably fantasized about being able to step outside your house and play a few rounds. Unless you live on a golf course, this probably isn’t going to happen, but perhaps you could satisfy the urge by putting a few just off the back deck.
Green Links, Inc. specializes in synthetic golf putting greens and lawn turf. They have a gallery of pictures on their site, showing residential installations they’ve done. The nice thing about the synthetic stuff is it always looks good and you don’t have to mow anything. Of course, if you’re determined to have a lawn to take care of, you can always leave the front yard unscathed…




This nifty Star Wars Tauntaun sleeping bag from ThinkGeek comes “complete with saddle, internal intestines and glowing lightsaber zipper pull — built-in embroidered Tauntaun head pillow.” It started out as an April fools prank, but might be released sooner than later. “Due to an overwhelming tsunami of requests from YOU THE PEOPLE, we have decided to TRY and bring this to life. We have no clue if the suits at Lucasfilms will grant little ThinkGeek a license, nor do we know how much it would ultimately retail for.”