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After a very close, hard fought competition, Nick and Danielle Bilton came out victorious and named grand champions in the 2008 Cupcake Decorating Competition. Who knew there was such a thing, but there is. The competition was part of Ignite NYC II that was attended by over 500 people.

Twelve contestants made it to the final round and were named champions, but it was the Bilton’s iPhone cupcakes that captured the hearts and probably taste buds of those in attendance. It just goes to show the great accomplishments that geeks with cooking skills can accomplish.

[The Biltons via Method Shop and Ignite NYC]

You now have the opportunity to take your Halloween costume to the next level with Halloween Contacts. Costal Contacts has over 130 varieties available, so lack of choice won’t be an issue, you should be able to find something that matches your costume.

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Space is the new frontier and everyone is trying to get a piece of it, including the porn industry. It was reported that Virgin Galactic, a division of the Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, recently rejected a large sum of money for a sex in space movie. Will Whitehorn, president of Virgin Galactic didn’t disclose which was the porn studio that made the offer but did say that it was for “$1 million, up front, for a sex-in-space movie. That was money we had to refuse, I’m afraid.”

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The start of October brings Halloween preparation in full swing. Candy, costumes, spooky stories and elaborate pumpkin carvings are the items of the season. If you’re in need of some inspiration for your pumpkin or just want to have some early practice for the big day, take a look at these pumpkins that have been carved with a Star Wars theme.

Source: The Daily Dairy

Strictly a design concept of Tom Eriksson, how fun would it be to see a seesaw bench in a park. For maximum fun, you’d just have to make sure that when you share a bench, it is with someone of similar weight.

[Seesaw Bench via Ektopia]

September 21, 2008 marked the end of an era with the closing of Yankee Stadium, the house that Ruth built. Over a span of three years, using some 45,000 lego bricks, Sean Kenney, with the aid of a grade schooler, recreated Yankee Stadium. Although not quite complete, Sean anticipates the project will be completed in the next few months.

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The “Don’t Miss A Sec Toilet” is a fully functional bathroom encased within one way mirrors. The person using the toilet with his pants around is ankle sitting on the toilet can view out and see everything going on in the outside world, yet those passing by are unable to look into the bathroom, thus offering privacy to the user.

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The origins of the Encoder Ring started out as an investigation to see how to store confidential digital information away from prying eyes, the results of which were the rings. The surface of the Encoder Rings are covered by a series of notches and depressions which actually represent letters in binary code. The user can select a 64 character message, have it converted to binary and etched onto the ring using a process known as rapid proto-typing.

With a limitation of only 64 characters, is this useful? Not sure. Geeky, most definitely.

[Encoder Ring via Make]