Last week people started spotting an idea vending machine in the East Village. Turns out it's Road Ruler-turned-prankster Jake Bronstein's latest venture: the Fun-o-meter. The 50 cent price tag may seem like a rip-off when you can get a stale gumball or a dolphin ride for the same amount or less, but check out what you get (and get back!):One fun idea (example: take a ride in the Roosevelt Island tram) A map, in case......

Ex-Road Ruler, and current-prankster, Jake Bronstein was back on the streets recently. This time he wasn't trying to get laid by wearing a wookie suit on the subway, he was getting strangers lucky! Putting $50 of pennies to use, he "affixed little messages to the underside (the 'tails' side) using spray adhesive and gobs, and gobs, of patience." What would the lucky penny-picker-upper get? A message saying "It's Your Lucky Day" immediately followed by a......

With straphangers desperately seeking another Patrick Moberg and Camille Hayton story to warm their commuting hearts (don't deny it), the boys at Zoomdoggle are stepping in to force their own missed connections. Their solution to finding love in the big city boils down to a Wookie suit, pensive stares and an occasional smile. Sadly, the efforts of the Wookie, ex-MTV Road Ruler/writer/photographer Jake Bronstein, led nowhere -- as not one person he encountered in......