NYC-based web designer David Cole has created a Taxidermy Deer LEGO Kit, which is exactly what it sounds like, and will definitely be ordered by most of Brooklyn by the end of this sentence. The LEGO kit, Cole says, will help you recall your hunting days with... though presumably "the morning dew, the crunch of the field under your fancy boots, the sad eyes of the majestic, dying animals" are all sold separately. For your 12 bucks, you'll get the 60-piece set comes with LEGOs and a hand drawn instruction kit. The only bummer is that it's a little small, but surely you can invest in a bulk order of brown LEGOs should you want to make a life sized decapitated deer head. [via Laughing Squid] more ›

Just as we were patting ourselves on the backs for our top shelf tap water, a Bushwick local went and tested their own H2O after it began stinking up shower time and dish duty with chlorine fumes. BushwickBK used a water testing kit to analyze pH levels, alkalinity, chlorine, total hardness, iron, copper, and nitrites. The results? "My tap water scored a 4 out of 10 in total chlorine content, which is safe according to Pro-Lab pamphlet, but the water in the Brita pitcher recorded a 0.2 out of 10 total chlorine content." However, the test showed that it was acidic (or “soft”) which can mean there are heavy metals and/or lead present (a lead test costs $30 and wasn't performed). They report the test "recorded a pH of 5, the level of acidity in coffee...and my Brita pitcher only increased the acidity in the water, pushing it down to a 3, the level of orange juice and vinegar." Yikes! If you want to perform your own tap water test, there are kits available for $10. And if you're in the beer-making biz, note that low pH levels are good for it, "The German immigrants that dominated Bushwick in the mid-1800s got filthy rich off the water acidity." more ›

Scaremongering just hit a whole new level underground, with Subivor -- the subway survival kit. The website (after a short video montage of all the ways the subway will ultimately become your tomb) warns straphangers:

Dear Subway Commuters, more ›