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    Jux: Quick question - when you guys see "Blam" do you pronounce it "Bee-Lam" or just "Blam?" #roundup more »
    lazy lazy bloke: are his eyebrows really that high up from his glasses frame? #roundup more »
    psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you!: Mine's better! :( #spiderbotpumpkin more »
    karatecarrot: Instead I'll subject every kid in the neighborhood to this dance then they can decide if they really want candy from me. #spiderbotpumpkin more »
    Curves: I thought it was kind of creepy when it first came in the frame, but after it started dancing, I found it charming. #spiderbotpumpkin more »
    Benguin: And it just so happens to look like the Master Sword. Neat. On the topic of Jack-o-lanters though, how do you keep them from rotting after you carve ... more »
    Monty: I think nearly any of us would light up with a sword stuck in us, but the depressing part is that we only wasted ten bucks to impale the poor All Hall... more »
    SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!: *removes swords* PANANANAAAAAAAAA *Zelda's chest opening fanfare* *spins around and raise the sword* *fall from dizziness* @_@ #pumpkinpalstake more »
    psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you!: That's nice. I'ma go stop by engadget now... #pumpkinpalstake more »
    Bea Arthur: Never heard of this, but I might take a stab at it. #pumpkinpalstake more »
    B-low: Death* by blumpkin more »
    Intelext: If i did this in my neighborhood, i'd be the laughingstock for quite a while. more »
    Curves: The R2D2 unit was adorable. more »
    Julius Seizure - Canuck: Can't I just fit the pumpkin over the Roomba and have it clean up the porch while it scares the crap out of the kids from next door? more »
    Geisrud: This would at least give my Jack O'Lantern a fighting chance to survive the squirrels. And by squirrels, I do mean the little grey tree rats that dec... more »
  • #halloween

    The Great Gizmodo Halloween Roundup

    Since I'm feeling festive evening, I thought I would leave you with some of our Halloween posts. OK, really I just can't pass up a chance to put up these masks of Chen and Blam again. Happy Halloween everyone! More »
  • #diy

    A Spider-Bot Pumpkin Is the Scariest Way To Dispense Candy On Halloween

    If I wasn't so worried about traumatizing the kids in my neighborhood, dispensing trick or treat candy in this creepy spider bot pumpkin would be awesome. More »
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    Sword Illuminates a Pumpkin by Impaling It

    Obviously any jack-o'-lantern has already been mutilated mercilessly by children with knives and ice cream scoops, but something about permanently sticking a $10 light-up sword in its head just feels like salt in the wound. [Danna Bananas via Nerd Approved]
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    Ideas for Tech-Themed Halloween Pumpkins

    If you are looking for Halloween pumpkin carving ideas, here are some classic tech- and sci-fi-themes. I sure like R2-D2 more than Darth Pumpkin and Yod-o'-lantern, but the most terrifying is the red ring of death pumpkin. More »
  • #robots

    10 Robot Halloween Pumpkins Provide Artistic Inspiration

    I got my pumpkins the other day, but I've been debating about what to carve. Botropolis may have provided the answer—robots! The 10 pumpkins on their list are ambitious, but you might find something that inspires you. [Botropolis]
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    Scare the Crap Out of Trick-or-Treaters With a Rovin' Pumpkin

    Costumes and paper cut-out witches are all well and good, but if you want to legitimately scare trick-or-treaters, why not surprise them with a pumpkin that moves around under its own volition? More »
  • #halloween

    Lasers: The Only Way to Carve a Pumpkin

    You could risk cutting yourself with a knife. Or you could buy one of those mini saw kits that always break off in the pumpkin. Or, if you really want to misuse company/lab equipment, you can requisition a laser cutter to carve your Halloween pumpkins. That's what Doug did, and he has no regrets other than that the results "smell bad." More »
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    Truly Scare Neighbour Kids with CNC-Carved Geek-o-Lantern

    With just one day to go, the novelty Halloween pumpkins have been slowly building up: but I say none of them, none, have the scariness factor of this. It's a geek head pumpkin, geekily precision-carved using a geekily cool open-source DIY CNC machine into a genuine geek pumpkin. OK, so the last part is a lie, but the rest is real: check out the video of the carving in action. It's like a mini babyfood maker colliding with high-tech electronics. More »
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    25 Best Geek-o'-Lanterns in the World