Southern Sass: UD | Sleeping with Strangers, Buffalo Bill and the Smithsonian

11.21.2013

UD | Sleeping with Strangers, Buffalo Bill and the Smithsonian

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11/21/13

What’s so funny about peace, love and the weekend.

PERK ALERT

Thanksgiving Turducken, Delivered

Your Perks: 1) Goldbely is delivering turducken, pumpkin cake and other holiday foods to your door. (Order today to get them in time for Thanksgiving.) 2) 25% off leather wallets inspired by gangsters. 3) 32% off Swiss-made watches for you... or someone you like. This is how you win the holidays.


411:	Holiday foods from Goldbely; wallets from Ashland Leather; Swiss-made watches from Skywatch

ROOM MATING

If Airbnb Were a Dating Website

So there’s this new website. It’s basically like Airbnb, but rather than choosing a place based on its amenities and location, you choose based on whether you find the owner attractive. About that whole judging a book by its cover thing...


411:	LoveRoom, shack up here

COMFORT ZONE

You Could Relax in This

The plan next weekend: hopefully a lot of turkey mixed with a lot of nothing. Hey, here’s some obscenely comfortable Peruvian cotton henleys and sweatshirts that would be perfect for doing nothing. Or just a little bit of something.


411:	Handvaerk, take it easy here

WEST OF TIMES

How the West Was Sold

Ask yourself this: is there someone on your holiday list who would appreciate an antique firearm that was once owned by Buffalo Bill or Jesse James. If the answer is yes: there’s this Wild West–themed auction. If the answer is no: there’s still this Wild West–themed auction.


411:	Legends of the West Signature Auction, take a shot here

GANT HARDLY WAIT

Gant Goes 50% Off

Gant wants you to know that you can now get their check button-downs, cable-knit sweaters and shawl cardigans for significantly less than normal. No need to think too hard here.


411:	Gant Fall Sale, go halfsies here

FIT TO PRINT

Printing the Entire Smithsonian Museum

Apparently, the folks at the Smithsonian have a lot of time on their hands. Because they recently decided to scan all 137 million objects in their collection onto the Internet. You can download the models. Or, if you have a 3D printer, reproduce them. You’ve always wanted a woolly mammoth.


411:	The Smithsonian X3D Project, curate a collection here

You’re a solid multitasker. We’ve seen it. But we think your tablet should be as well. Enter the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition, which, among its countless other features, lets you open two apps side by side and control your TV through a universal remote function. Oh, it tells time, too.