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Blogging Halloween 2008: Part II

Here's another roundup of Halloween creeps and treats from the blogosphere. Part 1 is here and entries from past Halloweens can be found here.

  • This Dark Knight pumpkin is cool and scary. Another scary pumpkin is the Stock ticker pumpkin which looks more like it could be a bomb. Kotaku has a collection of gaming pumpkins that are not scary.
  • ShoppingBlog.com has a summary of this Halloween's themes and trends.
  • Some Halloween icons for Twitter can be found here.
  • Play an online game called Cat Bowling.
  • Fairytale pumpkins are a popular pumpkin variety this year. They have a a cinderella shape and a buckskin color.
  • Eight Halloween costumes that will scare environmentalists.
  • Four last-minute printable Halloween candidate masks can be found here (via DesignFloat.com). Forbes.com has masks of some celebrity and media people.
  • Facebook prepares for people to deliver truckloads of Halloween photos over the intertubes.
  • Some online and digital Halloween treats can be found on Yahoo Tech Adviser and on Mashable.
  • Halloween is the fastest growing greeting card-sending occasion.
  • Today's Google doodle was designed by Wes Craven. Wes Craven has been busy on YouTube as well.
  • Adorable photos of animals with pumpkins. (via Slashfood)
  • It's already scary out there for investors - these four economic demons from Fool.com won't help.
  • JibJab has some Halloween sendables here - just upload your face.
  • Zombie Babes terrorized the streets of New York.
  • Ecorazzi has a list of vegan-approved candy.
  • It's probably too late this year but next year you could scare people by turning a room into a vortex tunnel.
  • How to look like like Patrick Bateman in American Psycho.
  • Nom Nom: Mummy cupcakes, Crawly Cakes, Spiderweb cookies, Fried Spiders, Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cupcakes, Pumpkin Tortilla Soup and Popcorn Brain Balls. There is also collections of Halloween cupcakes here and here.
  • Disney is growing Mickey-shaped pumpkins.
  • Safety tips for trick-or-treating from the Candy Dish Blog.
  • Gothamist found a heavily decorated haunted house.
  • A rant against the grotesque and unwanted Halloween hanging trend.
  • In London's Regent Park some kitchen utensils and cookware were used to make a creepy looking skull.
  • A brief history of Halloween from Greeting Card blog. National Geographic explains the origins of Halloween treats.
  • Deadly Macintosh virus caught on film.
  • Buzzfeed has a list of Internet meme costumes including Helmet Cat.
  • You can see a couple crafty ideas from Cookie magazine in this video.
  • A pretty amazing mech costume.
  • Cockeyed.com has a list of some Halloween candy codes that can be left in chalk in front of the houses.
  • Bruce Springsteen posted a Halloween song on his website called "A Night With The Jersey Devil".
  • Tor.com has an article by a writer who hates horror.
  • The Southwest Airlines CEO croudsourced the idea for his costume - see his blog entry here.
  • Learn how to make fake blood.
  • Music: 10 Hip-hop songs for Halloween and 15 mood songs for Halloween.
  • Celebrity Costumes:

    Posted on October 31, 2008



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