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How to Dress Like Steve Jobs



Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs

Halloween is around the corner and Steve Jobs’ passing has led to an influx of people who want to pay tribute to the inspirational and creative business leader by DRESSING LIKE STEVE JOBS FOR HALLOWEEN.

But you don’t have to go to the store to buy a Steve Jobs Halloween costume.

All you have to do is the following:

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Perfect for Halloween – get a mask of your own face



Chimpanzee Alive - Animatronic Robot MonkeyChimpanzee Alive – Animatronic Monkey Robot

Who wouldn’t want to walk into a room full of people all wearing your own face as their Halloween costume?

Or, you could creep people out by “going as yourself” for Halloween, and still fulfilling the requirement of actually wearing a Halloween mask instead of just being a fun-sucker by not participating in the festivities.

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PSA for the ladies in time for Comic-Con: Please stop wearing the Princess Leia Slave costume



Sexy Princess Leia Slave Costume
Buy the Sexy Princess Leia Slave Costume

This week at Comic-Con 2011, news organizations are likely to focus – at one time or another – on the cosplay phenomenon…. especially with what the ladies wear.

Women are using ComicCon as an opportunity to wear their “Sexy Halloween Costumes” more than once a year, especially if their costume of choice involves any type of sexy television character, sexy cartoon character, sexy literary character, sexy sci-fi character, or any other appropriate costume that can have “sexy” put in front of it.

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Proof that Soylent Green is people: babies good enough to eat!



Anne Geddes Baby Costumes
Anne Geddes Baby Costumes

It’s just another thing that parents do to embarass their kids: dressing up their kids in funny costumes and taking pictures of ‘em.

Pictures that can be used for high school yearbooks, engagement party photo displays, bar mitzvah autograph boards — you know, anything that can be blown up to poster-size and put on display for the world to see.

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Looking for GOOD Halloween costume ideas? Try WTFCostumes.com



Halloween Costume & Party Supplies Store Business Plan
Halloween Costume & Party Supplies Store Business Plan

As Halloween fast approaches, Web Watch wants to remind you that you have a limited amount of time to pick out the best Halloween costume out there.

Web Watch has already told you about one place to find SOME GREAT LAST-MINUTE HALLOWEEN COSTUME IDEAS,  but we have stumbled upon one site that is chock-full of not only some great ideas, but the visuals you need to pull the outfit off yourself. 

That’s why we’re pointing you to WTF COSTUMES: THE CRAZY and SEXY HALLOWEEN COSTUME ARCHIVE.

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Be creative this Halloween. Don’t be *that* guy.




Tiger Woods Halloween Costume
Tiger Woods Halloween Costume

This year, Halloween falls on a weekend – which means that we have at least 2 days of Halloween costume party antics to go through compared to the normal 1.

All Web Watch asks is that you don’t go as ONE OF THESE OVERDONE, OVERUSED CLICHE HALLOWEEN COSTUMES this year:

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How to Dress like the Tiger Woods “Cigar Guy”



Groucho Marx Poster
Groucho Marx Poster

You know that PERFECTLY TIMED SPORTS PHOTO that been going around the Internet this last week?

You know the one – it’s where Tiger Woods hit an errant chip shot at this year’s RYDER CUP that went directly at a photographer’s camera?

Well, we’re not here to talk about Tiger or his golf skill… we’re here to talk about THE CIGAR GUY. He’s the one that turned a phenomenal golf photo into an Internet sensation.

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Zombie Fun: How to “Eat Your Face” for Halloween




Special Effects Cookbook
Special Effects Cookbook

Mike Samonek wants you to play with your food.

That’s part of the reason he came up with the SPECIAL EFFECTS COOKBOOK and Special Effects cooking website, as a way to encourage experimentation in the kitchen and having fun while you eat.

Some of the recipes that are featured include:

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How to Dress like Lady Gaga




Light-up neon glow shoelaces
Light-Up Battery-Powered Shoe Laces

After Web Watch posted about the TOP TEN HALLOWEEN COSTUMES FOR 2010, we received numerous requests about one of the entries: LADY GAGA.

So here is Web Watch’s GUIDE TO HOW TO DRESS LIKE LADY GAGA for Halloween.

First, let’s get some tips directly from Lady Gaga herself:

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How to Create a Haunted House, and the 2010 Top Ten Haunted Houses



Haunted House Halloween Handbook
Haunted House Halloween Handbook

Web Watch loves Halloween – more for the experience of visiting what could be used as a local movie set at elaborate haunted house attractions rather than the handing out of candy to neighborhood brats.

Because those creative individuals who spend all year working on an immersive Halloween experience really deserve kudos for the effort they put into spending a month scaring the hell out of all their guests.

One question that Web Watch wanted to figure out the answer to was HOW MUCH MONEY DO HAUNTED HOUSE ATTRACTIONS MAKE EACH YEAR? Is it a profitable business?  Using some rough math, Web Watch can guess that the following is a reasonable estimate on haunted house earnings:

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The Top Ten Most Popular Halloween Costumes for 2010 are…




Jersey Shore Snooki Wig Costume
Jersey Shore Snooki Wig Costume

Americans are expecting to spend $66 each on Halloween-related costumes, candy, and other items this year.  To help you out as to what you will be spending that money on, SPIRIT HALLOWEEN, a nationwide Halloween costume and accessories store, has announced what they are predicting to be the TOP TEN HALLOWEEN COSTUMES FOR 2010:

  • The cast of the Jersey Shore
  • Toy Story 3
  • Vampires
  • Nintendo characters Super Mario and Luigi (it’s their 25th Anniversary, you know)
  • Lady Gaga
  • Flappers and gangsters
  • Gumby and Pokey throwback styles
  • Star Wars
  • Iron Man 2
  • Pirates

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News flash: Wearing a Superman t-shirt does not mean you’re dressed as Superman





In YET ANOTHER NOSTALGIA BLOG-TURNED-POSSIBLE-EXPLOITATIVE BOOK DEAL, Web Watch points you to GROWING UP HEROES, a photoblog of old family photos that have been submitted by the site’s readers.

In this case, the family photos are of children (and others) dressed up as their favorite superheroes.

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Halloween is over, so laugh at GOTHS IN HOT WEATHER



Goth BootsNow that Halloween is really over, Web Watch encourages everyone to take the time to laugh at those who still feel the need to rebel against society and dress in goth in their everyday lives during the most inopportune moment: in the heat of the day.

Everyone knows that dressing goth is best done in the cool of the night, preferably in the winter months when the extra layers provide appropriate protection from the weather.

Except for these folks – the GOTHS IN HOT WEATHER.

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Need a last minute Halloween costume idea? Here are some ideas…



Instant VampireHalloween is here, and Web Watch knows that you’re looking for That Perfect Halloween Costume to wear this year.

Considering the date, chances of finding the “perfect” costume is highly unlikely now.

But never fear — Web Watch is here to help you with this list of readily-accessible Instant Halloween Costumes, courtesy of THE KNOW-YOUR-INTERNET-MEME HALLOWEEN COSTUME GUIDE.

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