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iMac turned ant farm for sale on eBay

by Mike Schramm (Nov 29th, 2010)

We've seen lots of interesting ways to use old Macs, including the great Macquarium that pops up every now and again. But I think an ant farm is a new one -- that's what this 17" G5 iMac has been turned into. An eBay seller in Hawaii says he emptied out the Mac's insides and built a custom habitat ...

Engadget: Houston overrun by electronics-killing ants

by Robert Palmer (May 15th, 2008)

It sounds like the plot of a Roger Corman film, I know, but as reported on our sister blog, apparently swaths of Texas are being overrun by "Crazy Rasberry Ants," named for their discoverer (and exterminator) Tom Rasberry, not for the tasty fruit. The ants, for some reason, are attracted to ...