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Employees Create Beer Vending Machine. I’ve read articles about cool places to work such as Google where they have free massages and sushi lunches, Facebook which provides free laundry and daycare services, or Clif Bar which has a 40 foot rock wall and fitness center. Add to the list of cool places to work Arnold Worldwide, a Boston-based advertising agency. Instead of being content with the usual vending machine most large companies have, the employees decided to create a machine they call Arnie, which sounds like the ultimate vending machine.

No, not just because it tweets on it’s own, or the fact it has data recognition when employees insert their key fob into it and it greets them by name and remembers their preferences, or even the touch screen iPad like interface that is temperature aware and has a Soundtube. It’s all about the beer. At the time of me writing this, they currently have 6 different beers, all of which they brew including an eponymous brew, the “Arnold Pilsner.” Reaction_version5.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object) The Mercedes Hunter X6. This 6 Wheel Drive beast is part RV and part tank -- a rugged truck with a classy interior that will comfortably support six people. The Hunter X6 can go places your regular RV could never tread and even has room for its own ATV auxiliary vehicle! 1715583086175056716.jpg (JPEG Image, 1280x854 pixels) - Scaled (84%) aM laboratory. aM laboratory.