2007's Weirdest at-Work Hijinks

Forget chocolate: You can get gold, pizza, and raw eggs

(NEWSER) - When you need to find a bar—gold, not chocolate—the Gold to Go vending machine at the Emirates Palace hotel in Abu Dhabi has you covered. It's one of a number of wacky vending options. Travel + Leisure lists 10 more weird things you can get from a machine:

1. Fresh pizza: Italy's Let's Pizza machines whip up an individual pie from freshly kneaded dough—with your choice of topping—in about 3 minutes.

Beverage maker focusing on integrated digital campaign instead

(NEWSER) - Pepsi will end its 23-year advertising presence on the Super Bowl telecast to focus on a cross-platform marketing push with a strong digital component. The company was quick to spin the retreat, which will leave the broadcast wide open to archrival Coca-Cola. “The Super Bowl broadcast can be an amazing stage,” an exec says. “However, brands should not blindly anchor themselves to history.” More»

Coke, Pepsi try out alternatives to 20-ounce bottle

(NEWSER) - Coke and Pepsi are testing new bottle sizes in an effort to boost deflating soda sales, reports the Wall Street Journal. Coke pulled 20-ounce bottles of Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Coke and other drinks from Virginia convenience store shelves this week and re-stocked them with 16-ounce and 24-ounce bottles. Pepsi plans to try out 12-ounce and 16-ounce bottles. More»

Forbes suggests ways to keep workplace calm, healthy

(NEWSER) - Stressing out at work can negate the effects of that heart-healthy oatmeal you had for breakfast, Forbes reports. To avoid being that one of every three Americans with cardiovascular disease, adopt these work-day habits:

1. Drink water instead of cola, coffee, or tea.
2. Take the stairs; walk a few blocks at lunch.
3. Stretch your upper back and neck after sitting for a while.
4. Forget the value meal; keep lunch light.

Willy Wonka may be a fictional persona, but these ten real-life fun-food factories will bring out the kid in anyone.

(NEWSER) - Travel & Leisure takes you on a tour of a fun-food factories, where delights range from twisting your own pretzel to sampling donuts hot off the line. Some factory tours can even be experienced from home.

1. Twinkie: Twinkies.com
2. Tootsie Pop: Tootsie.com
3. Ben and Jerry's: Waterbury, Vt.