bookofjoe

BehindTheMedspeak: 'How do you amputate your own frostbitten fingertips?'

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In the May 2009 issue of Men's Journal magazine, Sir Ranulph Fiennes , the first man to reach both the North and South poles by land, offers a show-and-tell (above) based on his own experience in 2000.

Ultra-wide Peeler

Perfect for those giant zucchini people try to give away at the end of every summer.

I remember back in the day the table in the anesthesia ready room would be heaped with those megavegetables.

They'd stay there for weeks until some cleaning person took pity on us and removed them.

From the peeler website:

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Kai Ultimate Wide Peeler

Peel and prep all sorts of fresh fruits and vegetables, cheese and chocolate with amazing ease.

This versatile tool’s extra-wide, surgical-steel blade efficiently removes large sections and performs well with thick-skinned produce like butternut squash.  

4-1/4"W x 8-1/2"L.

Hand-wash.

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$19.95.

tvweb360.com — 1,356 free TV channels from around the world

But wait, there's more!

Nothing to download, nothing to install, no hardware required.

You just click here and then pick what you want to watch and it starts playing.

45 countries, 16 languages.

Amazing.

TechnoDolt™-friendly as all get out.

Thanks to reader Martin Desbiens for the link.

Something to Touch Speaker

"Something to Touch consists of two parts, a main part of the speaker and a station [below]. When a main part is placed on a station [above], sound will begin to sound."

Wajima-lacquered ginkgo wood.

"To complete Something to Touch, it takes 124 steps (and each step incredibly delicate and time-consuming) by hands of craftsmen and completes around half a year later."

$6,000.

bookofjoe Challenge (new feature): 'I WISH TO FIND AN ENGLISH SPEAKING CHINESE PERSON'

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The comment above from Australian Neville Ford came in at 4:34 a.m. today.

I just saw it (it's now 11:09 a.m. Thursday, April 16, 2009) as I looked through the overnight bag.

Nearly four years ago (on May 23, 2005) I put up a post headlined "By 2025 the number of English-speaking Chinese is likely to exceed the number of native English speakers in the rest of the world."

Word up down under apparently travels by Pony Express.

But I digress.

Mr. Ford read the post and apparently perceived dissonance between its subject and his everyday surroundings, even with China's pretty much having converted the entire Australian continent into a raw materials mine for its voracious industrial machine.

He stated, in no uncertain terms, "I WISH TO FIND AN ENGLISH SPEAKING CHINESE PERSON."

Let's find out just how far bookofjoe extends into the fabric and fiber of the wired world, shall we?

This post is going up at 12:01 p.m. today, and will shortly be linked via an automatic Tweet to Twitter, as is each and every post, by some sort of techie magic performed by Phillip Winn, my wizard of connectivity.

I want to know from Mr. Ford —whose email is nevilleford17@yahoo.com.au — when "AN ENGLISH SPEAKING CHINESE PERSON" contacts him.

Come on, let's see how good you are.

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Update at 12:23 p.m. today (post time + 22 minutes): I emailed Neville Ford at the address he put down (above) to let him know I'm on it but a minute later Google returned with a "Undeliverable" message.

No problem.

I put my crack research team on the case and before you could say Bob's your uncle they returned his Facebook page, picture (below)

and all.

He has 19 friends, including a fellow named Jack Liu and a woman named Fiona Tsan.

I guess they're not Chinese, though their names are.

No matter.

I sent Mr. Ford a message via Facebook to let him know both I and joehead nation (global version) are on it.

Stay tuned.

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Update at 12:54 p.m. today (post + 53 minutes): Neville Ford's request just went up on my Twitter page (below).

Let's see if that does the trick.

What is it?

Answer here this time tomorrow.

Flutter: The New Twitter

[via Yes, ICantSeeYou and Milena]

Goatee Shaving Template

 

Finally.

From websites:

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GoateeSaver

Whether you already have a goatee or want to sport one, the GoateeSaver is a must-have for every man.

This one-of-a-kind shaving template is designed to help give you a perfect goatee every time you shave.

The GoateeSaver is fully adjustable and quickly and easily fits to any man's face.

Never deal with a crooked or uneven goatee again.

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$19.99.