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Kim Jong Il's Facebook — by Sage Stossel

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By Sage Stossel.

Na Cl + Pe + (Pe) r = Good Chemistry (Salt & Pepper) Shakers

Porcelain.

1.75"Ø.

$15.

FunFact: Some anesthesiologists colloquially refer to normal saline (sodium/Na + chloride/Cl) solution as "nackel."

[via noquedanblogs and PAN-DAN]

Crayola Color Chart — by Jamie Shovlin

The British artist is a man of many parts.

[via Doobybrain]

Braille ring: 'blindlove'

Designed by Mikala Mortensen.

Made in Denmark.

Sterling silver.

$195.

Circuitry Snacks

From Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories:

 

"Two of our favorite things

 

in the world are playing with electronics

 

and playing with food,

and so it is about time

that someone finally got around

 

to combining the two."

[via Everlasting Blort and The Presurfer]

Bodyguard Chair — by Ron Arad

Currently up as part of his show

at the Timothy Taylor Gallery

in London,

through May 9, 2009.

Aircraft Videos

A new website from FactualTV.

[via The Presurfer]

Homer Simpson Talking Fridge Guard

Light-sensitive, he sits patiently inside your fridge waiting for you to visit,

at which time he perks up and utters one of six Homer-isms,

such as "Mmm... fattening" or "Uh oh. Someone's gonna have a tummy ache."

20cm (8") high.

£19.95.

[via Jonathan Margolis's "technopolis" column in the April 18, 2009 Financial Times "How To Spend It" magazine]