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13-year-old Jimmy Page — yes, THAT Jimmy Page — plays skiffle on 1957 BBC talent show

Videre est credere.

He appeared on the show "All Your Own," hosted by Huw Wheldon, and played "Mama Don't Want To Skiffle Anymore" and "Cottonfield."

[via Open Culture and Laughing Squid]

Shark Attack Mug

Porcelain.

$10.56.

[via UberReview, Bem Legaus! and Awesomer]

i-Memorial — "Do not leave unprepared"

Catchy, what?

i-Memorial's full page ad in Friday's Wall Street Journal was headlined "Build your immortality — life is worth it."

Below, it said "Say what you have to say. Do not leave unprepared. Let i-Memorial become the fully secure guardian of your lifetime, the best place to leave the trace of your passage on Earth."

A bit different from the usual full page ads in the Wall Street Journal, what?

I like that phrase, "Leave the trace of your passage on Earth."

Though as time passes I suspect your trace — whether left in i-Memorial's cloud or on some holographic display that will come on the market circa 2020 — will be of diminishing interest to anyone other than those who ring up the annual charge to keep your cloud presence alive.

Prime Number Onesie

Just the thing for parents who think it's never too soon to start preparing for preschool entrance exams.

The packaging (below)

says "Babies love prime numbers!" but from where I'm walking on the treadmill that seems a bit of a reach, I dunno....

No matter.

6–12 months.

$25.

 

What's your superhero name?

Mine's Green Remote.

What's yours?

[via Broadsheet]

Good Sponge Bad Sponge

Good idea.

Stainless steel.

$28 (sponges not included).

Anatomical sculpture by Maskull Lasserre

The Canadian artist

is

sui generis.

Above

and

below,

"Secret Carpentry,"

a carved ax

made this year,

measuring 27" x 6" x 2".

[via Wholly's Blog and Colossal]

Glass Guitar Picks

"These ridged, luminous handmade guitar picks by Hawaiian artist Rosemary Pierro produce a harder, metallic sound. They work with all types of guitar strings and are sturdy enough to withstand any musical style."

"The individually-torched borosilicate picks feature an easy-to-grip texture."

$20.