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August 11, 2013
All-in-One: 12-course meal in a can
Artist Chris Godfrey writes:
"Contemporary culture means on every trip into town, you're bombarded with gimmicks galore. Gimmicks often diminish their products to turn a profit; downgrading on the content but selling you something that's '50% more.' The All-in-One 12-course meal in a can offers the average Joe a chance to dine like royalty without the washing up."
The 12 courses:
[via JunkCulture, psfk, and Procrastinaut]
August 11, 2013 at 08:01 PM | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack
Brick Cell Phone
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Just5 Brick is a reliable cell phone with big buttons and minimum set of basic functions for people who just need to make and receive calls.
Just5 Brick's design is a reminder of the good old days when the word smartphone hasn't even been invented yet.
The large buttons make it easy to dial a number or send a text message.
The monochrome display and retractable antenna designed to receive a strong radio signal bring back pleasant memories.
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Red, Olive, White, Gray, Brown.
$91.
August 11, 2013 at 04:01 PM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Who has Google Glass?
Andrej Karpathy, he of the average 17-second average Rubik's Cube solution and myriad other projects and activities, created a page with all manner of stuff about people who got Glass.
Up top, a Word Cloud of Twitter descriptions of winners.
Below, a Word Cloud of applications.
Below, Word Cloud of the most common #hashtags in Glass applications.
Below, a map displaying 2,280 Twitter winners "who had parsable locations by Google Maps API."
August 11, 2013 at 12:01 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Keyring Ruler
"The classic metal ruler in a compact keyring size."
Stainless steel.
2"/5.5cm.
August 11, 2013 at 08:01 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Catme 13/Glass Effect 35 — Out and about in Charlottesville
Above, uranium glass at an antique shop.
Below, a strange toilet at a Gordonsville restaurant.
Finally, a rare 1904 Northern Electric telephone.
Glass is really useful for stuff like this.
Like having an excellent personal secretary, only better.
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Note added at 9:47 p.m. Sunday night in response to the comment of reader Saul Castellanos who wrote "Hello Joseph, I cannot sleep tonight until you tell us what the note actually says on top of that toilet."
Your wish is my demand:
August 11, 2013 at 04:01 AM | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
Skateboard Mirror
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Made from stainless steel and mirrored glass with genuine skate trucks.
Comes with a pack of skate stickers to customize the front.
Hang vertically or horizontally or simply prop it up in the corner of the room, do any of these things — but please don't skate on it, after all it is a Skateboard Mirror not a mirror skateboard, a very important distinction.
Details and Features:
Stainless steel and mirrored glass panel with skateboard wheels and trucks.
29.7"L x 7.5"W x 5.1"H.
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$199.
August 11, 2013 at 12:01 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack