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Do I seriously want a Henri Bendel candle for the price? March 24, 2008 |
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Yes, you seriously do. There have always been candles, but now, there are candles. Of course, we could discuss how this is some sort of example of our affluenza or something like that. But, for the moment, I’m not going to get into any larger sociological context of expensive candles in a world of $4.00 gasoline.
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Rainbow Six Vegas 2: More Sin-City Gunplay March 24, 2008 |
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Last night I finally got a chance to check out Rainbow Six: Vegas 2, the sequel to one of my favorite shooters. I’ve long been a fan of the Rainbow Six franchise, but Vegas introduced an exceptional cover system that allows for really tactical gunplay. This mechanism remains intact and unchanged in Vegas 2; in fact the core of the game is all familiar, but many of the rough edges from the first game have been improved.
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I like chunky rings, I like the periodic table, and I am not alone.
These Periodic Rings are come in three flavors: Gold, Silver, and Platinum. Each is decorated with the elemental symbol, atomic number and mass of the material from which they are fashioned. Now, these babies are solid chunks of metal, and so the price varies depending on which metal you want: Silver is $205, while platinum is a princely $6500. Simply put, this is the perfect graduation gift for a chemistry major or anyone who listens to nerdcore. Rings are made to order in 2-5 weeks, in sizes 7-9.
INN: ITSNONAME via Uncrate.
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I Want One V: DIY Kyoto Wattson March 19, 2008 |
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This will make for an interesting conversation starter, if nothing else. The DIY Kyoto Wattson, while from a company with a misleading name, is simple in theory. You connect some included doodads to your electricity meter and those doodads communicate wirelessly with the box, displaying your current usage in watts and the amount you will spend in a year at the current usage. It’s a great device for nagging your cohabitants about blasting the AC on November evenings or, if your roommates are anything like mine, leaving the lights on in vacant rooms. Even better, you get to nag with colors as the Wattson changes the hue of its soft glow depending on your usage. Now, you get all the fun of the Federal government’s color-coded threat level system in your home. Imagine, calling a house meeting (a la Real World) to announce the current energy level and things that should be done to bring that level back down to a less fear-inducing color. I shudder to think of the possibilities.
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Comforting Creatures: Spot On Square Wall Animals March 18, 2008 |
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By now you’ve probably noticed I love wood, so it shouldn’t surprise you that I gravitated towards these fantastic wall hangings at the CABoom show last weekend. Keep reading for details on how to adopt your own…
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Lollygagging Furniture: Made in Duluth for You! March 17, 2008 |
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This weekend, Santi & I headed over to CABoom. There was a lot of good stuff and I’ll be throwing some of it up for the next few days. I’m going to start with Loll Designs Modern Outdoor Furniture.
Loll designs makes stylish outdoor furniture from recycled milk cartons. Because it is made out of plastic, the furniture doesn’t need to be repainted, as often is the case with furniture which is exposed to the sun, rain, and the elements.
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Beautiful Organization with Jerome Olivet March 17, 2008 |
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Crazy looking, right? A Mobius strip as the handle to a bag warms every geeky fiber in my being. But, it doesn’t look geeky at all; and it isn’t alone. The materials for the pieces aren’t listed, but I’m guessing that they vary - items like the business card presenter are likely plastic, but the bags are more likely leather. My buddy David told me I had to check these out, and he was right - the organic, irregular shapes manage to be interesting and minimalist at the same time. I’m really just having trouble figuring out which bag I want to buy. A few more of my favorites are below, but there’s much, much more to be seen at his site.
Link: Jerome Olivet
more pictures below!
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Stapler without Staples. The Future is Now! March 14, 2008 |
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I’m no Al Gore or anything, but I think the environment is of at least passing importance. While I’m really excited about Moon-based habitats and I don’t think we’ll make a serious push for them until our species is on the brink of extinction, we should be making every effort to keep what we’ve got nice. (If for no other reason than to charge the Martians exorbitant amounts of money in tourism) To that end, I stumbled across this gem on Amazon. It is a stapler…wait for it…without any staples!
Yeah, that’s pretty much it. Normal humans probably don’t care about this sort of stuff, but hey, I’m a big nerd, so inventive ways of doing totally uninventive things get me excited. Anyway, it works by punching a hole in the paper and folding the punched part back up through another hole made in the above pages. Essentially, it weaves the top part of your paper.
At the very least, you’ll amaze your coworkers or professors with the technique, causing them to tear the papers apart in curiosity, forcing them to staple them back together later with more 20th century means, defeating the whole purpose of saving the environment by using fewer staples. But hey, you tried right?
*Warning: 5 page maximum*
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Army of Two: Equal Parts Marcus Fenix and Sam Fisher March 13, 2008 |
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The wait has ended - I stayed up until three in the morning last night, playing Army of Two (Xbox 360, PS3) with my brother; only quitting because the sun was rising outside his east-coast apartment (I’m in LA). We’ve been looking forward to AoT for months, seduced by the potential of a truly cooperative shooter ever since playing the coop levels in Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. Gears of War is a favorite of ours, as is Rainbow Six: Vegas, but neither actually requires a partner: if you’re good enough, your partner can just hunker down somewhere and let you clean house. In AoT, this just isn’t possible.
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And then there was light! Victorinox LED Flashlight March 12, 2008 |
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High output LED. Fantastic build quality. Small and Stylish. Need I say more? Well… I’ve got a few more words to say.
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