Once upon a time I got quite upset when my housemates played darts inside. In a house where I was the only person on the lease… In memory of that auspicious occasion here are some dart coat hooks.
Category: Curiosities
A place to hang your hood
If perchance you purchased the ninja suit I linked to back here and have been looking for an appropriate implement to store it… then look no further than these shuriken coat hooks.
Clocking Off
I like clocks. Especially clever clocks. These are clever clocks.
On Foot displays the world record times for running different distances. Three arcs map the records to the hours, minutes and seconds on the watch. The outer arc shows records of less than 60 seconds: 100m, 200m and 400m. The two inner arcs align with the minute and hour hand respectively, for records of under and over one hour, showing distances from 800 metres all the way up to 100km
Hubless Clock
The creator of this clock set out to create a clock with no hands, it’s just got two rotating circles…
Switchital Clock
This one’s my favourite. Its mechanism uses a bunch of rearranging magnets. Watch it in action in the video clip.
More Mac time
That Maccas billboard from yesterday was really clever. Here’s another piece of outdoor advertising that’s also cool… and also from Maccas.
Seeing double
Sometimes at a dinner party the table can be littered with glassware, and it’s a klutz’s nightmare. You place your knife down just that little bit too hard, and the glasses fall like dominoes. If only there was a solution to all that clutter.
But wait. There must be. Because you can see the picture below already, there’s no air of mystery. These double ended glasses are expensive, but you’ll save money on broken glasses in the long run…
Bloody furniture
Bloody furniture to go with your bloody everything else.
Shirt of the Day: Robots in bad disguise
I would possibly buy this. If I was allowed to buy novelty T-shirts.
Getting to home plate
Give your meals a blast with this pepper mill.
Entiecing attiere
Finding the right outfit for a formal occasion is a tough ask. Especially if you’re a function over form type of person. Lucky I’m here to help – with these two suggestions for your next work party… one for the clumsy eater and the other for the beer drinker.
Hide your light in a bottle
You can let your little light shine – quite literally – with this blood powered lamp. It’s meant to teach you the value of energy. Some sort of lesson that all energy use comes at a cost. It’s cool. Science with a message.
Here’s a video of the thing in action…
Blood Lamp from miket on Vimeo.
Thanks to Ali for the tip.
Super Mario Clock
What time is it when the big hand points to Flower Power Mario and the little hand points to Mario64?
You can answer this question for your friends, countrymen or children if you purchase this clock from etsy.
Mac time
I love clever billboards. This one from McDonalds is one of the cleverest I’ve seen for a while. Their outdoor advertising department is doing a good job…
Speakers in disguise
I don’t want these. They’re tacky. But you know, if you’re putting together a Transformer themed bedroom – or a Transformer case mod they might come in handy.
If you do want Optimus Prime speakers you should get em here…