Category: Curiosities

Unclutter your cutter

Lif e is full of redundancies – nowhere moreso than the humble cutlery drawer. I grew up with splayds (and other cutlery too) – and regret not receiving any as wedding presents. 

For those not familiar with splayds or the myriad other food consuming implements I present this Venn Diagram…

From here.

A bunch of links – May 22, 2009

A bunch of links – May 21, 2009

Little trophy of bunny homicide


Little sister number 2 also suggested I post this. Again, from etsy, another piece of macabre crochet work.

Ninja Checkers

When your little sister (number 2), who is topping her course at uni (Business)  tells you to do something. You do it. Because you know it’s good business. She wants me to post this Ninja Checkers Set from Etsy. 

So I did. Also, it’s got ninjas. So it’s pretty much natural blog fodder round these parts anyway.

A bunch of links – May 20, 2009

Overclocking

You know you’ve taken your clock concept too far when it needs 12 other clocks to form the clockface. 

But that’s what Humans since 1982 have done. And it kind of works… if you like clocks that go a conceptual step too far. 

More info and pics are available here.

More than meets the eye

This is a nice USB drive/Transformers tie in. I would like one, but they’re $42 – which works out at $21 a GB.

At least ten R2-D2 items you don’t want or need

I don’t really get excited by Star Wars – which is why I mercifully (or mercilessly) flogged off my garage sale haul of Star Wars figurines rather than putting them in a cupboard to look at once every couple of years.

But, I do see weird Star Wars merchandise from time to time as I trawl the internet for blogworthy goodness – to be honest they’ve all fallen into my lap via Google Reader. Now I am collating them for your reading pleasure… in no particular order.

Yes, a Plush robot. Probably life size, but who can tell.


A backpack

A tissue box cover


A Pepper Mill

A pool toy – available in Target apparently…


A USB Hub

A children’s laptop

An aquarium

A drink bottle


A Nutcracker


A USB drive.


An all in one remote controlled media centre, DVD drive and projector

An iPhone controlled life sized robot companion

As subtle as a brick wall

I’ve posted a bunch of “Tetris in real life” type things before – but they were never like this. You’ll find this, amongst a bunch of trippy photography/editing here at alltelleringet.com.

It’s subtle. Like a punch to the face. Perhaps like this punch to the face…

A bunch of links – May 19, 2009

Best of the web

You know what the world your desk needs more of… Spiderman merchandise. Not just any old merchandise. Functional USB merchandise. Here are four “must haves”* for your cubicle.

A Spiderman Lamp

A Spiderman missile launcher

A Spiderman Can Fridge

A Spiderman Panic Button (will throw up a picture of Spiderman on your screen)

Most of these were found at Foolish Gadgets – all of them are pretty silly and available in alternate but equally marvel-lous versions from the retailer.
*If you’re a Spiderman fanatic or work for Marvel Comics

A bunch of links – May 18, 2009

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A bunch of links – May 17, 2009