Archive: October 27, 2007

Oh man, if I owned this bird, it would drive me insane with the squawking and parrot sounds. SO ANNOYING! I’d be tempted to just let this bird go and fly free. I must admit though that a bird that can enjoy the beat of Backstreet Boys music is entertaining. So maybe if it was [...]

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I would love to see a minister or a pastor (or, really, anybody in clergy work) give a sermon while wearing this They Are All Winners t-shirt ($25) designed by Matt Giraffe. Talk about giving a visual representation of the message at hand. This tee is better than PowerPoint.

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This Scrambled Numbers clock will make you feel like you’re in a totally different dimension. With laser-cut steel numbers, the 20″ x 21″ wall clock will have you scrambling to figure out just exactly what time it is. Price: $100. Not bad for a clock that looks this great and runs on one AA battery.

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Remember that huge bank vault building that Scrooge McDuck would always dive into? Yeah, the one nearly filled to the top with gold coins and bank notes. The one with the diving board. Yep. Well, a Norwegian artist by the name of Mats Gullikstad has recreated a scale model of that bank vault using blue [...]

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I just finished watching Election 1 & 2 (see my movie page). The two films by Johnnie To are said to be “the Asian Godfather“. Election follows the inner workings of the Triad society in Hong Kong during the time when the shift of power is up for grabs (every 2 years, the chairman position [...]

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It’s funny how a simple pair of googly eyes can make even the most inanimate of objects seem more “real”. Amy Sedaris, author of I Like You, proposed a craft challenge on WNYC public radio earlier this year to see who could be most creative with them. See all 314 entries in this Flickr photo [...]