November 30, 2008 @ 11:54 pm
File this one under ‘Black Friday weekend’ I guess, but if you don’t already know, UNIQLO is having pretty decent sales at their store in SoHo. If you go there now, you’ll find packs of plain crew neck (and V-neck) T-shirts for just $2.90 instead of the regular $4.90.
It’s a great deal for what I think is the best fitting plain T-shirt that your money can buy. Yes, even better than American Apparel (and a heck of a lot cheaper too!).
November 30, 2008 @ 11:49 pm
This thing is big and orange and it’s mine! MY MOM GAVE IT TO ME. :)
This can fill a lot of tea or coffee, saving me trips to the kitchen!
November 30, 2008 @ 11:27 pm
Sweet GIFs is a simple website that shows you page after page of tacky but oddly mesmerizing animated GIFs.
Seriously, that’s it.
November 30, 2008 @ 11:12 pm
The holidays are coming up, so why not spice up those boring reports and papers with colored staples?
They come in gold, blue, red, and green. Staple your papers together with all 4 of these colors and create a festive mood for all recipients! For $6.50, you can get 2000 of these at standard staple sizes.
November 30, 2008 @ 10:57 pm
If NASA development and research go as planned, future Space Shuttle missions could see the implementation of this powerful ejector seat that would propel astronauts far enough away from any danger of an exploding rocket.
According to WIRED, this new ejector seat can deliver half a million pounds of thrust which causes it to burn through more than half of its fuel in 3 seconds.
Judging by the video though, it looks like the act of ejecting from the Space Shuttle alone could be deadly for the astronauts as the sudden force could very well be many more times that of a standard Space Shuttle launch.
November 30, 2008 @ 10:52 pm
Photo: Nicholas D. Kristof/The New York Times
Nicholas D. Kristof has written about the very depressing story of a woman who has been disfigured due to acid being flung into her face. This act of terrorism against women is not too uncommon in parts of Asia where women hold a lesser place in society. What’s even more frightening is that buying this type of acid is a relatively easy thing to do because governments in these countries do almost nothing to regulate the sales of such substances, nor do the governments prosecute the men who commit such acts.
The image above is definitely a powerful force in helping these women get the help they need. Were it not for images like this, I really believe that people would have no clear perception of what sort of danger this act of terrorism does to women.
