Archive for March, 2012
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Crazy Faces Painted In Urban Landscapes
Street artist, Nomerz, keeps us smiling with his awesome art that keeps popping up in various locations throughout Nizhny Novgorod in Russia. Quirky faces? Check. Bright pops of colour? Check. Unexpected locations? Check. Each work of art is created using spray paint and the imagery ties in directly with the dimensions and characteristics of the architectural structures that are painted. Nomerz offers a collection of his ...
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Instant Travel Mug Converter Cap
The Cuppow is a solution for easier drinking from a canning jar. Now you can convert any mason jar into a spill-proof cup by using the Cuppow lid. The lid is BPA free and made to fit standard wide-mouth mason jar openings. Skip the disposable paper cups and go green with the Cuppow, and nevermind the expensive travel mugs (although, we do think very hot beverages ...
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Paper Cups With Funny Fake Noses
These 12oz cups will really bring the party. 24 different designs of noses positioned where one’s nose is located while drinking bring about obvious laughs. And the animal noses? Equally awesome. We would definitely be washing these cups until they fray – how could you toss a perfectly cute nose cup in the trash after just a couple of uses? OFFICIAL SITE BUY HUMAN NOSES NOW ...
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Skeletons Painted In-Camera With Light
Janne Parviainen, Helinski-based photographer, has been drawing skeletons and other kinds of light figures in camera for years. The images you see have not been altered in post production – the crazy light figures are captured by the artist organically using traditional exposure techniques. His most common subjects are city environments and natural landscapes. The subjects in his photos are affectionately dubbed the “noodle men” for ...
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Bacon Scented Hand Sanitizer
Germs are bad. Bacon is good. So, kill two birds with one stone, so to speak. Kill germs and end up with a bacon-scented perfume on your hands. This Hand “Swineitizer” by PorkKleen comes in a 2.25 ounce bottle available through ThinkGeek and makes a great gift for bacon-loving germaphobes around the world. Warning: Do not eat, no matter how delicious the aroma. BUY NOW LOVE ...
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The Power Tool Pizza Cutter
From one ridiculous pizza cutter to another, we now present to you the Pizza-Boss 3000 Pizza Cutter from ThinkGeek. The hand-held circular saw-shaped pizza cutter made us smile, and we can’t wait to gift it to the pizza-eating handy-man in our lives. The pizza cutter is super sharp and works well to slice and dice a pizza pie into smaller pieces (and it’s dishwasher safe, too). ...
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Condoms And Androids With The Same Names
Naming a product is difficult. Branding legend Marty Neumeier says that good product names have 7 characteristics. They should be distinctive, short, appropriate, easy to spell and pronounce, likable, extendable, and protectable. Looking through this list of Android names, it’s clear that many marketing teams disagree with Marty. Here’s a simple rule: if your product isn’t a condom then don’t name it like one. VIA: The ...
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Cool Sculptures Made From Skateboard Decks
Japanese artist Haroshi makes wonderful sculptural works of art by recycling old, used skateboards. “His creations are born through styles such as wooden mosaic, dots, and pixels; where each element, either cut out in different shapes or kept in their original form, are connected in different styles, and shaven into the form of the final art piece. Haroshi became infatuated with skateboarding in his early teens, ...
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Koostik: Stylish Real Wood Ipod Docks
There is something to be said for the beauty and sophistication that comes with simple design. And while we like to share the wackiest and freakiest of findings with you, we also can’t resist showcasing well done art and design, like the Koostik solid wood iPod and iPhone dock. The Koostik is a natural alternative to the electronically amplified iPhone sound dock. The unit works by ...
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Hopside Down Beer Glass
Dima Komissarov is the designer behind the Hopside Down Beer Glass by Fred and Friends – a glass that holds a bottle of beer with a cool inverted beer bottle shape built into a second layer of glass. But wait! There’s more to the cool design than meets the eye. The double layer of glass works to create a barrier between your warm hands and the ...
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Freakishly Realistic Looking Paintings
Wow, hats off to U.S. based photorealist oil painter, Steve Mills. He has managed to create some of the most incredible paintings that undoubtedly look like photographs. Mills began his artistic career painting landscapes but after visiting Richard Estes’ photorealism art show in Boston, Mills was convinced to give up the landscapes in exchange for every day scenes and still life. BUY NOW CHECK OUT SOME ...
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Phantom: A $620,000 Hearse From Rolls Royce
The Rolls-Royce Phantom Hearse B12 is a creation of Biemme Special Cars, an Italian carmaker that specializes in making hearses. Its current products are mostly E-Class-based models, but its craziest project to date was likely its CLS-based car. That is, until now. Biemme’s B12 hearse is based on a Series I Rolls-Royce Phantom, but is a whopping 23 feet long, a full three feet longer than ...
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Cool Lego Patchwork In Urban Settings
Major high-fives go out to Jan Vormann, a German artists who has started patching old walls with Lego bricks during an art festival in Bocchignano, Italy. Vormann’s installation art, entitled, Dispatchwork, has become an ongoing project applied during all his travels and has recently been contributed to by fellow travellers and strangers. Vormann has opened the Dispatchwork project up to worldwide contributions by inviting other Dispatchworkers ...
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Strange Fake Ear iPhone Cases
One of our new favourite iPhone cases that works for all models is the All Ears ironic iPhone case designed by Daniela Gilsanz of CollabCubed. The hard plastic clear case comes with size full colour inserts that feature a variety of interesting human ears. The cases are scratch-resistant and durable are the inserts are printed on waterproof plastic paper. BUY NOW
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The Amazing All-Edges Brownie Baking Pan
It’s no surprise to anyone that the best part of a gooey chocolatey brownie is the crispy edges, and now with the All Edges Brownie Pan, you can can be sure to get a crispy side with every serving. The brownie pan helps us say goodbye to uncooked centres and dry edges, and for this, we salute ThinkGeek. The twisting wall shape of the All Edges ...
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Pee-Analyzing Urinal Design
Designer Royce Zhang is credited with designing the latest innovation in urinal technology. The e-Urinal measures PH, SG, URO, BLO, WBC, PRO, GLI, BIL and KET (fancy acronyms for PH levels, sugar levels, red/white blood cells, etc.) while you relieve yourself. After your urine has has been collected in the e-Urinal vessel, it is subjected to immediate testing. Results are available on the easy touch screen ...
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Rubiks Cube Salt And Pepper Shakers
Add a little intrigue and excitement (frustration?) to your meals with the Rubik’s Cube salt and pepper shakers by Think Geek. Each cube is built around a high-quality ceramic grinding mill and uses the top layer of the cube to operate the mill. The twisting of the top layer to grind salt or pepper has the same feel and sound as the classic Rubik’s cube puzzle. ...
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Meat Lasagna With A 25 Year Shelf Life
These freeze-dried lasagnas from Survival Gear Canada are packed in airtight NITROGEN PACKED #10 cans or pouches. Up to 98% of the residual oxygen has been removed. The unique canning process uses both vacuum oxygen removal and nitrogen flushing. This is a time consuming and slightly more costly process…but well worth it. It is the same process mandated by the U.S. Military. These lasagnas will have ...
