Is that a floppy disc in your pocket, or...

Hey, just can't get over using those old floppys (floppies?), but need some extra space? Uh, I guess this solves both those problems. Or just makes you look crazy...

It would be a good way to scare your fellow employees, surely. The sight of you sticking what appears to be a floppy into your cd drive is sure to prompt some calls to HR...

hat tip: Design Boom

nick

Is that a cd in your mp3 player, or...

Here's a groovy idea from designer Yong-Seong Kim. It's an .mp3 player. No, it's a cd player. Eh, it's both?

Not sure why exactly you would want to play cds when you have a collection of .mp3s, but in case you did... here's the solution. Cds really just bother me. With the technology to put millions of songs on computer chips you can't even see with the naked eye, why in the hell should I carry around a big plastic disc that can fit 25-30 songs max.?



In other news, are we actually arguing about whether this guy killed someone??? Whether he did or didn't wouldn't you want to convict him if you were on the jury? We should not be subjected to shit like this... Phil. Phil Phil Phil... what are you thinking? You're on trial for murder! Wake up, it's not 1976 anymore!

What the frack?

I... uh.... hmmm...

A baby bed made of cardboard huh?

Well, at least Al Gore would be proud....

What else do you say? You can, uh... paint it? And draw pretty pictures on it?

Fuck... I give up...

Nick

Art of the week

Been a while since I've done one of these, though I'm sure none of you noticed... But, here's an interesting idea from Thomas Ballhatchet? over at British Council. As if the poor life of a hamster isn't depressing enough... now it can work to provide for it's own bedding as well. Kind of like throwing an innocent person in jail with some thread and fabric and telling them to make their own bed.

I would expect a little more from Milan Design Week I guess. Not really much exciting from looking over the designboom website. Oh well.

btw - not too many of you interested in history huh? Tough crowd lately...

Nick

Art of the week

There's lots of good Flickr groups out there these days. Like... groups of girls in bikinis... and........ well, that's the only other one I've found yet, but I'll keep looking.

This one is a good one though. Stick figures in peril. Some good stuff in there.

Yup.

Nick

Art of the week

What do you get when you cross some urban graffiti artists, a fancy laptop, an illegal laser beam and a high power projector? Well, take a look for yourself.



And then head over to the Graffiti Research Lab website and see what else they are up to.

Nick

Art? of the week

Some people claim that Jesus walked on water. Another lie propagated by them silly religious folk. What he actually did was mix corn starch and water to make oobleck, a non-newtonian fluid. Duh... Wikipedia describes non-newtonian fluid as a fluid in which the viscosity changes with the applied stress rate. In other words, when you apply rapid stress, the fluid acts more like a solid. When you apply gradual stress, it acts more like a liquid.

Observe...



Neat stuff huh? If you want to see how it's done, and get some cool ideas for a science project to do with the kiddies, check this video out.



Nick

I'm thirsty!

Wow. I mean, WOW! This is probably the single best invention since the Orgasmatron 3000. Think about it, it's so logical! You start with big boobs and a bra full of alcohol. Presumably you're doing this to attract the attention of, well, any guy. So you find one lucky schmuck, he's sees your big boobs, moves in and of all things, you offer him a drink. From your boobs!!! Now one would tend to think, the more alcohol you lose as he drinks up, the smaller your boobs become and he's probably going to be less interested, right? Wrong! Did you ever hear the expression - the more I drink, the prettier you get?

See, the more a male drinks, the less he needs visual appetizers, so to speak... And this product behaves in perfect harmony with that. Ideally, by the time the alcohol is gone, he will not care or even notice that you have, er, inflated your assets...

It's brilliant I tell you. Just brilliant. Two, uh, thumbs up.

btw - unless you're hanging out in a walk-in cooler, I'd suggest a beverage that you can drink warm. Vodka and lemonade comes to mind. Obviously better chilled, it's not the end of the world if it's a tad warm. It's my beverage of choice for those warm summer days. Trust me, put beer in these and try to give it to some dude, and it will get spit back up all over you...

hat tip - thrillist

Nick

Artsy product of the week

When I was younger we lived in an old house that still had radiators. And we had chairs.

Now, with this idea, you can have both as well! I would like it, because it would keep my ass warm on those cold Wisconsin winter nights. Ya know... sometimes I just stand in front of the fireplace with my pants around my ankles and let the fire warm my ass. Ahhhhhh....

Anyways, I like this idea. Like most products, radiators could be modernized a little and be much more successful.

Hat tip - designboom

Nick

The world is my lesbian wedding...

* Ah, back to the grind today. Unfortunately sick boy has now gotten dad sick, and dad doesn't feel like burning more vacation in February, so he's stuck at work.

* I have this uncanny knack for picking up on little snippets from TV shows and commercials, which is how I got my blog name in the first place. It was some TV commercial and there were these kids saying the weirdest things. One kid says "i think washing your hands is stupid..." and I knew I had to have it. Well, the other night we were watching Friends (there was nothing else on) and Chandler and Joey were talking. Joey says something about a lesbian wedding, and Chandler says: "the world is my lesbian wedding." That's a great quote. Besides being funny, it is so true for a married man like myself. Since I will only have sex with one woman the rest of my life (the hot wife), the rest of ya'll might as well be lesbians. Do I come up with the best ideas, or what?

* Let's do another artsy product. This one being not so artsy, but, maybe, thought provoking. It's basically a grill that sits on a railing (probably not wood), intended for apartment users apparently. But, it kind of makes you think. These days they make grills so damn big, and they all pretty much look the same. You either have the round looking Weber that uses charcoal, or the bigger stainless steel muthas that use gas. I think they could expand the grill offerings and have some success. Anywho. The designer is Henrik Drecker. His website doesn't seem to work, but I found this at Designboom.



Neat.

Nick

Artsy product of the week

Another sick day for the boy, another day off of work for dad. C asked about the vacuum which she very observantly noticed in the backround of the picture I posted yesterday. And I have been meaning to post about this in my artsy products category.

The vacuum is a Dyson, the DC07, which is the older of the available models. While it retails for just shy of $400, it is a vacuum you should not live without. When they say on the commercial that this thing doesn't lose suction, and you say to yourself, "bullshit, every vacuum loses suction"... You're making a fool of yourself. This thing will suck the damn skin off your arm if you get it too close. We've used it to remove drywall from walls before...

Trust me when I make a vacuum recommendation. We've had many many many many many shitty vacuums. But with four animals and a baby, we knew we needed the best. We sucked it up (pun intended) and dropped the four Benjamins for the Dyson. Well worth our money.

You know what the best thing about the Dyson is though? It's long cord. I can get to every corner of either floor without unplugging it. Plus, the hose on this thing, can easily get up 20 or so stairs with the unit remaining on the ground level. So no hauling the thing up as you vacuum stairs.

If I was rich, these would be the Christmas presents I would give. But I'm not, so buy your own.

Nick

Artist of the week

This week's artist(s) of the week be a group called People Under The Stairs. They're a hip-hop group formed in LA in the mid-90s. Their music is all sorts of funky and uses quite a bit of sampling.

What else does a cracker from Wisconsin say about it? Just listen and see for yourself.

http://www.box.net/public/5u7qsf7hs7
http://www.box.net/public/rluvx0q1vy
http://www.box.net/public/np2boyc6ov

And then go find an album and buy it - http://www.putsonline.co.uk/

Peace out.

p.s. - the hot wife is back to posting occasionally. Stop by and encourage more of it....

Nick

Artsy product of the week

Before you know it, we'll be in the market for a tool to transition Braeden from diapers to the toilet. A potty... trainer... thingy. I'm sorry, I just can't say it yet. Potty. It's just such a stupid, immature word. It's like onesie. It took me forever to be able to say onesie. It just sounds dumb. I of course say it now, because, well, what the hell else do you call it? Under shirt... garment... thing?

Well, this Potty Bench from Boon Inc. is a pretty slick potty trainer, as far as potty trainers go. It has multiple compartments for storing junk, and for those of you with kids, you know you just can't have enough compartments for storing junk... It looks very functional, serving as a stool, potty trainer and junk storer. Did I mention you can store lots of junk in it?

Pretty neat. And for under $40, a pretty reasonably priced tool to add to your child raising arsenal. Potty it up ya'll!

Nick

Art of the week

I guess since I need to retool my wonderful graffiti book for the kids idea, we'll continue on with ideas from people who are better at coming up with ideas. And this is an interesting one. It's basically a plug with a receiver in it. You turn on your music player in one room, and it transmits the signal to this plug, which you then plug into any outlet in your house.

I think as the world becomes more and more wireless, we'll see more things like this, which is cool. My friends are still amazed sometimes when we're in a conversation, and to settle something, I whip out the laptop and pull it up on the internet. One particular friend hates this because he likes to make shit up, assuming I can't easily find out the truth. But they always look around the laptop wondering how I can get the internet without connecting directly to a modem. Wireless baby. It's the wave.

If you're old school like me, you are still hooking your Ipod up to a spare set of computer speakers. It's not realistic to move it from room to room when you're cleaning or partying. Something like this would solve that problem. I like it. Watch for it.

Nick

Go Braeden Badger!

I'm still an amateur with Photoshop, but this could be a fun way to do photography.

GO BADGERS!

Nick

Art of the week...

According to designboom, Xiong Wen Yun's rainbow project was created between 1998 and 2001 and uses simple color to highlight a culture where "art and color remain alien concepts." On a route between Bejing and the Tibetan plateau, Yun captures around 20 scenes, never seen before, probably never seen again. Pretty remarkable photographs, even for the non-art savvy.

Credit Galleria dell'Arco and designboom

Nick

Art of the week

Since having a child, I can appreciate this. It doesn't show it well in the picture, but the seat can move up and down to whatever height is comfortable or desired. And for young bucks like mine, folds down into a bed nicely, which no stroller I have seen does.

For some strange reason Braeden prefers sleeping in the slightly inclined position. For the first week or so he almost exclusively slept in his car seat. Perhaps we've ruined him... Oh well, he has a recliner in his room, if he doesn't like his flat bed, it's all his...

This stroller still doesn't beat the Jeep stroller with speakers that you can plug your MP3 player into, but it's still a pretty cool idea.

Plus their website gets a big fat F- for not including PRICES!!! I can't begin to explain how much I hate websites for cool products that refuse to put prices up. It tells me one thing... it's prohibitively expensive, and I don't like to be told that.

Hat tip designverb and thecoolhunter.

Nick

Art of the week

I love my dogs as much as the next dog lover, and I love wine. But do I love both of them together? Probably not...

This is a wine glass set for dogs. From Alice Wang.

Bone appetite!

Nick

WEEEEEEE!!!!!

It's difficult for me to put into words just how badly I want to do this! Turn your speakers up and watch.

Courtesy of some TV company...

Nick

Liquid cocaine

Ya know, sometimes I think this world is pretty messed up. But then I come across things like this. Click the link and take a gander at some pics of the Red Bull headquarters in London, designed by a company called Jump Studios.

For heaven's sakes, they have a slide! In the office!

This of course would never fly in the States here, because, with all the non-sliding-capable population, and you know... ADA compliancy, and well... let's face it, we're just not as cool as the rest of the world.

By the way, I do have a conflict of interest, and I always believe in identifying those upfront. I love Red Bull.... swimming in Jagermeister...

Shoutout Designverb.

Nick