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Chocolate Sweet Magnet: Robot Snack or Choking Hazard?

Lambert Varias — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:36:16 +0000

The cleverly designed Chocolate Sweet Magnet lets you break the whole bar into smaller pieces, so you can share it as you would a real chocolate bar. Just let the kids know that it’s made of wax and metal and not cocoa and milk.

You can get the Chocolate Sweet Magnet at MollaSpace for $18 (USD).

Nintendo + Tarantino = Inglourious Plummers

Technabob — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:45:28 +0000

Here’s a fun little parody of the new Tarantino film Inglourious Basterds, featuring your favorite Nintendo characters from the Mario universe.

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…we’re gonna be doin one thing and one thing only… Killin’ Goombas. Hysterical.

[film by Nick Murphy via Gamervision]

Captcha Business Cards Ask: Are You Human?

Technabob — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:35:48 +0000

You know those annoying (but necessary) anti-robo-spam CAPTCHA boxes you have to deal with when filling out forms on the web? Here’s a clever idea for some eye-catching business cards based on CAPTCHA technology.

Berlin-based artist Aram Bartholl created these cards by uploading the individual images to MOO Cards, who specializes in making tiny business cards, each with a different image. While the cards ask the question “Are you human?”, I’m not quite sure what would happen if you handed one of these to a robot. Would it self-destruct? That would be cool.

Did you know CAPTCHA stands for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart”? I always thought it meant “Cats Acting Cool Taste Chocolate Ham Animals”. Mnemonics, your dear, dear friend.

[via F.A.T., Josh Spear and Micah Spear]

Equation Bookshelf Perfect for Science Geeks

Technabob — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:45:16 +0000

Here’s a clever piece of home decor for those who can’t get enough algebra in their lives. This bookshelf cleverly integrates mathematical symbols into its design.

The equation bookshelf comes from the imagination of estúdio breder. According to the designer, the incorporation of parentheses, square brackets and braces around your books and other tschotchkes isn’t just for show. It’s actually created to help you prioritize the sequence in which you plan on needing them. Put your most significant objects in the parentheses, then work your way out, just like you do when working a math problem.

At this point, it looks like the shelf is just a conceptual design, so we can only hope that the artist decides to produce these. If only I had one of these on my wall, so I could calculate the probability of that happening…

[via Lu Terceiro via BB-Blog]

Video Games Ruined My Life

Technabob — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:11:47 +0000

The award for T-shirt of the week has to go to this die hard gamer’s tee from Threadless contributor Lawrence Pernica.

The simply designed shirt uses a retro bitmap font and a couple of game “life” indicators to express this simple statement: “Video games ruined my life. Good thing I have two extra lives.”

Brilliant.

[via tcritic]