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WeWood Sustainable Watches: Wood is Good?

Range — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 14:23:44 +0000

While I’ve never thought about wearing a wooden watch, I have to say that these watches from WeWood look pretty good. On top of that, they’re made out of something natural, and you know, that’s pretty good, right?

WeWood is based in LA, but hails from Florence, Italy. They’ve designed two collections of watches that are made out of natural woods. The wood used in the creation of these timepieces is free of artificial or toxic materials.

They’ve used red wing celtis, ebony, maple, and guaiaco, and watch movements are made by Miyota. The wood come from scrap flooring that’s left over, so it doesn’t get more sustainable than this. Plus, for every watch that is purchased, WeWood plants a new tree in collaboration with American Forests.

[via Designboom]

Bubble Wrap Calendar: Pop, Pop, Pop the Days Away

Technabob — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:14:36 +0000

There’s something just so satisfying about the tactile sensation of popping bubble wrap. Now you can have a legitimate reason to pop bubbles every day, thanks to this fun bubble wrap calendar.

Each day of the year lives beneath a burstable bubble layer. As the days go by, just pop the corresponding bubble. If you happen to be away for a few days, you get the extra bonus of being able to pop a whole bunch at once.

Handmade in Brooklyn, NY, the oversize calendars come in either horizontal or vertical orientations, and measure in at substantial 48″ x 18″.

The 2009 edition of the calendar is now available, in either a paper-backed version ($29.95) or a sturdy acetate-backed version ($49.95). So get popping and head on over to the Bubble Calendar website to get yours.

[via Chip Chick]

Xbox 360 Elite Street Date Broken

Technabob — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:06:25 +0000

From the looks of this post up on Digg, a certain bullseye-wearing big box retailer has accidentally let loose the new Xbox 360 Elite model a couple of weeks early.

The new model is slated for release on April 29th, but at least one branch of Target (in Chico, California) has sold this one to a lucky buyer. The receipt shows a purchase price of 479.99, and it sure looks like the authentic box art.

That said, it could still be a quality Photoshop job, so you be the judge.

[UPDATE: Xbox 360 Fanboy has pointed out that this particular system is for sale over on eBay, starting at $600. Many more pics, including the serial number label are on display there.]