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White Power Milk: An Absolutely Ridiculous Product, and an Even Worse Product Name

Hazel Chua — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:00:30 +0000

I love milk. My mom would always tell me that I used to drink milk (the chocolate flavored ones, to be specific) as if it were water. I love strawberry milk, melon milk, milk tea, vanilla milkshakes, and a whole lot of other stuff where milk is one of the main ingredients.

But milk that’s been gargled by “rich, beautiful, white girls”? No, thank you.

I have to admit I was extremely grossed out as I read what White Power Milk was, how the milk was gargled, and why it was being gargled. There’s also some text on how the girls were chosen, where the site proudly states that no doctors involved, as the people behind the supposed White Power Milk company say: “When we find the right girl from the right family, we just know.”

Heck, there was even a “gargling video” that was up for sale on the site.

It took me a couple more minutes to realize that the site wasn’t seriously selling gargled milk. I thought it was a prank, but apparently it’s performance art by artist Nate Hill. Nate took inspiration from racially-inappropriate tweets and posts on Twitter.

[via Reddit]

Would You Want to Wear Dresses Woven from Threads of Sour Milk?

Hazel Chua — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:40:46 +0000

Ask any woman that question and you can expect any one or a combination of these responses:

“Are you insane?”
Puzzled look followed by a long silence.
Scrunched-up nose and a dismissive shrug.
“Sour milk? Gross!”

So to the maker of these sour milk dresses, I suggest you show photos of your creations and designs first before telling the women what they’re made of, just to lessen the ick factor and just to show them that rancid milk couture could look oh-so-good and glamorous.

The woman behind these creations are Anke Domaske, a designer who’s got a background in microbiology and a good eye for fashion. Instead of using fabrics like every other designer in the world, Anke chose to work with waste milk that didn’t quite meet the standards, rendering it unfit for human consumption. Check out the video below to see Anke and more of her work:

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[via Treehugger via Geeky Gadgets]

Dipr Cookie Spoon Dunks Your Oreos With Ease

Technabob — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 05:44:09 +0000

Have you ever tried to dunk an Oreo in a glass of milk, only to have the cookie break into a bunch of pieces, leaving a soggy mush in the bottom of the glass. Yep, thought so. Well, today is your lucky day. See, there’s a new product in the works that solves that problem once and for all.

The dipr was invented by Bobby and Julie Haleluk to do one thing, and one thing only – and that’s to help you dunk cookies in milk while keeping them intact. Yep, that’s it. The custom dipr wand carefully grasps your delicate cookie, letting you lower it into your milk without the usual trauma. Funny thing is that it looks like it really only would work with creme-filled sandwich cookies like Oreos and Hydrox. What about some love for my Chips Ahoy, guys?

At this point, production of the dipr is still in the fundraising stage, but if you contribute over on Bobby and Julie’s Kickstarter page, you can help them meet their $10,000 goal to produce the first batch of diprs.

Creative Mom + Milk Jugs = Stormtrooper Mask of Awesome

Shane McGlaun — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:30:47 +0000

I don’t’ spend much time looking at trash around my house thinking about ways I can reuse the stuff. I mostly just worry about the bag of trash leaking a line of milk or Dr. Pepper on the floor as I sprint to the door to take the bag to the can outside. Some folks look at garbage and see something more.

I would have never thought about a Stormtrooper helmet from looking at a milk jug, but one girly geek has done just that. She takes a milk jug, cuts it into three pieces, and then glued the pieces together into a creation that looks like a very authentic Storm Trooper helmet.

The milk jugs were painted white and then the detail work was painted on by hand. The mask is sized to fit a child, and with Halloween coming up this could make for a fantastic family project that your kid can wear for trick-or-treating.

This lady is the coolest mom ever and has some of the nicest jugs I’ve seen, if I do say so.

Russian Cow Barn Gets High Tech, Cows Get to Watch HDTV

Lambert Varias — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:09:09 +0000

A loving and deep-pocketed farmer read somewhere that dairy cows that see green fields all the time are happier and produce more milk. So he bought a bunch of Samsung 40″ Series 7 LED TVs and had them installed in his cow barn, so now his cows can watch “a non-stop loop of world’s recognized green Swiss Alpine fields.”

Or can they? Can cows look up? And if so, can they look up for long periods of time? The farmer is now measuring the milk production of the bourgeois cows against the ones who have no TVs. Hit up English Russia for more pics.

[via The Raw Feed]

LED Milk Glasses: Half Empty or Half Full?

Technabob — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:50:44 +0000

Dairy may have been demoted from the four basic food groups (it’s actually now one of the top six), but it’s still an important part of a well-balanced diet. The good news is that you can now enjoy as many glasses of milk as you want, with none of those pesky calories, carbs or fat.

That’s because these glasses aren’t actually filled with milk. Instead, they contain a white light-emitting diode and some AAA batteries – which I’ve been told have just as much nutritional value as dairy, especially if you’re a robot. The glasses light up when upright, and switch off when turned upside-down, and you don’t have to worry about crying over anything when you knock one of these over.

Even if you’re lactose intolerant, these whimsical light-up milk glasses are the perfect accessory for your kitchen or dining room. Okay, so they’re not actually made of glass (acrylic), they don’t contain milk (lights), and they’re actually a little too big to be a regular glass, but what really is what it says it is these days anyhow?

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Ready to down your recommended daily dairy allowance? Head on over to the Wholesale Forums and buy a batch for just $4.50 a piece.

[via Toxel via TechEBlog]