Tag: Ceramic

I love sushi. Not only does it taste good, it’s actually one of the more healthy things you can put in your body. I really should eat more of the stuff. But I have a thing about only eating it when it’s freshly made in a restaurant.

As evil as Darth Vader was, he’s still one of the greatest characters ever on screen, and certainly worthy of a place in every geek’s home. If you like your coffee like your Dark Lords – black – have I got something for you.

What’s not to love about birds? Many are beautiful to look at and even some of the tiny creatures flit around from flower-to-flower, pollinating the world and making it a prettier, greener place for all us humans to live in.

If you know me, you know two of my greatest loves are video games and carbs. Now, I can enjoy these two pleasant pastimes simultaneously, thanks to this video game inspired pasta bowl.

Due to medical reasons, I’ve recently had to give up one of my favorite vices – caffeine – but I still like to drink the occasional cup of decaf and imagine that it’s the real thing.

Whenever something particularly interesting happens online, you can expect it to start trending on-blogging site Twitter. So there’s no reason why this incredibly adorable Tweet Mug shouldn’t get some mentions on the very site where it drew inspiration.

Ever received flowers from someone you aren’t particularly fond of? Say, your ex who cheated on you with your best friend? Or that co-worker who told your boss about that harmless joke you cracked about the man himself a few weeks ago?

For those of you who don’t keep up on your mythology, Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure and procreation. In other words, she’s a sex goddess. She is also – thanks to the miracles of modern technology – a desktop USB hub.

Would you believe me if I told you that there was a way for you to increase the audio from your iPhone many times over without hooking it to some speaker or some other electronic device?

Being British and all, tea has played a role in a variety of episodes of Doctor Who over the years. As a matter of fact, tea was even been consumed inside the TARDIS in the show’s very first season.

No matter how hard I try, I can’t figure out how to turn the sides on this Rubik’s Cube. Maybe it’s the ceramic handle sticking out of the side of it, or maybe it’s the giant hole in the yellow side.

The nuclear crisis that followed after the earthquake and tsunami rocked Japan caused a lot of people to panic. This resulted in geiger counters and radiation detectors selling out on the web a few hours after it was announced that the damaged nuclear plants in Fukushima were leaking and that trace amounts of radiation had been found to cross the seas onto the shores of California.

Yeah, we too thought Darth Vader was building the Death Star as a weapon of mass intergalactic destruction. Turns out the Death Star was actually built to do something much more important – to protect the Empire’s delicious cookies.

This funky ceramic speaker has got a long history, which starts off with Japanese footballer/fashion icon Nakata Hidetoshi, whose Revalue Nippon Project is basically a way to marry and revitalize traditional Japanese crafts with modern designs.

I find your lack of milk disturbing.

In an interview with the Litchfield County Times, York Street Studio co-owner Linda Zelenko said, “If you look at all the stuff out there, all the objects are these ugly plastic things,” she said. “That was basically the genesis of making something that kind of bridges the gap between an ugly plastic thing and a beautifully designed piece to integrate home furnishings and technology.”