Polaroid, back from the dead.

I'm loving Polaroid all over again. Fantastic package design for such an iconic product. Anything less would not have worked.

Via Daring Fireball.

Tea-Shirts

Not for every day but great to have in the cupboard. Hanger Tea. Love em.

Via the one and only Swiss Miss.

TV Posters

Fantastic TV posters. All my favourite TV's show's in stylised poster form by Albert Exergian. I might get the Magnum one!

Via Exergian.

Adobe (punching) pillow's

Get yourself a nice Adobe pillow at MySuiteStuff so you can have nightmares of bloated UI's

Via Hilton Harbour

Sticky phone

Solar Powered Sticker Phone by Liu Hsiang-Ling is something you just know you're gonna lose because how often do you stick something to a window to charge it? On the other hand it would be very cool as a speaker phone when stuck to a window. Fly on a window sort of thing.

Via Yanko Design

PMS my Cube!

PMS is still kinda funky when it comes to everyday design items. So a PMS Rubiks Cube should be just the ticket.
Via core77.

Don't run with scissors!

Best tattoo ever! When in doubt cut along the dotted line! Ouch!

Via Boing Boing

Is one fridge enough?

Something tells me that I'll need more than just the one.

Family and other animals

I love photoblogs. Easy reading and more often that not great foto's. Awkward Family Photos is no exception. Flick through some of the posts but not to many. You'll run the risk of losing your faith in humanity. If you've been following this blog for while you may already have.

Folding bikes are for geeks

Well, except for this one. Despite living in the Netherlands I don't use my bike that much. If I were in the market for a new one this one would certainly on my list.

(Via Core77 .)

Bombs away!

If you gotta go you gotta go, vertigo or not!

MacOS iPhone Project

If you're a geek then you must have MacOS 7 on your iPhone. I'm not sure it can run Quark XPress. There must be a Commodore c64 emulator for iPhone somewhere!? Anybody?

(Via NOTCOT.)

Bondage game

It's not what you think it is... perverts. It is a game everybody should play, just to calm down a little. How much rope do you need to wrap a brick?

Wondering if I could wrap a Barbie Doll, or is that my inner pervert talking?

Via Daring Fireball.

Very 80's

I'm getting bored with my iPhone. This looks like a nice replacement. oh, wait... it doesn't have shazam!

(Via Core77.)

Stormtroopers get all the best toys

It's just not fair. I want, I want, I want..
Via a volkswagen forum of all things.

I'll lose this one as well

USB memory sticks these days are lost just as easily as a Bic ballpoint pen. Furthermore they're likely to be 'nicked' more often than your pen. The problem with this USB stick is that it will be trown away more than anything else because it looks like something you should throw away. Leave it on your desk after working late and the cleaning lady will toss it in the bin. I suppose it's some kind of security.

Snazzy PC

Yes, I agree. "Snazzy PC" is a bit of an oxymoron. However, Dell has pulled off a fairly decent looking desktop PC design. Maybe skip the iMac after all.

Butterfingers

Bomb the Bass. Wow, these guys take me way back. They still sound as fresh as ever. Also, the guys from the Perish Factory have made a
fantastic video. Each 'button' has their own cute idiosyncrasies.

via 30gms

Are you doing it wrong?

Often your see somebody doing something completely the wrong way. You'd feel the need to yell, "You are doing it wrong!" Riding your bike with your face is just one example.

I love rugby

Just look at those thighs!

Muppets: "... and the winner is..."

Part two and final instalment of the Muppet top 50. It's not Count von Count. Damn. He's my fav!

And it wasn't these two either:

Waldorf: That was wonderful!
Statler: Bravo!
Waldorf: I loved it!
Statler: That was great!
Waldorf: Well, it was pretty good.
Statler: Well, It wasn't bad.
Waldorf: There were parts that weren't pretty good, though.
Statler: It could've been a lot better.
Waldorf: I didn't really like it.
Statler: It was pretty terrible.
Waldorf: It was bad.
Statler: It was awful!
Both: Terrible! Eh, boo!

Top 50 muppets

Yes, this is the kind of list I like to see on the web. Can't wait to see part two!

Americana on the silver screen

The American Film Institute (AFI) has released its latest list of the top 100 American movies. Yes, Lawrence of Arabia and Schindler's List are Americana, apparently, and some of my favourites.

The top 10 films are:

1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. Casablanca (1942)
4. Raging Bull (1980)
5. Singin' In The Rain (1952)
6. Gone With The Wind (1939)
7. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
8. Schindler's List (1993)
9. Vertigo (1958)
10. Wizard of Oz (1939)

I'd like to have seen 12 angry men, 2001 A Space Odyssey, China Town or Taxi Driver up there.

There should be list that's a bit more 'popcorn' with a mix of cinematic quality, box-office quantity and cult status (not sure how one would measure that) with titles like Usual Suspects, Jacky Brown, Mars Attacks, Seven, The Driver (1978), Fight Club, Alien, Dark Star (1974), Pulp Fiction, Bullit, Blade Runner, The Thing (1982), The Shining, Unforgiven, The Graduate, Star Wars, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) just to name a few.

Drugs will kill you...

Especially when you bake them into your brownies. Well, okay, maybe not, but apparently they make time go really really really slow.

Stuffed

I'm not a big fan of stuffed toys but weird stuffed toys are kinda cool. Maybe I'll get one. Just to give my own weirdness some company.

Escaping suburbia

Special forces escape and evasion training is these day being 'restyled' for entertainment and has over the last decade gained considerable momentum as an urban / extreme sport. Not sure what they're running from but it sure looks like hard work. Fantastic to watch, though.

Till death does us in

I've found a little site called 'Instructables' and it has the most amazing things on it. I'm a total dimwit when it comes to DIY. But the section about dangerous stuff does appeal to me.

I would really like to thank all of the people who submit such dangerous things, because i really dont have time to do and post the things in my head. ... Yes, crazy ass shit; especially the fire. Everyone loves fire.

Hey maybe they should advertise The Darwin Awards website.

The Boring Store

This store really is boring. No flash, no frills and their products are as mundane as you would expect. They go to great lengths letting you know that the whole store really isn't worth your valuable time, or even your spare time, rainy days and nothing to do time. ... I wish there was one around the corner. I'd spend my every boring moment in there!

Flights of fancy

The United States of America is big. It's huge and Americans travel like there is no tomorrow. Researchers are always trying to find ways to represent this in a meaningful way. Some are good, useful and some are aesthetically beautiful. Especially when you display flight information in video format.

Valentines day

What, if anything, should you get? It could be anything... A present if you're going to break up but still wish her well or something practical if you've been together for years. I think sweeties and flowers should do the trick. Maybe just the sweeties... something I like.

I need to lose some weight

But where to start? I've heard of a great new way to shake off a few pounds. What do you think. Would this 'methode' be money wasted?

I want one!

I'd like an iPhone because it combines multiple gadgets in one. There is an option of an iPhone for the not so fortunate, like myself. I'd go with duct tape though.

Parking, day and night

Watching a parking lot is like watching paint dry. Except when they speed up the traffic. :)

Monkey business

Sorry to rehash an old quote like this but in my line of work it seems very true as well.

"We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true." - Robert Wilensky

And the winner was...

It's just staggering how daft people get. Didn't their mothers tell them not to stick your head in a plastic bag? Even my mother told me not to hit a grenade with a sledgehammer. Just as well, I'm now reconsidering jumping through a mine field on a Pogo Stick.

iBlend

Hayley and I have just bought a very nice food processor. It's the bees-knees as they say down our way. However, you'll never catch me doing this with it! I know I'm not a total fanboy because I didn't spontaneously burst into tears. I did wince, that's normal right?

Elevators

In Saint Dénis, France, yes in Europe, a woman with not the quickest of minds or rather "problems of confusion" found herself stuck in an elevator. Stuck for three days! The 'concierge' or janitor as there also known (we are talking suburban Paris) didn't seems too concerned when learning that there might be someone stuck in there. So no fuss about when the repairman should get his toolbox and hurry up. Three day's! What if that was me, with a soar throat, a single sudoku book. I'd never be able to cope! Well that's the stairs for me from now on. I'd rather walk to the fifth floor. ...eh well... On second thought, maybe not.

Silver Surfer

I used to read comics. Spiderman and DareDevil were my favourites. But also Silver Surfer, especially when Jean Giraud (aka Moebius) doodled the character on to the page. A bit like when Frank Miller come with a alternative Batman treatment "The Dark Knight", which by the way has become one of the standard treatments. Moviewise Spiderman 1 is unmatched and DareDevil a bit of a disappointment. I haven't seen the Fantastic Four movie for the simple reason that it didn't seem to inspire me. My thoughts on that have now changed. The next Fantastic Four movie "Rise of the Silver Surfer" has now got me on the edge of my seat, the trailer looks so great. Now all I have to do is wait half a year, on the edge of my seat. Bugger.

What's the time again?

This time of year everything tends to get a little bit hazy. So if this Christmas you got a watch that doesn't have any dials you're kinda screwed for a month or so before you get the hang of the little bugger. Still pretty Blake's 7 though (I think that's cool, right?).

The Guilt Mug

If I would ever have a guilt inducing mug like this I'd keep in the back of my cupboard. Even if I would use it my mother would call me at the exact moment that I'd pick the thing up. "Hi mom, I was just thinking of calling you, no honest", I'd cry. To no avail of course.

Fashion victim

Going off on a trip? Going though airport security? Imagine placing your 'designer' man purse concealing a mobile phone in the Tupperware™ container for passing through the scanner.
You'll be shot in the head before you can say "Isn't this snazzy?"

Crisps!

Or as the yanks say. "Potato chips." Come in so many flavours these days that it seems so unfair that Holland only seems to import just a handfull. Being a bit of a chocaholic I'd kill for a packet of Aztec Chocolate 'potato chip' crisps. Even if they're still only 'beta' crisps. Cabel Maxfield Sasser (yes that's his name) has his own take on the matter.

Man toy

You can never get men to do anything. So having full control is a real treat. The stuntman web site let's you hurt some poor fella till you get bored. He doesn't seem to mind though. So go wild!

Sweden goes for the moon

A Swede plans to put little red cottage on the moon. Bloody nuts if you ask me. The article on the Local notes "Putting a house on the moon would strengthen the impression of Sweden as a hi-tech country". It will certainly make an impression, but not one of 'hi-tech' I'm afraid. But hey a 500 million kronor statement on the moon could make the world a better place. Or they could just give me the cash, I can think of a few things to waste it on.