Archive for June, 2007
Join A daily reminder of what we’re doing to the planet: the Global Warming Mug
At first glance, this looks like a regular mug with a map of our planet drawn on it. Blue water, green land… and some chemical formulas.
You might wonder what they stand for, and what they have to do with our planet.
It’s very easy to find out once you pour your hot morning coffee or black tea or whatever you drink to get that boost.
Curious? Read on then…
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Man Quits Job to Make Lego Art
Hate your job? Wish you could just play with Legos all day? Meet Nathan Sawaya. His daily workspace went from florescent lights and dull paperwork to an explosion of color. Sawaya abandoned a career as an attorney in 2004 to take on Lego sculpting full time.
Just imagine that conversation for a second: “Hi mom. I quit my job as a lawyer, sorry for all that wasted money, but I’m gonna play with Legos….”
So what does Sawaya’s workspace look like now he’s a professional Lego artist? Basically Sawaya lives and works in a Lego playland. Clear plastic crates stuffed with Lego bricks in every hue are stacked high against the walls. There’s a computer on the floor, but it’s not functional. It’s made entirely of Lego and so is the cash register, monkey, bowl of fruit, and vase of flowers.
His medium may be a beloved kid’s toy, but some of his signature Lego pieces are incredibly grown-up. My personal favorite is Sawaya’s recreation of Han Solo frozen in carbonite.
Want a closer look at closer look at Sawaya’s Lego art? Sawaya’s national touring exhibit, “The Art of the Brick,” is making the rounds. Its next stop is the Discovery Center Museum in Rockford, Illinois, on June 15; it will stay there until September 3. You can get more info at nathanbrickartist.com.
[Source: cnn.com]
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Parrot Party Bluetooth speaker system
Parrot from France think along the lines of small being beautiful, and I certainly agree in this case. The Parrot Party Bluetooth speaker system is one cute and compact portable speaker system that lets you enjoy your favorite tunes sans wires as long as music is being streamed from any Bluetooth-compatible source. Should you lack the monetary background to purchase a Bluetooth-enabled device that plays music, you can always tango with wires by using the standard RCA input inside.
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Triceratops sharpens pencils while walking
How many of you folks still use pencils these days? This Triceratops Wind-Up Pencil Sharpener is definitely a fun piece of stationery to have at the office, giving you some comic relief during those stressful moments as you watch a plastic representation of an antique dinosaur amble along your desk in a funny walk while sharpening your pencil simultaneously.
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Cowon L2 is jack of all trades
Cowon has recently released the L2 device that marries all three functions of a personal GPS navigation system, a DMB-capable device, and the trappings of a portable media player. Measuring a compact 191mm x 120mm x 26mm and weighing just 512 grams, the Cowon L2 comes in a sleek looking silver-colored package. What you can expect from the L2 would be its 7″ widescreen display, GPS navigation, DMB compatibility, support for a wide variety of audio, video, and picture formats (AVI, MPEG 4, MP3, WMA, ASF, WAV, BMP, JPG, and PNG), a built-in FM radio, and even Picture-in-Picture functionality. In addition, you also get 2GB of integrated memory as well as an SD memory card slot for expansion purposes.
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Blusens P27, a Tiny PMP with Integrated Microphone and Speakers
The Spanish company Blusens presents another PMP, the Blusens P27. The P27 has a 2.4-inch screen and can play video files in AVI and MPEG formats, audio files in MP3 and WMA, and also show JPG pictures. The P27 has a FM tuner, and it’s really small, measuring 2.56 x 1,97 x 0,39 inches, and weighting only 51 grams.
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Multi-Port Power Inverter for the car
For whatever reason, you didn’t like Coleman’s Headrest Powerworks. Let’s just say that’s the one quality that perfectly describes you. Maybe you thought it was too expensive, ugly or you didn’t have a cigarette outlet to give up. Well, the uniquely named Multi-Port Power Inverter should solve all of your problems. It’s cheaper, has a few more features, and won’t require you to give up your precious cigarette outlet.
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The brick shaped USB Flash drive
Now there must be many people out there thinking “Are right that’s a piece of Lego” well in fact its not, this brick shaped USB flash drive is just looking like a piece of Lego and in actual fact has no connection to the toy company at all, maybe there will be problems down the line for these guys, but hey its only a flash drive.
The Australian company behind these bricks has named them “Zip Zip” they are a standard 1GB across the board, and come in blue, yellow, green, red, white and black, just like the real Lego!
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