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Absurd: The Giant Swiss Army Knife
Even the Swiss are going crazy! Usually, a swiss army knife can be described by one short phrase: minimalistic and practical.
This means that you get a bunch of useful functions out of a small and simple to use device. Well, now, the ‘small’ part seems to be totally out. How about 9 whole inches of width?
Of course, there’s an awful lot of functions in there (85 fully functional implements), but none of the tools is now practical, simply due to the ginormous size of this. This really deserves to be categorized as a ‘Wacky Gadget’.
Click on for an extensive list of features. Hell, there’s even a tire pressure gauge in there!
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The Bomba Alarm Clock… cutting-edge nostalgy!
We’ve all seen a flip clock; on a desk, in a movie… those plain wooden or plasticky boxes with a lit ‘display’. The display was actually a set of little plates that moved every 1,10 or 60 minutes, showing the time.
Dutch designer Will van den Vos thought that it was time to refresh it a little, and came to a good idea. The result? cool, desirable, visible if only in the rest of this entry.
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A mix of old-school and today’s hype and tech: the Domino Phone
Does the picture to the left entice you? Classic domino numbers with letters underneath? A sleek-looking keyboard with a beautiful backlight?
If your sense of style is tingling and you feel you need to know and see more, click on…
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Fuzzy felt greeting cards
This takes me back some, fuzzy felt, the re-usable picture drawing thingy-ma-jig, is now available in greeting card format.
So instead of sending a plain old static card you can send a fuzzy felt version and let the (older) recipient relive their youth and move bits around, class!
Fuzzy felt greeting cards cost £2.99 (~$6) from the fuzzy felt greeting card shop, surprisingly.
The Time Machine
If you didn’t get your hands on the pong clock and really want an amazing time-telling machine that also brings back memories from the good ol’ times, here’s something that’s even cooler: the Time Machine!
We haven’t been able to find a cool clock that has some real mechanic action since the Wave Clock. This one takes the concept of marbles showing time even further, with an even cooler result: 26 marbles run down 3 lanes, showing the time.
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Another Cool Remote Control R2-D2 Unit
We’ve certainly been spoilt rotten with Star Wars gadgets of late and this latest bit of Star Wars memorabilia brings back fond memories of my old figurine collection (which I sold to Paul Parnaby for £40 about 25 years or so ago).
We’ve seen remote control R2D2 units before but this one is extra cool as it’s the size of the original collectors figure (they are action figures not dolls).
The R2 unit is controlled via a light sabre styled remote and can move forwards, spin round and even has a rotating head complete with operational (it lites up) LED eye. Think Geek rightly describe this as every Star Wars fanboy’s wet dream come true (well after Leigh in that bikini).
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Watto’s brother must live in North Hollywood, Norton Sales
Sure, you remember Watto, he owned a little boy you’d later know as Darth. He sold a hyperdrive to some guy
named Qui-Gon Jinn. He had hooves,, yet he could fly (umm,, no one ever mentions how oxymoronic this is,, it’s like a vegetarian with teeth like the baddies from Alien!)
Anyway, there’s a place called Norton Sales Inc. that makes Watto’s look like a dump.
Wait,, I mean, that it’s a dump full of old space junk.
No wait,, by old, I mean fairly old. You know, if you need a replacement X-15 XLR99, because the one you were using is all ‘sploded. Well now you’ve got the right place to go!
I’m pretty sure that the next time I head down south (probably for a wedding) I’ll be swinging by. Gadget destinations are typically pretty hard to come by, but when you find them,, well, you’ve just got to make the trip. Continue reading » Watto’s brother must live in North Hollywood, Norton Sales
Crochet Trimmed Watches
We all know how first impressions count a lot, so having an original and stylish wristwatch can be one of the important points that adds more personality value to the owner. By original I mean unusual in terms of design and material, luckily enough, there aren’t many watches that use crochet or tapestry as their “substance”.
Having in mind that conditional characteristic, I present you two alternative watches that will make you go “pop” – the watchband on either one is made of Italian lambskin and can have a crochet handmade decoration, or a trimmed jacquard tapestry ribbon.
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