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Autumn Calendar That Drops Its Pages Automatically

Dennis Yeo — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:40:57 +0000

Ever need to tear off the pages off a calendar at the beginning of each day? This calendar does it automatically, but also not without a second agenda up its sleeve: It’s part of a marketing invention by ad agency Euro RSCG Duesseldorf to promote the need of STIHL’s leaf blowers in a truly unique way.

The pages that drop off the calendar represent the leaves that fall off trees in autumn which is when leaf blowers are necessary; and for this reason why the calendar is dated only for the days from 09/23 to 12/21 of the year 2010.

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Cool Super Mario Shelf and Pipe Side Table

Dennis Yeo — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:23:08 +0000

This uber geek Mario shelf built by a couple from Germany certainly provides a great idea for a gaming geek’s room, even so if it’s the room of a true-blue Mario geek.

The colorful set of shelves come with question marked compartments just like in the series of Mario games; unfortunately (or fortunately) to open it you do not need to jump up and hit it from below. Simply swing the lid up to access its contents.

Just like the shelf, the green pipe is definitely a familiar sight from the game as it acts like a side-table for a cordless phone and charger. Another great addition is the 8-bit LCD clock with the Italian plumber spinning round all day long.

Absolutely great build, and it definitely helps to have a girlfriend who’s a student in mechanical engineering who can really build stuff.

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Underfull Tablecloth Transforms Spilt Drinks into a Work of Art

Dennis Yeo — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:15:32 +0000

Ever have the nasty nightmare of having a guest spill over a drink on your favorite tablecloth during a meal? This specially designed Underfull tablecloth by Kristine Bjaadal actually wants to be spilled over, for when it does happen a beautiful hidden design unravels as it absorbs the dampness and takes on the color of the spillage.

Though it may sound uncomfortable for some, the tougher stains that manage to remain on the tablecloth even after washing will turn out to look like colored designs.

Probably at every meal then the host will be praying that someone will actually spill over a drink so the tablecloth will end up with a different design each time; or maybe the guest of honor can be invited to purposely spill one at the end of the meal to achieve the same effect. Over a period of time, the Underfull will definitely be one tablecloth that’ll be filled with colors and memories for recounting stories to friends and family.

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Magic Sakura Mini Desktop Cherry Blossom Tree Acts Like the Real Deal

Dennis Yeo — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:59:52 +0000

Every year, many tourists try to time their trip to Japan during spring in April to catch beautiful cherry blossom trees blooming across the country. To recreate the celebration of spring at home, it’s definitely impossible to grow a cherry blossom tree indoors.

This is where the Magic Sakura comes in: The Magic Sakura arrives as a specially constructed paper tree and when water is added to the tree, the magic unfolds as beautiful mini sakura flowers pop out, grow and fill the entire tree within 24 hours. Perfect for house parties and desktop decorations during spring. 680 yen, Otogino Japan.

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Link Fire: 6 March 2010 [The Video Edition]

Dennis Yeo — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:54:27 +0000

The top ten must-try food items on your next trip to Japan.

Guy uses chatroulette to play a simple game. If the other party tilt their head to look at the words, they lose. It’s a pretty ingenious way to use the site to perform psychological tests on random folks.

This cat definitely lives a pampered life. A custom made cat-lift specially made for its kind.

An insightful video by pixelenemy that basically teaches how not to suck at Battlefield: Bad Company 2, specially catered to seasoned Modern Warfare 2 gamers.

This cute and unique-looking iPhone stand is modeled from modified dining silverware making it look like a dude holding it with his hands. From ForkedUpArt Etsy.

A very cool Nintendo DSiWare puzzle game featuring an amazing 3D motion-sensing virtual reality screen called Attakoreda.

A great implementation of a Rube Goldberg machine that took several months to build just for a music video.

New York Tilt-Shift Video

Dennis Yeo — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:58:54 +0000

Tilt shifting is a technique in photography and also an after-effect of photoshopping that makes subjects within the captured frame look as if they were miniatures.

The final effect combined with a toned up saturation of colors usually produces a pleasing image like a child drawn to colorful toys. To produce a tilt-shift video, a series of time-lapse high resolution images are seamlessly sewn together to achieve a work of poetry in motion.

This tilt-shift video of New York by Aero Film director Sam O’Hare is definitely a good example of the technique, capturing the beauty of NYC in its quasi-miniature form.

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iPhone Cookie

Dennis Yeo — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:18:40 +0000

This is an edible iPhone cookie. No, not the cookie found in websites but an actual edible cookie shaped and modeled after Apple’s most popular mobile phone today.

Made by Japanese bakery Green Gables, each cookie is hand-made with colorful home screen icons on the front and the famous logo at the back. Now who can bear to take a bite out of this?

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Sushi Bento iPhone Case Looks Delicious

Dennis Yeo — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:29:59 +0000

Dreaming about your next Japanese meal during work? The sushi iPhone case could help you through as you ogle the wonderful set of sushi on it. A high resolution image of a delicious-looking sushi bento set is printed on a sleek vinyl exterior while soft felt protects your mobile phone from within. $20, Coolbeans717 Etsy.

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Gas Stove USB Cup Warmer

Dennis Yeo — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:31:58 +0000

A gas stove on the computer desktop? It sounds rather odd but this gadget is in fact a USB-powered beverage warmer. The only difference between this and other cup warmers out there is that it looks like a portable gas stove.

LEDs line up the ‘gas’ outlets where the flames are supposed to be emitted on a real stove; which adds on yet another touch of realism. Another good thing is that it doesn’t rob the computer of its USB port because there are two USB ports built at the back of the cup warmer, effectively providing an additional port and a shorter reach for other USB devices.

The gas stove USB cup warmer is available in three colors, black, blue and red. $16, gadget4all.

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Link Fire: Feb 25 2010

Dennis Yeo — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:25:31 +0000

A list of awesome shadow puppet clips made from human hands.

Michael Jackson’s Thriller dance performed with hands. Must have taken her lots of practicing to come with such an amazing performance.

A collection of great Lego masterpieces. 17 in all.

Playing too many flash games lately? 20 signs to prove that you’re in fact a flash game addict.

If you’ve been caught up with the babes of curling in the Winter Olympics and want to try the game for yourself, the Desktop Mini Crazy Curling game set is definitely for you.

A gallery of X-Men figures, but not an ordinary one. These cool X-Men figurines are all made from paper.

Saying sorry to a fellow computer geek? The ‘ctrl-z’ letterpress card may be the perfect way to seek forgiveness.

A great gallery of an original steampunked Lego crawler town by DeGobbi. It also offers an interesting perspective into the future in the event of a climate crisis.

Last and not least, for our readers with a sweet-tooth. These cute Sesame Street cupcakes are sure to make your day.

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Gas Tank Coin Savings Bank

Dennis Yeo — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:33:51 +0000

With gas prices these days, the car is becoming more and more of a luxury item. Taking the car out for a leisure ride can be an enjoyable but expensive experience for some, so this gas tank gauge coin bank will act as a constant reminder to always save up.

The coolest feature of this coin bank is that as you drop in more coins, the gauge actually starts moving towards the ‘full’ position. You’ll most probably be proud enough by then to give yourself a pat on the back for being a scrooge. $12.95, Baron Bob.

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Scrabble Game For Mathematics Geniuses

Dennis Yeo — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:52:01 +0000

Where there’s Scrabble for spellers, there’s Equate for the Math enthusiast. This crossword-style board game takes a page off Scrabble but players use numbers and signs to form equations and score points instead. Looks like a nice game for brushing up on mental arithmetic but definitely taboo for Math haters. $25.95, Hammacher Schlemmer.

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Guy Transforms into Spiderman Using Improvised Vacuum Cleaners

Dennis Yeo — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:11:26 +0000

Many people have succeeded and failed trying to be just like Spiderman scaling vertical walls and ceilings at ease. Now here comes Jem Stansfield, a scientist who invented this device called ‘Spiderman’ Vacuum Gloves which is made of two improvised vacuum cleaners bought at a supermarket.

Obviously he has done his homework and his prior knowledge of vacuum cleaners certainly helped due to his keen interest in pushing household electrical appliances to their limits. Even the shape and type of material of the suction pads had to be considered carefully in order for it to work as desired.

The two vacuum cleaners were attached to suction pads which acted as arm extensions for scaling the vertical wall. He managed to make it to the top of the building though, but not without help of the safety harness that kept him in place when the device failed during the climb.

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Takeaway Pizza Jigsaw Puzzle

Dennis Yeo — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:31:35 +0000

Jigsaw puzzles have always been a common puzzle game where you find many different images printed on jumbled pieces of odd shaped cardboard, but one that comes in the form of a pizza is definitely something we don’t see often.

The non-traditional shape of the jigsaw puzzle takes on the roundness of a pizza and it looks like a moderately challenging puzzle considering the amount of repeated images of toppings found in it.

An added feature that adds to its novelty is that it even comes in an Italian pizza box. However, I really think that it should come as a free gift for a pizza purchase but unfortunately it isn’t. £7.99, Spinning Hat.

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Black Hole Mug Coaster

Dennis Yeo — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:09:03 +0000

This is one interesting coaster that gives an illusion that the mug sitting on it defies gravity. Definitely perfect for mornings to fool people who aren’t on par to their usual alertness level yet.

Keyboard Teaches Kids the Fastest Way to Use Internet Lingo

Dennis Yeo — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:13:24 +0000

Internet lingo has been around, well since the the Internet has been around. For many of us, typing them has been an everyday affair while there are still some who are still trying to grasp a hold on the language, especially the youngins who are still learning to type.

Here’s a keyboard spotted by Kotaku at the Toy Fair 2010 in NYC. Called the Fast Finger keyboard, it comes with two layouts for the typing beginner. The white letters on the keyboard spell out the simple A-Z format for ‘hunt and peck’ users while the red keys when activated takes on the traditional touch-typing QWERTY format.

At the top row where the F1-F12 keys reside, the red pre-programmed keys spell out the most common Internet lingo around. Never does the user need perform the most tedious task of actually typing the words ‘BRB’ , ‘LOL’, or ‘CYA’ ever again.

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Link Fire: Feb 15 2010

Dennis Yeo — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:34:20 +0000

The world’s longest doormat from India weights 999 kilograms and measures 101..6 meters long.

Get woken up from sleep by Darth Vader with this alarm clock from Star Wars shop.

iPad jokes aren’t over yet, so join in the fun by making a papercraft version of the original iPad version 1.

A cool idea from Beste Miray of a redesigned envelope containing an image from Google Maps where the letter was sent from.

This guy gets called ‘The Coolest Guy in the World’ simply by being able to perform an insane amount of tricks that people normally can’t do.

Different ways to sort cats in the house. Stack them up on stackable trays, line them up on shelves or place them in pails!

A cat uses his owner’s guitar-strumming hand as an automatic cat petting machine.

Plain ol’ garage doors make way for creative and awesome designs.

A cool time-lapse video of the big snowfall of February 5-6th 2010.

How to pull off a funny water bowl ceiling prank.

Cleverly designed golf beer pint glass tells people you got a hole-in-one or a golfing pro until they read between the lines.

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Mario Boo Ghost Glow-in-the-Dark Magnet

Dennis Yeo — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:12:49 +0000

Here’s a cute Mario adversary made into a pixelated magnet form: the Boo ghost found in Bowser’s many castles. Made from glow-in-the-dark perler funfusion beads, the back comes with a magnet so a note can be attached together with it on a whiteboard or fridge.

Even if you don’t have a note or a to-do list to put on the fridge, it still acts as a simple decoration or for spooking someone at night. $3.25, EstelleDeParis Etsy.

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iPhone Taiko Drum Game Played with Sausages

Dennis Yeo — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:54:11 +0000

It was recently reported that South Koreans have found that using a sausage instead of their own finger eliminates the need to remove their gloves just to use the iPhone in the freezing cold, and now it has started to become a trend for Koreans to buy sausages instead of an actual stylus for that purpose.

Having caught on to the trend, this wise guy came up with the idea to play the iPhone game ‘Taiko Drum Master’ with a pair of sausages as drumsticks instead of his fingers!

The interesting thing about using these snack sausages from South Korea’s CJ Corporation is that they actually work with the touchscreen in their unwrapped form, which will keep the iPhone’s screen safe from oily smears.

There’s still another advantage of owning a sausage stylus over a conventional one: you’ll always have one to gnaw on whenever you’re feeling hungry!

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Sega Genesis Card Case Reveals the Old School Gamer in You

Dennis Yeo — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:20:11 +0000

Trying to find a suitable accessory to show your pride of being an old-school gamer? The Sega Genesis card case will definitely fit the bill. This business card holder in the shape of the original Sega game console will let you show a different side of yourself while being functional at the same time; containing business cards that reveal your true profession. 2999 yen, Strapya-World.

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