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Posted on 12.17.07 by Widge @ 8:03 am
Comments on this: 3 so far. Add your own.  This is pretty ri-goddamn-diculous: Update: Alas, it's no longer on their website. However, Amazon apparently has one for sale from one of their Used and New folks. Here's what they have to say for themselves: Reproduced with full light effects and adjustable power settings, the Flux Capacitor replica recreates the 1.21 jigowatt-controlling heart of the De Lorean time machine. Measuring over 16-inches tall x 12-inches wide, each replica features hand-numbering with a matching box, certificate of authenticity and care instructions! ETA for these things is May of next year. And yes, they are $275 smackers. But you can expect them to be mounted in geek cars all across the world as soon as they hit. P.S. If you are crazy enough to order one of these things, A) we salute you for having more money than us and 2) do it Categorized as: Gear
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Posted on 12.12.07 by Widge @ 12:02 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  One day, Skynet will rise. We know this. You know this. However, there might be a bit of time in there, right at the start, before the whole thing goes to hell. In the event that you can get into that early Skynet server room, you're going to want this jacket. Turn around, draw the hood tight, and remember: don't move any faster than two inches a second. Categorized as: Gear
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Posted on 12.01.07 by Widge @ 7:01 pm
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own. This Korean toilet, the Woongjin Looloo BA01 is pretty scary, but the Toto Neorest is also frightening. It uses the word "oscillating" alongside one's nether regions (which can be disturbing in certain contexts, for example: a toilet) and has a wireless control panel. I guess that's so you can enjoy the range of the water sprayer things. Think for a moment all the terrible things you would have done with this thing as a kid. Just for a moment, though. Let's not get crazy. Direct link for the feedreaders. Update: It's Toilet Night! No, just found another post from Pink Tentacle that fit this theme right after this one, so let's slam it, shall we? Categorized as: Gear
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Posted on 11.20.07 by Widge @ 7:18 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  For those of you who think Fire in the Sky is a documentary, you might be a bit concerned about how to get back home after you've been abducted by big-eyed extraterrestrials. The Location Earth Dog Tag is supposed to help you get over that, sporting info on how the aliens can drop you back on Earth: Engraved with several methods of locating Earth in the Galaxy, an alien pilot does not need to understand any human language to use this information. The mathematical location of Earth in relation to several important pulsars is represented by the radial diagram. Now, first of all, the radial diagram looks to me like a high level on Missile Command, so I dunno about that. And second of all, if you do get snatched, and you find yourself in the clutches of the Horde or the Brood, you keep that goddamn thing under your shirt, you hear? Take one for the team. Categorized as: Gear
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Posted on 11.02.07 by Widge @ 8:18 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  Is anybody else on that list? You know: the mailing list where you get an endless wave of tacky, tacky catalogues filled with crap that, no matter how hard you soul search, you can't figure out what you bought that triggered your inclusion? Yeah. I'm on that list. At least the catalogues can be entertaining. Take a look at this quilt that you can get personalized for your grandmother. It says "Grandma, whenever you touch this heart, you'll know that we love you." And inside the heart you can put names, presumably names of the grandchildren. Now that might sound sweet. It might sound warm, even, and inviting. Like it's exactly the sort of thing you might want your grandmother to have across the back of her sofa. But not so fast. Sure, it starts off innocently enough: she touches the heart, she knows you love her. But soon enough, when she's not touching the heart, what will she think? She'll find herself carrying the quilt about the house, ensuring that she's got at least a finger on the heart, because the quilt says that what she has to do to know for certain that you love her. Taking it to bed, taking it into the shower, taking it everywhere lest she doubt for a moment your love. So is that what you want for your grandmother? Is it? To be a quilted heart junkie? You heartless bastards. Categorized as: Gear
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