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澤井醤油本店 醤油の飴 (Sawai Shoyu Honten Soy Sauce Candy)
Hey, so I'm only a day late with the answer to this past Saturday's "What are they?" feature . See what happens when Milena's away? The whole thing collapses. But I digress. From Kyoto Foodie : ••••••••••••••••••••••• 澤井醤油本店 醤油の飴 (Sawai Shoyu Honten Soy Sauce Candy) The Japanese make ...
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Amateur Surgeon
From Ray Earhart , one of the stalwarts of my crack reseach team from way back in deep time, comes the following: •••••••••••••••••••••••••• Good Morning Joe, Hmmm. Sounds like a TV show! Speaking of TV, ABC has an article about a future iPhone app that will let you see what you ...
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Economist cover fakes me out
When the latest issue (above) arrived two days ago I looked at the cover but couldn't figure out why a tilted dun-colored map of the U.S. was particularly worthy of being featured on the newspaper's (that's how they refer to it — rather than as a magazine) cover, since as a rule The ...
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What is it?
Answer here this time tomorrow.
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Oakley Elite Assault Boot — Your own private Afghanistan
Wrote Valentina Zannoni in the November 20, 2009 Financial Times, "For the ultimate stab-proof, flame-proof, nuclear-disaster proof footwear... look no further than Oakley's Elite Assault Boots. The brand famous for sunglasses has been supplying the armed forces with equipment, including ...
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India — by Emanuele Nardoni
More here . [via m,appeal and Kitsune Noir ]
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Ants on my plate
White porcelain + black design by Re Jin. 7"Ø. $36 .
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'Kid Safety Labels We Want To See'
[via tinkeringschool.com and its companion blog ]
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What is it? is having technical problems
Long story short: the post scheduled for 1:01 p.m. today disappeared sometime between three days ago and today. We're looking for it as you read these words.
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Scopedog
Created by Japanese blacksmith Kogoro Kurata , it's a life-sized iron recreation of the robot Scopedog from the cult classic anime "Armored Trooper Votoms." "I wanted to do something completely ridiculous," said Kurata. "Scopedog is an anime robot, but it looks like something you could ...
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Money Candle — 'Money to burn baby, all of the time'
Official candle of Ini Kamoze . "Money Candle is printed on both sides with hundred dollar bill and $10,000 money wrap design. Set of 2 unscented 6"-long candles; each has 3 wicks." $5.98 .
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Objects with memory — USB Sofas
"Four sofas, 14GB. The sofas contain embedded removable desks aimed at storing and sharing contents between users." "For sharing, the user simply plugs one of the seven available cables into her laptop's USB port." Designed by Cabracega Studio for OFFF Lisbon 2008 – International ...
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ZipBling Jewelry — by Louise Loewenstein
ZipBling Jewelry — by Louise Loewenstein
bookofjoe.com — The longtime fiber artist went to South Africa and came back looking at things in a whole new way. From this new vision came her current work featuring zippers. "Quantity has its own qualities." Indeed. (more) ZipBling Jewelry — by Louise Loewenstein
Banksy — Doku
"Hier ein Beitrag von Arte Tracks über Banksy, offensichtlich im Sommer im Zuge seiner Ausstellung in Bristol entstanden. Zu Wort kommen unter anderem ein früherer Wegbegleiter aus seinen 80er Graffiti-Tagen und der Kurator der ersten Banksy-Ausstellung. Netter kurzer Abriss der Geschichte ...
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Ski Chair & Ottoman
$400–$500 .
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SONS (shoes or no shoes) Museum of Artists' Shoes
Said Marcel Duchamp, "Everyday objects, signed by an artist and presented within a museum, will transform into art." How do you spell "Jeff Koons?" The caption of the YouTube video above: " In Kruishoutem, Belgium, a new museum opened in 2009. It houses several collections, amongst which ...
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What are they?
Answer here this time tomorrow.
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Dress of the Week
Unveiled two weeks ago at Style Wars, a competition for "... aspiring designers to show off creations improvised, literally, with tape and shears," wrote Ruth La Ferla in Thursday's New York Times. The event was produced by New York design firm House of Diehl to give young unknowns a chance ...
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Bike Chain Bowl
Recycled. $90 .
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'A Song for the Horse Nation'
That's the title of a new show at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in New York City. Ken Johnson, in a November 13, 2009 New York Times review , wrote about the exhibition of 98 artifacts relating to native horse cultures, up through July 7, 2011. Above, "a Piikuni ...
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