By Belgian designer Charles Kaisin. "Layers of very fine cut paper... on a reused old chair." I like it. A lot. Posted originally at bookofjoe: Hairy Chair and republished here by the author

    Invented by Mika Larson, who sells them from her website named — surprise! — roadrage.com. You get a spiral-bound book of 8- by 11-inch cards, each with one of 43 messages, for $19.99. But here's the stroke of genius: on the back of each card is the mirror-image of the message so the doofus ahead of you can read it in their rearview mirror.   [via Joe Sharkey's "On The Road" column in the May 23 New York Times] Posted originally at bookofjoe: Road Rage Cards: 'Relax %u2014 and let the flip-book do the screaming!' and republished here by th

It looks like neon and it produces light just like neon but unlike neon, which is hard,  the glasses in the picture are flexible. They can be flexible thanks to the Lytec technology they're made of.Live Wire is a semiconductor cable that creates a glare free beautiful light along its entire length that is cold to touch with no hot surfaces or bulbs to break. Safe and Non-Toxic , Comes in eight colors.It was used in Major Films to create special effects. Now it is finally available to the public.  Source Live Wire

   Exhibit A: The Pak-Lite (below).  Exhibit B: The wonderful Designer Emulation Kits of Mark McKenna (below). Exhibit C: ZER00:00 the clock (top). [via Shawn Lea and everythingandnothing] Posted originally at bookofjoe: 9-Volt Battery Whatever = Interesting Stuff and republished here by the author

Just in yesterday from reader Michael Hoffman. Below, the Ananova story: Stilton launch blue cheese perfume The makers of the famously pungent Stilton blue cheese have launched their own perfume [top]. And they have approached Cat Deeley (below) to be the face of Eau de Stilton. It claims to "recreate the earthy and fruity aroma" of the cheese "in an eminently wearable perfume". The perfume, blended by a Manchester-based aromatics company, features a "symphony of natural base notes including yarrow, angelica seed, clary sage and valerian". It was commissioned by the Stilton Cheesemakers' Association as part of a campaign to persuade more people to eat their product.

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From the website: Lighted Mechanix Glove Ideal for working under your car or hood, or other projects in the workshop or home. The light glove features a small LED flashlight mounted between the thumb and index finger for easy-to-use pinpoint lighting. Glove features reinforced stitched materials.  ------------------------ Comes in Small, Medium, Large, X-Large and XX-Large. $34.99. Posted originally at bookofjoe: Lighted Mechanix Glove 'Wear your flashlight' and republished here by the author

    Peter Carlson wrote about it and its creator in a front-page story that appeared in the April 24 Washington Post Style section. Long story short: Artist Mark Carlson created a full-size Styrofoam replica of Stonehenge in six weeks in the spring of 2004. It took the Druids a bit longer to put up their version — four centuries, in fact — but let's not be haters. You can see Foamhenge (above, with the artist and his dog Jake in the foreground) with your very own ojos in Natural Bridge, Virginia, "atop a verdant hill." Here's Carlson's story. Jurassic Lark What Do Dinosaurs and the Civil War Have in Common? Mark Cline's Art Mark Cline says his greatest artistic triumph is Foamhenge, a life-size reproduction of Stonehenge that he carved out of Styrofoam and erected in a field here.

Here is a nice potato head of Amir Peretz. Israel's labor party leader. By Alon Stiat, Bezalel ART school. Visual communication department.     The original Amir Peretz. The moustache is real.   

  #10 - Climbing clock. It hangs above your head and starts climbing while it rings. Don't wake up fast enough, and you won't be able to shut it up without a ladder.   # 9 Wake Up Puzzle. You have to build the puzzle to make it stop   # 8 Wake or Curse. You can ask it what the time is and it will answer. But if you don't wake up quickly enough it will curse you.   # 7 High Tech. This one has a vibrator, 95 db alarm and police style rotating light that you cannot ignore. # 6 Find The Pin - You need find the right pin to stop it's ringing. Not going to stay sleepy after this mission.