The Something Store - Send them $10.00 and they send you something.

Bonus Round - Huh? Corp. “We Do Stuff.”

(via Kate)

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Bigfoot lawn art.
$98.95.
SkyMall.

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This is the kind of stuff you dream up while waiting around in IKEA for 2 hours.
Enter your first name and it will create your Swedish furniture name.

Click on the link for a printable version.

(©2008 Blogadilla.com; assembled/generated by Steve B., designed by Tim)

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Last Fall, someone tried repeatedly to break into a neighbor’s apartment - windowscreens torn or pulled off, and attempts to pry open the window locks. I helped her to better fortify her windows and I decided it would be wise to protect my own.

I went with minor antipersonnel gardening: planter boxes beneath all of the windows, each filled with cacti. The project itself cost around $25 for each antipersonnel planter box, and it took an afternoon to do. IKEA (at the time) had sets of 3 small cacti for ~$5.00 and single large cacti for ~$5.00 each.

Some points to consider:
• This won’t prevent anyone from breaking in if they are hellbent on doing so. It provides ‘disincentive’ - making it uncomfortable or more difficult to casually approach and open windows from the outside. They provide a visual threat (I’ve considered adding poison oak to some of the planter boxes, also).

• The cost is relatively low.

• It is easy to do - Screw the planter box into the bottom of the window sill. I suggest you use BBQ tongs or pliers to handle the cacti when you’re planting them.

• It is easy to maintain - Cacti are low-maintenance and often only need watering on a monthly basis.

• It looks cool - every time I look out the window, it looks like I’m in Arizona.

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A long, long time ago (1998 to be exact) and in anticipation of the release of the first of three Star Wars prequels, toy maker Jason Deyer and his buddy Steve Ross were approached to design ‘Dealer Loaders’ for promotions and giveaways. But because they were ‘unapproved vendors’ (AKA not part of George Lucas’ monolith) Jason and his friend had to base their designs on the original trilogy.

You can check out the original drawings on Jason’s blog, Action Figure Insider, and you also can hear an interview about his trials and tribulations on NPR. Make sure to check out NPR’s Bryant Park Project page on the Star Wars merchandise, here. (Click ‘Listen Now’ for the interview).

Death Star BBQ Grill Anyone?

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For you collectors of either Dutch delft blue ceramics or dildos, here’s the holy grail of both worlds. I think the plug is so you can fill it with, er, well, I have no f’ing idea, but I’m sure you can come up with something… Either way I think it would make a nice addition to a figurine or fine china display case.

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It goes without saying that there are certain things that white people love (usually because no one else wants to go near these things for good reason). Stuff White People Like is dedicated to chronicling the things that affluent white people go berzerk about:

• #74 - Oscar Parties
• #67 - Standing Still at Concerts
• #64 - Recycling
• #63 - Expensive Sandwiches
• #62 - Knowing What’s Best for Poor People
• #60 - The Toyota Prius
• #57 - “Juno”
• #49 - Vintage Clothing
• #47 - Arts Degrees
• #45 - Asian Fusion Food
• #44 - Public Radio
• #36 - Breakfast Places
• #28 - Not Having a TV
• #25 - David Sedaris
• #21 - Writer’s Workshops
• #17 - Hating Their Parents
• #16 - “Gifted” Children
• #11 - Asian Girls
• #10 - Wes Anderson Movies
• #5 - Farmers Markets
• #1 - Coffee

(via Susan)

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It’s not so much the product as the webpage design that has me impressed with the Toto Washlet. Their intro is certainly worth watching.

It’s a little unsettling: I have a crush on the cute redhead who discusses toilet hygiene.

(via Memepool)

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Blood Puddle Pillows from Keetra Dean Dixon (xoXOxo).

(via Who Killed Bambi?)

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Mmmm, all edge brownies. Now, if ‘they’ can only come up with an ‘all butt bread loaf”, an “all dark meat chicken”, and an “all skin pudding” I can die happy. Baker’s Edge is also in the process of making an all edge lasagna pan too.

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A typical scene: a table at a cafe is teetering and you take a stack of sugar packets and prop-up the short table leg. NYTO Studios saw a great product idea: a silicone shim that looks like a sugar packet. I’m looking forward to stealing them from local cafes when they come out.

(via Core77, via Notcot)

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Greensulate - growable, moldable (no pun intended) home insulation made from living mushroom fiber (mycelia). Cheap and green. Live like a Smurf.

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