Coke - Now with Seahorse!

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008


(Chinese medicine image from Wikimedia Commons/Chris 73)

Coca-Cola and The China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences have jointly created “The Coca-Cola Research Center for Chinese Medicine.”

No, this is not a joke.

Their objective: to secretly design a new commercial beverage incorporating Chinese herbal medicine [link].

“[Coke is] looking for exotic herbal ingredients to make a completely new drink and sort of revolutionize the whole soft-drink industry . . .” said Matthew Crabbe, director of Access Asia [link].

(via Media Post - Marketing Daily, via Statesman)




Completely Unrelated Bonus Round:
Some Chinese characters worth knowing:

And for those of you who got bad tattoos:

(Thanks Keewon and Xiao-Yi!)

Foreign Grocery Store Adventures

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

About every other month, my neighbor Kate and I will explore one of the many foreign grocery stores in our area. And we always come back with tons of random unidentifiable stuff. This month’s adventure: Daiso in Daly City, CA - it’s kind of like a Japanese Wal*Mart (everything in Daiso is $1.50).

What we brought back (each was only $1.50):

Japanese Barf Bags



Japanese Instant Inflatable Boobies
(Model: Kate)



Japanese Instant Swan Boner
(Model: Me. Note the creepy guy on the package)



Japanese Golden Nose with Blue Mucous
(model: Kate)

Update 9/3/08: Someone on Notcot has made a video of the inflatable boobs. Sweet!

Ghost Detectors - When Your Walls Bleed

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

A - The InfraScan SD thermal imaging handheld camera. If ghosts have a fever, you’ll see them! Only $4,995.00, available through Prairie Ghosts Paranormal Investigation Outfitters.

B - The Gaussmaster EMF Meter. A must-have for the new ghost hunter. $39.95, available through Prairie Ghosts Paranormal Investigation Outfitters.

C - The KII EMF Meter (with switch modification). $66.95 (or $44.95 unmodified), available through Ghost Augustine.

D - The TRI-Field Natural EMF Meter. Don’t let the name mislead you, it also works with supernatural EMF fields also. $207.99, available through Ghost TRHAPS.

E - The Baketan Ghost Detector 1.0. Strap it to your cellphone, it changes color to indicate the nature of the supernatural presence. Only $19.89, cute ghost charm included, available through Strapya-World.

F - The Baketan Ghost Detector 2.0. Small enough to strap to your cellphone, it changes color to indicate the nature of the supernatural presence, also includes new ‘ghost voice translator.” $19.12, available through Strapya-World.

“Back off man, I’m a scientist!”

Cake Wrecks

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

CakeWrecks - “When professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong.”

(via Angie)

What’s Cookin?

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

If you have the money and you’re cool, you have polished granite countertops in your kitchen.

Another interesting new trend: granite can contain high levels of radioactive uranium.

“It’s not that all granite is dangerous . . . but I’ve seen a few [granite countertops] that might heat up your Cheerios a little.” - Stanley Liebert, the quality assurance director at CMT Laboratories.

New York Times link

(via Angie)

Black Sheep & Prodigal Sons

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Jewelry by Black Sheep and Prodigal Sons.

(via Tokion Magazine)

The Devil’s Playthings

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Cracked.com’s list of 25 Most Baffling Toys from Around the World.

(via Crocodile Skin and Alligator Toes)

First in Line… So what?

Friday, July 11th, 2008

This morning as I rode the bus to work, I passed by 2 separate AT&T stores where hundreds of people were lined up, presumably waiting for hours for the brand new 3G iPhone. Don’t get me wrong, I definitely want an iPhone, but what’s so special about getting it first and waiting in line for hours today, when you can just walk into a store tomorrow and get the exact same iPhone with no wait?

Maybe I’m on my own here for thinking this is ridiculous, but taking this concept to the extreme was Jonny Gladwell, a New Zealander who camped out for 3 days (keep in mind it’s winter now in NZ) to get the first 3G iPhone in the world. Check out iPhone Jonny’s blog for some notes on the wait and for some humorous video clips of how he passed the time, including the following ridiculousness:

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Just look at this obviously innovative design . . . I am so thrilled just thinking about how I get to touch this.

(via Angie)

That’s what she twittered.

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Buy the t-shirt for $20 here. A tad pricey, but damn cool:

That's What She Twittered... - Blogadilla.com

(Good lookin out, Ben!)

Man’s Best Friend, When You Feel Like It

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Flex Petz - like Netflix, with dogs.

(via Dawn)

When Makeup and Post-It Notes Collide

Friday, July 11th, 2008

ColorOn Pro eye makeup sticker-thingies.

Warning: Do not confuse this with Colon Pro (thanks for the clarification, Nix).

(via Kate)

The Smell of Summer

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

I occasionally wear Demeter “Suntan Lotion” fragrance.

It makes for great propaganda: the smell gives the impression that I’m a laid-back type of guy that spends a lot of time at the beach.

Here’s a list of good Summer smells available in fragrance, lotion, and soap form (by Demeter):
Suntan LotionBonfireGrassFresh HayPink LemonadeCoconut • Frozen MargaritaGreenhousePiña ColadaMesquiteOcean • Salt AirMojitoSpring BreakOrange Cream PopStrawberry Ice Cream • PunchWet GardenTomatoSweet Orange • Bubble Gum

Back and Forth, Forever

Friday, July 4th, 2008

))<>((

This obscure emoticon ))<>(( just may be the funniest thing out there, ever. And I’ve made it my new life’s goal to tell everyone about it.

In short, Allison sees this ThreadPit t-shirt and says:
“I know where this is from, you have to see the movie!”

And she shows me the video clip from “Me and You and Everyone We Know” and it all made sense and I was laughing so hard I peed (NSFW):

Spread the word.
Back and forth, forever.
))<>((

The Return of Hypercolor

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Many of us had those cool Hypercolor color-changing T-shirts and shorts in the early 90’s. Apparently Hypercolor is making a comeback.

Time for a whole new generation to learn why we all stopped wearing Hypercolor in the first place.

• Thermochromatic T-Shirts

Hypercolor toilet seat (because Hypercolor is so very good at revealing ass).

Go Directly to Hollywood, Do Not Pass GO

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

The Wall Street Journal reports: Hasbro Games is taking its products to Hollywood with the intent of making feature films based on their acclaimed boardgames - such as Monopoly, Ouija, and Candy Land.

Casting Suggestion: Monopoly’s Rich Uncle Pennybags should be played by Wilford Brimley. And yes, this also counts as a Blogadilla Look-Alike.

Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Bonus Round: A Monopoly themed Reebok Reverse Jam Mid, coming out in late August 2008.

Buy Something

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

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

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

(via Kate)

Darjeeling Limited T-Shirt

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

The only detail about the 2007 Wes Anderson film “The Darjeeling Limited” that I didn’t like: the absence of products and movie-related schwag.

I still want a Hotel Chevalier bathrobe, dammit.

Finally - Threadpit has released this cool Darjeeling Limited t-shirt.

I already bought one. I love the design and bright colors.

Coke Zero - Hipster %$#head Remix

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Another fine short by JoeyAndDavid.com:
Coke Zero

Be patient, it gets funny.

(via Cindi the Sex Guru)

Friday, June 27th, 2008

I know this is content recycling, but I still think they are funny as hell and they were posted at a time when nobody read us.