Blog, page 64
page 64 of 79Continuing through the writing archive.
Flower plug
A bathtub plug shaped like a flower that shifts from pink to deep purple once the water hits a safe temperature.
Read postWastbasket for the bathroom
A bathroom wastebasket from SnowTone with a lid you seal by dropping in a magazine, made for toilet readers.
Read postAPEX Holiday Subscription Drive
APEX magazine runs a November subscription drive promising pro-rate 5-cents-per-word pay if they hit 500 new subscribers.
Read postTravel 4 km in just 3 hours, 41 minutes!
Google Transit launches for Vancouver via TransLink, and promptly routes a 4 km trip as six transfers in 3 hours 41 minutes.
Read postWork Smarter, Not Harder
In 1968 a man in a police uniform stole 294 million yen from a Toshiba bank car in Tokyo and was never caught.
Read postOrigami Masters Exhibition
Origami Masters Exhibition at the Pendulum Gallery in Vancouver, with work by 25 paperfolders from nine countries.
Read postThe Internet Stars Are Viral
A viral video about viral videos, cutting together the year's most-watched clips into one montage.
Read postThe zen of zombies
A short film of zombie hordes doing yoga in the park, made to promote Scott Kenemore's book The Zen of Zombie.
Read postLee Krasnow - Puzzle box maker
Lee Krasnow's Barcode Burr puzzle, a six-piece burr whose notches force the pieces to move in a strict binary sequence.
Read postSong at the end of Portal
The ending song from Portal, the black-humour puzzle game from Valve that I would happily replay tomorrow.
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