We all know you can make pretty much anything from plastic. But how many of us know how to do it from the comfort of our own home? Let’s say you wanted to make your own action figures or collectibles. I for one would probably start in China or Taiwan but honestly would not have a clue, until today.
These guys at Shapeway can take virtually anything you could imagine and turn it into something you can hold in your hands. With the number of easy to use 3D applications out there you have plenty of choices. I mean even Google offers a free option that’s pretty easy to use. (http://sketchup.google.com/).
Another very easy to use piece of software for making 3D images is Swift 3D. What ever you end up using to make your model does not matter, once your finished you upload the file to their website, wait 10 days and you get your model in the mail.
They have no real colors to speak of as of yet but the do offer different textures. I better fire up the old 3D application and give this a go.
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We all love the feeling of grass under our feet. Well, most of us do. For me it means it’s summertime and weather is warm. It also reminds me of living in Hawaii were I have spent days, weeks and even months at a time wearing nothing but flip flops or slippers as they call them in Hawaii. So when I seen these real grass flip flops from Krispy Kreme I smiled and even chuckled a little bit.
I was surprised to find out that Krispy Kreme actually have stores in the UK as well. I assumed they were only in America. Good to know since I live near the UK.
The grass flip flops are part a of promotion they have going on right now.
To add to the summer vibe, Krispy Kreme are giving you the chance to win tickets for yourself and 4 friends to the summer’s most corporate musical get together, the V Festival. Simply pick yourself up some of their obscenely good doughnuts, take a picture of you and your friends with said doughnuts and send them via your mobiles texting system over to 60300 along with the word KRISPY. For more info visit their ‘Share the summer magic‘ website.
I love the way these look. I also like the idea of them being solar powered. Less batteries the better. Basically we have an old school jar that has been equipped with a blue or yellow light and a mini solar panel to charge the lamp.
Not only is the jar waterproof but the frosting on the jar creates a nice glow from the light inside and they are equipped with a light sensor as well so the only come on when it gets dark.
Features:
Extra Large Eco “Firefly-Powered” Lamp
Waterproof Seal: can be used Both Indoor or Outdoor, like Living Room, Bathroom, Garden, Balcony, Swimming Pool, Camp Sites……etc.
Environmental Friendly: Recharged by the SunLight
Automatic Switch: Charge Up under Sunlight, Auto Glow up when getting Dark
These tiny little wind-up lights look pretty neat. I know batteries are good and in these LED lights they last forever but what if that little battery goes dead? I know I don’t keep the little ones on hand. I have a drawer full of A’ AA’ and even D’ batteries but I don’t have any of the little tiny flat ones. This is why I think this little tiny crank light would be handy to have. Plus at only $8 a pop and a bunch of colors to choose from you can’t go wrong really.
One of the latest in online video sites Current.com has offered up a new gem with a Bill Gates vs Steve Jobs (Microsoft vs Apple) battle to the death, well sort of.
Video after the break or click here and watch it at Current.com:
This new search engine is very heavy on the ram. It’s very heavy on the graphics and don’t even click on the link if you don’t have broadband. That being said I think it’s a great way to surf the web. If it’s something other than text your looking for let’s say music, images, videos, maps and that sort of thing this is a great way to find it.
Viewzi has basically developed a bunch of different tools that utilizes already existing data sources and pulls them into a swiss army knife of an application. You pretty much have to try it out for yourself and see.
I found this great little video a few years ago and forgot to bookmark the page but I finally found it again and thought I’d share it. It’s a very creative video about making a more comfortable working environment. It’s very well made and very entertaining. It’s about 40 minutes long so you should set aside some time if you’d like to watch the whole thing.
The video was made by a company called Belief who are a design firm who do all sorts of design. The video is peppered with clips of their work which is top notch. If your bored or looking for some inspirational tips this is video you should seriously watch.
Rest in peace Rufus. George Carlin died today at the age of 71 from heart failure. He was a comedy genius and said the things we were all afraid to say. He truly inspired me and inspired be to question my perceived reality. Not a day goes by that I don’t think about something George said.
If I ever want to put a smile on my face, I just listen to George and for some reason I seem to have a new outlook on life. Thank you George. You will be greatly missed.
I have decided to put a list of all my favorites from George Carlin.
I don’t normally write about football (soccer) but I felt this was worthy of sharing. Since Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are all out of the European Cup we have all been forced to pick another European country to support at this years European Cup. I decided to support Spain since it’s the home of the new number one Liverpool striker Fernando Torres. I assumed other Liverpool fans might do the same but never on this scale. It’s a great ad I seen last night while watching Spain beat Italy.
