Made Me Smile: Geeky Clean Soaps
Aw, these soaps are so cute! And they seem to smell nice too!
Avatar Bending Soaps – $5.50 (per single bar)
I love how they’ve actually put some thought behind the smells of these soaps! The orange Fire Nation soap is scented with a spicy orange, cinnamon and clove fragrance. The green Earth Nation soap smells like fresh cut grass. The yellow Air Nation soap is scented with nag’champa incense. And the blue Water Nation soap has a lemon verbena mint fragrance.
Browncoat Field Ration – $4.99
Ooh, this one sounds so good!
“A message to the last remaining members of the resistance: take care of yourself. Whether you’re out on that newly terraformed moon, or flying solo through the ‘verse, civility is what separates us from those savages on the fringe. This Browncoat field ration contains a combination of brown sugar scrub on one side, and a creamy apple cinnamon soap on the other. Each bar has 2 whole spoonfuls of real brown sugar.”
The TARDI-soap (caramel and apple fragrance) – $7.00
This one comes in a caramel and apple fragrance and is made of only vegan products!
These come in different colours and smells: Blue – Coconut, Pink – Cherry Lemonade, Orange – Lime Mandarin, Yellow – Banana, Green – Cucumber Melon, White – Unscented, Black – MANLY (Bergamot, Sandalwood & Musk). Ooh, the cherry lemonade and the cucumber melon sounds delicious!
There are more geeky soaps listed on Geeky Clean’s etsy page, like the Dharma Initiative and the Stargate portal (but the above 4 are my favourites).
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Trailerrific: Sucker Punch
Okay, this looks awesome:
I loved Zack Synder’s previous two movies (300, Watchmen) and again the style of this movie looks great.
Here’s the description from Wikipedia:
Set in the 1950s, it tells the story of Baby Doll (Browning), who is trying to hide from the pain caused by her evil stepfather and lobotomy. She ends up in mental institution in Brattleboro, Vermont and while there she starts to imagine alternative reality. She plans to escape from that imaginary world but to do that she needs to steal five objects before she is caught by a vile man. She has 5 days to escape before being lobotomized. In order to cope with the situation, she enters the hyper-real world of her imagination, and the lines between reality and dream begin to blur.
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Video of the Day: Element Academy
As I’m in an Avatar: The Last Airbender mood anyway today, this video made me smile:
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TV Preview: The Legend of Korra
Nickelodeon finally officially announced the sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender! It (as expected) will be called The Legend of Korra and will feature the female waterbending Avatar, Korra.
You can see the full press release here. What’s mainly got me excited is this bit though:
Her quest leads her to the epicenter of the modern “Avatar” world, Republic City – a metropolis that is fueled by steampunk technology. It is a virtual melting pot where benders and non-benders from all nations live and thrive.
Steampunk!!!! Squeeeee!!!!
I know, I know, that was far too many exclamation points, but the fangirl in me couldn’t resist. I already was looking forward to this show, but with the added element (pun not intended) of steampunk it’s now pretty high on my MUSTSEECANTWAITFORTHIS list.
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Panasonic Gets A Gold Star For Earphone Packaging Design
By Andrew Liszewski
I can’t attest to the sound quality of these Panasonic RP-HJE 130 earbuds, but even I’ll admit that this brilliant packaging, designed by Berlin-based Scholz & Friends, would make them hard to pass up. It’s another case where a simple visual idea can outdo even the most elaborately designed graphics, and the fact that they’ve incorporated and displayed the actual product is worth a couple of bonus points as well.
[ COLORIBUS - Panasonic Earphones: The Earphones Note ] VIA [ Scary Ideas ]
Stormtrooper ‘Back Buddy’ Due Sometime This Fall
By Andrew Liszewski
In case you’ve started a collection, in addition to the Yoda, Chewbacca, Darth Vader and C-3PO ‘Back Buddy’ backpacks that are all currently available, you’ll soon be able to add the pawn of the Star Wars universe to your wearable posse. The Stormtrooper Back Buddy is now available for pre-order from Urban Collector for $36.99, though you’ll have to wait until October for it to arrive. But it should be just in time for it to serve as the laziest Hallowe’en costume ever.
[ Urban Collector - Star Wars Stormtrooper Back Buddy ] VIA [ Fashionably Geek ]
Wise Hammer Has A Built-in Stud Sensor
By Andrew Liszewski
As if a claw hammer wasn’t already enough of a multi-tasker with its ability to drive in and rip out nails, the Wise Hammer takes things one step further with a stud sensor built into the base of the handle. A simple green LED lets you know when a stud is detected, and a small marking nub allows you to mark its location on the wall so you know exactly where to drive your nail. $29.99 available on the Wise Hammer website.
[ Wise Hammer ] VIA [ The Red Ferret Journal ]
Turn Your iPad Into A Fashion Accessory
By Chris Scott Barr
Having trouble finding enough uses for your iPad? Or perhaps you just want to make sure that everyone you come into contact knows that you’re cool enough to have one. Sure, you could prop it up on your shoulder, turn on some tunes and pretend it’s an old boombox, but that’s just not classy. No, what you need is a shirt that will hold your iPad, and display whatever pictures or video you want.
Okay, so maybe at first thought it might seem cool to essentially have a shirt that can depict virtually anything. But I can’t imagine putting my iPad in this thing and walking around. I’m not even talking about how it will no doubt weigh down the front of your shirt. Rather, I’m referring to the douchebag factor. If you really have nothing better to do with your iPad, then by all means, drop $50 on this fashion statement.
[ Syte Shirt ] VIA [ Gearlog ]
NYC Retailer Begins Accepting Pre-orders For The BlackBerry 9800 Slider
The BlackBerry 9800 slider phone hasn't been unveiled just yet, but a NYC retailer, Mobile City Online, has already decided to begin accepting pre-orders for the device, and has priced it at $600. The phone on offer is an AT&T locked version, and boasts specifications such as BlackBerry OS 6, Wi-Fi, 512MB of RAM, and 4GB of built-in storage. There's no confirmation as to whether such specifications are accurate just yet, but hopefully RIM will be announcing this device sooner rather than later, and we'll be able to check out this phone in detail. Speculation is that the BlackBerry 9800 slider will be arriving later in August.
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AT&T Outlets Sport Mysterious Hero Monolith Display
This is probably the kind of stunt that will have tongues wagging away, and that was probably the idea when AT&T decided to prop up a mysterious monolith display at stores across the country, apparently dubbed the "Hero" display, and states "innovation comes to life" and "Rethink Possible", which has been AT&T's slogan recently. Hopefully it's a cool new handset, perhaps the BlackBerry 9800 slider, though some folks are also speculating that it might be related to the Dell Streak. Looks like we'll have to play the waiting game with this for the moment, and hopefully AT&T won't disappoint.
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