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Have a seat, won’t you?

Sounds like stuff like these doesn’t travel alone. Close on the heels of the $6,600 wall clock, here’s another jaw-dropping piece of design.

A “chair” for $6,020; that is a block of 0.04″ thick steel that’s 39.3″ x 27.5″ x 29.5″ in dimension; that one “designs” by hitting with a hammer.

One more time: You’re [...]

All’s well that ends well..

They say nobody was hurt, and nobody’s saying otherwise, so it must be true. T’was a really, really bad shake, though.

Oh, well. Happy Halloween!!

A 5.6 earthquake on the eve of Halloween. No treats for you.

That’s where it was..

<br /><small><a style=”color: #0000ff; text-align: left” mce_href=”http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=37.43N+121.78W+(Epicenter+of+the+5.6+quake+on+October+30,+2007)&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&ll=37.437861,-121.775808&spn=0.02726,0.042915&z=14&iwloc=addr&source=embed” xhref=”http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=37.43N+121.78W+(Epicenter+of+the+5.6+quake+on+October+30,+2007)&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&ll=37.437861,-121.775808&spn=0.02726,0.042915&z=14&iwloc=addr&source=embed”>View Larger Map</a></small> <br /><br /><br /> <p>And that’s how bad it was..</p> <br /><br /> <img width=”500″ height=”500″ border=”0″ mce_src=”http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/shakemap/nc/shake/40204628/download/intensity.jpg” xsrc=”http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/shakemap/nc/shake/40204628/download/intensity.jpg” /> <p>But, all’s well that doesn’t end’s well. So, as we here in NorCal say..</p> <p><strong>Bring it!</strong></p>

On this episode of Nerdwatch: Cropped barcodes save trees

I don’t know about you, but fishing around for printed “savings passes” while at the checkout line isn’t exactly my idea of fun. Here’s where it gets better, geekier and stranger.

Click the thumbnail above for the barcode to a Macy’s “Secret Sale” that runs from this Thursday (November 1) to Sunday (November 4). Save the [...]

Just bad pricing, a typo, or something I’m missing?

On a Tuesday much like today, Internet radio had a moment. Of silence. T’was a Tuesday, June 26; and t’was the day when a massive online protest was organized to protest the retroactive royalty rate increases due to go into effect on July 15. arstechnica reported that it was organized by Kurt Hanson, publisher of [...]