Regular readers will know of earlier examples of the best sandwiches, this is no different as yet again the Time verses Quality control knob is turned very firmly towards Time for this creation. There were 8 slices of ham stacked in this one. Yum. Well better to have than to have not.
The big mashine with the small hole
August 30, 2009 –
Ya ya. This may be silly but erm I liked it. I love the gargantuan size of this washing machine and how it maintained a rather small door to insert your clothes…. Check out the two rows of clothing rails to the left for scale, this thing is like 8-10ft tall – What on earth [...]
Foriegn Braile
August 10, 2009 –
I may be branded a fool for this but that has not stopped me before. When in japan I saw some braile, then I wondered if braile was universal. I know that the Internet may proove useful with thos question but I think I like not knowing – well maybe. The reason it did not [...]
Iphone becomes a HUD for augmented reality
July 27, 2009 –
Oh my, the iphone is becomming even better. It has now been exploited as a device capable of augmenting reality like some sort of heads-up display. Fan-damn-tastic. All we need now are some goggles that plug into it so that the whole world can be labelled, categorised and organised. The future will save us!
Travelling Pussy.
July 22, 2009 –
This one is odd. I was on Germany recently and spotted this in the airport toilets in it’s own dedicated machine. It is called a ‘Travel Pussy – Die Künstliche Vagina’. Translated this simply means artificial and not anything ruder no matter what the English pronunciation. I did not have 4€ to buy one but [...]
Russian portaloos
July 12, 2009 –
To increase the usability of portable toilets in Russia- Moscow to be precise, red square to be even more so- have the end cubicle as an office for a lady who charges you and cleans the unit after use. While observing a few diferent ones I noticed that they always seemed busy even where there [...]
Head in the flow.
June 16, 2009 –
Just in case you need to dry your hair there are instructions on how to use a hand drier. This one is only different to the normal ones in that it has no movable parts and so the diagram shows a solution that is rather obvious. To add insult to injury- the illustration shows the [...]
Chain entry control
June 5, 2009 –
I like the complex simplicity of this gate. Complex as it has moving parts which are hidden in the turret which I imagine is hard to get in and fiddle; and the channel for the chain when dropped as in the images. Nothing like the rather simple folding gates I saw all over japan [posts [...]
Cool Drains
May 27, 2009 –
Over the years i have ammassed a large number of drain shot from around the world. One day i may upload them all but until then be happy that this one is handy.
How to hang a poster
May 25, 2009 –
Not sure how the hanging of promotional material in specifically designed boxes would need instruction but TFL obviously think they need it. I took this on an underground platform (London) this month. I am suprised and amused on a few levels. The need for this sticker which is about 5×8 inches in every poster box [...]
Tea strainer
May 15, 2009 –
A wonderfully simple tea strainer with a drip bucket hinged on the side. As the strainer is lifted from the cup the drip stop comes into play. This is such an understated problem that most of us just ‘deal with’ I love that someone thought of it as a solvable issue and produced an aesthetically [...]
The faces in things.
April 24, 2009 –
I am sure there are blogs dedicated to finding faces in our environment. Occassionally I see them in sink overflows, male urinal water inlets or toilet flow managment type things in the ceramic moulds… Well. These images are of none of the above, I took them in a hotel in japan last year – if [...]
How to queue safely
April 7, 2009 –
Dublin, Ireland, March 2009. Apparently Dubliners need to be taught how to queue without incedent. Jokes aside, it seems to work, so much so I do not know why it is the british that are famous for queing, the Irish are exceedingly good at an orderly bus line.
Worlds shortest stairlift?
March 7, 2009 –
Making stairs usable. There are many ways of providing poloitically correct access to facilities. While many new developments think of this during conception with their many ramps and lifts older buildings need to retro-fit devices. This example of overkill is wonderful; I would like to believe that, a sprightly salesman is responsible for this motorized stairlift [...]
Rambling control. People control.
February 28, 2009 –
Crowd control and the movement of people can be controlled with different textured slabs so they can feel their way around but it can also be done with obstacles like walls. Every wall needs a hole or a door or an entrance but controlling the flow can be important. Over the last few months I [...]
The curtain repurposed
February 25, 2009 –
This pic was taken travelling from Rome via Asoli to a Spagehetti wedding in 2007. I like how the man has chosen privecy from people inside the train rather than outside and window/ head vibration over dark curtain-as-pillow type thing.