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• Design, Design in the Wild, Gold Star, Product, Thoughts

  Design in the Wild: Finally, a blister pack that won’t slice open an artery!

  05.06.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  I can’t tell you how many stupid injuries I’ve sustained by the traditional Fort-Knoxian approach to blister packs. Nice to finally see an elegant solution to that problem. Just pull on the little tab that says “Pull” and your labeler is released from its confines. Easy peasy.
  And yes, that is a brand new, Brother P […]

• Design, Gadgets, Gold Star, Product, Thoughts

  Lusting after a Ghetto Blaster in 2008

  04.19.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  This morning Gabe sent me a link to this absolutely beautiful piece of audio gear - Lasonic’s iPod Ghetto Blaster. I cannot express to you how awesome I think this is and the fact that it got such a stellar review is even more exciting. The price is a reasonable $170 but sadly there’s not […]

• Design, Design in the Wild, Gold Star, Product

  Design in the wild: Oxford Landing wine tab

  04.15.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Dennis sent me this great post by Ben Terrett, a graphic designer in London points out a great little packaging innovation by Oxford Landing wines: a simple tear-off tab with their brand and style of wine so that you can easily remember what wine it was you had should you want to buy it again. […]

• Data, Product, Review, Thoughts

  Personal DNA tests - scary or awesome?

  03.22.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  The first… potentially. The second… heck yeah! Check out Mike Arrington’s “review” of 23 and Me’s consumer level (if said consumer has $1000 bucks to burn) DNA test.
  You get some fun stuff:
  Some of the information is just for fun - I have “wet earwax,” for example, and don’t have the “alcohol flush” gene that […]