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Sight for the week's end
2007-09-17 09:00:00
Hugh Macleod of Gapingvoid was lovely as always this past week in London and dedicated a cartoon to Shake Well Before Use! Tomorrow's agenda for Shake Well Before Use: TechCrunch40. More to come!tags technorati : cartoon gapingvoid hughmacleod london porn shakewellbeforeuse techcrunch20 techcrunch40
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Hunting robbits
2007-09-13 12:00:00
Mobile and multiplying, rabbits and robots have merged together. Created a couple years ago, Robbits is an interactive exploration between humans and robobunnies:"The project aims to explore emotional qualities of interactive objects by inviting a human audience to interact play with »electronic creatures«. Robbits works as an installation consisting of a community self- and location-aware mobile robots.Robbits is a comment to the phenomenon of »humanization« of electronic products. It refers to people?s tendency to project their idea of »life« or »personality« onto complex and thus mysterious electronic or digital devices, when they seem to carry out, what is perceived as »intelligent behavior«."[via]tags technorati : bunnies electronic human mobile rabbits robbits robots
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Over-pixelated underpants
2007-09-10 13:00:00
Clothesline Display, a project that recently popped up in Austria, uses both a delightful and yet delicate technique to create large lines of text. With 250 boxer shorts used to "type" out the text, it's not surprising that it felt a bit breezy between some legs. The wind reportedly over-pixelated the underpants more at times, but was an overall success. The brains behind the boxers showcased the sight between two buildings at Ars Electronica. Shake Well Before Use was not in attendance to Ars Electronica, however, did just buy tickets for the follow-up conference, called Arse Elektronika (if the spelling didn't tip you off, it's about sex and technology) in San Francisco.tags technorati : arseelektronika arselectronica austria boxers sanfrancisco sf text textual
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Installation creates environmental interaction
2007-09-07 17:00:00
Taking and giving information from surrounding ecosystems, an installation creates awareness among users of their immediate environment. Called HouseSwarming, the "environment-sensing device" was created for an Art Center presentation. Designed by Jenna Didier, Oliver Hess and Marcos Lutyens, their site for the display explains how it works:"During the day, the ?swarm? of green ambiguous forms, both biomorphic and geometric, accentuates the South Campus?s main entry. At twilight, the swarm comes to life, telling visitors and passersby about the current air quality around the building. Electronic sensors perceive air contaminants ? such as tobacco, benzene, carbon monoxide, even perfume ? and separately inform the outside and inside swarms, which sets off signals. These signals are interpreted as changes to the natural rhythm that the network has established based on the number and distribution of nodes connected to the cable net. Flashing cells on the exterior faÁade indicate air qu...
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Geeks create group for recreating R2-D2s
2007-09-06 12:00:00
Dedicated to designing droids, Astromech is a club for creating personal life-sized R2-D2 replicas. From bolts to LEDs, the nerds are there to help you in your time of need. With 5,000 members, the group encourages socializing through BBQs and Star Wars conventions. In desperate nerd-need of your own life-sized R2-D2? The founder of Astromech states that it can run you anywhere between $500 to $40k depending on your droid desires. As an alternative, we're sure that a Rubik's Cube-solving robot made out of Legos may cost you a little less, and still preserve your l33t-ness.tags technorati : astromech bbq convention droid geeks nerds r2-d2 robot starwars
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Cute overload: cleavage and cupcakes
2007-09-05 12:00:00
Combining two tasty favorites in a medium bowl to let others beat off to with approximately 50 strokes, Cleavage Cupcakes are cleverly cute. Unfortunately not meant for baking, the bust-enhancers come in a couple more varieties. Low Beams for a little nip of coverage and Takeouts for a tad more. Notcot states that they "do NOT front posts based on how much cleavage or cupcakeness they have", but we do! Disappointed that these push-ups didn't pop out of a pan? A quick Flickr search may satiate those in need of peach-colored pastries.tags technorati : baking cleavage cupcakes lowbeams nippies pasties pushups takeouts
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Trash your trolls
2007-08-31 21:30:00
Mashable recently posted a Wordpress plugin that needs far more coverage than it's getting. The Douchebag Plugin allows for you to visually tag your commenting trolls with an official douchebag icon. Certainly the Gawker and Weblogs, Inc. networks could make good use of this. Even better, would be a community-generated douchebag icon, when specific commenters are consistently complained about. Unfortunately, Shake Well Before Use operates off of Movable Type, but there's always other ways of publicly calling out dbags.tags technorati : dbags douchebag gawker plugin weblogsinc wordpress
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Trends sans trousers
2007-08-31 12:00:00
What you wear around the house is soon becoming haute couture. Victoria Beckham supposedly likes skipping around with little to no air-drag. The sexy leg-shaved star is creating a trend of not wearing pants on the red carpet. Even if trend doesn't catch on, that's far beside the point. Actually, most would hope it doesn't catch on, so as to avoid a similar tube-to-muffin top fallout effect fashion trends often have years down the line.tags technorati : muffintop nopants redcarpet trend tubetop victoriabeckham
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LED Zygote illuminates interaction
2007-08-30 12:00:00
Pressure-sensitive and ready to play, an interactive ball responds to crowd participation. Called the Zygote, these inflated spheres contain LEDs that react to touch. Each time the ball is played with, the graphics change, creating a "shared experience". While watching a massive ball change colors across a crowd may only keep the attention span of the heavily induced, there seems to be potential in how the object stays connected:"Each ball also can act as both an input and an output device by being networked to a central computer. This allows for more complex interaction, as the crowd can modify the graphics on a screen, make the balls light up in unison, or even affect the music."[via]tags technorati : crowd input led output party pressure rave sphere zygote
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There's no sex in the champagne room, unless it's for advertising
2007-08-28 00:00:00
Trendhunter rounds up the "16 Brands of Drinks Using Sex to Make You Thirsty". From Pimp Juice to Monster Energy, to a you've-got-to-be-joking energy drink called Who's Your Daddy?, the list covers off on quite a few. The 16 sex-obsessed still leave out a few notables, though. Most recently, Heineken's "Draughtkeg" commercial left a misogynistic taste in some viewers' mouths, while others creamed their pants over a cyborg-like, beer-dispensing, techno-dancing, short-shorts-wearing woman.AdAge jokes, "The perfect woman: a mute nymphomaniac whose father owns a brewery." However, AdAge adds that the joke "manages to [not] trivialize the essence of femininity quite as egregiously as Heineken. And why don't they?Because they don't portray a woman's uterus as a beer keg."tags technorati : cyborg draughtkeg energydrink heineken misogynistic monsterenergy robot sexsells
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Sieg heil to shock advertising
2007-08-27 21:31:00
In so obviously a shot at shock advertising, a New Zealand pizza chain successfully crossed the line. Named Hell, the chain stated that they did not set out to offend anyone with their sieg heil to pizza, despite large community complaints."We thought that people would be able to see a funny side to a guy doing a 'sieg heil' salute with a piece of pizza in his hand," stated Kirk MacGibbon of Cinderella advertising agency.Apparently, this wasn't the first controversial ad from Hell, as they had mailed out condoms a year prior to promote their "Lust " pizza. After 685 complaints, you'd think they'd stop their Crispin-Porter-wannabe antics.tags technorati : hell hitler jewish lust newzealand pizza shock siegheil
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Make your orgasms organic
2007-08-27 14:00:00
You like everything organic, so why not your orgasms? An eco-friendly oil- and water-based lubricant loves the health benefits of helping you make love. Yes believes a lubricant can change the world by creating sexual well-being and smiles. Appropriately, the personal lubricant is also Vegetarian Society approved for accidental swallowing. Made from pure food quality ingredients, Yes specifically doesn't take away from the smell or taste of your own skin.[via]tags technorati : eco-friendly environment lubricant organic orgasm sexual vegetarian yes
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Lingerie shop keeps fannies un-Photoshopped
2007-08-27 12:00:00
Bras and panties are often made to look pretty by someone slaving over a hot desktop for hours on end. Based out of Portland, a lingerie boutique refuses to Photoshop . Presenting their wearables and women in unedited allure, Lille Boutique takes a diamond in the rough approach to displaying products. In addition to their untouched techniques, they sell each of their store items online. Goes to show, a little unmufflered marketing can go a long way in the sale of unmentionables.tags technorati : boutique bras lilleboutique lingerie panties photoshop underwear unedited unmentionables
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Skipped over Sunday
2007-08-27 08:14:00
[A weekly link post of skipped over (and slightly stale) sights and stories]? Phones modified with floating ultrasonic transmitters for fish-finding services.? Apple blocks MySpace from store computers, even the emo kids don't care.? Ringtones go analog.? Solar-powered interweb access for the entire neighborhood.? Concept phone doubles as a yo-yo.tags technorati : apple concept fishing mobile myspace ringtones solar-powered ultrasonic yo-yo
More About: Technology , Mobile , Fishing , Myspace , Sunday

Sight for the week's end
2007-08-27 01:28:00
Passive Aggressive Notes tags technorati : neighbor note passiveaggressive rem
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Sight for the week's end
2007-08-18 20:00:00
Breast enlarging cookies from Japan .[via]tags technorati : augmentation breast cookies enlargment japan
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Go to bed green
2007-08-17 11:00:00
Save energy when you're between the sheets with the Hourglass Nightlight. Like most partners in bed, the illuminated electricity saver stays turned on until you fall asleep. The nightlight becomes active when you turn it over and syncs up with a stream of sand. The battery and plug -less lamp powers purely from the internal energy generated by the sand, so when the sand ends, the light turns off. Created by Sun-Young Lee, the Hourglass Nightlight will hopefully have you resting easier knowing you're going green.
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I've got you under my skin
2007-08-16 10:00:00
While looking at lingerie is always a pleasure, this push-up is painful to the eyes. The internal silicon bra attaches itself to ribs and various other points inside the body to act as a sub-skin support. The bra acts as an alternative to augmentation, but doesn't seem to be catering to the squeamish anymore than going under the knife. Uplifting lingerie certainly provides perks, but to what pain is a little pleasure worth?
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Flacid pervs piss off feminists, marketers
2007-08-10 19:00:00
Trying to compensate for their petite provates, a group of chumps created an ad for reliable servers. While advertising, sex and technology typically shake mix well, Qsol took the unfortunate oh-so-middle-school approach to market their manhood. With lines like "Don't feel bad - Our servers won't go down on you either", it's hard to tell if the horridly over-used, most-likely-stolen stock photography is worse than the copywriting. A commenter on Copyranter adds that Qsol's logo is quite precarious as well.
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Robots are stealing our strippers
2007-08-10 05:00:00
We have a serious shortage of strippers due to randy robots. Or at least that's what one artist believes. Vance DeGeneres (related to Ellen) is an artist with a thing for naked women and robots. Painted in oil, his paintings warn of stripping down for the metal machines. DeGeneres' "It's Because I'm a Robo t, Isn't It..." piece is reminiscent of the popular Threadless "She Doesn't Even Realize" tee. From robot robbery to poker, who knew robots could be so crafty?
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Pity parties over missed panty parades
2007-08-08 14:00:00
Crying over spilled milk, many of you may have missed out on the "not-so-official" National Underwear Day yesterday. Like a belated birthday gift, treat yourself to photos of the line-up of tushes that could be seen in NYC the previous day. The cleverly named Queerty covers off on more of the dressing down:"Started by Freshpair founder and Queerty friend Michael Kleinmann, the New York City-based event sprang from the pantie guru?s love of the groin and its many moods. Adapting 1960s happenings with guerilla marketing tactics, NUD began as a wandering event: sexy undressed models wandered the city spreading the word. Today, over fifty models will don eighteen brands of underwear - including Ginch Gonch, Paul Frank, C-IN2, Diesel, Hanes and women?s brands Natori and Barely There, among others - and strut their unclothed stuff for all the world to see."[image via]
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Inflatable fashion fails to flatter your fanny
2007-08-08 10:00:00
Inflatable fashion invades inner-city environments. Tired from public transportation, Joo Youn Paek crafted an air-pressured dress. The dress (along with an oh-so-sexy pair of slippers) acts as a Self-Sustainable Chair for exhausted urbanites."The dress is made up of 7 trash bags, 2 foot-pumps and a pair of slippers. The shoes pump air into an inflatable bubble attached to its rear part on each step, slowly turning the garment into a chair. The chair is slowly deflated under the weight of the wearer, motivating him or her to consistently switch between walking and sitting as a loop behavior on the street."Though the sight to be seen is sure to not garner a second glance in an "already seen everything" society above ground, bustling between station security underground may prove to be difficult, given the protruding tubes and trash bags.See also: Inflatable Breasts Dress
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Shake Well Before Use celebrates blogiversary
2007-08-04 02:00:00
Shake Well Before Use celebrates its first blogiversary today (one year ago: Check out my guns). Quite a bit has changed in a year, and only for the better. While I typically don't make personal posts, a blogiversary is the perfect excuse for it (and for cupcakes!). With that, there are even more changes happening right now that I wanted to share. After 8 solid years at VML, an interactive WPP agency, I am resigning as Digital Insights Analyst to pursue social media insights consulting. During my time at VML, I had the opportunity to work with a variety of truly amazing people from whom I learned a lot. I'm currently in the process of relocating from Kansas City to San Francisco. You can also find me in different places across the web. I'm currently writing for Engadget and Suicide Girls, discussing the intersections between advertising, sex and technology. I may also be popping up in your inbox from time to time, as I recently started working with the wonderful team at Pownce...
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Email visual reflects its repulsive nature
2007-08-01 12:00:00
Email is quickly becoming one of the most hated methods of communication amongst any tech-savvy community. Perhaps by accident, a new visualization tool reflects email's repulsive nature quite accurately. Creepy and certainly crawly, bacteria-like bugs representing different types and statuses of emails infest themselves into your inbox and onto your screen. One "animal" represents one received email and one category represents one "species", while the status and age of an email affect the appearance and motion of an "animal". Called Anymails, the prototype effectively makes opening your inbox on Monday mornings feel even more vile.See the visualization in motion.tags technorati : anymails communication communicationprotocols email methodofcommunication prototype
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Search for sex in your pillows
2007-07-31 14:00:00
Google is great for getting off, but what if you could bring your search engine between the sheets? The Google News Cushion is a nice addition to the bedroom, listing the top news stories for specific years. At up to $250 per pillow, Google appears to be attempting to claim some extra cash it didn't earn last quarter. With call-outs to Britney, Janet Jackson, Paris and Podcasting (!?), we could only wish Google would spit out a "Top Search es" pillow list for every year instead of swallowing it into "SafeSearch On" mode.[via]tags technorati : britney google janetjackson parishilton pillow podcasting safesearch search
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Massive floating condom promotes protection
2007-07-30 10:00:00
One could only wish there was more than just hot air to fill this float. A 40-meter-high floating condom to promote safe fucking pitched a tent in the sky over a recent Dutch festival."This is a playful way of asking for attention to the problem of sexually transmitted diseases, HIV and AIDS," said director of public health services, Laurent de Vries.The airy erection took 3 months to build, with the hopes of submission into the Guinness Book of World Records as the "biggest condom". Despite the months of hard work, unsurprisingly, it only took 10-15 minutes to get it off... the ground.tags technorati : balloon condom dutch guinness hotair protection safesex vrijveilig zwartecross
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Skipped over Sunday
2007-07-29 23:47:00
[A weekly link post of skipped over (and slightly stale) sights and stories]? Mobile gadget geeks prefer gaming over music.? Japanese celebrate 110th anniversary of their immigration to Mexico with a 110-meter-long sushi roll. Mmm, delicious anti-assimilation.? Jane Fonda is planning to make an erotic film to prove couples can have fulfilling sex lives in their 70s.? Computer Ports Are Forever.? Treat your tush to a cushion of cuddly pandas. [via]
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Sight for the week's end
2007-07-28 14:00:00
"The Dining Room", by Richard Jackson.[via]tags technorati : diningroom dog installation richardjackson
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Post-it notes get pixilated
2007-07-27 14:00:00
Playing in pixels on the streets of Italy, Nintendo launched a new marketing effort for the Wii . Equipped with office supplies and a bit of spunk, classic characters were cut and pasted in post-it note form. Link, Mario, and Donkey Kong made the list, though somehow Duck Hunt got the chump. Kotaku elaborates:"These aren't regular Post -It Notes, mind you, as they're adorned with custom "Wii'll Not Forget" advertising on the back, which not only delivers the Wii elevator pitch, but also probably inspires current Wii owners to compulsively purchase Virtual Console titles."Previously: Pixelated walflowers and interactive post-it notes.tags technorati : donkeykong duckhunt italy link mario nintendo post-it wii
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College student cough up costs, kids
2007-07-27 12:00:00
College kids may soon find themselves paying for two tuitions if they're not careful. Cheap contraceptives are no longer being supplied to colleges across the country. As a result of the Deficit Reduction Act signed in last year, discounted anti-daddy drugs became "a disincentive for drug makers". Budgeting for books or babies may prove difficult between school and sex, so at least now you'll have a decent excuse for not reading the course materials.tags technorati : birthcontrol college contraceptives deficitreductionact drugs school universities
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