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more about #ruler Wingnut: Did anyone see the title and think of the Mooninites from Aqua Teen Hunger Force? If I was going to accept any digital being as my ruler, it would be... more » gauden44: A solution to a problem that doesn't exist... more » PanhandleJoe: I already have a digital ruler. My hand span is exactly 10 inches. So there! more » SalmaFlorus: Won't fly in America if it doesn't have inches and fractions. Could work as a metric-only device. more » OMG! Ponies!: These are completely irrelevant to me. I avoid carpentry at all costs. Last time a Jew tried his hand at carpentry, he wound up nailing himself to t... more » kylenalepa: Somewhat glove related: I was at Chipotle yesterday and while I was in line, I noticed the guy in the back putting on gloves to prepare to cut the mea... more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: "boogers" Ok, I get that some people are just outright slobs. I also get that sometimes a kleenex doesn't cut it and a delicate manual extraction tec... more » Curves: Do you really need gloves for not-so-precise hand measurements? I have been using index finger length (3") and finger width (1cm) for a long time and ... more » feckineejit: Anyone else thinking about how easy it would be to measure the penis with these things? They should make a pair out of latex. more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Remember to measure twice and cut once.... "Ow, that's my finger!!" more » Kaiser-Machead: Won't the measurements be skewed somewhat by these things being wrapped around a carpenter/construction worker's meaty grabbin' links? more » -
#concepts
Digital Ruler
This wooden, yet digital, concept ruler combines "values of a traditional ruler, with advantages of a digital interface." I think it still needs lines, but how cool is it that it sets the zero point wherever you start measuring? More » -
#clothing
Measurement Gloves Give Construction Jobs the Finger
There's never a ruler around when you need one, but these measurement gloves can conceivably clip to your jacket to always have on the job (you know, like mittens). More » -
#toolboxtimepieces
Stanley Brings out a Pair of Watches, One of them Strange
Ah, Brando. The soft "ping" in my inbox that heralds yet another slice of pedestrian weirdness from everyone's favorite purveyor of odds 'n' sods. And today's offering was no different: a pair of watches from toolmaker Stanley. One sports a 16-position compass, but it's the other one that got me all excited—a calculator watch with 6" ruler. Full specs for both after the jump. More »
