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xbox tree

Dad Nails Xbox to Tree, Cleverly Gets on Master Chief's Bad Side

I think that, in any tough situation, there's a kind of normal way a person can react and a completely angry, psycho, absurd way a person can react. The normal way is the best way about 99.99% of the time. Example: A waiter brings you the wrong drink, so you politely ask for another. Result: You get the drink you wanted without traces of type 1 herpes. See? Everybody wins.

Anyway, that's the rational way to responding to a bad situation. Here's an example of the irrational:

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9:20 AM on Fri Aug 15 2008
By Mark Wilson
37,866 views, 135 comments

Latest by N/A: @Hectorvex: brialliantly put man. more »

sneakers

Help Please: Power Laces Project For the Back to the Future 2015 Sneakers

The Nike Hyperdunks 2015 edition are cool reminders of the love we all have for Back to the Future. But I think you'll agree when I say they'd be like 100x cooler with power laces. So I've been chatting up Phil Torrone, Nick Bilton, and a few others nerds to get some ideas on how to do it. We're researching how to make them, and if you've got advice or think you can pull it off, let me know! If we can make it happen, I think it should be pretty easy to donate them to a museum for display. Here are some of the design challenges: More »

9:00 AM on Mon Aug 4 2008
By Brian Lam
9,516 views, 55 comments

Latest by japroach: Alright here's a basic mechanical method (maybe similar to jutmans). Use the force of the heel of the foot pushing more »

sneakers

Feet On: Nike's Hyperdunk 2015 Sneakers Bring Me Back to the Future

Nike's limited edition 2015 variant of the Hyperdunk Supremes just got here. The sneakers aren't just pretty — they're incredibly light for a high top at 13-ounces. The translucent rubberized upper has threads running through it at a crosspattern. Nike calls it Flywire tech, but I also recognize the idea from professional sailboat race sails, which run kevlar through the material to give it resistance to stretching and tearing, as well as more tensile strength. The sole has a sliver of carbon fiber running through it, too. Then the super nerdy and awesome Back to the Future references begin.
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4:54 PM on Fri Aug 1 2008
By Brian Lam
19,336 views, 74 comments

Latest by DisposableInterloper: @nutbastard: Douche, perhaps. I prefer arrogant asshole, but douche works just fine. Idiot, however, is your title. more »

buildings

'Tokyo Sky Tree' to be Second-Tallest Building in the World

There's a new super-skyscraper going up, and for once it's not in Dubai. The new Tokyo Sky Tree will stand a whopping 2000 feet (610 meters) over Tokyo, making it by far the tallest building in Japan and perhaps the second tallest building in the world. More »

9:43 AM on Mon Jun 16 2008
By Adam Frucci
10,395 views, 45 comments

Latest by N/A: Dubai sucks. It's great if you like overpriced eastern European hookers and hot weather. Not sure why anyone goes there. more »

gadgets

Pick Headphones Straight From the Tree: It's Even Weirder Than It Sounds

For artist Alex Metcalf, the inner workings of trees has been a lifelong obsession. So, after he graduated from design school he utilized his artistic skills to create the "Tree Listening Installation"—a project designed to educate the public about what happens inside a tree. The system he created allows visitors to listen to a live performance of a tree sucking up nutrients using either a simple metal cone that looks like an old-timey hearing aid, or a set of headphones linked to a specially designed solar powered sensor placed on the tree. More »

6:40 PM on Thu May 15 2008
By Sean Fallon
3,757 views, 13 comments

Latest by bpapa9013: how can I sleep? when carrots are bleedin' plants are screamin' and tomatoes cry, you say "it's not so bad, they're only vegetables", more »

bikes

Preventing Bike Theft by Parking Bikes Up in the Air

Bike theft is a pretty sizable problem in cities, with only the most industrial-strength locks keeping nimble-fingered thieves from taking off with your two-wheeler. This Bike Tree concept helps alleviate this problem by raising bikes up and out of reach of bike thieves. It also helps save space, allowing more bikes to be parked in a smaller area. I like it; let's see some of these installed in NYC, eh? [Coroflot via Treehugger]

5:10 PM on Mon May 12 2008
By Adam Frucci
8,103 views, 46 comments

Latest by Ednonymous: @nutbastard: ROFL! Well said! :) more »

design

Solution w/o Problem: Water Tree Light Also Serves Water

This pendant lamp concept by a group of Korean designers has an extra function as a dinner table water fountain: hot and cold water is delivered by the globe "fruits" you can see plugged into it. So yes, it's a nice idea and certainly seems convenient, but no no no! Water supplies, light bulbs and electrical wiring all hanging over your head ready to plunge down and zap your dinner party into the next life? Sounds like too much of an electrical Sword of Damocles to us. [Yanko Design]

11:12 AM on Thu Feb 7 2008
By Kit Eaton
2,519 views, 12 comments

Latest by sorensilk: @TheVelourFogg: I almost commented - "Fruit please. Fruit please! Retract!" more »

christmas

Christmas in Japan Isn't Complete Without a Laser Christmas Tree

Christmas is our favorite time of year because we're easily dazed by bright, gaudy lights—hello, Vegas—but sometimes we yearn for pupil-constricting illumination with some class. And what's classier than a 3-D laser Christmas tree? The one my mom decorated with condoms and liquor bottles two years ago, but that's about it. [via technabob]

5:00 PM on Tue Dec 25 2007
By matt buchanan
4,290 views, 13 comments

Latest by ninjagin: Do they make offerings to the shimmering green cone? more »

open season

Art.Lebedev Camouflage Christmas Ornaments May Disappear on Your Tree

Leave it to the Art.Lebedev Studio, maker of expensive keyboard prototypes and whimsical objets d'art, to give you a skewed take on an everyday item, and these camouflage Christmas tree ornaments are no exception. Art calls them the "SHAR-404 portable set for improvement of forest units in the face of the new approaching year." More »

10:15 AM on Fri Dec 21 2007
By Charlie White
2,095 views, 11 comments

Latest by timerider42: I thought "They look like frag grenades" even before I saw the box they come in. more »

not your average bar

This is Way Better than a Treehouse

No matter where you are on this planet, you will find throngs of people longing to get loaded—and they will often go to great lengths to do it. Case in point is this bar built inside a 72ft Baobab tree in Limpopo, South Africa. When Baobab trees reach 1,000 years old they begin to hollow naturally. This particular tree is around 6,000 years old and the hollow is big enough to hold 15 people comfortably (or 54 people very uncomfortably as they discovered a few years ago). More »

8:20 PM on Thu Dec 20 2007
By Sean Fallon
12,143 views, 17 comments

Latest by N/A: @evilsnowman: Still pretty cool more »

architecture

Madrid's 'Air Tree' Creates Its Own Energy, Oxygen

In Madrid, Spain, a unique, hulking structure is currently being built. An "Air Tree," it's designed to both affect the surrounding environment and act as a social center. It's loaded up with solar panels that create electricity that's sold to the local electric company. It's completely self-sufficient, powering itself and using the money it makes from selling excess energy for upkeep. It also produces oxygen like a tree, hence the name. And as for it being a social center, it's designed to be a public gathering place. It's really pretty cool, a completely unique idea and one that, unlike most out-of-the-box ideas like this, is actually being made a reality.

[Platforma Arquitectura via NotCot.org]

12:59 PM on Wed Dec 19 2007
By Adam Frucci
8,611 views, 31 comments

Latest by N/A: Please forgive my ignorance, but how do the trees get any light once you wrap the whole thing in foil more »

santas magic candle

Ornament Lets You "Blow" on Santa's "Magic Candle" to Turn Out Your Tree Lights

When you wire this perverted Santa to your Christmas tree, you can turn out the lights with a simple blow on his "magic candle." When you want to turn the lights back on again, a push of the button on the chimney will get the job done. Sure, a device like this could be practical if you don't normally have the tree wired to a light switch, but you have to wonder whether all of the innuendo was lost on the distributor. Kind of like when your mom uses words like "erect." Available for $24.99. [Product Page via OhGizmo]

8:40 PM on Fri Dec 7 2007
By Sean Fallon
2,931 views, 6 comments

Latest by N/A: They should have included a breathalyzer for dad and grandma. more »

happy pac-mas

Pac-Man Xmas Tree Offers 8-bit Holiday Cheer


This electronic Christmas tree fashioned in the likeness of a Pac-Man map, complete with Pac Man, power pellets and ghosts, shows the Spanish know what they're doing when it comes to the holidays. Currently in downtown Madrid, the tree not only features all the elements of the game, but Pac-Man and his nemeses are partially animated, shifting back and forth in place. More »

9:29 PM on Wed Dec 5 2007
By Adrian Covert
4,797 views, 16 comments

Latest by FЯeeMan: You know why the chicks all dig Ms. Pac-Man so much, don't you? more »

xmas tree

Flatpack Christmas Tree Takes All the Fun out of the Holiday Season

Designed with the green customer in mind, Buro North's flatpack Christmas tree comes in three sizes—1'3", 3' and 7'5". Ah, I feel a song coming on. *Clamps pipe in mouth, sits on rocking chair and starts crooning*
I'm dreaming of a Flatpack Christmas,
Just like the Ones I Never Had.
With tempers fraying,
And In-laws staying,
It's enough to send a sane man—or woman—mad.
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8:20 AM on Wed Dec 5 2007
By AddyDugdale
2,587 views, 9 comments

Latest by ANoel: ...and screw the ornaments? more »

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Tesla Christmas Tree Makes Festivity Scary Again

Tis the season to build repurpose crazy electrical contraptions for a little merriment. From Peter Terren, the same crazy Aussie who brought you hits like the Tesla "Eye of Sauron Anti-Theft Device" has now transfigured Tesla coils to a festive Christmas tree shape. The trick was pulled off by building a frame (held together with wire and fishing line) around a standard Tesla coil to shape the spark pattern. Color was added after through simple color filter projection. So no, no one has invented fabled green electricity. Hit the jump for two more astonishing pics. More »

9:06 AM on Sun Dec 2 2007
By Mark Wilson
13,786 views, 21 comments

Latest by N/A: Is it just me or are Tesla coils becoming more and more common? I can't wait until I get more »

xmas ripoff

Recycled Xmas Decorations — May All Your Christmases Be Geek

Are these the perfect tree decorations for green geeks? Possibly. Made from recycled CDs and circuit boards, they are heinously expensive (around $6 for a circuit-board dangler, $9 for the CD version. Or you can get a set of three for $16 or $21 respectively. Or you can not bother. More »

6:50 AM on Fri Nov 30 2007
By AddyDugdale
2,377 views, 8 comments

Latest by rayblasdel: I like the idea. Sadly I lack a jigsaw... or the ability to cut a straight line. Anywho, they are horribly more »

holidays

Going Green(er): Rockefeller Christmas Tree Will Light Up Thanks to 30,000 LEDs

Apparently, the folks responsible for illuminating the Rockefeller Christmas tree this year have decided that the benefits of LED lighting can no longer be ignored. This year, the tree will be decked out with 30,000 LED lights as opposed to the traditional incandescent bulbs. More »

4:35 PM on Wed Nov 21 2007
By Sean Fallon
3,917 views, 13 comments

Latest by N/A: Here's a great way to save on waste for the environment and your wallet this holiday...Makes a great New Year's more »

holidays

The Pros and Cons of LED Christmas Lights

Consumer Reports writes about the pros and cons of LED Christmas tree lighting. In summary: More »

12:00 PM on Sat Nov 17 2007
By Brian Lam
57,066 views, 54 comments

Latest by N/A: You can find many of different LED lights at www.bothwinchina.com They are glamourous, include LED cherry tree lights, palm tree more »

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