Last weekend I got the chance to try out something called Masai Barefoot Technology which is a series of shoes that are actually designed NOT to artificially support the foot and wrist (it neither supports, guides or cushions) .
It’s designed to simulate the feeling of walking barefoot on soft natural materials, such as sand or [...]
Just spotted a new slide scanner, the Reflecta Digit Dia 4000. It that looks like the perfect solution to scanning all those old boxes of slides from grandparent and parents. It accepts (most?) normal slide magazines. So it’s not even necessary to move the slides about, just slot in the magasine and go… I should [...]
Just found this gem, the Kona Sutra 2007 among Kona’s new offerings for 2007. Looks like a nice touring setup complete with discbreaks. Supports racks etc. A bit pricey though, bare it’s somewhat cheaper than the Cannondale Touring bikes, but when racks, and flaps(?) etc. are added on it reaches almost the same pricepoint…
The big [...]
Saw this Portable Rotary Phone on the newspages today. They’ve actually outfitted a really old (50 years) rotary dial phone with batteries and triple-band gsm.
Here is a writeup on what they did and how they did it. And here is an mp3 of the ringtone :o)
This one reminds me of the wonderful retro-handset that was [...]