Random: “Conduct”

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Conduct: 1) to direct the course of, manage or control; 2) to lead or guide; 3) to serve as a medium for conveying; 3) to act as a conductor.

Etsy

Only $5 for this set of 3 cards.  Kind of cute, reminds me of some artist that my mom used to get cards and notepads with her work printed on them.  Terrible grammar, and I don’t care.

 
So when I found this at first I was totally confused.  What the hell is it?  Is it a travel case for OCD electronic freaks?  Or is it a way of inserting battery power into toys or other products?  The description is pretty technical and I’m sure makes sense to electricians but I was at a loss.  Then I noticed another product by this same seller, called a “Bead Tilt Sensor Kit” which looks like this:

This really didn’t clarify the situation one bit.  What the fuck is it?  Seriously, take just 30 seconds to figure out at least one or two things this could be (besides ugly jewelry).  In the description for this product there is a link to the seller’s website; I figured I would be able to find out exactly what the hell this was all about.

Three links into the website later I have discovered Kobakant DIY Wearable Technology, which is a subpage of the Kobakant site, which is part art, part gaming, part dance, part technology and all fascinating.

This was the most surprising of my search results, and I realized that I’m still the big nerd I was in high school, which disturbs and comforts me in equally horrifying amounts.

Google Images

 
Artur Golacki

The Honda Asimo.  Robot technology.  Engadget has some cool articles.

Delicious

Random Google Searches: Pumpkin

Every so often I put a seemingly normal word into the Google image search and I get a really interesting array of results.  This is one of those posts.

Search term: pumpkin

Pardon my French, but that’s a big fucking pumpkin.

This makes me giggle.  And also think of these and this in particular.

 

This is a real meat patty.  Its insane!  Nice work on the pumpkin seeds though.

This was a contestant in a pumpkin carving contest.  Something pithy about art and temporary mediums might have occurred to me a few years ago, but now I just look at it and think, “How the hell do they have that much time on their hands?  They must not have kids.”

Drunken Pumpkins

I particularly like the reuse of the pumpkin innards.  I’m starting to think of more disturbing uses for them now…

One wonders how the tip those bottles into their mouths without opposable thumbs.  Or hands.

And to leave you on an even more disturbing note, here’s a weird video from YouTube about Humpkin the gay pumpkin.  He’s also an alcoholic.  If you’re offended, be sure to take it personally.