When I said, ‘Woman, make me some toast!”, this wasn’t exactly what I had in mind.
Image via jitterbuzz.com.
|
||||
|
Best. Toasters. EVAR. As we all know, Hollywood hasn’t had a truly original idea in decades. The movie and television industry has become entirely dedicated to recycling and rehashing the old and the familiar, from George Lucas destroying our childhood by turning The Force into a bacterial infection, to James Cameron making a [...] This belongs in my life. The 1920′s had Art Deco; the 1930′s had homeless hobo-chic; the 1940′s had military utilitarianism; the 1950′s had jet-age chrome and wings; the 1960′s moved into the rocket-age. And then it pretty much all went to crap from there. Or did it? We are referring, of course, to [...] No, this is not ours… but I do kind of want it. We have, in our condo, a toaster that is needlessly complex. It has a series of buttons, dials and switches on the front, and if we’re honest, it never worked at all. It wouldn’t hold the bread down, or it wouldn’t [...] It’s not always easy to wake up in the morning with a smile on your face. That’s why you need one of these handy toasters. In the box, you’ll find a springform main cord pre-configured for insertion into a standard electrical outlet (regionalization kits available), a chrome polished mirror, a digital timepiece electron processing [...] Back to basics… I’ll be honest here; I had no idea about what to write today for Startup. I played on some random websites, looking for inspiration, and nothing really reached out at me. There’s a ton of stuff in the news about the space shuttle, all of which is very cool, but [...]  Vrooomm!!! A few days ago TechieInHell ran a post about newer consumer products with built-in and non-accessible batteries, which got me thinking about waste and planned obsolescence. It seems no sooner do you buy something than it becomes “no longer supported” and replaced by an even newer version. It’s enough to drive you mad. “That phone is old…” said the girl at the wireless store, a few years ago when I went in for an extended battery. “I JUST bought it!” I replied, miffed. “Yeah, but we don’t even support Q’s anymore… you might try the internet” Now, some of us love to have the latest and greatest in gadget technology, while others prefer to wait and purchase higher quality “keeper” items they plan to use and keep around for a good long-long time. Lord Vader, your toaster has arrived. Yes, I know this is Supersonic Transport Week, but I don’t care. Name_Too_Long posted this earlier, and I might have actually let out a little squeal when I saw it. Let’s face it, ThinkGeek always has some pretty damn cool stuff, but this might take it to [...] |
 |
|||
|
Copyright © 2013 Atomic Toasters - All Rights Reserved
RSS |
||||
