Superbonusland

There’s a few companies in Japan who sell contact lens (prescription and cosmetic), with an extra wide iris.

(Via Inventor Spot)

The Orwell Prize organization is posting the entries from the diary of George Orwell precisely 70 years after they were written. I guarantee some entries will be creepily poignant… Although today he’s somewhat laconic.

August 10th
Drizzly. Dense mist in evening. Yellow moon.

(Via Slashdot)

There’s a nice article…here… about mind boggling scientific theories. Whether it’s old news to you or not, you’ve gotta give author Michael Swaim extra credit for the Duck Tales reference…

”Large chunks of the human genome are thought to be ancient retroviruses that managed to transcribe themselves into our DNA and have spent the remainder of their days happily clambering up and down our nucleotides like the McDuck children on a mansion banister.”

A great collection can be found at… Environmental Graffiti

It seems unlikely that this will become a regular feature…but here’s some nice stuff.

This fibreglass lamp is from Brooklyn based Site Specific Design and priced at a whopping $2,600.
(Via the revamped Geek Alerts)

Mechanical Scorpion (Via ICanHasHappy)

One of the many wonderful creations from ‘Steampunk Entomologist’ Mike Libby’s
Insect Lab Studio.

Benj Edwards has written an interesting exploration of Nintendo’s Famicom (precursor to the NES) in celebration of its 25th birthday.

Apple have done well to maintain their uber-trendy brand image and the iphone is already a status symbol among the easily impressed. Armin Heinrich has deftly tapped into this market with the ‘I am rich’ application which is available from the app store for the princely sum of $999. With no functionality whatsoever, the red jewel of the ‘I am rich’ icon serves to remind you/inform people that you were rich enough to endorse this poignant pseudotechnotrendsettery.

(Via Etre)
(Via Wrong Distance)