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(Bubble) Wrapper's Delight

As an admitted bubble wrap enthusiast, and someone who's wasted a good portion of his youth delighting in that pop-pop-pop sound, I was thrilled to stumble into a few bubble wrap links and stories this week. Neatorama is reporting that the Japanese electronic company Bandai is releasing a bubble wrap-style keychain called PuchiPuchi (which is also supposedly the word that Japanese use for bubble wrap, meaning "little pops"). The constantly replenishing electronic toy is designed to mimic... READ ON

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Found Objects

It's been a very long time since I dropped some objects in the blog. You guys seemed to enjoy them, so I thought it high time for a revival. If you've missed our past installments, the idea of Found Objects is pretty simple: I post some sort of visual representation of an object, equation, theory or idea that inspired or made its way into a book, film, song, poem, or painting. Your job is to name it and tell us where it's found. This humorous one comes from a pretty well known book:... READ ON

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On the 15th day of Xmas, my true love gave to me"¦

I'm not sure what gifting or hanging Christmas-inspired toilet paper says about you, but if you're looking for a way to get the holiday spirit into your bathroom, look no further. At $7.25 a roll, Solutions is willing to ship these brightly decorated tissues to your house for free! (Apparently it's no longer just Hallmark that's taking advantage of the holidays). Of course, there is an upside. If fashionable vandals choose to TP your house with this stuff in the middle of the... READ ON

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Found Objects

As promised, today's Found Object inspired a famous poem. Your job is to name the object, the poet, and the poem"¦ with an added TWIST this week. The two-line stanza below is a word jumble. Can you put all the words in the right order as found in the poem (without using Google or any other reference aid as a crutch)? Tothemysteriouspriestwhoarethesecoming?... READ ON

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Crazy uses for everyday things

I don't know why you'd want to make a pacifier out of a cactus, earmuffs out of tennis balls, or fake fingernails out of postage stamps, but this sort of stuff always makes me smile. Check out the link, via... READ ON

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Found Objects

The idea of Found Objects is pretty simple: I post some sort of visual representation of an object, equation, theory or idea that inspired or made its way into a book, film, song, poem, or painting. Your job is to name it and tell us where it's found. The last three have all been from books, and today's is no different, except that I think it might be the hardest yet. Starting next week, I promise to move on to another category, like poetry, perhaps. In the meantime, enjoy the one found below,... READ ON

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Found Objects

In case you missed the first couple editions of Found Objects, the idea of this feature is pretty simple: I'll be posting some sort of visual representation of an object, equation, theory or idea that inspired or made its way into a book, film, song, poem, or painting. Your job is to name it and tell us where it's found. Today's visual, found below, is from a very famous work of fiction. Can you name the objects, the book and the... READ ON

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Found Objects

In case you missed the debut of Found Objects last week, the idea of this feature is pretty simple: I'll be posting some sort of visual representation of an object, equation, theory or idea that inspired or made its way into a book, film, song, poem, or painting. Your job is to name it and tell us where it's found. Today's visual, found below, is from a novel. Can you name the object, the novel and the... READ ON

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Found Objects

One of our readers, Robert, left an amusing comment on Will's cool puzzle post this morning, reminding us that we needed to keep the answers of our quizzes out of our jpegs. In addition to making me smile, the comment gave me an idea for a new feature called "Found Objects," which I'll try out here. The idea is pretty simple: I'll be posting some sort of visual representation of an object, equation, theory or idea that inspired or made its way into a book, film, song,... READ ON