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Memo Clock

Today's product of the day comes courtesy of Engadget - the Memo Clock by DesignOne: With a rewritable ceramic surface, you can leave notes for yourself and others on an attrative and functional object that is sure to be noticed by all. Check out the other featured items on the TheHaki blog - they're outright adorable! I love Korean design aesthetics! ...

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The Etymologies of Video Game Characters

Ever wonder how Mario and Luigi got their names? Now you can find out thanks to Back of the Cereal Box's aptly-titled piece, It's a Secret to Everybody. My favorite part had to be the Koopalings (Bowser's ill-behaved children) and their similarities to the famous musicians to which they were named after: Iggy, Morton, Lemmy, Ludwig, Roy, Wendy, Larry, and Bowser And after reading the section about Malboro, a recurring monster in the Final Fantasy series, you can't help but wonder if Philip Morris intentionally named their most popular brand of cigarettes "bad breath" (Latin mal meaning “bad,” and boros, allegedly meaning “breath” in Latin or Greek). It's a bit of a long read, but if you have the time (and like me, can...

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Ink Bleed Calendar

The Geek in Heels' cool design product of the day is Oscar Diaz's "Ink Calendar": "Ink Calendar" make use the timed pace of the ink spreading on the paper to indicate time. The ink is absorbed slowly, and the numbers in the calendar are "printed" daily. One a day, they are filled with ink until the end of the month. A calendar self-updated, which enhances the perception of time passing and not only signaling it. The ink colors are based on a spectrum, which relate to a “color temperature scale”, each month having a color related to our perception of the whether on that month. The colors range from dark blue in December to, three shades of green in spring or oranges, red...

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Added: Avatars!

One of the very few complaints I have about Squarespace is the lack of robust user profiles. While free platforms such as WordPress and vBulletin offer numerous methods for registered users of the hosted website to personalize their profiles and interact each other, Squarespace is very limited in this area. This is when hacks come in handy. I always thought that the "Comments" section of each post looked a bit drab, so I decided to add avatars: Unfortunately, individual users will not be able to upload the avatars themselves...

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