Personal & Culture
iCup for the ultimate iFan in your life
Apple has regular users that just find the platform more convenient then they have super fans. These are people that eat Apple, think Apple and dream Apple. They are the ultimate fanboys. One such fanboy is designer Tomislav Zvonaric who created the work of art you see above. It is his homage to Apple. In true Apple fashion, he has spent considerable time working out even the smallest of details (look at the spoon or the leaf handle). The saucer isn't just a regular plate.
Sony MP3 Walkman sold in a bottle of water at gyms and pools
The Sony W series is a completely waterproof (up to 2 meters) mp3 player that Sony has been offering for a while. they actually market it for swimmers but its great for anyone exercising in wet, humid or outdoor environments. The marketing whiz-bangs at New Zealand ad agency DraftFCB came up with an original bottled Walkman concept. The Walkman is sold from a vending machine stored inside a bottle of water. <img src="https://ekiledjian2.micro.blog/uploads/2025/5391b4c754.jpg" alt=""> Sony has installed these vending machines in places where its target demographic likes to frequent (gyms, pools, etc).
Now you too can smell like pizza
Do you have a pizza fetish. Do you eat, sleep and dream of pizza? Are you jealous of the pizza man because he always smells like fresh pizza pie? Now Demeter brings you Pizza Cologne ($US20). What does it smell like? Tomato sauce, cheese and oregano. This is sure to make you irresistible to the ladies. surprisingly, the customer reviews are positive. You can buy it straight from the manufacturer (link).
EASYBREATH SNORKELING MASK for everyone
As a scuba diver I love the water. On vacation, all I want to do is go diving or grab my mask and snorkel looking for fish, lobster and coral. Every trip, I meet vacationers who profess their love for snorkelling but admit not being able to use the traditional snorkel (breathing from your mouth). The new Easybreath (link) is a fantastic option for these people. The Easybreath fits over your entire face allowing you to breath normally, has an air intake high above your head (so you don't have to worry about keeping the snorkel straight) and has a one way valve to prevent water from seeping in.
EVER Pininfarina Cambiano Inkless Pen
Pininfarina is synonymous with beautifully functional desire that plays with peoples emotions. They are best known for designing cars like Ferrari but they have also produced buildings and consumer products. Now they bring their magical design skills to a pen, the Pininfarina Cambiano Inkless Pen (link). Looking at the above picture, you can see how simple, clean and beautiful the pen is. The tip is made with ethergraph which is designed to write forever without having to replace ink cartridges.
Draft Beer flavoured Jelly Beans
As you mature from a teen to an adult, your taste buds change. You develop a more refined palette and search for more delicate & exquisite flavours... Or at least some of us do. It seems the fine folks at Jelly Belly have been receiving requests for beer flavoured jelly beans "for decades". After years of research and development, you can now enjoy the wonderful taste of draft beer anywhere alcohol is not allowed. To be clear, these taste like draft beer but contain no alcohol.
PPShots allow you to pee on your enemies
This is an odd and disturbing product but I guess there is a market for it somewhere. PPShots is a special waterproof picture holder. You add your own picture, seal it up and then apply it to the inside of your toilet bowl. Now you can get some kind of weird satisfaction knowing you are peeing on your enemy. A 2pack of protectors costs $9.95 from Amazon (link) This is not an affiliate link. I do not get any compensation for linking to this Amazon page.
30 years of Apple video shot entirely on iPhones
Apple prepared the above special video (shot entire on iPhones) to celebrate its 30th and to remind the world of its promise of making computing accessible to everyone. Hundreds of iPhones were involved in this project generated hundreds of hours of raw footage that had to be reviewed and edited. Still impressive to see what they were able to do.
Tim Horton's offers Blackberry Donut
Who's hungry? A special guest will be buying some [@TimHortons](https://micro.blog/TimHortons) with the new @BlackBerry TimmyMe App. pic.twitter.com/r4F7H6o1iA — Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) January 31, 2014 To celebrate the launch of the TimmyMe blackberry app (which allows customers to pay via their BB10 device), tim Hortons and Blackberry launched a special promotional campaign at the Adelaide Street West location. This is a tasty promo, not sure it would make me buy a blackberry device!
Monoprice offers amazing customer service
We live in a society where people are overly demanding from retailers but everyone wants the best deal in town. Traditional brick and mortar retailers have responded by drastically reducing store staffing levels which means its though having your questions answered or issues resolved. Many online retailers are able to offer competitive prices but do a really good job hiding their contact information. For the last several years, I have been huge fan of monoprice.com. They offer medium-to-high quality items at rock bottom prices.