The Chatterbowl allows pet owners to record messages that play back when their furry friends eat or drink.
(Via Buzzfeed.)
As you know, ridiculous pet products are a favorite of mine. Witness such previous postings:
– The pet peek
– The “oral hygiene kit” for pets
– The dog-powered scooter
– “Warm Whiskers” eye pillows
– The rubber lips chew […]
Fishing tackle as objets d’art? Damn straight.
Field and Stream’s got an excellent photo gallery of the 50 Greatest Fishing Lures of All Time, many of which are simply beautiful. The Dardevle Spinnie, for example, is awfully pretty. I also love the sleek Rapala, the flamboyant Rooster Tail, the irreverent Hula Popper, and the bulbous […]
From Foreign Policy’s blog, Passport:
In a unique environmental scheme, Ecuador’s government is asking developed nations to pay $350 million for them NOT to drill for oil in a major field in the heart of the Amazon. The sum represents about half of the estimated revenue that Ecuador would receive from drilling in the Yasuni […]
CNN.com:
JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) — Less than a day after being rocked by a deadly earthquake, people on the Indonesian island of Sumatra were jolted again Thursday morning by a pair of powerful tremors that prompted the Indonesian government to issue additional tsunami warnings.
Residents in other Indian Ocean nations also were put on notice about […]
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Gaisma provides “sunrise, sunset, dusk and dawn times for thousands of locations all over the world.”
The image above is “Manhattanhenge: A New York Sunset,” by Neil deGrasse Tyson via APOD.
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PinkTentacle.com:
Each year, farmers in the town of Inakadate in Aomori prefecture create works of crop art by growing a little purple and yellow-leafed kodaimai rice along with their local green-leafed tsugaru-roman variety. This year’s creation — a pair of grassy reproductions of famous woodblock prints from Hokusai’s 36 Views of Mount Fuji — has begun […]
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Good wine, designer shoes, elephants, and Thailand’s Four Seasons Tented Camp all converge in my new globorati post.
My good friend and ex-Washington, DC roommate, Chad C., sends along this incredible story about how he and a pal saved Bambi from a watery death:
The Outdoor News Hound blog says:
Chad Campbell and pal Bo Warren weren’t having much luck trolling for striped bass about a mile offshore on Chesapeake Bay last Saturday. But, despite […]
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Taylor Gifts sells some astounding products. Case in point: the Pet Peek, above, which is designed to “satisfy your pup’s curiosity and help reduce barking, scratching and digging every time he senses something on the other side of the fence.”
I also quite like the Cooler Scoop and the Heated Taco Bar.
Jorgensen Laboratories:
An innovative dental care kit where brushing is literally at your fingertips. A two-piece kit consisting of a regular style toothbrush and a rubber tipped gum massager. The plastic handle fits easily over the end of your finger for fine control of brushing. Makes a difficult job easier and increases owners compliance for better […]
BBC News:
There is a scene in one of the Austin Powers films where Dr Evil unleashes a giant “tractor beam” of energy at Earth in order to extract a massive payment.
Well, the memory of it kept me chuckling as I toured the extraordinary scene of the new solar thermal power plant outside Seville in […]
cbcnews:
A New Brunswick woman is wondering how she made it through Saint John Airport security and all the way to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., with a live cat in her suitcase.
Mary Martell discovered Ginger, the family pet, in her luggage after a two-hour plane ride to Toronto and an hour’s drive to Niagara-on-the-Lake. The cat apparently snuck […]
The Suicide Food blog:
What is Suicide Food? Suicide Food is any depiction of animals that act as though they wish to be consumed. Suicide Food actively participates in or celebrates its own demise. Suicide Food identifies with the oppressor. Suicide Food is a bellwether of our decadent society. Suicide Food says, “Hey! Come on! Eating […]
TimesOnline:
A scientist surfaced yesterday after spending almost two weeks under water in a steel box, pedalling a stationary bicycle to generate electricity and growing algae to convert carbon dioxide into oxygen.
Lloyd Godson, a marine biologist, had been five metres (16ft) down on the bottom of a lake near Albury in southeastern Australia since April 5. […]
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Say hello to the Dog Powered Scooter.
Related tomfoolery: How many cats would it take to pull a dog sled?