Month: May 2008

Poketo Warehouse Party & Sale

Poketo Warehouse Party & Sale

The fun folks at Poketo are hosting their first-ever warehouse sale this Saturday. Stop by and snap up teeshirts, wallets, plates and more–everything is priced at $5 or $10. If that ain’t enough, the first 50 folks to arrive get a gift bag and a 10% discount on purchases. Oh…and there will be music and […]

Paper Wars exhibition

Paper Wars exhibition

In London? Check out the Paper Wars show, opening May 15 at the Craze Gallery. It’s themed around the papercraft AK-47 and features many pieces based off that kit, as well as other sculptures like the one above. Via Core77. Related: Papercraft AK-47 on CRAFT

Seamless ice spheres

Seamless ice spheres

Hipstomp at the Core77 blog writes: In some of Manhattan’s better Japanese-staffed bars, like Tribeca’s underground B-Flat, ice cubes are noticeably absent; ordering your scotch on the rocks gets you a large ice sphere. With less surface area than the same amount of ice rendered in cubes, a globe of ice will melt more slowly, […]

Max 5 software released

Max 5 software released

If you’ve been put off by the complexity of the Max/MSP multimedia development software in the past, you might want to give the new version a looksee. The developers have given the software a pretty major overhaul, visually simplifying much of the interface. – Max 5 Of course, the $495 price tag still remains an […]

Slot car cam

When I was a tween, I lived for slot-cars. Our small town outside of Richmond, VA had two slot car shops/tracks for a few years. This video from Spain shows a race from fixed and car-mounted cameras. Really nice track too. And vroom-vroom sound effects. Scalextric EXIN made in Spain [via]