i started out thinking about building a beanbag, but being the prototypically exuberant man’s man that i am i thought: “i am going to go huge! why make a beanbag just like everyone else? i’ll make the biggest, baddest beanbag evah!!!”
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Defining a word is notoriously difficult. Try to explain the difference between hatred and enmity, or define chair in such a way that includes bean bag chairs but excludes stools.
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Coffee snobs will tell you that stored beans won’t oxidize and turn bitter as quickly if they’re held in a vacuum. The problem is, sucking on the hole in the bag as you roll it up and bend over those little twisty tabs doesn’t really work very well. This Bean Vac canister from The Sharper [...]
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120 soft round cushions. Sounds comfy, doesn’t it? Well, that’s the structure behind the Feel Seating System from Animi Causa ($TBD). It’s like a gigantic beanbag, only better. With as many possible configurations and forms as you can come up with, you have no excuse being uncomfotable any more.
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“Urban legends are usually thought of as pretty cool, quite often involving escaped maniacs and hook-hands stuck to the side of car doors, but even we geeks have urban legends. I learned one such tale today, told to me by a Mac Genius on a trip to the Apple Store, and if you think you [...]
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For April 1st, Woot has listed their deal of the day as a $1 million dollar Bag of Crap, which contains three “craps.” Hilarious!
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San Francisco recently banned plastic bags - these are the reasons why. Paper bags are apparently bad for the environment too.
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Crumpler Bags announce its Second Annual Beer for Bags event. It takes place in NYC June 9 - 17.
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FTA:My trusty Manhattan pizza guy recently hiked the cost of a slice for the second time in the past year, from $2 to $2.50 to $3. “Why you mad?” he blurted, pounding a ball of dough. “Prices are nuts; you can’t even buy a glass of milk no more.” (”We’re paying 128% more for a [...]
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Los Angeles shoppers soon won’t hear the question, “Paper or plastic?” at the checkout line.
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