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Rambler Socket

Dec 25th, 2009

Rambler Socket

Meysam Movahedi’s latest concept certainly isn’t the first revolutionary tweak to the tried-and-true power outlet, but it’s easily one of our favorites. Put simply, the Rambler Socket is an in-wall box that contains 1.5 meters of extra cabling along with a traditional AC outlet. Granted, you’ll need a pretty deep wall to make something like this work (in theory, of course), but the result is nothing short of brilliant. If your AC cord is long enough, you simply plug it into the socket per usual; if you need a little extra length, the built-in extension cord pulls out with a gentle tug. Once you’re done, you simply tug on the cable once more and watch as it recoils back within the wall. GE, or someone — can we get a contract to this guy, pronto?

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I go by Mr. K….

Dec 25th, 2009

“I go by Mr. K. I’m teaching English at a prep school in rural Connecticut. In my class, homework is not homework, it’s preparation for the next day. I love teaching books that have been pigeonholed as ‘epics’, and my big thing is discovering for yourself why you like them. I’d have a lot of stuff written in some cryptic way on the whiteboard where you can’t understand it until we start talking about the book. I’d throw desk supplies off bridges… I’ve gone out on several dates with the bio teacher. Her name is Sarah, and she’s just a really great girl. I’m more gregarious than she is; she brings me into the underground indie-world stuff and I bring her sonnets. It’s weird because the kids are talking about this new show called The Office and they’re like, ‘You guys are so much like Pam and Jim’ and I’m like, ‘I don’t have a TV. Sorry, I’m not into pop culture stuff.'” ~John Krasinski on his alternate universe life as an English teacher

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The Insurance Policy

Dec 25th, 2009


I had to put this on my door since I’m pretty sure my family won’t let me sleep in on Christmas morning and I’m going to bed at 4am haha.

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Keep Your Distance – Digby

Dec 25th, 2009

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The Radiant Forest

Dec 25th, 2009

The Radiant Forest

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Oh goodness, look at my…

Dec 25th, 2009

“Oh goodness, look at my wrist, I’ve got to go.” ~Dr. Horrible in Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog

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Skhizein

Dec 25th, 2009

Skhizein (Jérémy Clapin,2008) from Bertie on Vimeo.

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I have had very few…

Dec 25th, 2009

“I have had very few heroes in my life—mostly they’re people who’ve been arrested.” ~George Carlin

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Nutella Crepes

Dec 25th, 2009

Nutella Crepes

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Shipping Up To Boston – Dropkick Murphys

Dec 24th, 2009

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This is a bit different than the normal style of what I post but I finally got around to watching The Departed, which (on a side note) definitely deserved all of its acclaim, and this song really stuck with me.

Or maybe I’m just a fan of the Irish.

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