Looking for a rugged and manly option for displaying all your guy paraphernalia? Normally we don’t recommend Etsy for anything but crochet, weird art, strange food, and a whole lot of crazy. (Though we can’t forget sexy women.) Don’t hit up Ikea- check out the Stella Bleu Designs Industrial Pipe bookshelf series instead: less work to put back together, roughly the same price range if you’re putting together a large modular unit, and infinitely better looking. Versatile, simplistic, and Mario approved for man caves everywhere. Each shelving unit is made of black, industrial iron continue reading →
Several days ago, Chad showed our readers the work of Victor Hertz – who modified popular company logos to convey what we really feel when we see these popular logos and brands. If you haven’t seen it already, I recommend checking it out. And while we are on the topic of advertising and logos, have a look below at some excellent examples of what major fast food companies want us to purchase and we end up receiving.
Below are a series of pictures comparing the advertised products and the actual product purchased in real life. But I guess we shouldn’t be too surprised since this sort of thing takes place all the time. A few examples will include the girls on MySpace with their famous MySpace Angles or girls on dating sites using pictures from 5-10 years ago. And of course, the dating section of Craigslist. continue reading →
Months ago, I decided to start looking around for a new fixed blade knife. I’ve owned dozens of blades over the years, but almost all of them have been folding knives. They’re a great style of knife, but there’s something uniquely satisfying about owning a good, solid fixed blade. A blade that would be tough enough to endure the test of time, and that I could one day hand down to my children – if I were ever insane enough to have some. After a whole lot of searching, I stumbled onto a company called Grayman Knives.
Grayman Knives is a mom-and-pop style knife making operation run by Mike Grayman out of Lake Arrowhead, California. After retiring from the military, Mike spent years distilling the knowledge he acquired on the continue reading →
I spend a fair bit of time every week looking through portfolios for the perfect weekend warmup galleries, and I’m starting to realize that for every set of exceptional nudes out there, there are some really, really horrible ones. It’s not that most men would argue, mind you- it’s just that pretty girls who aren’t overly posed or really cliched are actually harder to find than you think. That’s why I was pretty thrilled with Alexander Tikhomirov’s work: it reminds me of stumbling onto a box of old Polaroids at a yard sale… racy, exciting glimpses into someone else’s life, rather than joyless, uncomfortable nudie pics. We’re all for racy and exciting, after the jump. continue reading →
Mike writes a recurring sarcastic and informative column every other Thursday in The Unfinished Man and is the CEO of My Online Dating Consultant
A classic episode of Seinfeld had Jerry’s floundering friend George realize that his life sucks, so every instinct which has lead him there must be completely wrong. He begins to do the opposite of what his gut tells him and enjoys a windfall of women and gets his dream job with the New York Yankees. There’s a lesson to be learned from Georgie boy’s approach that can be easily applied to dating. continue reading →
We really like normal stuff that looks like weapons; we also really like normal stuff that looks like guns. Finally, we can round out the threatening nature of our everyday lives with this killer machete ruler by Pale Horse Design. I feel like keeping this laser engraved bad boy on the edge of your desk would really cut down on the amount of assholes wandering into your office asking about TPS reports. continue reading →
Over the past several months, we’ve come across some pretty amazing time-lapse videos. Around the World in 5 Minutes is one of my favorites and I really enjoyed the production of the music. The ISS Earth time-lapse by Michael Konig also takes us around the world but we got to see it from the astronaut’s point of view.
Sheldon Neil and Colin Delhanty have collaborated to create a stunning time-lapse of Yosemite National Park in high-definition. All the time-lapses were shot with a Canon 5D Mark II and a variety of Canon L and Zeiss CP.2 lenses were used. The video, titled Project Yosemite, shows images of sunrises, sunsets, the bright night sky, and beautiful mountain views. continue reading →
Kickstarter is full of interesting, magical things (and a lot of ridiculously useless crap) and I love trolling around to see who’s getting funded. It’s a great chance to laugh at the state of humanity or cry over our stupidity, and discover interesting projects that would have otherwise never gotten past the drawing board. So when I found Olly: The Web Connected Smelly Robot, I wasn’t really sure how to classify it. Cutesy, enjoyable technology or totally dumb money sink? I’m going with the former simply because of the name Olly the Smelly Robot and the potential for hilarity. continue reading →
If you’ve ever dreamed of having augmented vision like Adam Jensen, you may soon have your chance. Microsoft is developing a brand new kind of contact lens that interfaces directly with your optical nerves. It sounds a lot like science fiction, but this new project may allow just that. Microsoft calls it the “Functional Contact Lens”, and it has the potential to allow its wearer to see a wide array of high resolution graphics, beamed directly to the brain.
The video below provides a brief highlights of what the augmented reality contact lenses currently do, how the technology works, and continue reading →
If you’re familiar with Datsun (now known as Nissan), then there is a good chance you know all about the Datsun roadsters of the 1960’s. The Datsun roadsters were a predecessor to the S30 (Z Car) and were an excellent and inexpensive alternative to the British MG or cars offered by Triumph.
The Datsun Sports (known as Fairlady in Japan) started out in 1959 with the S211 (Sports 1000) putting down 36 horsepower with only 20 being produced making it the most rare Datsun model. Production ended in 1970 with the SR311 (Fairlady/Sports 2000) which featured a 2.0-liter engine which put out 133-150 horsepower (depending on vehicle options). The vehicle featured in this post is the 1967.5 ‘Datsun 2000’ and is currently on sale on eBay. continue reading →
