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Regretsy: The Creepy Side To Making And Selling Your Own Crafts

Wilson Rothman — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:30:00 +0000

As much as I admire people who believe enough in their artistic output to foist it on others for money, I knew Etsy had a dark side. Well, someone with the no-nonsense pseudonym Helen Killer just showed it to me:

Here are a few choice excerpts from Regretsy; just a taste, mind you, no substitute for a visit. Be careful, though, because the amazing site is not always safe for work. Looking over the entries makes me wish it were as fictitious as Kasper Hauser’s brilliant—but mercifully fake—SkyMaul.

Whenever I hear “Michael Jackson”, I immediately think “baseball”. Well technically, I think “Little League”, but you know what I’m saying. [Link]

Usually I just use the guest towels when we’re out of toilet paper. [Link]

You know what goats like? They like grass. They don’t like having leopard outfits strapped to their sagging haunches like Kim Cattrall. [Link]

Santo trompas de Falopio! Who wouldn’t want to curl up with the stuffed reproductive organs of Mexico’s most famous bisexual surrealist? [Link]

It goes without saying “Santo trompas de Falopio!” is my new favourite expression of surprise. Hit the site for way more where this came from. [Regretsy (NSFW)]

DIY Xbox 360 RROD Coasters: How Old Are You, 10?

Adrian Covert — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:00:00 +0000

These RROD coasters are clever, sure. But anything with Perler beads is about as classy as black velvet Elvis paintings or those creepy ceramic dolls your grandma collects. Translation: save these for D&D games in the basement. [GamerGrrrlz via Technabob]

Dismembered Doll Limbs Hold Your Keys

Mark Wilson — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:00:00 +0000

Some find baby dolls cute. Others realise their potential for holding your stuff—if they’re chopped to bits and fastened to wood.

Glued and screwed to a vintage mahogany tray, these doll limbs have transcended from merely looking adorable to the highest role a toy stolen from your sister can hold: a barbaric craft project. The Hooktastic Holdall, available for $US50, is tough enough to hold your coat, innocent enough to avoid the trashcan and repulsive enough to keep neighbours at bay. Run, don’t walk, for the one unit in stock. [Etsy via 7Gadgets]

Paper Tank Only Fires Cheap Furniture, Supermarket Coupons

Jesus Diaz — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:30:00 +0000

Being the blind bat that I am, I first got excited when I saw this M1 Abrams tank made out of paper because I thought those were comic-book pages. Is that Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos? Maybe coloured Milton Canniff’s Steve Canyons? Doug Murray’s ‘Nam? Then I zoomed in and I realised what it was.

Catalogs schmatalogs and newspapers ads. A good metaphor of the brutality and power of marketing. Maybe the killing nature of consumers markets getting into recession. Or the need for war economy these days. Whatever it is, it looks pretty. [The Contaminated]

Spock Ears Make Me Say ‘Knit Long and Prosper’

Gizmodo US Edition — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:40:00 +0000

This is a momentous day for me (I won’t spoil the surprise) and what better way to celebrate momentous days than by knitting a pair of Spock ears for my lugs. If I were going to the New York meet-up you would be able to identify me by these furry little thingies—sod the fact that I would probably collapse from heatstroke before I even got to the sodding ballgame—and I could be the fount of mirth while you watched the rounders match, or whatever it is they’re playing on the pitch. Anyway. Ears. Spock. Knitted. Look like sideways boobies. What more do you want on a Friday? [Yarn Songs via Boing Boing]

Crafts Corner: Needlepoint Mac

Sean Fallon — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:40:01 +0000

Old ladies make quilts, nerds make life-sized replicas of the Macintosh 128k. And the best part is that Ben Fino-Radin’s design even incorporates insertable images to mimic web-browsing. Ridiculous? You bet it is. Do I want one? No, not really —but I appreciate the effort. [Benjaminter via Boing Boing]

AK47 Paper Gun Model Kit, for Terrorising Paper Dolls

Charlie White — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:32:50 +0000

The AK47 assault rifle is probably the most popular weapon in the world, so much so that it’s been made into lamps by designer Philippe Stark, gold plated by Saddam Hussein, and there’s even a Hello Kitty edition. Now you can build yourself a perfectly harmless replica of the beloved killing machine with this AK47 Paper Gun Model Kit, available in the form of a $US30 booklet complete with an instruction poster. Wonder what would happen if you tried to get one of these models through the TSA checkpoints at the airport? [Die Gestalten, via Like Cool]

Wiimote Plushie Pillow

Seamus Byrne — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:50:30 +0000

In the mood to throw a Wiimote around? Save your $3000 HDTV by chucking this Wiimote plushie pillow instead.

The thing stands 66cm tall, 14cm wide, and was hand-made by some people who really like Wiis. Unfortunately it’s sold out now, but if you bug them enough about it they’ll make some more for the low, low price of $US20. – Jason Chen

Product Page [Etsy via Kotaku]