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Mini Golf Rug Proves Augusta Can Be Vacuumed
1:00AM Mark Wilson | The Putt Up or Shut Up Rug Kit doesn’t include windmills or water features, but it’s not a horrible way to work a mini golf course into your office. More »
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This Rug Has Not Finished Downloading
5:40AM Mark Wilson | Remember the days before broadband when images would get all, you know, stretchy and weird? More »
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Giant Walk-on Keyboard For Typing, not Making Tunes Big-Style
9:16PM Gizmodo US Edition | Maurin Donneaud has created this giant walk-on rug computer keyboard, going for stomp-sensitive design rather than touch. It’s a home-made affair, with foam separating the conducting-fabric contacts inside until you press down, and is powered by an Arduino board. So, while it won’t let you bash out tunes like Tom Hanks in Big it will let you stamp out emails to your pals— all that leaping around would probably be fairly good exercise. At last: a way to keep your fave Giz Editors in good shape. [Hacakaday] More »
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El Luminoso Rug Uses Wool and LEDs to Bring the Galaxy to Your Floor
9:57PM Addy Dugdale | Designed by Esti Barnes, El Luminoso is a made-to-measure carpet that mixes LEDs into the pile. Given that the last rugs I writhed upon with gay abandon wrote about were the Wurst rugs, a selection of sausage-inspired floor coverings that looked like a pool of puke, Esti’s design is bleedin’ gawjus. No idea of the price, but expect it to be hefty, given that it’s a commission-only piece. [Top Floor via MoCo Loco] More »
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Vile Mortadella Rug Gives Excuse to Say ‘Hide the Sausage’ in a Headline
3:45AM Addy Dugdale | This is Mortadella, one of four sausage-inspired rugs. The others in the series are (below, from left) Blood Sausage, Bierschinken and Salami. Made in Germany and available online, I think I can safely say that it’s one of the Wurst rugs I’ve ever seen. *Sound of single gunshot followed by large thud* [Wurstteppich] More »
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