shipping
Random Stuff
New Winner Of The “Worst Shipping Practices” Award
8:00AM Dan Nosowitz | It’s a competitive category, trust me. We’ve seen some pretty ridiculous abuses of packaging and shipping in our day. But this one’s great, especially since the box is upside-down and sort of crushed-looking. Congratulations to the winner loser. [Geekologie]
Gadgets
Motorola Sends Teeny Ear Clips In Huge Cardboard Box
10:20AM Wilson Rothman | Giz reader Thomas just received two 2-inch Bluetooth earhooks from Motorola—in a 320-cubic-inch box. As he puts it, “the package was filled with about 99% air.” Haven’t they heard of envelopes? More pics: More »
Design
Someday, I Want to Live in One of These Shipping Container Houses
1:00PM Adrian Covert | Adam Kalkin is most recognisable for the shipping container coffee shop he designed last year for Illy. Now, Fast Company has a profile on Kalkin with a bunch of pics of his other structures. More »
Software
Microsoft To Start Shipping Windows 7 in September
9:40AM Gizmodo US Edition | Early guesstimates had the Windows 7 release pegged for this summer, and with the release candidate to be released soon, a September ship date sounds just about right. More »
Random Stuff
Best Buy Mails Tiny Photo Paper in Massive Box
6:40AM Mark Wilson | How much packaging is necessary to ship a small package of 4″x6″ photo paper, Best Buy? More »
GPS
DHL Putting Serious GPS Tracking Systems On Packages
11:20AM Wilson Rothman | DHL is apparently outfitting cargo containers with sensors to monitor GPS location, temperature, humidity, impact, vibration and light exposure. Cool, but with frills like this, it’s no wonder their US operation went busto. [BBG] More »
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Brown Can Thrash Your Packages With A 27 Metre Delivery Toss, That’s What
3:01AM John Mahoney | This candidate for UPS-guy-of-the-year doesn’t even wait for his van to come to a complete stop before someone’s brand new something gets hail-mary’d into the garage. Thankfully, a security cam captured it all. More »
Gadgets
2:45PM Nick Broughall | This is not something I enjoy writing about, but as gadget fans, it’s our duty to put pressure on companies to try and minimise the environmental impact of shipping our favourite products. The latest villain is Madman Entertainment, who shipped a copy of Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law to reader Kieran in a monstrously oversized box.
UPDATE: Received an official comment from Madman about this. More »
Madman Entertainment Enters The Shipping Hall Of Shame
2:45PM Nick Broughall | This is not something I enjoy writing about, but as gadget fans, it’s our duty to put pressure on companies to try and minimise the environmental impact of shipping our favourite products. The latest villain is Madman Entertainment, who shipped a copy of Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law to reader Kieran in a monstrously oversized box.
UPDATE: Received an official comment from Madman about this. More »
Random Stuff
Apple Mini DisplayPort Adaptor Ships In Huge MacBook-Sized Box
9:00AM Matt Buchanan | Speaking of Mini DisplayPort, here’s another entry from Apple in the shipping hall of shame. They’re shipping the five-inch Mini-DiplayPort-to-DVI adapter in a box that’s bigger than the MacBook’s. Check out the waste.
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