The Modern Materialist

You guys, we need to talk. I see you on the subway, on the street, in the park and I have to say, I'm a bit confused.

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I kind of hate fridge magnets. When I was in college, I loved the magnetic poetry set, because I thought it was totally cool, and made me seem smart. As I’ve gotten older, and seen many more fridges, I’ve realized it doesn’t make me seem smart; it makes me seem like everyone else.

Magnets also have a tendency to get knocked to the floor, disappear, and show up at inopportune times. You know, like when you’re on a date, and suddenly that embarrassing magnet you bought shows up just as you go in for a kiss. Right guys? Fellas? Hello?

Plus, magnets are usually pretty tacky.

Find out what's TOTALLY COOL, after the jump... 

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  I want to buy all of the shirts I posted about yesterday, but there is one way to go me one better...

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 Ten of the most unworthiest causes:

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Hey, you guys know what today is? At 10 PM tonight, Battlestar is back, baby. I’ve previously talked about my undying love for the show, and Sci Fi Channel is pulling out all the stops for the premiere of the very last season.

More Battlestar Galoodness, after the jump...

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[$24.77,BraBalls] 

Yesterday on the Today show, the bra ball was featured, which is a great thing to use to clean those backless bras Steph told us about yesterday. When I googled "bra ball" to find a link, I discovered an interesting picture (after the jump):

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[$150, Etsy]

I so admire those plucky Etsy artists, all of them far more creative than I (though I can crochet one mean chain). Their wares have provided me with much joy (and compliments) over the past few years.

I find the art offerings on Etsy so overwhelming, however, and am at a complete loss as to the most efficient way to search art pieces on the site. Which is why I'm so thankful to Modish for posting about these awesome pieces by toodlepipstudios. 3-D and illuminated, these intricate, thought-provoking designs are sure to provoke conversation at your next apartment soiree.

 

Whenever I want to hardcore lust after audio equipment I can’t really afford, I head over to Bang & Olufsen’s site to gawk at their space-ship worthy speakers. They also make equally mind-blowing telephones, TVs, and other equipment, so it’s not a shocker that they’ve created an absolutely stunning looking touchless remote control.

Except that they DIDN’T create it. More after the jump…

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Question: How do you turn water into wine?

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At some point, someone with way more scientific knowledge than I have will explain to me why we can suddenly stick magnets on our computers. I first noticed this when Apple released it’s Front Row remote, which magnetically stuck to your ’puter. I guess this magnetic USB hub is only the second occurrence, but still… Isn’t that supposed to erase it, or something?

Anyway, more vaguely unscientific info, after the jump.

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Much like yesterday's needle case, this post asks you "what's the use of this product?". First person to leave a correct guess in the comment section wins a $15 credit to Amazon. I'll update with pricing and a link after someone guesses correctly.

[$17.99, Perpetual Kid] 

The title of this post isn’t completely fair, and to curious to hear what you current gen iPod owners think about something like this. What is this? Well, I’ll tell you, after the jump...

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Six things you don't know about women:

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My Top Five Spots For Hiding My Turbo Glider Vibe

1. my special toy drawer
2. that safe behind the portrait hanging in the hallway
3. a vibrator cozy
   
4. beneath the couch cushions

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Is this sexy? I mean, is this actually sexy? We’ll assume for the moment that you’re not performing in a drag show, or at an all night rave. Which are, of course, the appropriate venues for wearing an illuminated bra.

Other venues where it’s appropriate to adorn yourself in nothing but a glowing top… The future, maybe? And Mars?

After the jump, a bunch more pictures and styles... 

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So, you guys were so helpful in helping decide what to do with our big wall space over our couch (photos and artwork wins out, which will take forever to complete, but what the hell, life's a work in progress, right?), that I need to enlist your help again. This time I need to you step into my bedroom (photo above). See that pretty antique cherry wood dresser? I inherited that from my grandparents. The not-so-pretty clothes hamper? Inherited that from my boyfriend when I moved in. He swears it was always supposed to be "temporary" until he found something better. Well you know what? It's time to find something better! After the jump, the three choices I've narrowed it down to. Please vote on the best one.

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Just to get this out of the way… The girl in this picture is fine. I explain why it looks like she's exploding blood, after the jump...

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[$42, Etsy] 

So maybe you can't bottle happiness, but you can definitely wear it on your ears as Poppigirl's birthday cake boom earrings prove. 

More great Etsy finds after the jump.

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[$1,250, Opulent Items] 

Okay people. I was just about to post about something extremely practical, but then I saw this air suit over at Wired and I remembered that — given the choice — you guys would choose the power of flight over $100 billion, a sports car, and even kittens or candy buttons. (I don't blame you.)

The shop selling this particular suit doesn't include video but, after the jump, I have video footage of a similar wing suit in action.

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This is like some sort of amazing optical illusion… What do you see, readers, the skeleton, or the lady? The lady, right? Yeah, I thought so. More after the jump...

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Every winter when I pull out my big coats and stick my hands in the pockets, it's like a little archaeological study in what my life was like a year earlier. An old movie stub, a matchbook from  a fancy restaurant, a Boston bus pass — they all remind me of events I'd totally forgotten. Now, as I pack up the winter coats for next year, I can't help but check the pockets one last time before stuffing them in a plastic tub under the bed. I think the findings say a lot about this winter:

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Lordy, if I only had a cupcake right now. Back when the roomies and I made those strawberry cupcakes in ice cream cones, we'd leave them out on the counter and end up going through them like wildfire, grabbing one for every meal. 

But moving on...

::sigh:: 

Okay...now moving on...how can one possibly prove to me that they're as devoted to the art of the cupcake as I am?

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2008 started out a bit slow for me. I'd still just been in New York a handful of months, was very under-employed, didn't have many friends, and was too cold and broke to go out much. But. oh, how things change!

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I know there’s a “going over to the Dark Side” joke (among others) to be made about a Star Wars themed poker set, but I refuse to make it. So there.

More deets, and perhaps a few Dark Side jokes, after the jump... 

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[$25, Maidenform] 

No, this hasn't become an erotic photography blog. For that, you'll have to check out rose & olive, and the other Hooksexup photoblogs. Rather, I'd like to point out this awesome new piece of lingerie (I hope you'll forgive me, men, for focusing on the ladies this morning.) Said to be a better fit for women with C and D cups, I'm mostly interested in the fact that I can now up the slut factor in my summerwear by buying backless tops to go with this backless bra. A product of the ABC show American Inventor, this bra brings us that much closer to the bra-comfort ideal (I suppose that would be no bra). No more a.m. bra-strap angst! After the jump, a bonus clip of the backless bra in action.

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I'm curious how many of you can guess what this $6 product is used for? Leave your guesses in the comment section and the first person to guess correctly will win bragging rights for all eternity. Once there's a correct guess, I'll update with a link.

Update! After the jump.

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Okay, I'm going to admit this right now. I don't know what I'm talking about.

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This is so close to being the most awesome thing ever.

A UK company named Amber Iris have created the world’s first inflatable pub, which comes in four different varieties, the largest (the Hogshead) holding up to 50 people at a time.

The walls and ceiling are all bouncy castle material, and insides are held up with metal stanchions. And there in lies the one thing that’s holding this back from being the most awesome pub ever… Why isn’t the floor made of inflatable bouncy castle material?

Much, much more, including pictures and pricing, after the jump... 

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If you haven't popped your cherry yet...

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Ummm… This is an idea so simple, so easy, it’s actually mildly shocking no one thought about it before. Instead of fumbling around, holding down wrapping paper with one hand, while trying to get the right size piece of tape with your other hand, you just roll, tear, and stick. That’s it.

Makes a lot of sense, right? More, after the jump...

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