Safety Second: Novelty Motorcycle Helmets

Who cares if they're not DOT approved, they look cool. Safety can take a back seat to style any day, amirite? No, no that's a good way to die young and still leave a crappy looking corpse. Now I don't know how things work where you're from, but back in West Virginia it's considered an honor if Morty the mortician makes out with you after the embalming, and I come from a long line of the distinguish dead (we suspect he even stole my uncle's genitals).

Hit the jump for a bunch more, including slightly NSFW butt and breast helmets.

Nokia CEO: Nokia N8 is the savior

'We are approaching the end of this painful product transition at the high end of our product portfolio', says Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo. He continues with a prediction 'delivering the N8, with a high-quality user experience, will mark the beginning of our renewal. We will achieve our potential and regain high-end leadership in our industry.'

We absolutely want to give Nokia the benefit of the doubt, but at the moment, this seems like a very optimistic prediction from Nokia's CEO. Although the N8 looks very interesting, it has not generated "envy" and "desire" as other recent handsets did – although there are N8 clones already. More importantly, it is powered by Symbian 3, which we consider to be out of the smartphone operating system race at this point (the N8 is the last N-Series Symbian phone). The early N8 previews were not positive.

Geeky Bath Tub..

If you really just wanted to get rid of a whole lot of cash fast well then you’ve found the proper method. Of course after you’ve spent all of that dough and are worried about paying for other things, you can lay in your brand new tub and relax away all of those worries. As long as you can pay to keep that hot water coming in, you’ll be just fine. With all the features this tub includes you could spend a whole lot of time making your skin nice and pruney.

This tub features an integral splash protected TV system, with a splash protected remote control. If that weren’t enough it has a marine grade DVD/CD player with four 100W speakers. Under the water it has a high-gloss acrylic and chrome finished body. In addition to that are six access doors, 25 hydro-air jets, 12 jumbo jets, 12 medium jets, 8 small rotational star jets and 4 ozone jets. To keep those jets running properly it has 9 therapy modes and over 50 different therapy combinations. You can even choose a scent that includes everything from lavender to eucalyptus to watermelon. It also has LED lights and a waterfall spout. Right now there’s not a ton of word on the price, but you can expect to be forced to offer up not only your first but your second born child as well to get your hands on one.

Source: BornRich

A Must Listen: The Steve Jobs Song [Video]

I thought I was a fanboy. I’ve got nothing on Jonathan Mann.

Regular readers may recall that Mann is the guy behind the Bing jingle (which we didn’t like – but students did, or were forced to), the song about me (which we did like), and most recently, the iPhone 4 antenna song (which not only did we love, but apparently Apple did too). Mann, touched by the fact that Apple decided to play his song at their press conference last Friday, decided to follow it up with a serenade for CEO Steve Jobs.

Warning: if some of my posts about Apple drive you crazy, this song is going to make your head explode.

We have lyrics like:

• “If that sounds like Moses, it’s no accident. The cult of Macintosh is a religion.”


• “We bow down to products that make us weep. The beauty of simplicity. The shepherd and his sheep.”


• “In his guarded temple, there’s a beating drum. And it’s made of glass and of aluminum.”

But the craziest thing about this song is that it’s good. Seriously. It’s so damn catchy. Mann continues to impress.

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Turning an Accident into a Million-Dollar Opportunity

A motorcycle accident left Todd Brown paralyzed from the waist down. But it also inspired a business idea. Today, his 180 Medical is one of the nation's fastest-growing medical supply companies.

Wear Wireless Keyboard Pants...

Geeky Pants with a built-in keyboard that's apparently Bluetooth-enabled. Beyond that, you'll also find sewn in Speakers, a pocket made especially for Travel Mice of all flavors and a "Joystick Controller" strategically located just behind the front zipper...??WTF???

The back pocket is utilized for carrying mouse, the knee portion has a pair of crotch rocking speakers that offers an added level of excitement. For gamers, it offers a joystick controller positioned just behind the front zipper. Using the space bar too many time may seem little weird in the public(Located on the front zipper) :-)

1 Million CDs will form a Beautiful Sea

“CD Sea” is the next artistic installation by Bruce Munro. He has asked people to send in unwanted CDs, and will use one million to create an inland sea illuminated by natural light. “It will be the first of a number of self-funded ‘eco’ installations using recycled materials, at Long Knoll Field in Wiltshire.”

Disco Chair is way cooler than its name would lead you to believe

This is the Disco Chair, the brainchild of Kiwi&Pom, and though we're not fans of things with the word 'disco' in their names, this one is outstanding and beautiful. It's made with 200 meters of electroluminescent wire, and the lighting can flash on and off (hence the disco moniker). Hit up the source for a few more shots.

Disco Chair is way cooler than its name would lead you to believe originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:38:00 EDT.