The right price—the one that will extract the most profit from consumers’ wallets—has become the fixation of a large and growing number of quantitative types, many of them economists who have left academia for Silicon Valley. It’s also the preoccupation… Read More ›
Misc
The scary diner
This was a particularly fun assignment. Done for Fantasy Flight Games’ The Investigators of Arkham Horror, Tales of Adventure and Madness rulebook, which is chock full of great illustrations and graphics. Normally I spend a lot of time trying to… Read More ›
The Unicorn Frappuccino
The Unicorn Frappuccino blended crème is made with a sweet dusting of pink powder, blended into a crème Frappuccino with mango syrup and layered with a pleasantly sour blue drizzle. It is finished with vanilla whipped cream and a sprinkle… Read More ›
The Dino Sphere
I need a Dino Sphere. I need one. You’ve probably seen nature shows covering animals with bioluminescent properties, emitting radiant light just by, well, living. Dinoflagellates fall into that category, and the Dino Sphere is the auditorium through which you can… Read More ›
An easier way to climb trees
CanopyStair is a modular system of steps that can be attached without tools to form a spiral staircase around a tree trunk, allowing one to walk up into the canopy above. Lightweight and quick to assemble, the CanopyStair has been… Read More ›
The fastest maximum bowling game
That is quite brilliant.
Circular runways
With the banked character of the runway, the wingtips and engines are closer to the ground than currently is the case. But the bank angle is designed such that even the most constrained aircraft (Boeing 747 and Airbus A380) will… Read More ›
Pirelli Colour Edition
These tyres are not cheap by any means, but they are an interesting way to make a car look and feel unique. I checked the list of cars they work with and my Kia C’eed is not listed. Strange…
4,600 Hot Wheels cars stuck to a Jaguar S-Type
Reports of an unusual-looking Jaguar S-Type limousine covered in thousands of miniature cars driving around the Malaysian capital had been circulating on social media for a few weeks, but no one knew anything about it, who the owner was or… Read More ›
The $2,145 Balenciaga bag (familiar?)
The bag above costs $2,145 from Balenciaga. Or, you could pop down to IKEA and get the one above for substantially less.