Friday Ephemera

Absinthe lollipops. (h/t, Coudal) // Soap and coffee, together at last. // Nifty cup stacking. // Exercise wheel for dogs. // Behold the Emperor workstation. Because your buttocks deserve no less. // Car of tomorrow not quite what it seems. // Joe Shuster’s filthy secret. // A pencil that squeals. // All together now: “Death to, er...” // Bird sounds. // International pronunciation guide. // Visual dyslexia. (h/t, Things) // Assorted flash preloaders. // Rain-powered umbrella. // Docks de Paris. // Nosferatu. (1922) // The National Museum of Funeral History. // A whole heap of tilt-shift. // World’s largest piñata. // And, via The Thin Man, Valaida Snow gets primitive.

Comments

[John D]

Wow. The Emperor workstation even has its own air purification system. ("Reduces airborne bacteria by 99.7%") And only $40,000.

http://www.novelquest.com/emperor.html

[David]

It’s a thing of unspeakable magnificence. With a chair like that you’d need an underground lair and a diabolical plan.

[James S]

David, seen this?

"it was a true delivery from disaster, a commercial airliner forced to ditch in the river just next to the skyscrapers of mid-town Manhattan but with no fatalities."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7832439.stm

[David]

Yes, kudos to the pilot.

[Anna]

"With a chair like that you'd need an underground lair and a diabolical plan."

So you've got one on order then?

[hayesatlbch]

Your link to images of visual dyslexia http://www.visualdyslexia.blogspot.com/ does have great photos to express the concept of visual dyslexia. There is actually more to the story of what visual dyslexia is and how See Right Dyslexia Glasses can remove the visual problems that make reading difficult.

Visual dyslexia only affects about 10% of dyslexics and is often ignored as a possible cause of reading problems. Many times visual dyslexia is the reason one size fits all dyslexia interventions have non-responders as the visual dyslexic continues to have difficulty seeing the page no matter how much instruction is given.

At www.dyslexiaglasses.com a single simple self diagnostic question can identify many visual dyslexics. " Can you describe the visual problem that makes reading difficult? "

[pedant2007]

Here in NZ houses are occasionally sold for removal, and there are transport companies that buy them and store them for resale to new sites. But they are often cut in two to fit on the roads. However, see Wikipedia under "Museum Hotel" for a more interesting example.