Now a little about me, I like non standard lighting, Infrared, Ultraviolet, 3d effects obtained via visual hacks and the like. This has caused me to buy a few different pieces of eyewear in the past, ranging from protective to retro. In my old job I used to have to wear green laser safety eyewear as to not burn out my retinas. I have a picture of myself somewhere wearing them, but dont ask me where as I have no idea. One set of eyewear I intend to make/obtain sometime are a set of steampunk/cyberpunk styled goggles with some R72 or equiv glass (its a near infrared filter that lets a bit of red through, and our eyes are slightly sensitive around that end.) But that is not the eyewear that is being talked about here today. Today its two pieces, one Orange, the other Red and Blue.

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August 8th, 2008 | Cool Things | No comments

Despite my intention to review this item about a week or so ago when it was meant to arrive, but unfortunatly the manufacturer held up my shipment causing it to only arrive today. This however has done nothing to quell my joy in actually owning said item. The Item in question, is a Tasin Mini Ice Ball Mold (obtained via CScout Japan.) As much as I would of loved one of the larger sizes, the extra $1000 odd dollars it would have cost sorta made the proposition less desirable, so I settled for purchasing the mini 30mm mold (which required enough dubious justification as I could trick myself into that were better than “Its cool.”) But I digress and back to talking about said item. For those who have not seen or heard of these Tasin Ice Ball Molds before, they would be best described as a luxury item to make spherical ice spheres without chipping, shaving and seamless. Or to make ice soccer balls, baseballs or diamonds. (See more info here.)

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August 4th, 2008 | Cool Things | No comments