Comments on: HOWTO: Bedside lamp in a hollow book http://boingboing.net/2011/06/24/howto-bedside-lamp-i.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 16:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Aknaton http://boingboing.net/2011/06/24/howto-bedside-lamp-i.html#comment-1147675 Aknaton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1147675 Anyone else flash on Dan Hedaya in "The Addams Family", reading "The Sun Also Rises"? Anyone else flash on Dan Hedaya in “The Addams Family”, reading “The Sun Also Rises”?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/24/howto-bedside-lamp-i.html#comment-1147500 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1147500 Brilliant, except for the ADD-inducing video. Brilliant, except for the ADD-inducing video.

]]> By: Zadaz http://boingboing.net/2011/06/24/howto-bedside-lamp-i.html#comment-1148028 Zadaz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1148028 I actually went to the site and read the how to. There's definitely a tongue planted firmly in cheek there. A neat project, though it looks harder to turn on and off than a regular lamp, taking two hands and all. I actually went to the site and read the how to. There’s definitely a tongue planted firmly in cheek there.

A neat project, though it looks harder to turn on and off than a regular lamp, taking two hands and all.

]]> By: Shlepzig http://boingboing.net/2011/06/24/howto-bedside-lamp-i.html#comment-1147786 Shlepzig Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1147786 It's a cute idea, but the hyperbole "literature is illuminating" is a bit much. I would like to add, the literature is removed from the book before it can be turned into a light. It's like saying, escargot proves that snails are beautiful creatures. It's a nice project, can't it just be a nice project, and not attempt allegorical aspirations beyond its own merits of craftsmanship and creativity. It’s a cute idea, but the hyperbole “literature is illuminating” is a bit much. I would like to add, the literature is removed from the book before it can be turned into a light.

It’s like saying, escargot proves that snails are beautiful creatures.

It’s a nice project, can’t it just be a nice project, and not attempt allegorical aspirations beyond its own merits of craftsmanship and creativity.

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