Just look at this awesome banana-peeling simulator.

Just look at it.

Dazzling Banana an electronic Banana peeler

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Just look at this awesome banana slicer.

Just look at it.

Banana Slicer

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Just look at this awesome banana saver clip.

Just look at it.

Banana Saver Clip by Evriholder Products

(Thanks, notthemessiah!)

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Just look at this awesome banana bunker.

Just look at it.

Banana Bunker
(Thanks, Jeff!)

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Check out the bill for the Mosswood Meltdown fest, a two-day punk festival in Oakland

The line-up for Mosswood Meltdown (née Burger Boogaloo), Oakland's two-day punk festival, has just been announced and it's simply bananas. Just look at it:

BIKINI KILL, KIM GORDON, SHANNON SHAW, HOSTED BY JOHN WATERS

The Dirtbombs, Hunx And His Punx, Linda Lindas, Bleached, Flipper, Pansy Division, Rubinoos, Carbonas, The Fevers, Brontez Purnell, Fatty Cakes and the Puff Pastries, Snooper, Podium

The event is July 2 and 3 and tickets are available now. — Read the rest

Mark Dery on the politics of enthusiasm

Just look at Mark Dery's delightful essay about the "politics of enthusiasm." Just look at it.

Embracing the positivity gospel of Alice Roosevelt Longworth's famous pillow, whose embroidered homily still tut-tuts at visitors to Hyde Park, "If you don't have anything nice to say, come sit by me," blogs that trade in the currency of exuberance tend to be epic catalogs of Things We Like.

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Biometric vending machine

This Wall Street Journal video shows a Japanese vending machine that uses a camera to identify (guess?) your gender and age. Based on that data, and the weather, it recommends a particular drink to you. Interestingly, this report also presents banana vending machines as innovative. — Read the rest