Saturday, May 30, 2015

Hair Shop?

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This is a hair shop in Gunsan (군산시), North Jeolla Province (전라북도), South Korea (대한민국). Or, is it? Despite the main signage, it looks like you can buy onions, papayas, speakers, books, belts, and many other things here, but we don't see the space, equipment, or other signage to indicate that you could actually get a haircut here.

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Headset into Speaker

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This is a portable speaker that plugs into the headphones jack of your electronic device. As cool as that is, what caught our attention is the headphones jack in the speaker itself. Because the speaker seems too small and underpowered to daisy chain, or to plug one speaker into another to increase total output, and because the cord length is so short, we don't know why anyone would plug a headset into this speaker instead of directly into the electronic device. Why try to listen to something quietly while the exact same audio is playing for everyone to hear? And if the speaker mutes with a headset plugged in, why not, again, just plug the headset directly into the electronic device?

Friday, May 22, 2015

Banana-Flavored Bananas

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From Tabok, Mandaue City, Cebu Province, Philippines, this is a bag of banana-flavored bananas for when your bananas don't taste enough like bananas.

Saturday, May 16, 2015

Y-Man

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To a group of elementary school boys, one of these superheroes is "Y-Man."

Saturday, May 9, 2015

Mermaid

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This mermaid sand sculpture was photographed along the boardwalk in Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, circa 2001-2007.

Friday, May 1, 2015