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London Shop Fronts

nthdegx — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:57:19 -0800

The mysterious old shop

PercussivePaul — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:41:29 -0800

The Lido was a shop on a busy road in East Vancouver that was always closed -- yet clearly occupied and maintained. It's been an intriguing mystery for locals for many years. Following the recent death of the owner, an elderly woman who lived above the shop, cleanup crews found old furniture, cans of dry goods -- and more than $400,000 in antique banknotes. The cash is from the 1930's and may be worth twice its face value. Crews almost threw it away thinking it was play money. The article doesn't say exactly when the cash was printed, but for comparison, here is the Bank of Canada's 1935 and 1937 series. Would you recognize this as cash?

Better World Books

divabat — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:50:44 -0800

Better World Books - Recently recognized by Fast Company as one of the best for-profit social enterprises of 2008, they offer a wide selection of new and used books with free shipping in the US and less than $3 shipping elsewhere. A portion of the profits go to fund literacy organizations such as Room to Read and WorldFund, and their shipping is carbon-neutral. The only thing missing is the ability to import Amazon wishlists.

Amazon sex shop

bobbyelliott — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 09:07:34 -0800

The Next Generation Rabbit Pearl Wireless Vibrator is just one of a range of products in Amazon's sex shop.

Copy Shop: short film with unorthodox photocopy technique

planetkyoto — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 21:36:38 -0800

Copy Shop is a 12-minute dialogue-free film by director Virgil Widrich about a guy inadvertently duplicating himself over and over (320 x 240 streaming Real format download link). The most interesting aspect of the short, however, is that it was made frame-by-frame of photocopies, manipulated for jarring visual effects and then shot with a camera to put together the final cut. (Mentioned previously by film aficionado pxe2000.) Also see Widrich's photocopied short Fast Film with even more calamitous, unraveling effects. Get this guy toner refills for his birthday.

The deadly art of gift giving

Hildago — Wed, 28 May 2003 19:58:00 -0800

Father's day is coming! What do you get for the dad who has everything? Well, you can't get him a Dayak poisoned dart blowpipe from Kenya, or a Lohar throwing sickle, or even a gorgeous domed shield from Persia, because they've all been sold. Better hurry, or it's another tie this year. Maybe you could get him something to poke his elephants with. And yes, I am just a shill for this company: for every 10 scary-looking shark's tooth swords I sell, I get a free decorative skull.

luke — Fri, 07 Apr 2000 00:29:58 -0800

I already have plenty of reasons to not buy from buy.com, but this is the latest, and perhaps most bizarre. I do a search for "Phantom Menace," but it instead searches for "KIT MAN POON," which I take to be a Klingon anagram or something. No wonder its stock is wallowing.