Mondays might not be your favorite day of the week, but the good news is that we’re all in this together ladies and gentlemen. As purveyors of prime Grade A web content, the SolidSmack crew has done some of the heavy lifting to make sure you get your Mondays started on the right track. Welcome to The Monday List. Each Monday, we’ll link you up with some of the most insightful, informative, and socially-relevant stories to keep tabbed, bookmarked, reading listed, pocketed, or what have you. Be sure to check in each Monday morning for a new crop of freshly sprouted words curated straight from the source of your favorite…
“Tim! Shut the door!” Brin always made the crew nervous before a launch. She was on edge most the time, but always after a particularly messy run in with Lorackian pod hoppers from the outer reaches. This time, we would all be strapped in, ready to fire the blast rockets, when the attack came. We did, and just in time, burning them all to a small pile of these links. Erik Johansson – He creates the most surreal photo compositions with the most recent being among the best. Behind the scene videos for some as well. Carrd – This is a slick one page website site you can set up…
Back in December of 2015, Alex Bolderoff and Joe Mosfet of Arcadian 3D came together to bring the ARC-one 3D printer to the world through crowd-funding website Kickstarter.
Every once in a while, I get out from behind the computers here at SolidSmack. When I do, I run for the hills with nothing but a tent and sleeping bag… and a van of food, water, emergency supplies, chairs, pop-up tents, bikes, Frisbees, electrical cords, a luggable loo and a healthy supply of toilet paper. What? Of course I take my smartphone. It help me explore, see if squirrels can transmit rabies and if that berry was poisonous. One other item I just took on a camping trip this past weekend is the new BioLite CookStove.
With so many cool things coming out each week, it can be hard to wade through all the rock-awesomeness. With ‘Cool Tools’, we’ve done the hard work for you. This week we saw the release of the all-new (and one-handed) Kindle Oasis, a new take on modular furniture for DJs, an app for helping you collect “acorns”, how to make a robotic lawn mower, an insane 360-degree view of a rocket launch and more… Ready? Let’s go! This week we look at: DESIGN Kindle Oasis “Our thinnest and lightest Kindle ever–read even more comfortably for hours.” Selectors Cabinet DJ Furniture “The Selectors Cabinet can be placed in living rooms, shops,…
Imagine if you could own a piece of furniture many would consider a piece of art? That’s how you would describe the Lagoon table by LA Table, a design company that goes the everyday design of traditional furniture. Thier new project is the brainchild of creator and designer of the company Alexandre Chapelin, who has been designing since the age of 14. He launched LA Table after having dinner at a friend’s house and noticing the table was a pile of rubbish. Now, the company aims to create furniture that’s both creative and atmospheric, and the Lagoon series is a perfect example.