If you didn't know, Kirby is a squidgy pink ball. With minimal facial features. That's about it. Which is why he's adorable (and popular) enough to warrant a whole bunch of merchandise, as well as temporary pop-up cafes across Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka...
This new cafe in Toronto is the s**t! The Poop Café Dessert Bar is a brand new restaurant opening up in Toronto later this month. It is fantastically fecal. No really. Everything on the menu is brown and looks like human excrement. Because humanity is doomed, that’s why.
Presumably they came up with the idea to open this place after realizing that the ice cream and poop emojis are basically the same thing:
[via The Independent via Incredible Things]
Buildings are usually viewed as highly utilitarian. Especially ones that aren’t residential. They need to serve a purpose, they don’t need to be fun. However, purpose and fun aren’t opposing scenarios, they CAN coexist. The Tadeo 4909 is a barista with a twist-a (I just had to crack that one, I apologise!). It may look all sleek and professional on the outside, but the moment you step in, you’re greeted with exposed brick walls, kitschy furniture, and hammock-floors. YES, hammock floors! The overall aesthetic is contemporary, with a really well achieved balance between commercial and leisurely.
Designer: Javier Flores
Bunnies. What’s not to love?
I’d say nothing, but parents who’ve had to take care of the pets their kids brought home (but neglected to care for) will have plenty to say about that. Truth be told, there’s a lot of work involved to make sure that the rabbits are well-fed and are living in a clean environment. The thing is, most people, young and old, just want to cuddle with them without having to deal with the mess.
The solution? The Rabbit Cafe. It’s another one of those unusual cafes in Japan that allow people to drop by for some coffee, sandwiches, and cuddle time with bunnies.
There’s a space in the cafe where the rabbits are free to roam when they’ve been taken out of their cages. Here’s to hoping that they aren’t allowed to hop all over the place because some people might step on their turds or pee (or worse, step on them.)
VIA [ Incredible Things ]
Everyone has broken stuff. It could be your phone, your significant other’s digital camera, a sewing machine, or a blender – it doesn’t matter. What’s important is that you don’t throw it out, because there’s a chance that you might still be able to fix it. Not get it fixed, as in send it off to a repair shop, but fix it yourself.
It won’t matter if you’re not very handy with tools, either, because you might be able to find someone else to help you out at a Repair Café.
What’s the Repair Café, you might ask? Well, it’s something like a movement that sets out to reduce waste, maintain and pass on knowledge about repairing, and strengthen the community. It was started by Martine Postma, an environmental activist from Netherlands, and the initiative has since spread on to other countries like Germany and the United States.
The Café is basically a gathering place where people meet up and bring their broken stuff which range from clothing to tools and electronics. These are then repaired by a team of volunteer repairmen and repairwomen. Tools and materials that can be used to repair a range of broken goods are also available at the Café.
Repair Cafés don’t have any fixed locations, which is good in the sense that more people can benefit from them, since one could just pop up anywhere.
[via Popup City]
Well, Mattel finally went out and did it. Open a Barbie-themed cafe, I mean. It’s located in Taiwan and is, as expected, fitted with furniture in various shades of pink that’ll drive any man crazy and any Barbie-loving girl equally nuts.
The Barbie Cafe serves up dainty little crustless finger sandwiches with tiny pink flags stuck into each one of them. The waiters wear pink aprons, while waitresses flit about in pink tutus like the ones that the Barbie dolls on the table have on.
So why Taiwan? A rep from Mattel explained that theme restaurants have been very popular and successful in the state.
Just looking at everything – from the sticky sweet food and decor to the people and ambiance – is enough to make me go into a diabetic coma. To push that point further, here’s a video featuring the Barbie Cafe in all its pink splendor. Boys, avert your eyes.
[via Eater]
There are those in the general aviation community who think electric planes are the future for private aircraft, but regulatory hurdles are in place preventing them from proliferating in our skies. You see, current FAA requirements for light sport aircraft (LSA) -- planes that can be flown by anyone with a pilot's license -- preclude electric powerplants, and that makes such planes unavailable to most private pilots. Well, today at the CAFE Electric Aircraft Symposium, FAA analyst Tom Gunnarson delivered some good news for flying EV advocates, stating that the FAA has completed its regulatory study on electric aircraft, and the rulemaking process will begin soon. Once those rules have been written, electrically-propelled aircraft will be available for use as LSA by the public, which isn't possible today given their current status as experimental craft. The bad news? Governmental wheels spin slowly, and Gunnarson said that incorporating those new rules into the current regulatory framework will take five years if we're lucky, but ten years is a more likely time frame for the FAA to finish. In the meantime, you'll have to settle for air shows or terrestrial transport to get your EV fix.
FAA writing rules for electric aircraft, to allow public to fly them in the next decade originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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