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FCC asks telecom companies to help trace international robocalls
Last year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) banned robocalls from international numbers. Now, it's calling on phone companies to help trace international robocalls back to their "fraudster" sources. Today, the FCC sent letters to seven gat...
Type Your Letter, and ‘Snail Mail My Email’ Will Write and Send It For You
There’s just something about snail mail that makes it mean more than an email or instant message. By “it,” we don’t mean just the message, but the whole thing in general. I suppose a lot more effort goes into writing a letter and taking the time to mail it out versus typing it up and hitting the “send” button.
San Francisco artist Ivan Cash gets that a letter is often more than just a letter to the recipient. So in 2011, he started the Snail Mail my Email project where he invited people to shoot him an email, which he would then write and mail to the intended recipient for free. The project has since evolved into a week-long event where hundreds of people volunteer to write letters sent in by people from all over the world.
This year’s event ends on November 16th, so you’ve got a couple more days to get your letter written and sent off by the team. Head on over to the Snail Mail my Email website if you want to join in on the fun.
VIA [ Laughing Squid ]
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Typographic Miniature Golf Course: P is for Par
Check out this sweetass miniature golf layout. Each hole is in the shape of script letters (which slightly resemble the Craziest Gadgets logo!) It was designed by British design Ollie Willis using a curvy typeface that pairs golf and design into one challenging course. Now those familiar with the sport, yes sport, of mini-golf know that a course has only 18 holes and the alphabet has 26 letters. But more is better, right? Closeup:
Looks like it’s made from some plywood and astroturf. All you backyard carpenters get busy building. Now unfortunately Ollie has not completed his full course yet. The only picture he’s posted in the G hole, so we’ll assume that’s the extent of the course. However, he has released his designs for the whole alphabet, which looks like this:
I’m guessing that the “I” and “J” would be the elusive par 1 holes. Or maybe the letters could combine to spell out stuff (like Craziest Gadgets?) and make one longer unnecessarily complex hole. (via iihih)
Typographic Miniature Golf Course: P is for Par
Typographic Chess Set Spells Out the Pieces
Chess is the game of champions. While this chess set may not be the absolutely best teaching tool for the game, it works great as a design showcase. Each piece is composed of letters spelling out the piece’s name. This chess set design is actually available via Shapeways as a 3D printed object, so you can get it in your choice of plastics or metals.
(design taxi via gizmodo)
Typographic Chess Set Spells Out the Pieces
Play Scrabble on Your Wall
Gravity has no effect on Scrabble with Scrabble Message Board Game. This new version of the world’s greatest word game (sorry Boggle, not today) features magnetic tiles and tile racks. Hang it on the wall and play. It even comes with a dry erase board and marker to keep score or use as a message board. Spell out your message in Scrabble letters. Great for kids too because everyone can see the letters right side up all the time.
CHAIR. Do I Have to Spell It out for You?
This chair combines sitting with education in a fun new way. See the word CHAIR. Say the word CHAIR. Put the letters together to create the chair. Then sit down and relax because learning is hard stuff.
This fun design for a chair seems pretty obvious once you see it. In fact I’m surprised we haven’t seen this design before. This clever take on the butt-rest comes from designer Eric Ku. It’s called the Chair/Chair chair because really what else would you call it?
The letters spell out “chair” and they also connect together to make the chair. Once constructed, the design looks pretty modern and neat and not at all like letters. Well, not too much. Now I’d like to see a couch made the same way.
[ericku.org via Neatorama]