Do Nothing Machine
Well, apparently no one was much interested in my Melbourne cocktail review or ancient forays into public television, so I present you with Charles Eame's delightful solar-powered "Do Nothing Machine" from 1958, and bid you adieu for the nonce.
Link: The Do Nothing Machine][via mod*mom]
Comments
it needs more gears and belts
Posted by: Fritz | January 22, 2008 9:54 AM
this looks great on your blog!!!
can you imagine kids slicing off their fingers on this aluminum toy?
Posted by: mod*mom | January 22, 2008 12:47 PM
I had a look at the public television stuff last night; not only does Woody look better than I expected, but I was amazed to see a Tura Satana clip in the background of the Pig Report.
I'm just waiting for the ones where you show up on screen rather than just in the credits.
Posted by: Dead File | January 22, 2008 1:07 PM
Woody was definitely the best part of the show.
The Tura clip was from Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill! I provided it from my personal video collection.
I still get recognized on the street occasionally as a result of this.
Posted by: MrBaliHai | January 22, 2008 1:17 PM
I'd love to read that, "Telephone of the Future" article. Do you happen to have that scanned?
Posted by: Matt | January 22, 2008 7:09 PM
Matt: Unfortunately, I don't have a copy. I got that image from mod*mom's website, and I'm not sure where she got it from.
Posted by: MrBaliHai | January 22, 2008 7:17 PM
hi mr.bali hai! i came to tell you sroden is really happy this got linked on boingboing from your post linking mine + for matt: here's a link to the blog i got it from + a link to pictures + video of "telephones of the future:
http://inbetweennoise.blogspot.com/
phones:
http://modmom.blogspot.com/2007/08/hp-touchsmart-pc-retrofuturistic-video.html
Posted by: mod*mom | January 23, 2008 1:15 AM
Cool retro-beanz! Thanks, m*m.
Posted by: MrBaliHai | January 23, 2008 9:40 AM