Ultra-Minimalism: 19 Cool Products

Sometimes modern design and minimalism go a little too far and it’s hard to figure out exactly what the products are. We’ve tracked down 19 products that look quite cool but leave you wondering wtf?

via Ultra-Minimalism: 19 Cool Products That Are Almost Impossible to Use | Cool Material.

Some of my faves:

Phillippe Starck Veiled Watch
If I wore a watch, this is the watch I’d be wearing.

Transformer Shelves
If I had the need for some new shelves, these would be the shelves of choice.

Fuksas Mocha Cups
Just like those funky cups they use at Max Brenner Chocolate in Melbourne, these would be some seriously awesome cups to have.

xkcd – Converting to Metric

xkcd – A Webcomic – Converting to Metric.

Heh, I don’t really understand the Summer Glau references. Sure, she’s in The Unit, but apart from that, she’s fairly average.

Oh, and you Americans and Brits? Metric, please.

DoYouFeed.com WordPress plugin causing site lag?

Well, I figured there was something wrong when my website was taking over a full minute to load.

I used Safari’s Web Inspector to narrow it down to one file: load.php

Now, that file is a part of DoYouFeed.com’s wordpress plugin.

For the uninitiated, the DoYouFeed plugin allows wordpress users to activate a iPhone/iPod Touch friendly version of their website – using specialised User Agent calls and so forth.

Unfortunately, the plugin was making my site lag like hell – freshbytes, too – so I have disabled it for now.

If anyone knows any wordpress-friendly iPhone/iPod Touch friendly content formatters/aggregators, then get in touch with me, either via comments on this post, or the Contact page.

Ideally, I’d like something like the tumblr-optimised iPhone/iPod Touch specific version, ala Adam D’s tumblelog in iPhone format. That’s seriously ultimate.