Random things.
May. 5th, 2006 04:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hazliyaI won some neat beads and things on Ebay.
Out to apply to jobs today.
Tomorrow, off to the zoo!
Short hair!
Passed Microbio!
But the main reason I updated:
"chindogu: the not-so-ancient Japanese art of inventing ingenious everyday gadgets that, on the face of it, seem like an ideal solution to a particular problem. However, Chindogu has a distinctive feature: anyone actually attempting to use one of these inventions, would find that it causes so many new problems, or such significant social embarrassment, that effectively it has no utility whatsoever. Thus, Chindogu are sometimes described as ‘unuseless’ - that is, they cannot be regarded as ‘useless’ in an absolute sense, since they do actually solve a problem; however, in practical terms, they cannot positively be called ‘useful’."
A site with some examples is here.
Go take a look! I especially like the solar-powered lighter.
-Haz
Out to apply to jobs today.
Tomorrow, off to the zoo!
Short hair!
Passed Microbio!
But the main reason I updated:
"chindogu: the not-so-ancient Japanese art of inventing ingenious everyday gadgets that, on the face of it, seem like an ideal solution to a particular problem. However, Chindogu has a distinctive feature: anyone actually attempting to use one of these inventions, would find that it causes so many new problems, or such significant social embarrassment, that effectively it has no utility whatsoever. Thus, Chindogu are sometimes described as ‘unuseless’ - that is, they cannot be regarded as ‘useless’ in an absolute sense, since they do actually solve a problem; however, in practical terms, they cannot positively be called ‘useful’."
A site with some examples is here.
Go take a look! I especially like the solar-powered lighter.
-Haz
