There’s a post on Kottke.org today titled The SiM&Mpsons which links back to (and has reminded of) Brock Davis’s ‘Make Something Cool Every Day [in] 2009′ lifework. This entry from 20th February, Decowpitation, is a personal favourite thanks to the child-like milk-for-blood philosophy (and my own penchant for inappropriate toys, probably), but there are many more gems to discover.

In an alternative universe, everything is bacon-flavoured. Saint Anthony, the Patron Saint Of Bacon, drives around in his bacon-smelling car sitting on his bacon-shaped wallet pinning bacon-shaped band aids to his bacon-flavoured lips while eating bacon-flavoured jelly beans before freshening up with bacon-flavoured mints and cleaning his teeth with bacon-flavoured dental floss and bacon-flavoured toothpicks.

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When the cracks begin to show, it usually means it’s time to paint, moisturise or take a long holiday. If it’s the former, the TakeBreak Wall Decal could be the perfect excuse to put off permanently avoid decorating.

Yours for $6.00 per sheet from Molla Space. Now, if only they had something for rising damp…

(Via BLTD)

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…is a stroke of hearteningly simple genius.

Binder clips as cable organizers (via Boing Boing)

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Bob’s Murder Book via Space Avalanche via my old boss, D-Man, on Facebook, via his nephew, Sean. Word.

Tempting as it is, using this lamp as an actual wrecking ball is, of course, an electric shock waiting to happen. There’s an equally-cool, slightly safer crane version, too.

Studio Job at Carpenters Workshop gallery (via Boing Boing)

Just when you thought your kids had run out of excuses to play with their food, some bright spark invents the Lunch Punch. Great.

Lunch Punch Sandwich Cutters Make Mealtime Fun (via Inhabitots)

“Stumbled across this idea by accident this week when my four year-old wanted to help with the cooking. She’s kind of a wild stirrer and flour has a tendency to end up all over so I was feeling resistant to having her help. The dishwasher happened to be open and I got the idea to just set the bowl on top of the open dishwasher door. It was just the right height for her to help add ingredients and stir, and the pile of flour and sugar that usually ends up on the counter ended up on the dishwasher instead, making clean up as easy as closing the door. It was definitely one of those ‘how did it take me so long to think of this?!’ sort of moments.”

It’s worth reading the conversation following this ParentHack tip for the ‘over-protective parent’ argument that ensues (’it’s unhygienic’, ‘the door will break’, ‘toxic detergent’ etc). Here’s my favourite quote:

“Nothing wrong with the dishwasher. If you’re concerned about the hygiene of a clean dishwasher door, you should be concerned about the clean dishes that come out of it. If your dishwasher isn’t cleaning all the detergent out of the cup, you are either loading it wrong or it’s time for a repair or a new dishwasher. And if there’s detergent residue on the door, simply don’t allow your child to lick the spilled flour off the door and wash their hands when they are done.”

Dishwasher door as self-cleaning toddler workspace (via Boing Boing)

If, like me, you don’t have space for a piano in your home, this piano built inside a dining room table could be the answer.

If, like me, you don’t have space for a dining room table… you’re screwed.

Georg Bohle Piano Table (via Boing Boing)

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New York chef, restauranteur and new dad Daniel Angerer has created a cheese from his wife’s breast milk. Mommy’s Milk Cheese is currently available at Angerer’s Klee Brasserie, leaving local rag The Village Voice to snide: “we’re just grateful that he didn’t get any ideas about his wife’s placenta.”

They’re right, of course, placenta is for teddy bears and breast milk is far too sweet and thin to make a decent cheese. Amateurs.

Mommy’s Milk Cheese: Breast Milk Cheese by Chef Daniel Angerer (via Inhabitots)

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