It's kinda cold here, so instead of opening the oven & turning it on (my heater's not turned on, yet- I want to see how long I can go w/out spending bookoo $$ on natural gas), I just invented an incense stick that gives off tremendous heat for about 1/2 hour. Just light it, put it in a safe place and heat the whole house for about 7 cents (US).

Howz about you guys? Ever invent anything cool?

fp

beer-ade

a can of frozen concentrated grapefruit juice with water, a can of beer, and half a fifth of vodka. mix and chill.

Edible tape.

Say you're making a big sandwich or a hamburger or a sub and you take a bite and your meat and cheese falls out the back, or it just slides around because of the tomatoes or the mayo. Bam, tape it up.

You tape the sides shut, seal the sucker up, and eat away. Plus, it comes in different flavors depending on what you're eating. Cheddar cheese, strawberry jam, etc.

I invented a pipe made of apple and a pen.

That's nothing. My friend's older brother invented this thing called The Lung: a sunction-based lossless smoking apparatus that cools and filters the smoke, using: a 2L pop bottle, a plastic bag, a screen, and ice.

And hells yeah, I've invented lotsa words, and word games: like 'bolth' and Antinyms, respectively.

I needs this.

I've turned into friggin' McGyver when bottles required opening or smoke needed to be smoked and conventional tools were not available. I don't think this is what you were looking for though.

np: Gil Scott-Heron "Pieces of A Man"

in what instance have you ever not had:
-a bottle
-some tubing/a hose
-pliable metal (eg. aluminium)

I'm pretty handy with McGyver-type activities so i sometimes get ironically angry when i am able to locate all the necessary equipment.


I 'spose if you were out in the woods or something, then maybe you wuldn't have all that shit.

Well since I'm a designer I'm always coming out with new things, I don't klnow if I would call them inventions but they are novel combinations of either things and/or processes or uses.

I've got three design patents does that count? not the same as a utility patent though. That's what a REAL inventor gets.

<--- "McGyver chick"

This title was bestowed upon me by a tools-obesessed, construction working Italian male... so I figure it's legit. I'm constantly coming up with creative ways to fix things or pulling out a mag-light just in the nic of time.

Can't think of anything I've invented recently... there's been some stuff in the past...

Oh, my b-f and I both recently came up with the same idea--on the same day--totally independently of eachother:

To make an image in Photoshop to use as your desktop wallpaper that would be a way of organizing the files on your desktop---e.g. it could have various boxes with labels on them. In my case I made it more abstract: a soundwave-looking area is where I place music related files. (Get it?)

Cool idea. Or if you're a simpleton like me (when it comes to Photoshop, that is), you could just colour code the areas.

I like the Fifth Element elements:



Something like that?

I invented a scorpion utility tool out of a fork. It cleans bongs.

The only thing I have invented is recipes.

Most recently, something I have dubbed: Coq Au Vin Blanc.
Pretty self-explanatory, really.
And the kids love it, which is the true litmus test.

Just wanna say that the Beer-ade and the edible tape are two of the funniest things I've read for quite some time. I might have to steal them.

Edit: except the Beer-ade should be a can of beer concentrate - just pull it out of your freezer, add 3 cans of water, and presto! Good times!

i invented the phrase "whatever, tell it to your blog"

also i invented a few things in my mind, but i can't share them.
too brilliant.

Stackable washer/dryer, with the washer on top, and when the wash is done, a hatch opens and dumps the clothes into the dryer half, and drying begins without you having to get up and do it.

similarly, I invented tinwop

i'm working on a board game that's all about record collecting.

Why not just one machine?

I was thinking the drum you need for washing might not like the heating element for drying, but that's an even better version.

They already have single washer/dryer machines on the market. They are just rediculously expensive.

More like ridicules expensive.

the beer ade is good - i'm tellin you. we drank a lot of it in college.

my other invention - why can't they have regular full size vacuums w/o cords. having to move the cords around is really annoying.

also - at restaurants they need to have debit/credit swipe machines at every table - press a button, your tab comes, then you pay right there. don't have to wait for the waiter to give you the bill, take your card, bring it back, etc.

Beereal.

You're in college, and you have no milk...

not for the faint of heart.

Cheese. All varieties.

Even smegma?