Only a short time after their marriage, Kevin “Wash” Pratt and Tashi King received the tragic news that now 27-year old Wash had an aggressive form of brain cancer that kills more than 95% of its victims within 9-12 months. Although he beat the odds and carried on for 28 months, his condition has taken a turn for the worse and he his now in hospice care. Tashi describes her husband as “one of the biggest geeks/Browncoat/Sci-Fi lovers I have ever had the privilege to know”, and sent a letter to Regretsy seeking to carry out his final wish: to have a portion of his ashes kept in a TARDIS urn.
In reply, Regretsy’s Helen Killer offered to pay for the urn out of the Regretsy fund, and she is now seeking an artist to carry out the work:
I am putting out the call for an artist – either a sculptor or a ceramicist – to handle this very special piece. Please pass this on to anyone you know who may be a good fit for this project. This is not a freebie. The urn will be a gift from the Regretsy fund, and we will cover the costs. I am requesting a quick turnaround, so please consider this if your process is lengthy. Please email me with ideas, sketches, photos and a link to your store or portfolio. I will forward submissions to the couple, and let them choose. Thank you!
A donation site has also been set up to help cover “rent, general expenses, end-of-life care, medical bills, and memorial costs.”
Please help if you can.
(Wash&Tashi via TDW)
I wouldn’t expect the iPhone 5 to feature a built-in fan upgrade—but it is hot out there, and Chinese knock-off gadgets know no bounds.
Basically, it’s a portable cooling fan that looks like a white iPhone 4 with a glandular disorder. It charges via USB and a small sponge inside can be soaked with water to aid in cooling.
These can be had in the US for around $10—until Apple gets “wind” of it that is. Get it? Hahaha…eh.
Check out a video of the fan in action after the break.
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It’s getting hot and humid outside—but you can beat the heat by shooting yourself in the head. But before you reach for a real gun, try out this gun-shaped personal fan instead. The cap on the end can be removed to reveal soft plastic fan blades and the trigger functions as the on/off switch.
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You may appreciate the cool breeze that the little blue man’s member is providing, but you can only imagine what the women think when he breaks this thing out. Their real fear will be when they try to gently extricate themselves from the situation by giving him a little tap on the nose, which just happens to be the on/off switch.
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You typically want to keep any foul smelling creature upwind of you. An elephant would definitely fit into that category. That entire equation changes when the only relief you can get from 100 degree weather is this elephant fan.
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We all know most new parents spend the majority of their days in a sleep deprived fog. So a baby bottle with a built-in fan seems like a disaster waiting to happen. On the other hand, if you don’t have kids, using a fan like this is just plain creepy.
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This USB Pig Fan is about as close as you are likely to come to a flying pig. The fan is USB powered and has a clip for easy mounting wherever you need. The 360 degrees of freedom to position the fan means you can get that cool breeze right where you want it. All the fun of a pig without the smell.
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Maybe this product is trying a little too hard to appeal to everyone. It could be a cowboy and it could be the lone ranger, but then he has a Batman symbol on his chest. Who really cares? We’ll take all three, because all you have to do is remove his hat and turn the power on to get the flexible fan blades blowing. On a hot day you won’t care who the hell is blowing on you as long as you have a breeze.
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This is a nice change from the norm. While the warmer weather is a welcome change from the cold winter we have had, it does bring out a whole slew of insects. But these particular insects are not going to land on your food, sting you or just gross you out in general. All they are going to do is to provide you with a gentle, cool breeze. Most useful insects I have come across in a while.
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Ultraman fan? In this case, the meaning of that question is two-fold. For this is, in fact, a mini Ultraman fan—something that fans of the Japanese superhero series can appreciate. Even if you are unfamiliar with the series, this is definitely a unique way to keep cool (and it’s cheap to boot). An additional image is available after the break.
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