š¦Make Your Plants Tweet, Send Your Friends Pinatas, and Search the Net the Old Way
Your Plant is tweeting at you. It wants water
Hello friends! Hope youāre having a great week.
Guess what I bought this week! š I found a copy of MSCHF Mag Vol. 3 at my local Barnes and Noble.
(Heck, if you live in near Nashville, check out the Barnes and Noble in Coolspring. Thereās still a few issues in the Magazine rack. Hint. Current Issues Section. Look everywhere).
Yes, I know - I talk about MSCHF a lot, but theyāre super cool. If youāre new to The Land of Random and crazy stuff like MSCHF, go check them out at mschf.xyz
Itās chock full of so many wild ideas, I honestly donāt know where to start. I just bought it tonight, so I wonāt be giving yāall the full scoop this week but . . . I will next week. š
I will warn you . . . you will never think the same way about ticks ever again . . .
Well, letās get started shall we? Grab your coffee and letās jump right in.
šæMake Your Plants Tweet
Ever wanted to know if your plant has enough water to drink?
Well, thereās a plant named Monstera that talks every day about its moisture.
When Monstera is thirsty, she lets SaraBee know that water is needed.
How does it work? Well, using arduinos you can make your plant talk to you via Twitter.
Seriously! Sara Bee made a pretty awesome Github project using a Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensor, a Raspberry Pi, code, and the Twitter API.
The really cool thing about this project is that it illustrates how something as mundane as a houseplant can be made āsentientā with its own voice. In essence, this plant is now āsmartā thanks to a constantly updating sensor! So cool!
Check out the project at the link.
š¦Send Your Friends Pinatas
Ok. So youāre sitting at your computer staring at 1800 Flowers, or those chocolate fruit flowers, trying to figure out what to send your friend for their birthday.
Well, I got something much, much better for you.
And itās one of the most random but brilliant gits Iāve ever seen.
Why not send your friend a Pinata filled with candy?
Seriously. Look at this CUTE little Pinata. š
Maybe itās just me and my randomness, but I feel like this would be a pretty cool gift. to someone. The candy selection is even pretty decent, including āSkittles, Starbursts, Laffy Taffy, Double Bubble, Airheads, etc.ā
Also - they start at $19.99, which is a heck of a lot cheaper than those Chocolate Pineapple bouquets. š¤
This is a brilliant little niche that has a lot of room for growth. I could see a lot more little companies creating cool little gifts like this.
A gift filled Nalgene bottle? A shoebox filled with cool gifts? With some fancy packaging and tape, thereās a lot of cool stuff that could be done here.
Check it out at the link!
šSearch The Net The āOld Wayā
Remember when Google just showed you search results? Many Years ago?
Yeah, there was an ad or two, but nothing like there is now. Now thereās definitions, āPeople also search,ā YT videos with highlighted sections, and many other tidbits. Heck, thereās time when I search Google, read the Google tidbit, and never click on a link.
Google has singlehandedly transformed the way we think about the internet. Once upon a time, we searched to discover new sources of information. Now - we often settle for whatever Google decides is the right piece of info we need.
Donāt get me wrong - I find these features quite useful a lot of the time, but I often yearn for the old days. Heck, using DuckDuckGo or Brave Browser even transforms the browsing experience.
For example, let's take a search for āSpidermanā on Google. You get all this extra info. Videos, People Also Ask, Etc. Is this stuff that weāre actually looking for? Not Necessarily - but it could be relevant.
Hereās what the OG 10 link Google Search looks like. Remember these days? Just 10 blue links?
Thatās right. Just links taking us wherever we want to go. Thereās a really neat tool called āSimple Searchā by Markup that allows you to experience that simplicity once again. Itās available as a Chrome or Firefox extension.
Check it out - and the intriguing article about the changes to Google here at the link.
šThe Land of Random
Yes. Random Links. Just For You, my friend.
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Fluid/Color/Light Simulation
This is one of the most relaxing and cool websites Iāve seen in a while. It simulates light, color, and fluid in a seamless way Iāve never seen. All I gotta say is - you implement this on your site and your bounce rate will plummet.
An Interactive Adventure
Take a delightful interactive journey on a trolley on this awesome little website. Very Relaxing.
PanelBear
This cool Google Analytics alternative looks pretty neat. Itās privacy-focused, and you can export your analytics at any time. It has a decent free plan too!
Japanese Dennys on Fleek
NGL, I want to go to this Japanese Dennys. This menu is on point. Check out the story and the beautiful Dennys Bento Boxes.
The Struggles of Cutting an Onion
šµTikToks You Canāt Miss
I remember this aesthetic. Do You?
Itās an illusion? I want to believe . . .
Ah Yes - The SpOoKy Aesthetic
Store your Pizza in your hoodie pocket
One of those magical places where even I could take a good picture
Apparently this is a movie trailer - Dang!
Is the signed Title included too?
Well, thanks for reading this weekās issue of The Land of Random! See you next week! š