Obsolescence Project

Day 219 – Moore’s Picture Hanger

Moore's Picture Hanger

Moore’s Nail-less Picture Hanger.

No Hammer. No Holes. No Nails.

Seemed somehow fitting for labour day – an ostensibly labour saving device.

Moore's Picture Hanger

Patent for Picture Hanger

Joseph M. Margulis patented this device in 1959. I can’t find much information about him.

Status: Find small, nearly weightless pictures to hang and use this up.

Kill-ratio: 18: 2/ 9:1

Alt-title: Untitled Object No. 219 For Saving Your Thumbs.

As always, a nod to  Richard, and  John, for inspiring the Alt-Title Untitled post nonsense, and to Ben for the jokes format. I hope there’s someone out there who knows html and appreciates the extra element of the “joke” (no pun intended)

Posted on by Deanne in Objects

Day 218 – Llyod’s AM/FM radio

Radio

Llyod’s AM/FM Transistor Radio.

Bell Laboratories demonstrated the first transistor on December 23, 1947. Wikipedia tells me there are many other claimants to the prize of being the first to produce a transistor radio. Bell demoed a prototype in 1948 and the Regency TR-1 was introduced in 1954 by I.D.E.A.

Radio

Mr. OP got this at a garage sale and mainly used it for trips to the beach. Which has a classic feel to it.
I have subsequently bought him a new fangled solar powered, and also hand crankable powered tiny radio which is more in use now. But this stills hangs around.

Radio

I find these dots slightly hypnotic.

Status: Borrowed. There is something charming about this radio, so sturdy, so I won’t push for it to be shoved out the door.

Kill-ratio: 23:2 / ~12:1

(pix with captions are not counted towards kill ratio. Hey it’s my blog, my logic)

Alt-title: Untitled Object No. 218 For Keeping Your Signals Clear.

Van Morrison’s Brown Eyed Girl, in case the video is blocked for those outside N.A.

As per usual, a shout-out thanks to Richard, and to John, for inspiring the Alt-Title Untitled post nonsense, and to Ben for the jokes format. I hope there’s someone out there who knows html and appreciates the extra element of the “joke” (no pun intended)

Posted on by Deanne in Objects

Day 217 – Business Card Holder

Business Card Holder

Business Card Holder. c 2007.

This has a nifty feature – where there is a wheel in the middle that rolls the business cards out. That was pretty much the reason I bought this I think. One of those point of purchase sales.

One of my first posts was about my obsolete business cards. This holder can join the ranks of the quaint, unused and forgotten.

Business Card Holder

Status: Donate

Kill-ratio: 18: 2/ 9:1

Alt-title:  Untitled Object No. 217 For Holding False Identities.

As per usual, a shout-out thanks to Richard, and to John, for inspiring the Alt-Title Untitled post babble, and to Ben for the jokes format. I hope there’s someone out there who knows html and appreciates the extra element of the “joke” (no pun intended).

Posted on by Deanne in Objects, Paper

Day 216 – Clear Tube

Clear Tubing

Bit of Transparent Tubing. Do not use in an icemaker.

This is one of those bits of debris leftover from an old art project. That got finished without this bit of tubing. Yet how difficult it is to throw away when you know it belonged to an idea.

Clear Tubing

Status: Feed to sea monster.

Kill-ratio: 17:2 ~9:1

Alt-title: Untitled Object No. 216 For Divining Clarity of Purpose

As per usual, a shout-out thanks to Richard, and to John, for inspiring the Alt-Title Untitled post babble, and to Ben for the jokes format. I hope there’s someone out there who knows html and appreciates the extra element of the “joke” (no pun intended).

Posted on by Deanne in Objects

Day 215 – Egg Cup

Egg cup

Egg Cup. Unused since 2005.

Just a guess. Maybe it’s longer than that. Pretty sure it came from a garage sale.
This item is unbearably sweet. It’s uselessness /clutter / obsolete status is only that it is too big for the average egg. Maybe it was made when eggs were bigger.
Plus, the era of sitting down with a boiled egg seems like a ritual from Agatha Christie’s Poirot days. Although I confess, I just had a boiled egg for breakfast today. In a much more practical cup.

Egg cup

Egg cup

Status: Now that it has been found, put on display. Too cute to be shoved in the back of a cupboard.

Kill-ratio: 33:3 / 11:1

Alt-title: Untitled Object No. 215 For Preserving Morning Rituals.

As per usual, a shout-out thanks to Richard, and to John, for inspiring the Alt-Title Untitled post babble, and to Ben for the jokes format. I hope there’s someone out there who knows html and appreciates the extra element of the “joke” (no pun intended).

Posted on by Deanne in Objects