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5Apr/091

Protecting One’s Books

I woke up with an idea this morning. I'm rather particular about keeping things in good nick, and books are certainly no exception. It's always tricky to pack a paperback just right into a bag so that its risk of damage is as low as possible. Then it hit me; why aren't there any small portable paperback cases readily available?

A quick hunt on Google yielded big portable cases, but nothing small enough to fit in a bag. If humanity can manage this for a banana, surely we can do the same for books.

Tagged as: books, cases, shopping, thoughts 1 Comment

5Jan/093

Will Take Photos for T-Shirts

A little while ago I came across a photo competition on ilovemypostcode.com. They do hoodies, t-shirts and the like with London post codes on 'em. Neat! Anyhoo, the competition was to submit a photo of a London street sign. Well! I just happen to rather enjoy taking angular photos of signage. I submitted this one...

I got word back tonight that it's won me second place, huzah! For me that means a free t-shirt of my choice (colour and post code) and they'll use my photo on their website. I pondered for a moment what post code to pick, but I think I'll use EC1 as that is the one that got me the shirt in the first place. London is the city that just keeps giving.

Tagged as: ec1, free stuff, london, photos, post codes, shopping, tshirts, winning stuff 3 Comments

3Jan/090

It’s In The Bag

Ages ago I saw a rather neat thing, and that was Muji's Cities in a Bag. Basically iconic buildings and what nots from cities in wooden block form. Naturally, they do a London in a Bag. I thought "oh I should get one of thos sometime!".

I remembered them last month when making note of shops to go to in London. I didn't make it to Muji last time I was in London, however today I happened upon Carnaby Street and thought, this is my chance.

Behold London in all it's woody glory! No, it's not quite to scale, that was just my first attempt. I'm trying to decide if I should leave it at home or have it on my desk at work (as long as it doesn't go walkabout with my pen).

Tagged as: london, shopping, toys No Comments

What’s all this then?

Kühlschrank.com, established 2003, is the personal site of Andrea Vail. She's a Canadian geek girl currently living in England who enjoys history, Macs, trains and a jolly good dance number in equal amounts.

Why 'kühlschrank'? I just think it's a neat word. When taking German in school, I decided it was my favourite German word and used it as my new domain name. So there we go.