Hollywood Video has a wonderful new self service kiosk that will give you video recommendations based on your phone number. Surprisingly if you happen to type a phone number of some random acquaintance it will also give you a list of recommendations. I love how the words “HELP” and “GREAT” are in all caps. In…
I certainly do love Portland. Wednesday I just had to venture downtown to see Laura Gibson play for free in the Music on Main concert series. Despite not venturing downtown too often, I really have been enjoying my recent trips. There is so much going on in Portland it’s not even funny. Right now if…
Ideas begot ideas. Back to the problematic spoon. The DripDip Power Spoon is a spoon that allows you to control the wetness level in the bite you are taking. Basically this spoon is made from two stacked spoons, the top having holes in it to allow liquids to be collected by the lower spoon. If…
It always troubles me to see people frustrated with utensils. Probably one of the most problematic eating utensil is the spoon. It’s a device that has probably been around for a hundred years and yet, the design has changed only slightly. How many times are you eating something with a spoon and thought to yourself…
Turn your boring Power Point presentations to exciting cardboard versions. Our bookkeeping friend over at Nickeled N Dimed gave us this wonderful idea. Give stunning presentations on reused cardboard. Anyone who has ever had to sit through a Power Point presentation will agree, a black sharpie on cardboard would make a much better presentation. So,…
Almost every time I see my friend Mike Larson he starts off conversation with this line… “Drew I have the greatest idea!” Some of his ideas totally flop, while other ideas have been spectacular. His idea for travel luggage is brilliant. So many people have luggage that has the handle and wheels on it. Well…
A while ago Häagen-Dazs had this contest where you come up with new icecream flavors. I had totally intended to enter although I didn’t find the time to actually complete the entry form. Now the contest is down to the final three. Since I didn’t get a chance to enter, I decided to share my…
Sometime last weekend the thought occurred to me that it would be really cool to have an endless loop sketchbook. Old answering machine tapes where looped and it’s pretty easy to make a looped video or audio cassette, so I was thinking, it would be great to have an endless loop sketchbook. It would be…
Pet owners are going to love the newest service from the MoHDI shop! Animal Calls is a service where we call your pet and praise or punish your pet over the phone. Since animals love getting praise it might be important to have praise come from a variety of sources, for only a dollar we…
Did you hear about the guy who wanted to walk across the World?… … he drowned. (thank you joke calculator!) Yet another fun idea from my invention book. If you do a little search you will find some interesting videos out there. Below are some I quickly found. The pool filled with Non-Newtonian fluid is…