reduxFor much of my childhood catalogs from this company, then known as Jerryco, were a favorite. "Cover price half a buck" with a hand drawn smiling half deer, told you everything you needed to know about the product descriptions. The products themselves are a mix of new science toys, assorted surplus often with an eye towards science and technology parts, and silly novelties. The plastic finger shaped coat hooks were probably purchased just so the copywriter could call them "come hither hookers."
I recently hunted them down to buy an assortment of cheap lenses, to try restoring a Magic Lantern I found at a garage sale. And lo and behold, the website has much of the charm of the catalog, plus it has photos of some of the products to boot. (The catalog never had any photos, just drawings.) Maybe now I'll be on the mailing list again.
[2005 Mar 03] [/shopping] [#]
Bathsheba Grossman Geometric Art
This artist creates metal scuplture first on a computer, then 'prints' forms using a 3-D metal printer, these are then impregnated with bronze by wicking, then the sculptures are polished and finished. She (he?) also does some 3-D designs in crystal, but those are not as striking.
[2005 May 11] [/shopping/art] [#]
Books on home workshop metal casting, steam engines, Tesla coils, amateur radio, plastic molding, etc.
[2004 Apr 23] [/shopping/books] [#]
V. Vale's RE/Search publishing house on the web.
[2003 Oct 29] [/shopping/books] [#]
Primarily a camera store, they also sell typewriters. The connection? An affection for old machines. Many used cameras, and not just the 35mm stuff you find everywhere. Large format. Subminature. Half-frame. 6x6. All that's missing is pictures of the cameras. (Flickr seems to have photos of every collectible camera, but sometimes those are hard to find among the pictures FROM the cameras.)
[2008 Jun 11] [/shopping/cameras] [#]
Spam subject lines recycled onto t-shirts for ironic effect.
[2005 Mar 04] [/shopping/clothes] [#]
Started by a guy who wanted a Val Kilmer Real Genuis "I ♥ Toxic Waste" t-shirt. Finding none available, but a demand for them among many, he had them reproduced and sells them along with other Real Genuis shirts.
[2004 Oct 15] [/shopping/clothes] [#]
A nice selection of sexy clothing, Good prices, can't speak for quality.
[2004 Jan 12] [/shopping/clothes] [#]
Funky clothes, bags, and some non-metalic jewelry.
[2003 Dec 16] [/shopping/clothes] [#]
"Apparel for the gaming generation." Video game based t-shirts.
[2003 Nov 20] [/shopping/clothes] [#]
Clothing with slogans to offend.
[2003 Nov 20] [/shopping/clothes] [#]
Some of these are strongly tied to the comic, others are not. Nice looking blocky pixel designs.
[2003 Nov 19] [/shopping/clothes] [#]
Error messages on t-shirts. 404s, Blue Screen of Death, Sad Mac, and the super cool broken Pac-Man level 256.
[2003 Nov 19] [/shopping/clothes] [#]
Clothing, etc, to satisify your nostalgia for the Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR, aka East Germany). The Ampel Man tee-shirts are cool, even if you have never visited Berlin. The image is the walk-signal icon, now threatened with removal from use due to pan-Europe standardizations on traffic signals.
[2003 Sep 20] [/shopping/clothes] [#]
All the parts to look like a fancy case mod, without as much work. Clear cases, light-up keyboards, various parts to put lights in and on your computer, plus tools and parts to do case mods, including PC quieting.
[2005 Jan 31] [/shopping/hardware] [#]
Liquid crystal displays (LCDs) for hackers and case moders. Plain parts or displays already wired for serial port, parallel port, or USB connections.
[2004 May 20] [/shopping/hardware] [#]
This is a USB keyboard modeled after the old Apple Extended Keyboard, but with the added feature of printint the option and shift-option characters right on the keys. As it is a USB keyboard it should work with non-Macs, but those extra characters might not be in the right places.
[2004 Apr 08] [/shopping/hardware] [#]
Blank keycap keyboards for learning to touchtype or driving others batty after you have learned.
[2004 Jan 28] [/shopping/hardware] [#]
Large selection of keyboard, mouse, and other input device types. This is not the place to go for getting a keyboard in a particalar color, but if you want a chording keyboard, a split keyboard for ergonomic placement, a large print or extra small keyboard, this place has them.
[2004 Jan 28] [/shopping/hardware] [#]
Lamps (mostly), candle sticks, clocks, designed with interesting aesethic. The lamps primarly use lots of small bulbs in interesting configurations. Other objects have recurring circle and ball motifs.
[2004 Jan 26] [/shopping/home] [#]
Precision slits in this non-electronic, no-moving-part sundial cause it to display the time in a digital fashion. A very high-tech implementation of a very old tool, for about US$90.
[2003 Dec 01] [/shopping/home] [#]
Toilet Seats and Bathroom Accessories
This site sells all sorts of odd toilet seats, a personal favorite of mine is the barbed wire one in the resin design section. These are probably more interesting to look at than buy.
[2003 Nov 06] [/shopping/home] [#]
Cool lamps made from stiffened lingerie, as if filled with an invisible person.
[2003 Oct 10] [/shopping/home] [#]
This site has a directory of law enforcement supply companies. The listings, unfortunately, don't include web addresses, but in many cases these can be infered from the provided email addresses.
[2004 Mar 15] [/shopping/industrial] [#]
"In the international marketplace, Jarvis Products is the first source for meat and poultry equipment. We specialize in cutting and boning devices, band saws, slaughtering equipment, carcass opening and splitting saws, hock cutters, and skinning machines."
Don't miss the product pictures.
[2004 Jan 21] [/shopping/industrial] [#]
Seton puts out a beefy catalog packed with colorful identification products, safety signage, barcode decals, shipping/receiving labels, warehouse marking equipment, and custom-engraved plaques.
[2003 Dec 15] [/shopping/industrial] [#]
Farm tools, pest control, agricultural electronics, materials handling supplies, simple vetinary tools, etc. Also has a lot of apparel, with a very broad selection of embroidery options (with no minimum order size).
[2003 Dec 15] [/shopping/industrial] [#]
The Galls catalog specializes in police, fire, and public safety equipment. Handy stuff for the home or the highway, and most of it is legal for civilians to buy.
[2003 Dec 15] [/shopping/industrial] [#]
AW Direct Towing Recovery and Service Vehicle Accessories
AW Direct sells all manner of auto wrecker ("tow truck") stuff, from belt buckles to car dollies.
[2003 Dec 15] [/shopping/industrial] [#]
Fax Foods - Replica Foods & Decor Items
Another fake food producer, no prices listed though. The Giuseppe Arcimboldo recreations look very tempting, though.
[2003 Dec 02] [/shopping/industrial] [#]
Why display real foods in your store window when they'll just spoil there? Use fake foods instead. A little pricy for practical jokes, though.
[2003 Dec 02] [/shopping/industrial] [#]
Federal Signal Heavy Duty Products
Vehicle lights, intercoms, and controls for same.
[2003 Nov 12] [/shopping/industrial] [#]
Galls - Public Safety Equipment and Apparel
Just the place to go to if you want to stock up on flashing lights for your car, anti-riot gear, evidence collection tools, medical supplies, etc.
[2003 Sep 25] [/shopping/industrial] [#]
"pixie is fab jewelry and accessories for modern gals everywhere. We can't guarantee magical things will happen when you've got your pixie baubles on, but there's a very high probability."
[2003 Nov 12] [/shopping/jewelry] [#]
Online shop for your mannequin needs. I'd probably never buy one new, but they make great dress-up toys for kids.
[2007 Jun 28] [/shopping/misc] [#]
Source for mounted insects, butterflies, skeleton parts (real and molded), fossils, teeth, feathers, etc. I want the elephant bird egg myself, but the price is too high for me.
[2004 Oct 29] [/shopping/misc] [#]
Funny slightly sexual cards and booklets with simple line art.
[2004 Jan 09] [/shopping/misc] [#]
This chain of stores attempts to supply every type of battery available and has many battery related items like chargers, jumper cables, flashlights, etc.
[2003 Dec 29] [/shopping/misc] [#]
Seller of large balloons (as opposed to a large selection of balloons). Aimed at the gay balloon fetish market, but nothing more than suggestive here, and no reason others couldn't buy the balloons.
[2003 Nov 06] [/shopping/misc] [#]
A custom bumper sticker maker.
[2003 Oct 20] [/shopping/stickers] [#]