Alien Abduction Lamp, for Those Who Don’t Take Their Lighting too Seriously
Friday, June 8th, 2007
It’s not too often that a lamp can make me giggle upon first viewing. The Abduction Lamp is an exception.
The light-up UFO appears to hover above the table, since the glass base is designed to look like a tractor beam. To turn on the lamp, simply flick the antenna.
Perfect for science fiction fans, this lamp comes with some fun add-ons you’ll want to take advantage of. Shown here is the “Bovine Abductee.” Every time you turn on the lamp, you’ll see this hapless cow being sucked up into the UFO. Yes, there’s a human available too. You can also get different versions of aliens peering out the windows.
More information at Abduction Lamp.
via Technabob
Shoots of bamboo are kind of cool looking in and of themselves, especially when you see them growing naturally. Someone had a neat idea and designed lamps modeled after those tall stalks.
What are you doing for Christmas decorations this year? Do you decorate indoors and out with big light displays, or do you keep it small?
I saw someone biking along the Burke Gilman trail after dusk last night with something like this. It was a neon light attached to the frame of his bicycle. I certainly could see him coming from a long ways off, so it seems like it’d be a good idea for biking at night. And of course neon is a little more fun than a plain old headlight kind of lamp, and it’s more visible than simply using reflectors. Hm, I may have to buy something like this for my bike.
I had a lava lamp for several years until I broke it in a move. It was a red one with purple lava and, though it was pretty cheesy, I miss it. I always liked having that mood lighting at night when I was watching TV or something with the lights off. Yes, though lava lamps are perhaps past their heyday, you can still get them. There are actually a lot more colors and styles available today than there were back in the 60s/70s or whenever they first became popular. You used to just see the clear liquid with the red lava, but you can find just about any combination you can think up now. I kind of like the blue one in the picture here.
Looking for some Halloween decoration ideas? This string of pumpkin lights is sort of the Halloween version of Christmas lighting. You can string them up around the house and set them to a static or twinkling setting (you know, I’m not sure about twinkling pumpkins… twinkling Christmas lights I can see, but hm…). The lights run on AA batteries, so I guess you don’t have to put them up near an electrical outlet. 
Mmm, fire. I’m not sure what the heck I would do with a light like this, but the Fire Electrica Lamp is definitely unique. I think it’d be good in a downstairs rec room where you’ve got a wet bar and a pool table, and you throw the occasional party. It’s got that kind of party mood lighting vibe going (which is probably why it’s sold at a place called e-Party Unlimited). 
Because I just don’t have enough blogs (barely 10…), I decided to start a new one over at my 
No, your eyes are not fooling you: that actually is a skull perched between the base and the shade of that lamp. I found this over at Uncrate, where they write about stuff for bachelors. Maybe I just don’t get it because I’m a girl, but who would actually pay $2,200 for a skull lamp? Oh, I’m sure the workmanship is nice and all but… it’s a skull, dude. Ewww. I bet every guest who visits your house would jump and do a double-take upon entering your living room. If that’s the effect you’re going for, I bet you could get it for less than 2 grand. Maybe I’m the crazy one though. Is this art? Am I just too lame to get it? All of the above?
Looking for some Halloween decorating ideas? Are you big on spiders? How about spiders that glow in the dark? This lighting kit from SmartHome is only recommended for those who won’t shriek every time they see a big spider out of the corner of their eyes. (Now, if you can get other people to shriek, that’s just fine.) This web can be placed indoors (stretch across a window or drape above your front door) and outdoors (hang it along the walkway leading up to your house), and there are 150 lights embedded amongst the strands to draw attention to that glowing spider, which can be placed anywhere on the web. The price is $26.99.