Furniture: Paper Clip Lamp Holds Giant Rent Checks

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papercliplamp_open.jpgOut of all the office supplies that could be made into lamps, the paper clip seems the most unusual. However, the way Ben Collette and David Wykes made this bendable paper clip into a lamp makes the whole idea work in a way we wouldn’t expect. Not only is it bendable, it’s posable as well. Our only concern would be that it doesn’t bend, bend, bend, and then break, like a real paper clip—which instead of a small cut would get you a large electrocution. [Mocoloco]

Original post by Jason Chen

Microsoft Clippy, RIP: 1997 - 2007

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Not too long after MobileESPN breathed new life, now we’ve got the unfortunate duty of informing the world that Microsoft finally axed the most annoying aspect of Office has decided to leave “Clippy” behind in Office 2007. We suspected something was brewing when the iconic figure started donning a 3D skirt in Japan, but a brief interview with Office’s group program manager revealed that the clip is indeed dead. While it had been fading for awhile due to an apparent lack of mass fanfare, and was even turned off by default in Office 2003, it seems that Clippy fans will be forced to stick with now-antiquated versions of the Office suite in order to keep their darling on screen. But don’t fret too much, as the countdown until someone crafts a freeware app re-instilling a Clippy rendition into Office begins… now.

[Via ChipChick]

 

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