The magic of the pallet is the magic of abstraction: Take any object you like, pile it onto a pallet, and it becomes, simply, a “unit load”-standardized, cubical, and ideally suited to being scooped up by the tines of a forklift. This allows your Cheerios and your oysters to be whisked through the supply chain […]
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Thanks to an anonymous benefactor, Boing Boing is pleased to present the first-ever look at the original Disneyland prospectus. These extremely high-resolution scans were made from one of the three sets of pitch-documents Roy and Walt Disney used to raise the money to build Disneyland. There are no archive copies of this document. Neither the
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CBC: Danieal Cormier of Quispamsis, New Brunswick, is hoping to revolutionize the men’s underwear industry with a new design that provides pockets for cellphones and other gadgets. Cormier, 20, came up with idea while sitting around alone at home in his boxers one day. “I had my cellphone and I kept doing the hand motion
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“Two Brits walk into a bar…” – it may sound like the beginning of a funning story, but that is exactly how global custom designed shirt provider MyOwnShirts.com came into being, a company set to revolutionize the way we buy shirts. It all started in April 2011. Two Brits met in a bar in Istanbul
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Running a small business requires hard work and true dedication. Beyond having the right attitude however, you must also understand some of the fundamental practicalities of the corporate world, with the organisation of your company’s finances being a top priority at all times. So if you have ever found yourself asking, ‘how do credit cards
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Every small business owner typically shares one thing in common with one another—the dream to expand into a much larger, much more lucrative operation. However, saying you want to expand and actually doing so present two widely differentiating challenges. Moreover, every business venture is unique and with that comes a unique set of challenges and
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Tim Harris has Down syndrome, and also owns his own restaurant called Tim’s Place. There, they serve breakfast, lunch and hugs. According to Tim, “The hugs are way more important than the food. The food is just food.” Watch Tim in the video below. More about Tim’s Place: The famous quote from Walt Disney, “If
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On this day in 1886 Chemist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, the ad appearing in the Atlanta Journal. We’ve covered John Pemberton quite a bit already.
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Hearing loss from exposure to loud music is a serious problem. One study from the University of Minnesota found that after a concert, 64% of the test subjects had significantly changed their ability to hear soft sounds, compared to 27% of the subjects who wore earplugs. With statistics like that, you think that selling earplugs
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What would you do with a 26-pound gummy bear? Imagine the shock of your party goers when they realize that your 32,000-calorie gummy bear also features an integrated one-liter serving bowl! Serve punches, candies, or even more gummy bears from within this seventeen-inch-long confection. The giant gummy bear sells for $149! More photos after the
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