It’s a lamp that looks like an active thundercloud and you will be utterly transfixed

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Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2021/01/25/its-a-lamp-that-looks-like-an-active-thundercloud-and-you-will-be-utterly-transfixed.html

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It’s a plasma ball with cotton balls glued on the outside? Pillow stuffing with a smart bulb stuck in it?

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think of the dusting

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At that price it ought to include lightning, sprites, and blue jets.

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Impractical, overpriced and no matter what it’s made out of, my brain cannot stop screaming “FIRE HAZARD!”

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That’s awfully on-premises a piece of kit for a cloud, just saying…

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Perfect for lighting the room as you listen to your early 90’s ambient.

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I need this!

{scrolls down to price}

I don’t need this!

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I can’t decide if someone is trying to sell their kid’s kindergarten crafts project, or if its a scientific epilepsy test kit, or some kind of esoteric conceptual art installation. Or maybe all three at once?

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And energy discharges that can dissolve a Klingon battle cruiser.

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And maybe a foo fighter or two?

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at over $600 this is a maker project for raspberry pi. Cost will be way lower and you have it do more…

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There are so many youtube videos on how to make these and there are some impressive ones. It’d make a decent side hustle.

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The asbestos fiber upgrade is an additional $600 (medical costs not included).

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Overkill! A bunch of 555s could do the job! /s

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Ten Seconds of Cloud

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Price covers 2 10 L. ABC fire extinguishers, permissive inbuilt smoke detector and a spare (cloud.) I should think.

If you get the wool version, maybe it would have to come with a largish ultrasonic cleaner you casually mount on pulleys in a ceiling corner, and flip itself around a bit? Or reveal itself to be a Purple Mattress that can evert itself. Perfect for staging noodleized zucchini.

I can perhaps wait for the Pimp My Humidifier (and/or peroxiding fogger) merch. I hope replaces the sword making shows?

Hey has anyone seen my Crohn’s coping scupture that used to be in the bathroom?

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BoingBoing your drunk go home. These have be around for a year.

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These are gonna look so nice after 6 months of dust build up…

I wonder what the potential is for it to become a floating hotel for insects, too.

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Times were when a boingboing post would be look at this wonderful thing to reveal several paragraphs of snark for an overpriced piece of godawful junk. Has this function moved to the shop? In which case, ha-ha!