Comments on: Innovations That Last

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:58:34 +0000

I’m not holding my breath on that one Amber!

I got my utili-key from Australia’s poor imitation of REI, so it makes sense that they’d have it there…

By: Amber

Amber — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:56:24 +0000

Perhaps, if you’re lucky, it won’t stop working due to the contacts being exposed for those two years though, haha.

I found the Utili-Key through REI here: http://www.rei.com/product/794700?preferredSku=7947000019&cm_mmc=cse_froogle-_-datafeed-_-product-_-7947000019&mr:trackingCode=11A7A1E3-F810-DF11-BAE3-0019B9C043EB&mr:referralID=NA
(hope that link works) and they’re very nearby so I’m going to go looking for one This must be part of the spread of ideas.

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By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:21:20 +0000

Thanks for coming back to comment Amber!

You’re right about the usb drive, but I lost the cap in less than two weeks!

The pocketknives are cool, just don’t open bottles with them. I’m not sure if they’re available in the states or not – I got mine through the local version of REI, and they don’t have it on their website anymore. It is called the Utili-Key and it’s made by Swiss-Tech…

By: Amber

Amber — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:28:14 +0000

I watched this days ago and then didn’t have time to comment. D’oh! A common problem these days. Great video blogging, Tim.

My thoughts were that R&D on low-cost (yet ostensibly innovative) products seems pretty harried these days. There’s a certain built-in demand for gadgets with these features, so they are rushed to market without much time/money wasted on testing and improvement, because something new will come along soon enough that will make them obsolete anyway. The key drive won’t have enough memory to bother using two years from now.

I’d really like one of the bottle opener pocketknives though. Do you know where I could pick one up?

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By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:24:19 +0000

Thanks for stopping by Mike. The don’t wear them strategy definitely works, um, up to a point!

By: Mike Harrop

Mike Harrop — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:42:33 +0000

Hi. Got here from @umairh. A great way to not wear out modern shirts is to not wear them. I wear my 1960s shirts all the time and it’s thrilling to know that when they wear out, I will have some brand new ones waiting in my wardrobe.
Just checked. The ones in my wardrobe got ate.
Another dream gone.
Cheers, Mike.

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By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:01:55 +0000

I think you’re exactly right Jorge. You, me & Ken are practically an old shirt wearing club!