I want the giant ugly thermometer/compass/watch on Boing Boing today, but it's $150. Also, it looks like it might not work for very long. Call it a hunch. The company that sells them got really horrible reviews online, too. Not all are recent, but it's enough to keep me from making an impulse buy like this.
But it's so hideous! And it has a thermometer!
I pouted about the watch that should be mine for a while, and then I started looking at other watches--I probably need one anyhow--and found a ton of styles that were way cooler, at least on paper. In addition to the compass and the thermometer, they have barometers and altimeters and heart-rate monitors and all kinds of cool shit on them. I would love to go around with a barometer strapped to my wrist. That would make my life 10,000 times more fun, I'm absolutely sure of it.
The problem is that, without exception, those watches are very sporty and very sleek and very ugly. Not funny-ugly, just functional-ugly. I think I could put up with an ugly watch for the sake of the barometer, but there's a certain clunky, analog Jetsons-style charm to the first watch that I just can't let go of.
Cute garbage is still just garbage, right? Right?
I'll definitely have to sleep on this.
Wow, work has been slow enough today that I've had the luxury of obsessing over this for the past three hours. Also, Melinda brought a pecan pie to share. I really like my job today.