May 2012
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The Internet; already quite big but getting bigger...
In 2016 the world is going to generate 1.3 zettabytes (yes that is a real word) of data says Cisco. The numbers are mind boggling, its like streaming 38 million dvds in an hour. Talk about information overload….
[Cisco via GigaOm via Gizmodo]
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Meat the world's meatiest sandwich
Unveiled - the world’s meatiest sandwich, containing
1.45KG Ham
2KG Salami, turkey & bacon
1KG Sausages
720grams Chorizo
Sprinklings of cheese, salad, gherkins
what looks like onions
Genius or crap?
[Via Gizmodo]
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Today's 'how to look good at work' debate
Belt braces: could / should we wear them to work? Are we bold enough to pull it off? In some instances, are they quite cool? Why don’t you just wear a belt? Are we just too cowardly to try and wear braces? We think Serge from Kasabian could probably pull it off, as could Tom Waits or someone equally cool. The guy on the left looks quite cool but the guy on the right looks like a right...
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Mystery guest gatecrashes Champions League Final
Amidst the online furore over John Terry’s full kitted appearance at this weekend’s Champions League Final celebrations, nobody seems to have noticed the ‘mystery guest’ that sneaked into Chelsea’s victory photo call.
Do you see him? How he got there is anybody’s guess but, again we can only applaud one so bold, so magical.
Today's burning question
Firebox Love
“Keep doing what you are doing, you can’t improve on perfection”
Sarah, May 2012
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Queen's Speech 2012: Behind the scenes
Earlier in the week, Firebox spoke to the Queen backstage after her annual address to the parliament; pictured above is our man asking the questions. She spoke to us enthusiastically about “economic growth, justice and constutional reform” and other things like “devolved institutions” and some sort of “Green Investment Bank”. But her majesty had more...
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London mayor election: Polls open for people to...
Polling booths have opened in the election of the next London mayor.
There are eight mayoral candidates: Siobhan Benita (Independent), Carlos Cortiglia (BNP), Boris Johnson (Conservative), Jenny Jones (Green), Ken Livingstone (Labour), Brian Paddick (Lib Dems), Lawrence Webb (UKIP) and The Famous Magical Unicorn (Firebox).
Ballot counting starts on Friday and the winner is expected to be...
April 2012
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Joseph Hurn must be an Avenger
Our esteemed Customer Service Chief, Joe Hurn (above) may look like an ordinary man but he is really an extraordinary man. In almost four years (that is over 1000 working days) he has managed to NEVER miss a day of work through sickness. Some accomplishment and, thus far unbeatable within the Firebox camp. Joe’s secret? Enjoying a Burger King XL Bacon Double Cheeseburger every Friday....
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Understanding the gravity of the situation
How do you solve problems, like this?
Simple. With plane parachutes of course! Yo Gao from China shows off her ‘game changing’ idea at this years International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva.
[via Metro]
Firebox Love
“We are GREAT because of companies like Firebox!”
John Brown, April 2012
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Cool iPhone case if you're a member of Yakuza
This is an iPhone case with a difference. Yes, it is extraordinarily chunky and impractical and there has been no apparent thought with regards ergonomics. Well that is because it has been designed to withstand a shot from a .50 calibre machine gun. Yes, it is bulletproof.
We’d love to hear from anyone who has actually had their iPhone smashed to pieces by a machine gun bullet. Maybe...
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The Firebox 'British' Instagram Competition
Congratulations go to the winners of our #fireboxnatureinstagram competition: more details of which are here.
So……we’re doing another competition! All you folks who have entered and failed to win, why not give it another go. And of course, we welcome all newcomers to our flock. Doing something as simple as changing the filter could be enough to sway our idiot expert judging panel.
So the topic...
#fireboxnatureinstagram competition: We have...
We all make mistakes. We obviously didn’t read our #fireboxnatureinstagram terms and conditions closely enough. Who really reads terms and conditions on competitions anyway??! Well, clearly not us even though we actually wrote this particular set of ts & cs. (*sigh*). We’ll pay closer attention next time.
Anyway, we won’t bore you with the details but we’re...
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#fireboxnatureinstagram competition: We have a...
Drum roll…….Whooa!! We have a winner for our #fireboxnatureinstagram competition.
Well done @blackpearl. You win a £50 Firebox gift voucher. Why not splash out on few sets of our brand spanking new Polargrams, launched this week. No pressure though. You can spend it on anything you want really. You could even put it towards a Caran D’Ache 1010 Diamonds meaning you’d snap it up for...
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Famous Magical Unicorn #unibombing Firebox +...
The Famous Magical Unicorn made a whistle stop visit to Firebox HQ this afternoon and look at the glory that he brought with him. Behold: a REAL Double Rainbow.
What a magical afternoon in the company of one so great, so glorious.
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Alarm clock from Kickstarter requires daily pin to...
This guy has already had over 500 backers for his game changing ‘Ramos Alarm Clock’ on crowdsourcing website Kickstarter.
It can only be turned off from a remote keypad.
The defuse code works as follows: “You’ll be able to either use the date, or a 4 digit number that gets flashed on the clock that you’ll have to memorize before your trip to Defuse Panel. A defuse...
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The Famous Magical Unicorn
We’re all familiar with the Famous Magical Unicorn - pictured above in one of its many guises.
But why was it there? A Magical Unicorn’s mere presence is considered strong protection from evil so perhaps JFK smelt a rat and took the creature into his employ?
Or was it a double agent, working for Lee Harvey Oswald / the CIA / the Mafia / Fidel Castro / The Israeli Government / the...
Firebox Love
“Firebox has to be the most comprehensive collection of shiny web based awesomeness in the world ever……EVER!!!”
Rob - April ‘12
March 2012
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Eat Popcorn. Live Longer. Be Happier
It is official - Popcorn is really, really good for you: way healthier than fruit, vegetables, chocolate, chips and even bacon.
We knew it all along of course and have been pushing amazing popcorn like this to the cool kids for ages now.
Exercise? Pah. We’d rather spend an evening eating shedloads of popcorn and watching Eastenders / Corrie / Hollyoaks. Good luck to those misguided gym...
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We're currently listening to....
Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)
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Swiss Geek Army Knife doesn't cut it
This outlandish pocket tool (and let’s face it - fictional) device might well include a lightsabre, some sort of ‘Hammer of Thor’ and (we think) He Man’s Power Sword [via Fashionably Geek].
But it still doesn’t ‘cut it’ (sorry) when put up against our own Giant Swiss Army Knife. In the words of the great Dundee himself; That’s not a knife,...
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Twitter is so old fashioned
This fascinating piece of kit, inspired by the late Nineteenth Century ticker tape machines prints a tape feed of your tweets or mentions on Twitter. All you do is connect the Twittertape Machine to the Internet via an ethernet cable and it’ll automatically check and pump out new tweets every 30 seconds.
As well as having a printed record of your fascinating musings you can also...
Ring of Fire
This is one hell of a Fire Pit and should satisfy the cravings of arsonists the world over. All together now, “We Didn’t Start the Fire….” [via Fire Pit Art via Uncrate]
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Firebox Love
“You guys are the heroes of the Internet.”
Emily - March ‘12
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If IKEA did Star Wars
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Winter Instagram Competition; we have a winner!
We’re delighted to announce the winner for our #fireboxwinterinstagram competition!
The winning photo, pictured above was submitted by Instagram user Sergey who wins a £100 Firebox gift voucher. Congratulations Sergy.
We had over 300 fantastic entries for the competition so it was really tough for us to pick a winner. Honourary mentions are due for the ‘best of rest’ and are...
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The Firebox 'Nature' Instagram Competition
Congratulations goes to the winner of the #fireboxwinterinstagram competition: more details of the winning entry, and the honourary mentions are here.
The competition was so popular we’ve decided to follow it up with another one, launching today.
The topic for our next Instagram competition is ‘nature’. Think pretty birds, daffodils, animals frollicking in the woods; anything...
Firebox Love
“THANK YOU FIREBOX. Just amazing customer service that restores the customer’s faith in commerce.”
Sarah - Feb ‘12
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RIP Ralf McQuarrie
Legendary movie artist Ralf McQuarrie has died, aged 82. McQuarrie designed many of the iconic characters and sets in the original Star Wars trilogy including Darth Vadar, Chewbacca, R2-D2, C-3PO and the desert planet Tatooine. He also worked on many Steven Spielberg films, winning an Oscar for Visual Effects in Cocoon.
A statement on his website reads “His influence on design will be felt...
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Firebox 'Hearts' Instagram (and so do 25 million...
These are a selection of our ‘personalised posters’ at Firebox HQ (and yes, that is a birdhouse at the top). The two bigger ones are Instagram Posters which we launched recently and are (if we say so ourselves) totally awesome. Instagram is totally awesome and we’re not the only ones who think so. The photo sharing network now has over 25 million users and we think every...
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February 2012
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Mobile World Congress: Cutting edge technology,...
Barcelona’s annual Mobile World Congress is a mecca for smartphone and tablet fans and this year was no exception with a raft of exciting, shiny new gizmos announced. Apple managed to (almost) steal the show without even bothering to turn up by generating rumours, then headlines of an imminent iPad 3 launch.
Google had a trick up it’s sleeve however: we hear the internet giant...
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The Oszkars
Sunday night is Oscar night!!!!! (Claps, swoons, air kisses, glamour, tears, awards, adverts etc.) So we caught up with our own resident ‘Oszkar’ in the office. He is now well prepared to survive another tedious Oscar night with a crate of Duff Beer which wins the first ever “Firebox Oszkar” for our best selling entertainment product of the year!
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Firebox Love
“The way you operate is like having a friend who sells stuff and delivers it. Your informal approach, friendly service and the fact that I am constantly updated by actual people, and not just an automated email”
M. Edgeworth - Jan ‘12
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Economies of Scale
In times of such economic gloom, it is up to the world’s finest minds to come up with groundbreaking, bold solutions that may get us out of this predicament.
Fear not. The clever economics students in Lehigh University, Pennsyvania, US have answered the burning question that is on everyone’s lips: “How much would it cost to build the Death Star?”.
We won’t reveal...
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Chilli is hot. Yeah we get it
What is it with our fascination with chilli? Chilli is literally ‘so hot right now’ - and all over the news. “World’s hottest chilli leaves two in hospital” bleated the Telegraph last year. The ‘Infinity Chilli’, grown in Lincolnshire is reportedly even hotter than chilli used in hand grenades by the Indian military. (Did you even know hand grenades used...