Fake Google SIMs, Weird Bikes, And Other Stories We Didn’t Post

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case.

Light Painting in a Can

Light painting is a terrific photographic trick, one that just got cooler-looking with an aerosal can shaped container with an interchangeable LED in place of a nozzle. It’s just an art project, though, and actually manages to be less practical than just holding up an LED in your hand, right? Right. [PetaPixel] [imgclear]

Fake Google SIM Card Is a Google Card Sim

You can tell that this alleged Google SIM card is fake for two reasons. 1) It doesn’t make any sense. 2) It’s not accompanied by a twee ad campaign. OK, OK, three reasons: the people who made it up admitted to making it up.[imgclear]

I Want to Ride My (Weird) Bicycle, I Want to Ride My (Weird) Bike

Guests at a W Hotel in London will be able to ride this steel strip-wheeled novelty bike all around the city until late October. I can’t decide if I’m more jealous that I don’t get to ride it myself or that I don’t get to laugh at the people trying to navigate it around Piccadilly Circus. [Fast Company]

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