<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Coffins Made of Newspaper, Cardboard -- Even Banana : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/"/><tagline>Coffins Made of Newspaper, Cardboard -- Even Banana : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2009, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2009-11-29T22:04:08+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Coffins Made of Newspaper, Cardboard -- Even Banana]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/126641/1/" /><id>126641</id><summary><![CDATA[Coffins Made of Newspaper, Cardboard -- Even Banana]]></summary><issued>2009-07-04T00:33:57+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-04T00:33:57+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Casket makers catering to natural burials have offered biodegradable coffins made of such materials as recycled newspapers or cardboard. One American company is selling caskets made of banana sheaves. (theme pic is a pineapple leaf coffin)<br/><br/>They take six months to two years to biodegrade.]]></content></entry><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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Advocates say such burials are less damaging to the environment.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Cardboard Tube Fighting League]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/130993/1/" /><id>130993</id><summary><![CDATA[The Cardboard Tube Fighting League]]></summary><issued>2009-08-18T03:56:32+01:00</issued><modified>2009-08-18T03:56:32+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[As kids, we couldn&#8217;t hack at our friends with a real sword, so we used cardboard tubes to fence. Who knew that it was an actual sport? The Cardboard Tube Fighting League has competitions all over the world where people come together to play and show off their homemade cardboard armor.<br/><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://tubeduel.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Official Site</a>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[How to make Cardboard Cat Chaise]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/98024/1/" /><id>98024</id><summary><![CDATA[How to make Cardboard Cat Chaise]]></summary><issued>2009-03-06T06:58:56+01:00</issued><modified>2009-03-06T06:58:56+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Although we don't claim to understand it, a cat that has installed itself in a cardboard box is a happy cat. You can exploit this mysterious fact to make a your own simple corrugated cardboard cat bed like this one, designed as a kitty-sized chaise lounge. Since it's just cardboard, it's also easy to modify this basic design to suit your own (or your cat's) taste.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Recompute - Cardboard PC]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/98421/1/" /><id>98421</id><summary><![CDATA[Recompute - Cardboard PC]]></summary><issued>2009-03-08T23:20:35+01:00</issued><modified>2009-03-08T23:20:35+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Rather than making a large tower constructed from numerous materials (ABS plastic, aluminum, steel, etc.), hundreds of manufacturing processes, and dozens of individual components, the Recompute case is made of corrugated cardboard (recyclable and renewable).]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Chinese cardboard bun story make have been faked]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/28369/1/" /><id>28369</id><summary><![CDATA[Chinese cardboard bun story make have been faked]]></summary><issued>2007-07-21T22:40:01+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-21T22:40:01+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Beijing police have detained the reporter who allegedly fabricated an investigative story about steamed buns made with cardboard.  Here is the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/entertainment/food-and-drink/l/27138/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">original post</a>.  <br/><br/>Now the only question is: Is this a REAL fake story or is the Chinese gov't trying to cover up a real story by making it LOOK fake?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Handspun Recycled Newspaper Yarn]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/81960/1/" /><id>81960</id><summary><![CDATA[Handspun Recycled Newspaper Yarn]]></summary><issued>2008-11-15T07:29:14+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-15T07:29:14+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Recently a commenter asked what they could do with all the old newspapers they had piling up. With enough time, patience, and newspapers you can create newspaper yarn. From the design studios of <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.greetjevantiem.nl/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Greetje van Tiem</a> and her &#8220;Indruk&#8221; project she can purportedly spins 20yds of &#8220;yarn&#8221; from a sheet of old newspaper. Include steps on how to make it.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Behold The Mighty Banana!]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/58032/1/" /><id>58032</id><summary><![CDATA[Behold The Mighty Banana!]]></summary><issued>2008-04-13T04:57:56+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-13T04:57:56+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Every Atheists worst nightmare, The Banana. I'm pretty sure that believers and non-believers can unite in agreement that this guy is a douche.<br/><br/><i>&quot;Notice it has a point at the top for easy entry&quot;</i> BWAAAAAhahahah]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Recycled Cardboard Sculpture by Chris Gilmour]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/arts/l/81055/1/" /><id>81055</id><summary><![CDATA[Recycled Cardboard Sculpture by Chris Gilmour]]></summary><issued>2008-11-05T00:47:01+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-05T00:47:01+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[With all the exploration of recycled materials in green design these days, the work of artist Chris Gilmour seems like a logical and amusing next step in terms of upcycling and eco-friendly art processes.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Cardboard Realism - Chris Gilmour Sculptures (GALLERY)]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/38892/1/" /><id>38892</id><summary><![CDATA[Cardboard Realism - Chris Gilmour Sculptures (GALLERY)]]></summary><issued>2007-10-19T14:37:25+01:00</issued><modified>2007-10-19T14:37:25+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Chris Gilmour creates painstakingly detailed objects out of ordinary cardboard with extraordinary results.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Scratch Disc? No Problem - If you have a Banana]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/31184/1/" /><id>31184</id><summary><![CDATA[Scratch Disc? No Problem - If you have a Banana]]></summary><issued>2007-08-11T22:40:38+01:00</issued><modified>2007-08-11T22:40:38+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[There are a variety of scratch removal devices for CDs and DVDs, but whoever thought of using a banana? Watch the video to see how to render your videos suddenly watchable, using banana goo and the banana's waxy peel to miraculously fix that Netflix disc that arrived at your house looking like a skating rink.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Full-size cardboard figure causes NJ bank standoff]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/83032/1/" /><id>83032</id><summary><![CDATA[Full-size cardboard figure causes NJ bank standoff]]></summary><issued>2008-11-28T07:02:46+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-28T07:02:46+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A standoff at a New Jersey bank is over after police learned a &quot;person&quot; seen inside was actually a full-size cardboard figure.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Banana Man]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/18144/1/" /><id>18144</id><summary><![CDATA[Banana Man]]></summary><issued>2007-04-27T12:09:55+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-27T12:09:55+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Eric transforms into Banana Man when he eats a banana. I used to watch this everyday after school but many might not know it because it's a British cartoon.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Don't Bring A Banana on a Fishing Boat]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/120756/1/" /><id>120756</id><summary><![CDATA[Don't Bring A Banana on a Fishing Boat]]></summary><issued>2009-06-06T16:26:54+01:00</issued><modified>2009-06-06T16:26:54+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&#8220;A banana?&#8221; he croaked. &#8220;You&#8217;re eating a banana? That&#8217;s the worst jinx you can bring on a fishing boat.&#8221;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[A Cardboard Universe: A Guide to the World of Phoebus K Dank.]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/125678/1/" /><id>125678</id><summary><![CDATA[A Cardboard Universe: A Guide to the World of Phoebus K Dank.]]></summary><issued>2009-06-23T23:02:52+01:00</issued><modified>2009-06-23T23:02:52+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Total Di<i></i>ck-Head's David Gill gives us the following review of Christopher Miller's novel 'A Cardboard Universe: A Guide to the World of Phoebus K. Dank.' Of course, Dank is a simulacra-of-sorts of pulp science fiction pioneer Philip K. Di<i></i>ck.<br/>*props to boingboing*]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Paul Coudamy's Cardboard Office]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/81232/1/" /><id>81232</id><summary><![CDATA[Paul Coudamy's Cardboard Office]]></summary><issued>2008-11-06T19:20:50+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-06T19:20:50+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[For Paul Coudamy the challenge was to put together an office for Beast (an ad agency). Working on a one-month timeline with a restricted budget, Coudamy needed to come up with solutions for workspaces for 20, storage and meeting spots. The answer was 4cm thick water resistant honeycomb cardboard that was mounted only with wood glue and tape.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Dim-sum stuffed with pork-flavor cardboard]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/27245/1/" /><id>27245</id><summary><![CDATA[Dim-sum stuffed with pork-flavor cardboard]]></summary><issued>2007-07-13T03:35:03+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-13T03:35:03+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A dim-sum restaurant in Beijing allegedly sold buns stuffed with a cardboard treated with caustic soda and flavored with pork fat.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Banana Dilemma]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/130550/1/" /><id>130550</id><summary><![CDATA[The Banana Dilemma]]></summary><issued>2009-08-12T12:04:11+01:00</issued><modified>2009-08-12T12:04:11+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Chiquita, famous for its bananas, has made a boatload of money in the Uraba and Santa Marta regions of Colombia. The company employed 3,500 people there, the General Motors to Detroit.<br/><br/>The problem? Colombia is the playground for FARC, a self-proclaimed Marxist-Leninist revolutionary guerilla organization, and the oldest insurgent group in the Americas.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Meteorite mineral made in the lab]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/130435/1/" /><id>130435</id><summary><![CDATA[Meteorite mineral made in the lab]]></summary><issued>2009-08-11T09:04:09+01:00</issued><modified>2009-08-11T09:04:09+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[By slamming materials together, scientists have made a mineral that is found naturally only in meteorites and the deep layers of Earth's mantle.<br/><br/>Their successful &quot;shock&quot; experiment reveals new clues about the formation of our early Solar System.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Banana famine lurking towards a reality]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/9787/1/" /><id>9787</id><summary><![CDATA[Banana famine lurking towards a reality]]></summary><issued>2007-01-30T23:59:27+01:00</issued><modified>2007-01-30T23:59:27+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Not Bananas! Within 10 years it is possible a disease started by satan will wipe out a majority of the worlds banana crops.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Paperpod&#8217;s cardboard play-house: recyclable and reusable]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50599/1/" /><id>50599</id><summary><![CDATA[Paperpod&#8217;s cardboard play-house: recyclable and reusable]]></summary><issued>2008-02-14T15:51:29+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-14T15:51:29+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Recyclables made from..... recyclables!]]></content></entry></feed>