An architect, photographer and a graf writer walk into a bar… My three guised men, ill advised once again. Oh by night, Oh by night… from the acts of construction, observation and destruction this product of defacement did form.

This Carbon Dater by Sruli Recht is a black diamond-tipped carbon pen for writing and illustrating directly on glass. Amazing.

The details: A .30 carat black diamond set in milled brass claw, fixed to a hand tooled laser engraved inanimate carbon rod, presented in an inked 304piece hinged cardboard box.

Why do I need one of these again? Want.

The proper case is a vital part of keeping your tools in top condition, so store them with military precision in this Camouflage Toolbox by Alice Supply Co. Blend in with your surroundings to effectively wage war on loose screws, leaky faucets and protruding nails — you never know when you’ll need to take that arsenal of wrenches, hammers, and wingnuts into the home improvement jungle. And if you’re ever forced to go behind enemy lines with just a ball-peen hammer and nerves of steel, you’ll be ready.

Come November 4th the political landscape will change. While it’s up to “we the people” to decide whether or not the direction of that change leans towards Obama or McCain, the two candidates have long since begun their quest to bring their particular brands of “hope” to the world. The Republican and Democrat nominees have repeatedly employed targeted language to sway the opinions of their constituents. Keeping track of those words is a tough job, but somebody’s got to do it. Thanks to the statistically minded beings at Speechwars, you can see exactly what your candidate is talking about every time he steps up to the podium. The site’s speech graphs and word clouds, while not telling you exactly where each candidate stands on the issues, allows you to see if McCain is truly avoiding the economy or if Obama is way too hung up on this change thing. It’s certainly is an interesting study on the cunning use of political linguistics and worth checking out.

Via Zoomdoggle

Obsessive compulsives unite! If the thought of unmatched cover art and track naming in your iTunes keeps you up at night (”N.E.R.D… Nerd…. NERD. Stop the madness!”) then help is on the way.

TuneUp is a new iTunes plugin that digs into your library, references it against the more than 90 million tracks in the heaven-sent Gracenote Database, and then fills in correct song titles, album names, artist names, and more. Even better, it also accesses Amazon and Google to pick up the matching album art — an absolute must for anyone addicted to Coverflow. Once your iTunes is running like a well-organized machine, TuneUp goes one step further and scans the web for info about your fave musicians: tour dates, new YouTube videos, and collectibles and other die hard fan-swag on eBay and other retail sites.

The only drawback is that right now only a Windows version is available (maybe a little odd considering the plugin is designed for a program and device created by Apple), but a Mac-compatible version is scheduled for release this fall. So until then, for all the Macaholics it's more long nights searching Google Images for that perfect high-res image of “Licensed to Ill”. Damn.