Try this deft hack to make meal times easier

By Andrew Gregory. Posted over 6 years ago.

Super Mario Brothers planter

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Since the dawn of time (well, since 1985), humanity has loved Super Mario Brothers. A simple tale of pipes, turtles, and mushrooms, it spoke a deep truth to us that transcends mere gamers into something more fundamental. And since the Industrial Revolution, we’ve loved to enhance our surroundings with little bits of greenery, as a reminder of what we’ve lost by cutting ourselves off from nature.

These two loves come together in 3D printed format in this Mario Bros planter, by graphic designer and Thingiverse user, Flowalistik. It’s available in dual and single extrusion versions, so you can use a different colour filament for the question mark, and of course you can make it with or without drainage holes. Best of all, it’s part of a triptych of works inspired by Crash Bandicoot, Mario, and Pokémon.

Measuring cube

Measuring Cube

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Metric measurements make sense to anyone who can divide by ten, which hopefully is everyone reading this. But Imperial units are mostly nonsense. Some of them are okay, but even then, pints, and miles, and ounces come in different sizes, depending on what you’re measuring and where you’re measuring it.

This is exactly why we need this measuring cube, by iomaa. The cube measures a cup, 1/2 cup, 1/3 cup, 1/4 cup, 1/8 cup, 1 tsp, 1/2 tsp, 1/4 tsp, 1 tbsp, and 1/2 tbsp. If that’s gibberish to you, one of these might come in handy. Just make sure that you use a food-safe printing method if you want to use this in the kitchen.