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The Sun Jar

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That's right, I've got one of them sun jars from the thinkgeek people. I had it for my birthday, but it didn't see much use until a few weeks ago. For one, because it was in the office. The real reason was that it was bloody raining for months.

But now it's nice and warm and sunny outside so my sun jar gets a lot of love. It stays in the required direct sunlight out on my balcony all day. Then when the ambient light goes down to slightly uncomfortable level, it lights up and shines for hours and hours. It's actually pretty bright when it's nicely charged, and gets weaker as time passes.

In fact, in just a month, it'd be perfectly timed for us in Norway. It'll light up late, since the sun won't really set until 10 o'clock over here. And then as daylight slowly creeps back, the sun jar will be dimming down. It'll be awesome. It's a great addition to my balcony table(thanks Øyvind, now it finally comes to good use again, the table that is).

It's so nice, I'd get another one of them things, maybe throw in a moon jar to keep them company too. It's like a bright candle, only it's not a fire hazard when you pass out on the couch. It has a really warm glow, very cozy.

Sun jar - best thinkgeek product ever. Usually they've got totally useless things and some of their items are of despicable quality. But this product is awesome. Kudos to the guy with the original idea.

I'd post a photo, but I don't have a digital cam. I've a Nokia E51, and as we all know Nokia cameras suck donkey balls

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Wow! take a pic of it! I really want to see it working! My camera is very simple (may be like one you have on your Nokia), but I'm ready to give it to you to take some pictures of this Sun Jar)))))). Seems to be a really cool thing to have!

By kumenova, # 8. May 2008, 11:03:59

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I'll use my OLPC on it tonight. It's a sunny day, it should be powered up fully.

By TheAtilla, # 8. May 2008, 12:28:07

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Yeah, waiting for pics of this magic device then)))

By kumenova, # 8. May 2008, 12:44:51

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