Bruce Sterling wrote an excellent article about Blobjects & Biodesign, those round, plastic, translucent, hand-shaped, bulbous objects you see everywhere nowadays. On a related, I\’m starting to get really tired of all this iMac inspired translucent bullshit. When these things first appeared on store shelves, I thought they were kinda cool, in a \”wow, that\’s new\” way. Now it\’s just pathetic. Office Depot sells translucent pink and blue office chairs now. What the hell is that about. It won\’t be long until Volkswagen introduces the new translucent plastic Beetle. Hey, how about some translucent hand guns? Or maybe translucent toilets?