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One of my faves: Acme Klein Bottles: http://kleinbottle.com/ http://kleinbottle.com/ , a novelty glassware shop ran by astronomer, author and glass blower Cliff
by dexen 13y ago
One of my faves: Acme Klein Bottles: http://kleinbottle.com/ http://kleinbottle.com/ , a novelty glassware shop ran by astronomer, author and glass blower Cliff Stoll. They sell hats and Moebius scarves just as well :-)
Despite the looks, the website is very much active and grows over time.
- Kliment 13y agoBack when I was at school we sourced a bottle from there for a teacher.
- CliffStoll 13y agoYep, same guy (my first time posting to Ycombinator - smiles to all!). To my amazement, people still want Klein bottles (in 1995, my wife told me that nobody would buy these things) For the past five or ten years, I update m'website mainly to add content. Someday I'll drag its code into the 21st century - remove the old cruft and maybe even use css. But flash just tires my eyes. As my friends (online and off) can attest, I make Klein bottles mainly for fun. It's a zero-volume home business, small enough to be run from one room; the warehouse occupies the crawlspace under our house. Of course, the best part of Acme Klein Bottles is meeting people: via email, occasional visits, talks at schools & math colloquia, and chattering about physics & LTE & coding with friends at my day-job (Hi Newfield People!). Which is to say, it'll be a while before I recast my kleinbottle website - I'm having too much fun doing other things.