On Apr 21, 6:08*am, Allus Smith wrote:
All this talk about soldering irons makes me think how crummy too
much American industrial design is.

Some US industrial design looks great but some looks downright,
well, Russian.

Sure you can see crap-looking design in western Europe too but
there's a lot less of it than in the US.

Take soldering irons for example. *An ordinary soldering iron in
the US with unregulated temperature still has great big mofo screws
holding the tip.

By comparison, my 30 year old British-made basic Antex is a sleek
looking baby and those Antexes are not particularly expensive.

Don't start me on the looks of cars!

--
Russian in Americahttp://www.funnyordie.com/videos/bc54d50403/svetlana-pilot-episode

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Oh, but the Russians do have some interesting products


http://www.artlebedev.ru/everything/vilcus/


"its for people who like connecting electricity with own fingers"

"there are many curious people trying to get their fingers in plug,
and
this is an easy way to do it"



and at bottom under the power board
"our perfectly designed network port will match group sessions"