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Once there were paraffin lamps. Now, we have the fluorescent spiral-y ones that don’t do good things for my pores. In countries around the world, these traditional incandescent bulbs are getting fazed out. (Can we even call the ones bulb? There not really bulbous…) But for a mere $650, you could have one of these sandwich-generation lights masquerading as its predecessor. (via Gizmodo)

Once there were paraffin lamps. Now, we have the fluorescent spiral-y ones that don’t do good things for my pores. In countries around the world, these traditional incandescent bulbs are getting fazed out. (Can we even call the ones bulb? There not really bulbous…) But for a mere $650, you could have one of these sandwich-generation lights masquerading as its predecessor.

(via Gizmodo)

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