{"id":647,"date":"2013-01-18T14:26:42","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T19:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/?p=647"},"modified":"2013-07-07T16:35:25","modified_gmt":"2013-07-07T21:35:25","slug":"death-be-not-proud-wrongest-product-award-nomination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/?p=647","title":{"rendered":"Death Be Not Proud (Wrongest Product Award nomination)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">Colbert made me do it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">You see, I had <a href=\"http:\/\/catacombosoundsystem.com\/\">this thing<\/a> (would you call it an eternal home audio system?) lined up for an upcoming \u201cWrongest Product Award\u201d nomination, but then Stephen Colbert went and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/the-colbert-report-videos\/422893\/january-15-2013\/catacoffin-catacombo-sound-system\">aired it<\/a> on his show this week. So I\u2019m moving this up on the queue of Wrongest Product nominations and covering it sooner than later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/?attachment_id=648\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-648\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"648\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/?attachment_id=648\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/catacombophoto.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"437,263\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"catacombophoto\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/catacombophoto-300x180.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/catacombophoto.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-648\" alt=\"catacombophoto\" src=\"http:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/catacombophoto.jpg\" width=\"437\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/catacombophoto.jpg 437w, https:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/catacombophoto-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">For those of you who missed The Colbert Report this week, here\u2019s a brief <a href=\"http:\/\/laughingsquid.com\/catacombo-sound-system-a-stereo-for-coffins\/\">explanation<\/a> from Laughing Squid:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">The CataCombo Sound System is a hi-fi digital audio system specifically designed for coffins. The system has three components: a music app, a headstone\/music server, and the CataCoffin that is wired with an array of speakers (including a bone-rattling 8 inch subwoofer). The CataCombo Sound System is available \u2026 \u00a0for about $31,000.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">My remaining eco question: what\u2019s the eternal power source? I suppose <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/news\/410778\/microbes-for-off-the-grid-electricity\/\">dirt<\/a> would be convenient.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/?attachment_id=649\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-649\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"649\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/?attachment_id=649\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Catacombodiagram.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"399,543\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Catacombodiagram\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Catacombodiagram-220x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Catacombodiagram.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-649\" alt=\"Catacombodiagram\" src=\"http:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Catacombodiagram.jpg\" width=\"399\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Catacombodiagram.jpg 399w, https:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Catacombodiagram-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/?page_id=693\"><em>Previous Wrongest Product Award nominations<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/?page_id=380\">Wrongest Product Awards<\/a> will go to those products (and their designers) that embody the least amount of redeeming value while incurring the use of unnecessary, often gratuitous, materials or energy.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">How is this relevant to EcoOptimism, you might ask? Easy \u2013 it shows how extraneous so many products are, often in a \u201cwhat-were-they-thinking\u201d sense.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">Nominations are open. 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