September 11, 2008 4:08 PM PDT

Diet Coke and Mentos guys switch to Post-it notes

by Daniel Terdiman
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The famous duo, Eepy Bird, have moved on to Post-it notes after gaining worldwide notoriety with their exhibitions of Diet Coke and Mentos fountains.

(Credit: Eepy Bird)

As reported by my colleague Greg Sandoval in July, the Eepy Bird guys--you know, the fellows who have gained worldwide fame by dropping Mentos into Diet Coke--have decided to move on from explosive sweets.

Instead, the pair have decided to work in the Post-it notes milieu for now, and as such, they've released a couple of new videos showcasing exactly how the little sticky pieces of paper can be transformed into what amounts to colorful Slinkys.

And frankly, I never knew that the utilitarian notepads could be so much fun.


EepyBird's Sticky Note experiment from Eepybird on Vimeo.

The new videos have been released as part of a promotion in conjunction with the ABC Family network show, Samurai Girl.

What the connection between the two is, I have no idea. Suffice it to say that the Eepy Bird guys--Stephen Voltz and Fritz Grobe--who I can attest from personal experience are very nice, despite their fame, have used 280,000 of the little pieces of paper to take the Post-it notes community by storm.

And while this isn't quite as fun as bouncing hundreds of thousands of bouncy balls down San Francisco hills, it's still a kick.

And now? We wait for the inevitable imitators. You know, like, "Leave Post-it notes alone!"

Daniel Terdiman is a staff writer at CNET News covering games, Net culture, and everything in between. E-mail Daniel.
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by ocmurdock September 11, 2008 7:46 PM PDT
That's is just beyond amazing. I am already the #1 freak for Post it notes. Their colors, shapes, they're just the most fun part of my office, and I always try to use them a lot and have them always visible. It looks like marketing of the product, but that's the reality, they are fun, otherwise they wouldn't be the leader in the market (and the most expensive too... have you guys tried the recycled version of post it?). What I just wonder, is if those 280,951 post it notes were used after the shooting or were trashed...
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by assclownbush September 13, 2008 10:59 PM PDT
L - O - S - E - R - S
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