Have also been musing when some bright spark might revisit the AR hype and suggest just printing a QR code on a largely blank snack bag which leads the customer to an image (static or animated) of the product in \"glorious technicolor\" since we know everyone and their cat\/dog now has a smart-phone. \/s<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-27:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/toad.social\/users\/minorusaba\/statuses\/116768387063278445","object":{"id":"https:\/\/toad.social\/users\/minorusaba\/statuses\/116768387063278445","objectType":"note","content":"
Have also been musing when some bright spark might revisit the AR hype and suggest just printing a QR code on a largely blank snack bag which leads the customer to an image (static or animated) of the product in \"glorious technicolor\" since we know everyone and their cat\/dog now has a smart-phone. \/s<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/toad.social\/@minorusaba\/116768387063278445","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/toad.social\/users\/minorusaba\/statuses\/116768296856797030","url":"https:\/\/toad.social\/@minorusaba\/116768296856797030"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-18:objectType=thread:nonce=197c4f2592c454a3","notice_info":{"local_id":"12768416","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-06-18T00:56:29+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/toad.social\/@minorusaba\/116768387063278445"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/toad.social\/users\/minorusaba","displayName":"Minoru Saba","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/139443-original-tmp20230623174845.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":235,"height":235},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/139443-96-20230930221108.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/139443-48-20230930221108.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/139443-24-20230930221108.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"139443"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/139443-96-20230930221108.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"PhD from Imperial College (long time ago). Interested in physics, materials, engineering, history, sustainability, etc.","url":"https:\/\/toad.social\/@minorusaba","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"minorusaba","displayName":"Minoru Saba","note":"PhD from Imperial College (long time ago). Interested in physics, materials, engineering, history, sustainability, etc."}},"content":"
Found the local supermarket shelves stocked with the new monochrome \"Kappa-ebisen\" snack bags with the logo \"\u77f3\u6cb9\u539f\u6599 \u7bc0\u7d04 \u30d1\u30c3\u30b1\u30fc\u30b8\"(reduced use of petroleum derived materials package) . Found the local supermarket shelves stocked with the new monochrome \"Kappa-ebisen\" snack bags with the logo \"\u77f3\u6cb9\u539f\u6599 \u7bc0\u7d04 \u30d1\u30c3\u30b1\u30fc\u30b8\"(reduced use of petroleum derived materials package) .
Seems that colours are starting to drain out of everyday objects, but perhaps it's also a wake-up call re over-dependence on petroleum products.
#Calbee<\/a> #KappaEbisen<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-27:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/toad.social\/users\/minorusaba\/statuses\/116768296856797030","object":{"id":"https:\/\/toad.social\/users\/minorusaba\/statuses\/116768296856797030","objectType":"note","content":"
Seems that colours are starting to drain out of everyday objects, but perhaps it's also a wake-up call re over-dependence on petroleum products.
#Calbee<\/a> #KappaEbisen<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/toad.social\/@minorusaba\/116768296856797030","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"calbee"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"kappaebisen"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-18:objectType=thread:nonce=197c4f2592c454a3","notice_info":{"local_id":"12768351","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-06-18T00:33:55+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/toad.social\/@minorusaba\/116768296856797030"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6486205","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}