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Aug 2, 2012 4:34 PM   Well this is going to be weird. After calling Microsoft's radically wonderful UI design "Metro" for a couple of years now, The Verge says Microsoft is ditching the name for legal reasons. So now what the hell do we say? According to a source "who wishes to remain anonymous," Microsoft is telling Metro developers to stop calling Metro things Metro, because Metro is already taken by some cranky German company called Metro. Metro? Metro! So do we need a new term for the common DNA between Windows 8, Windows Phone, Xbox, Outlook, and Office? Subway? Or, as is extremely likely, we'll all just go on calling it Metro, because German Metro can't sue us all at once. I am Spartacus. [The Verge] Update: A statement on the matter from a Microsoft spokesperson: "We have used Metro style as a code name during the product development cycle across many of our product lines. As we get closer to launch and transition from industry dialog to a...

We stumbled upon this German vintage Puma folding fisherman's knife on eBay and we can't take our eyes off of it. But, er, we're not even entirely sure what all of the little design elements do. We're not a fisherman, but let's take a closer look. Here's a look at the stainless steel knife unfolded. The blade's curved for gutting. We're assuming that big circular lump on the knife's butt is designed for smacking the fish you just caught over the head until you've killed it dead ( See update . This knife is not for the catch-and-release fisherman. In this close-up of the knife's blade you can see that the top side of the knife is lightly serrated for scaling your catch. See those little numbers indicating weights in kilograms? It also appears that the knife works as some kind of hanging scale. Man if only we had $242.50 to spare we'd bid right away, even if we're not really sure what we're looking at. It's just so beautiful. W...