U-Socket | Power / USB Wall Socket
We've all seen it on our cell phones and iPods. The blinking reassurance that soon enough our phone will be rendered useless if we don't find a power outlet that will enable us to charge our gadget. It seems it's the only thing that humanity is still struggling to solve, of course in an environmenta ...
Is Love Now Required For a Marriage License?
It sounds like a silly question, but do you think love should be a requirement for marriage? Is it an infringement on your rights for you to be required to love your spouse? I believe there are many couples that stay together for years and years without loving each other, but should that be their ...
Turn Your Kids Into Heroes!
I enjoyed writing about Story Jumper because it gives us the power to create stories and share them with our families. The topic is particularly appealing to me as my love for reading was due to my dad's love for story telling. Even if he was busy with his work, he would always find time to grab ...
Now You Can Hang Your Stuff On Your “Sniffy”
Keys, earrings, necklaces, tea bags, you name it, we have all struggled to keep track of our stuff when we aren't using use them. The tea bag strip usually falls into the cup whenever you pour water into it or sometimes even when you're just drinking the tea. I myself am a victim to this ultimately ...
How To: Save a Smell | Like Taking A Picture Of A Smell
We can take pictures that will last a lifetime. We can shoot video that will cheer up even the darkest of days. But until now, we haven't been able to save a smell (a scent). Smells usually trigger thoughts connected to the smell and can take us back to the place we were at in an instance in your th ...
Radiator Cup | Keep Your Hands Cool
I'm sitting here working with a jar of mini Oreos and a hot steaming cup of tea. Whenever I drink tea bought at Wayne's Coffee or Starbucks, I always get one of those nifty heat shields that is so common at coffee houses nowadays. But what do you do when you're at home and you don't want to use thos ...
Rising Twitter Stars | Girl Power!
It’s a small world on Twitter, unless you are a newbie. I say this because we often read posts about the popular people on Twitter. We are constantly referring to them on our blogs and everyone knows their usernames and avatars when they see them. They are the people that everyone RTs over and over ...
Hands Free Umbrella | Half the Cool of Bubble Boy!
Here in Sweden it doesn't rain as much as in, for example, England. Here, as everywhere else, we use the ordinary umbrella and so far it has worked great. But there are days that you wish you were enclosed in a plastic confined area where the rain could never reach you no matter how much it tries. T ...
Make Your Video Shorter
How would you like to take footage with your video cam and be able to view an edited or short version of it really fast? If you are used to video editing, you know that finding the highlight of a clip is the most time consuming part of the process. Imagine if you had a video worth about an hour an ...
How To: Get Your Dog to Tweet
Oh. My. Gosh. You gotta be kidding me… thanks to Mattel’s new Puppy Tweets dog collar, your dog can now tweet. For real. You want your dog to join you in the Twitterverse? No problem! Everyone is talking about this, in the past week it has been written about in the LA Times, Fast Company, engadg ...
Mixed Reality! Mobile Technology Concept
More and more we are seeing that the world is relying on technology to provide information and connectivity. You will notice that people make sure that if they will not have access to their computers for some reason, they will surely have access via their mobile phones. The mobile manufacturers ar ...
Handy Cam In Its True Sense!
It's no joke that digital cameras are getting much smaller and much easier to use with greater results. When I look at today's cameras and see what they can do, I am always surprised about the wealth of features that are packed into these handy gadgets. Even though most digital cameras work on a dig ...
Want To Create Your Own Children’s Book?
When I was a little kid, I remember my dad would always tell us stories. He would always have a book with him. It didn't even have to be bed time. He would usually round us up and just get his book and read to us. I enjoyed those moments and I am glad he did because it opened up a world of new ...
The Olympic Book of Five Rings (I)
Most eyes were glued to television sets last Friday night. The world's eyes descended upon Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics that evening. The wait was finally over and all that preparation for the Opening Ceremonies, done. It was time.
Being present for them was something else. I missed it. ...
For Your Inspiration: Bold and Dramatic Eye Candy
About a week ago, I stumbled across a portfolio of photographs taken by Gabriel Wickbold. I was so inspired and so drawn to these photographs that I stopped what I was doing to write an article about it. The photos, to me, were like the visual holy grail of color and stimulation. The article I wrote ...