Articles Archive for January 2010
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Winner of an architecture competition, this amazing door is about 17 feet high and 5 and half feet wide andopens like a curtain into a beautiful flowing curve.
This feat is accomplished with the help of 40 sections of Burma teak …
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Fans of Max Payne rejoice. Max Payne 3 is on its way and is bound to have several new developments, including a rugged change in the main character’s appearance.
He is now completely bald and supports a bushy beard. Looking at …
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Admit it. You have always had a secret desire to live like Homer Simpson in that awesome Simpsons home. Here is the Simpsons house in real life.
Whoever constructed it, got everything precisely as it is featured in the successful television …
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Though these cubes are meant for whiskey, they could be used for pretty much any drink. Just stick them in the freezer for a few hours and throw them in just like ice cubes.
The soft granite won’t scratch your glass …
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Here’s a nice chart showing how things have changed a year after Barack Obama took over the reigns of the US presidency from George W. Bush.
We haven’t seen any cool tricks so far from the 44th president and both the …
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It seems that 63-year old Stallone isn’t as invulnerable as we once thought he was. He broke his neck during the filming of the upcoming action-packed movie The Expendables in a vicious fight with ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin.
However, instead of …
Toys and Gadgets »
An iPhone, slide-to-unlock, doormat. How awesome is that? Off course, would be so much cooler if you really could just slide it with your foot and enter a pass-key to enter the house.
Whether you love or hate the iPhone, this …
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This is what a real periodic table looks like. Just be careful when you sit on the uranium and keep food well wrapped to lessen the risk of lead contamination.
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This is for all you Blackberry fans out there. Now you can have your Blackberry and eat it. The model does look a little outdated though.
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Denzel’s done some fine parts in his acting career and has played everything from freedom fighters to lawyers to criminals. This Venn diagram shows his roles where he wore a hat, glasses, facial hair and combinations of the three.
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How many table lamps have you broken by knocking them down? This bowling pin lamp is one that requires being knocked down to function.
Keep it upright to have it lit and when you’re done, just knock it over and it’ll …
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If you have a couple hundreds bucks to splurge on something, make it these novelty contact lenses.
You can have eyes matching everything from an Ebola-victim to a big cat, or even a smiley-face. Would be a really cool thing to …
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We love cats, especially ones this cute, but few of us would eat one. This guy claims he just found it sitting in his bowl, but we know that wasn’t the case.
Just look at all that seasoning sprinkled on top …
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Here’s an awesome and innovative “reflecting device”, aka mirror, that doubles as a table whenever you require it.
Just remember to clear the food off the table or you might have a dirty mirror. Also be careful putting down that heavy …
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Everyone loves chocolate. Most people like pretzels too. Should be able to guess where we’re leading you. No, not a chocolate and pretzel throwing fight. What we have here are pretzels covered in chocolate.
They look quite delicious and should provide …
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The Burj Khalifa, previously known as the Burj Dubai and now the world’s tallest building, opened its doors to the world in a lavish ceremony on the 4th of January.
Costing $1.5 billion and almost six years to construct, the building …
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How much do you love hummus? Enough to make 4 tonnes of it? That’s what 50 chefs from the Arab-Israeli village of Abu Ghosh did.
The chefs set a new world record by beating the previous record of about 2 tonnes, …
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We’re all familiar with the creative power of the shower. It can make us sing and come up with some really creative ideas, but the moment we step out, we forget everything and return to our boring old selves. Here’s …
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Bread is such a wonderful thing. It is delicious, healthy and can be eaten with just about anything. It’s so soft that people have been know to use slices of bread as pillows and is now available in the form …
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The Beriscope, by designer Jaewon Choi, seems to be inspired by typical periscopes that you can find in a submarine and allows you to remotely and safely scuba dive from the comfort of the beach (or boat).
The Beriscope comes with …
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The Dettifoss is the biggest waterfall in Europe (in terms of volume) and looks almost like liquid rocks disappearing into a thin mist below.
Here is an amazing shot of this beautiful jewel, situated in Iceland. The puny human mortals are …
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Ever wondered what delicacies the kings of Egypt enjoyed at the height of their glory? We’re guessing they looked something like these chocolate pyramids.
It is said that the pyramid shape has unique properties that might protect, or even enhance, whatever …
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If you’re into hair pulling or jaw breaking, you’ll love this. Jewelry made out teeth and actual human hair, including tooth rings which you can use to break jaws and gather even more teeth.
This is great as far as artistic …
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These colorful candles, made in the shape of real hands making various friendly and obscene gestures, are the work of young artists from Paris.
Each of these candles will burn for 3 hours and provide lots of amusement. I wonder who …
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Gone are the days when you’d have to rely on a primitive spoon or spatula to do your stirring. With the self-stirring mug, you can kill a few more brain cells by letting machines deal with the complexities of stirring.
Requiring …
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This is one gun barrel that you wouldn’t mind sticking into your mouth. Made out of 6 oz of hollow milk chocolate, the chocolate gun comes in its own carrying case and is bound to give you that suave, secret …
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As the name implies, these aquariums have no edges. Not ones that are clearly visible at least. Zeroedge makes a number of outdoor and indoor aquariums that look amazing.
I wonder if they have ones big enough to accommodate sharks. You …
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Remember the great looking body paint we talked about a while back? That pales in comparison to how good these painted hands look. They’re all in the shape of various animals, such as this zebra, and at first glance, can …
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When General Motors sold Hummer to China’s Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery late last year, we wondered what the future would be like for the gas-guzzling off-roader we’ve come to love. However, these concept shots by Andrus Ciprian (a Romanian …
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You’ll look really silly holding an umbrella when there are clear skies above, but at least the You Are Here umbrella will put you on the map. Google Earth to be more accurate.
The umbrella is designed to stand out in …
