Swiss Measuring Spoons   

Gadgets, January 17, 2012
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You know the Swiss, what with their precise timekeeping and all of that. Well, you might want to enlist a little bit of Swiss precision in your kitchen the next time you have friends or family over for a cookout, with the $9.99 Swiss Measuring Spoons. Despite being made out of food-grade ABS plastic, these Swiss Measuring Spoons are precision crafted, and could very well prove to be the useful measuring multi-tool for you to potter about in the kitchen. Not only are they dishwasher safe, they also help save space since they are convenient to stash away.

Something tells me that getting this for your mate who loves baking might just find a second wind to create this future all time favorite recipe in the family – simply because the ingredients are all carefully measured and spread. What do you think?

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Written Portraits by Van Wantern Etcetera   

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“Written Portraits” is an amazing advertising campaign where the pages of autobiographical books were carved in the shape of the author’s face. The Van Wantern Etcetera agency started this campaign as a part of Dutch Book Week which is organized by CPNB (Collective Promotion Dutch Literature) every year. The artist Souverein did an impressive job of creating realistic images on the pages of each book. They feature the faces of Louis Van Gaal, Anne Frank, Vincent Van Gogh and Kader Abdolah( the writer of the biographic Book Week give away).

Anne Frank

Kader Abdolah

Louis van Gaal

Vincent van Gogh


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Forget the Segway, ride a Trikke!   

Gadgets, January 16, 2012
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I suppose that the Segway industry really has yet to take off, but I like the idea of personal mobility. I suppose I would have to group the Trikke with Segway-style products, but the Trikke has three wheels and not two self-balancing ones.

I got a chance to ride a Trikke at CES 2012, and I found that it was about as difficult to learn as a self-balancing motorcycle. At first, I was a little hesitant to make any sharp turns, but I found that with a little practice, the Trikke is highly maneuverable.

The maximum speed on it is 17 mph, but you’ll probably cruise along at about 12 mph. It is completely electirc with zero emissions, and is good for 24 miles per charge. The battery just plugs into the wall, and it is easily swappable.

The Trikke can fold down to a smaller shape, sort of like a stroller, so it is easily portable. It really does have a lot of personal mobility uses like security, tourism, and just getting around conveniently overall.

As you might have guessed, this fun doesn’t come cheap. The 36 Volt lite costs $1,299.99, the 3G Volt costs $1,899.99, and the 48 Volt costs $2,199.99. You can check out all the individual features on the official website.

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Tony Rock: Alcohol Is a Drug   

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I love alcohol, man. Some people call alcohol a drug, too. Some people say that, ‘Alcohol’s a drug.’ Not me, I call it a vitamin. ‘Cause whatever your deficiency is, alcohol will treat it.

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Tritton SwitchBlade Wireless headset   

Gadgets, January 15, 2012
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When it comes to video games, the Walkman generation (or should I say, iPod generation instead) grew up with earbuds, so there is nothing quite like experiencing in-game audio delivered straight into your ear canals. That sure beats most folks’ home computer or console sound system setup, as playing in a room still paves the way for outside interruptions to occur (which is not necessarily a bad thing, especially when your neighbors are trying to alert you that there is a fire in the kitchen), while wearing a pair of earbuds or headphones that is well insulated ensures you pay full attention to the game on hand – while listening for every move that your enemy makes.

The Tritton SwitchBlade Wireless headset intends to deliver great in-game audio for PS3 owners, where it will offer comfortable hands-free communication to boot. Flip-out the fold-away boom mic and the headset will power itself automatically, and when you are done, just place it on the included elegant docking base to stash it away neatly. Oh yeah, need we say it – this docking base also functions as a quick charger, making sure that the Tritton SwitchBlade is always available for duty whenever its services are required.

Not only that, it can pair with your PS3 console and smartphone simultaneously over Bluetooth, allowing you to seamlessly switch between online game chat and an incoming phone call with but a single touch of a button. Whenever there is an incoming call during your gaming session, the multifunction button opens up a host of options, where among them include being able to accept the call and place the PS3 chat on hold, to end the PS3 chat, or if it is that crazy ex-girlfriend demanding her clothes back which you have already donated to the Salvation Army, you can reject the call and resume gaming, without for a moment having to remove your eyes from the TV.

Not only does the SwitchBlade’s boom mic function as a convenient power button, it also houses integrated technology that is capable of detecting speech clearly. Should you happen to talk in loud environments, advanced noise reduction will stifle ambient sounds to make sure only your voice comes through on the other end of the line. Any takers? This should help boost up your gaming experience by some, PS3 owners.

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Jim Gaffigan: Lost Remote   

Jokes, January 14, 2012
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You ever look for the remote control, you can’t find it, so you just decide, ‘Ah, it looks like I’m not watching TV.’

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Fast Food – Ads vs. Reality   

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The true reality of the advertisements of McDonald’s Big Mac, Burger King’s Whopper, McDonald’s Angus Deluxe TP and Taco Bells’ Crunchy Taco versus the reality of what you get in the bag. One valiant photographer, Dario D., has chosen to challenge these contradictions of the senses head on. He set out on a small quest to compare the advertising images distributed by fast food providers with the products that are actually served in those notable establishments.


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Instant Flat Tire Sealer And Inflator   

Gadgets, January 13, 2012
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I have gone through my fair share of flat tires in the past 10 years since getting my license, and it is always a hassle to take out the replacement tire. Soiling my hands is not an issue, but to sweat in the tropical heat at the side of a dusty road while jacking up the car? That, I absolutely loathe. Still, an electronic jack would be useful, and just in case no motor workshops are open during that day, or I happen to be stranded in some backwater area, the $59.95 Instant Flat Tire Sealer And Inflator would definitely come in handy after some hard driving.

This device is capable of patching and inflating a flat tire in just 10 minutes, and you do not even need to lift the car or remove the tire. After all, it has a built-in compressor that pumps air and the included sealant through the flat tire’s air valve, making sure the tire is patched and inflated at the same time. Using a patented water-based nano-fiber sealant, it is capable of patching holes up to 1/4″ wide and a built-in pressure gauge will let you know whether the tire has been inflated to its optimal air pressure. Just bear in mind that this is not a permanent solution – it is recommended that you replace your patched tires, as they can be driven up to 125 miles.

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Reading Landscapes by Kyle Kirkpatrick   

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UK-based artist Kyle Kirkpatrick transforms books into beautiful landscape sculptures, complete with miniature figurines. The layering in Kirkpatrick’s work is remarkable and the text on the pages add an interesting visual to the swirling cuts.

“My practice is primarily concerned with the notion of the imagined landscape. I present man-made objects and natural materials simultaneously to form carefully and meticulously composed installation works. I capitalize on intrigue taking objects out of context reinventing their use, pushing the viewer to see beyond what I present before them, a glass could be interpreted as a lake or a metal bracket a cliff”.


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Rickey Smiley: White Church   

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I joined a white church because white people get out on time.

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Jo Koy: Three-Year-Old Son   

Jokes, January 12, 2012
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I’ve got a three-year-old son. It’s like living with a crazy midget.

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Recycled Skateboard Deck Sculptures   

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Japanese artist Haroshi turns old skateboards into impressive sculptures. His skill is epic, and yet, he’s had no formal art training. His education comes from skating.

His creations are born through styles such as wooden mosaic, dots, and pixels; where each element, either cut out in different shapes or kept in their original form, are connected in different styles, and shaven into the form of the final art piece. Haroshi became infatuated with skateboarding in his early teens, and is still a passionate skater at present.

The new set features astounding and colorful carvings of a fire hydrant, a full length arm, an enormous skateboard wheel, a playable guitar, and an unfinished dog head.


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BluCan Bluetooth Vibration Speaker and Speakerphone from GiiNii   

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GiiNii, makers of the AudioBulb, had a new product on display at CES with the BluCan.

The BluCan is a Bluetooth speaker that is a little smaller than a can of soda. What you can’t see in this picture is that one twist will cause it to elongate so it is taller. The BluCan can seamlessly pair with Bluetooth enabled devices, in order to play your music off the headphones and on the go. When it is resting on a flat, solid surface, it becomes a 360 speaker capable of good range.

Of course, there are a lot of speakers that can do that. The BluCan has an integrated speaker, so you can actually use it as a phone when it is wirelessly connected. By the way, the Blucan has controls for play, pause, track forward, track backward, as well as answer, volume, and hang-up. So if your phone is charging across the room, you can still have the power of your speaker.

I’m not certain when the BluCan is due out, but it will be sometime this year. I also don’t have a price either. By the way, GiiNii also announced that the AudioBulb will be in a smaller size, in case you wanted to know.

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Happy at One Hundred   

All Pictures, January 11, 2012
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The series entitled ‘Happy at One Hundred’ by well-known German photographer Karsten Thormaehlen shows that age is just a number. Consisting of a collection of photographs of men and women over 100 years old, this project is an extraordinary celebration of life.

These portraits are very sharp and detailed, clearly showing every wrinkle (and twinkle) present in the subjects’ faces. The photographs are a nice reminder that a powerful emotion like happiness can be beautifully captured on people of any age.

Date of Birth: May 4, 1910

Date of Birth: March 30, 1909

Date of Birth: September 13, 1907

Date of Birth: January 13, 1906

Date of Birth: October 9, 1906

Date of Birth: September 6, 1908

Date of Birth: August 22, 1909

Date of Birth: December 3, 1908

Date of Birth: January 18, 1910

Date of Birth: June 17, 1911

Date of Birth: August 7, 1909

Date of Birth: December 5, 1903

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Corey Holcomb: Break-Up House   

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I guarantee, you’re gonna have to get out of your house. I know it’s your house and you bought it, but what you don’t realize is that’s her house, and she’s basically letting you live there while things are going OK.

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Sony Crystal LED Display might be the future of TVs   

Gadgets, January 10, 2012
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CES this year will see Samsung, LG, Panasonic and Sony battle it out where 55″ TVs are concerned, and while Samsung and LG have taken the OLED route, Sony decided to travel differently with their “Crystal LED Display” that is still in the prototype phase. This Full HD 55″ model is a self-emitting display that relies on Sony’s unique methods to mount ultrafine LEDs in each of the Red-Green-Blue (RGB) colors, which is equal in value to the number of pixels. We are talking about approximately six-million LEDs for Full HD here, and with the RGB LED light source being mounted directly on the front of the display, this move will dramatically improve the light use efficiency.

As a result, your eyes are greeted with images with strikingly higher contrast, regardless of whether you are in light and dark environments. Other features will include a wider color gamut, superb video image response time, and wider viewing angles when compared to existing LCD and plasma displays, not to mention paying less to the utility station at the end of the month thanks to its low power consumption. There is no exact release date for the Sony Crystal LED Display, and I am quite sure it is going to be expensive when it arrives.

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Chelsea Handler: AA Meetings   

Have you ever been to an AA meeting? No wonder these people are alcoholics — I’ve never needed a drink more badly in my life.

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Samsung Wi-Fi Video Baby Monitor debuts at CES 2012   

Gadgets, January 9, 2012
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Las Vegas is the landing strip for many a gadget at CES 2012, and Samsung does not want to miss out on the party with their spanking new Wi-Fi Video Baby Monitor which delivers industry leading design, technology and security in a single device. New parents might find it especially useful, while the older parents (or those who already have a few kids) will probably give a gander at this and go, “Meh!” while continuing their lives with their gut instinct (and experience, of course). Still, those who want to follow the adage that it is better to be safe that sorry might want to see what Samsung’s Wi-Fi Video Baby Monitor brings to the table (or home, rather).

This “third eye” of sorts might prove to be the ultimate solution in helping parents keep an eye out for their kids even when they are in a different room. Samsung wants to ensure that you have a pleasant experience right from the get go, by offering free apps for mobile platforms, including the Android and iOS operating systems, enabling parents to adoringly look at their little bundle of joy from the camera lens regardless of where they are – and using nearly all the common mobile devices that we tote around these days.

Samsung is said to spare no quarter with the Wi-Fi Video Baby Monitor by throwing in “the latest in wireless and IP technologies right in the palms of parents’ hands” in a manner that is simple and yet flexible. This IP-based camera will come with an effortless one-touch button that will seek out and automatically pair the device to a wireless home network in under half a minute without the need to install any software. You follow that up by register your camera with SamsungSmartCam.com, and from then on, you can view the person who matters to your from right in your home or anywhere in the world.

Just make sure you have a decent Internet connection before doing so. There is no limit to how many cameras that you want to add to an account, and in order to help you keep things organized, you can register, label and view live footage from each using their own login. The Wi-Fi Video Baby Monitor measures just 1.25″ thick and 3.15″ in diameter, and has a swiveling bracket so that you can mount the device to a wall. Non-visible infrared LEDs will pave the way for you to observe the latest addition to your family even in complete darkness, now how about that? Samsung will sell the Wi-Fi Video Baby Monitor for $149 a pop as it hits the market this March, and it can even automatically record video (640×480 / 30fps / H.264) when motion or sound is detected.

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Vuzix Corporation’s SMART Glasses Technology unveiled   

Gadgets, January 8, 2012
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When it comes to viewing your favorite movies, there is nothing quite like getting up close and personal with the movie in question. After all, why do you think that people prefer to go to the cinemas? I am not only referring to the superb audio system that cinemas deliver, there is also the issue of having “in your face” images and moments of action that cannot be replicated on a small screen. Trust me on this, when you have watched movies in IMAX such as Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, you would want to wish that most movies would be shot in IMAX after that. Vuzix knowns a thing or two about personal movie theaters, or rather, glasses that you wear where it projects an image size as though you were sitting a few get away from an 85” display. CES 2012 will see Vuzix Corporation introduce its SMART Glasses Technology.

Features of the Vuzix SMART Glasses Technology include a built-in HD display engine as well as waveguide optics which will literally break the boundaries of conventional optics and display solutions. Head Mounted Displays tend to be bulky in size, but Vuzix intends to change that with the SMART Glasses Technology, where it will deliver a compact display engine that is full well capable of high contrast and brightness even for outdoor use. All output will be relayed into a 1.4 mm thin polymer waveguide lens with input and output hologram structures on the surface that will squeeze the light down the waveguide, followed by two dimensional expansion of the image back into the user’s eye, so that the image created is mixed with that of the real world. And to think that this technology is capable of being stuffed into the temples and lenses of a conventional pair of eyewear!

Vuzix intends to roll out monocular and binocular SMART Glasses for the commercial, industrial and consumer markets by the time fall 2012 rolls around. No idea on pricing though.

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Tom Papa: Guy in a Speedo   

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The only thing creepier than seeing a guy in a Speedo is seeing a guy in a Speedo staring back at you.

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