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The Polaroid iPhone Decal

If you remember the Polaroid commercials from Mariette Hartley and James Garner, the Polaroid iPhone decal is the thing for you. Still having a tough…

Blogger Faces Behind URLs

Ever wonder who are the faces behind the URLS of your favourite blogs?  Gabriela Herman’s photos examines perhaps a lonely aspect of blogging. The brooding…

Are We Too Obsessed With Facebook?

If you start and finish your day logging and logging off with Facebook, it’s a good chance that you are obsessed with Facebook. Many of…

Smiley Face Badge Spy Camera

Your every move is being monitored. From smartphone to smiley face camera buttons. Privacy is thrown out the door. Cameras are finding new places to…

The History of the Batmobile

The Batmobile has gone through a whole evolution since it made it’s first appearance as a Red Roadster in Detective Comics #35. Below is a…

Nomad Brush for the iPad

Is the Nomad Brush for the iPad about to put many mom and pop art stores out of business? Now what is the fun of…

Snoopy Dashboard

Eat your heart out Garfield, Snoopy is still top dog after all these years. A dashboard of Snoopy is never enough.

Cloudy With A Chance Of Blackbirds

Many theories are abound on how hundred of blackbirds can fall from the sky to an untimely demise. From biblical to secret sonar technology, John…

Montreal Strip Spelling Bee

Please check your spell checker at the door. The Honeysuckle Strip Spelling Bee held in Montreal is a bit like strip poker, if you misspell,…

Burlesque Paraphernalia

If you have not heard of Catalog No.439, it’s a good chance you were not alive when it came out. In the 30’s DeMoulin Bros.…

Skiing Down Park Avenue in Manhattan

You must have a death wish if you plan to ski down Park Avenue in Manhattan. This daredevil incognito going by the pseudonym Scranga got…

JakPak: Worst Product of 2010

If you plan to sleep in fear in the woods then the “tent you will travel jacket” is an ideal wrapping to make you a…

Detroit City Left in Ruins

Like something out of The Last Man on Earth or Logan’s Run, Detroit City once the pulse of the industrial machine of America is left…

Roses Made From Post-It Notes

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, unless it is made from Post-it notes. Here is another way to impress your girlfriend…

The Eco-Friendly Tote Bag as Art

A book dedicated to the tote bag? Your friendly neighborhood tote bag is a welcome site to the environment. No longer will the earth choke…

Smoke on the Water is Beethoven’s Fifth Backwards

How did Deep Purple come up with the famous Smoke on the Water riff? Ritchie Blackmore comes clean and confesses he stolen the riff from Beethoven's 5th Symphony. He claims he loosely played Beethoven's 5th backward. The rest is history as Funky Claude was running in and out pulling kids out the ground, Deep Purple ran to the bank with their biggest hit ever. Poor Beethoven never saw a royalty check. Rock historians will point out that Smoke on the Water was based on Iggy Pop's Stooges song "Loose" and borrows many melodic elements from the song released two years earlier. You have to have a keen sense of musical hearing for that one.