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2009’s Most Fashionable Vending Machines: Shoe Dispensing Hits UK Streets & Nightclubs

by Fashion Finds

After a long night of dancing and partying at the hottest nightclubs, especially if you like to let loose Studio 54 style, there's nothing worse than having to walk home in the high-fashion heels or stilettos that you started the evening with. Fashionable and convenient vending machines popping up all across the UK to give club goers (and those suffering from other emergency shoe dilemmas) the convenience of comfortable shoe dispensing when they need it most.

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Giga Pudding, the Family-sized Dessert for Really Big Families

by Steve Levenstein

Pudding on the Ritz? The Sahara of desserts? Pudding-zilla? Giga Pudding from Japan's Takara Tomy is the sumo-sized snack that will soon leave you as big & jiggly as IT is!

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Inspired By Ferns: Eric Vergne's Dystopian Farm

by T Goodman

Global food prices have surged 75 percent since the year 2000 because of the over-foresting, over-cultivating, and global warming affecting soil conditions in farming regions throughout the world. It's very promising then that there are forward looking architects like Eric Vergne whose entry in Evolo's 2009 Skyscraper Competition is something to be seriously considered -- so seriously, that Evolo has awarded his "Dystopian Farm," third place in the competition.

Siberian UFO Sighted: Many Photos Taken

by M Dee Dubroff

It’s getting more and more uncomfortable for those who don’t believe in ufos to deny their existence. Whatever they are or aren’t, many residents of Chita, Russia, a city with a population of about 300,000 in south-eastern Siberia, reported seeing an enormous UFO zooming across their city and disappearing into a very perplexed horizon.

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Arsenic: Is This Ancient Poison a Modern Remedy?

by M Dee Dubroff

News sources in Hong Kong have released information concerning the success of some leukemia patients that have been treated with a combination of arsenic and vitamin A. How far has this poison dating back to an 8th century A.D Arab alchemist named Jabir really come? Read on for some startling details.

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Urawaza: Time Tested Tips for Troubled Times

Thrifty is Nifty! Urawaza, Traditional Lifestyle Tips From Japan

by Steve Levenstein

Urawaza is Japanese for "clever lifestyle tips and tricks", and that's what this colorfully covered book by Lisa Katayama delivers in spades. What's more, the current financial crisis has made Urawaza's blend of folk wisdom and cheap fixes all that much more helpful.

Twitter vs. Facebook - Battle of the Social Goliaths

by Ron Callari

How social are these mega social networks? Well social enough for Facebook to have courted Twitter most recently...to only be rebuffed as a lustful suitor too eager to get to third base before the first pitch was thrown. Back in fall of 2008, Facebook offered Twitter $500 million in stock to wed and bed her.

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Do You Need Some Help Kissing?: Great Idea?

by Cosetta

Patent# US 6789799 is called the Kissing Shield Game and Method of Use Thereof. One would think that the human race has evolved far enough so that kissing is an acceptable art form, but perhaps it hasn’t. French and other type kisses spread germs and this inventor has the answer for preventing this. Read on but be careful. Germs are lurking, watching and waiting to pounce on unsuspecting lovers everywhere.

Hello Kitty Toilet Set Adds Cute to Your Commode

Pretty Up Your Potty With the Hello Kitty Toilet Set

by Steve Levenstein

There's just no escaping the Queen of Cute, even in the "throne room", as the Hello Kitty Toilet Set brings Sanrio's omnipresent ambassador of sweetness into the home's most private chamber.

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Aigo Waterproof Mini USB Memory Gets Wet, Still Works

by Steve Levenstein

Our new more mobile lifestyle exposes precious data to the elements, with water being the worst culprit. OTAS Corp's Aigo Micro I-Stick to the rescue! A smaller, safer USB flash drive, the 2GB Aigo can endure a dunk without turning data to junk.

Kiss My Ass! - 10 Great Hot Butt Ads (SFW)

by J. Barker

Ah, the glory that is the human butt. Not only is it functional as a portable seating device, but it's also (in the right circumstances) easy on the eye. And as such, marketing firms the world over use ass to sell us all sorts of stuff. But... sometimes it isn't a pretty sight...

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China To Create Database of Blacklisted Journalists, But Could It Backfire?

by Rick Martin

State media reported this past Friday that China plans to create a "database of [Chinese] media professionals with a bad record," this according to Business Week. While on the surface this might look like a step up in censorship technology on the part of the Chinese government, there might be more to it than that.

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Geek Blood Will Flow at the Akiba Blood Donation Room

by Steve Levenstein

The Akiba Blood Donation Room in the heart - sorry - of Tokyo's geek mecca Akihabara has found a unique method of boosting blood donations: Stock up on manga mags, then stick in the needle.

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Comfy Kitty Cozy's Got Your Hot Water Bottle Covered

by Steve Levenstein

Cold got you feeling down? Warm up with Nyantomo, because there's nothing like a warm kitty to get you feline fine!

Inspired By Nature's Shadows: Jo Angell's Solar Sanctuary

by T Goodman

Most recently, Ms. Angell has been experimenting with the idea of solar canapies inspired by the natural shade provided by trees and plants. In fact, standing under one of her canopies, you would believe it was a tree or plant providing the shade.

Globus Scriptorium Work Pod: Perfect For Agoraphobics

by Must Love Gadgets

Extend your hand out 2.5 feet in front of you and make a 360 degree turn. That's the size of the Globus Scriptorium. Pressed for office space? This could be it. The pod you see takes up the space of a big living room pouffe and it contains a desk and chair. Is there an air vent in there? You might be able to hide in it.

Wake Up Seattle! Instant Starbucks Is Coming!

by Toby

Huh? Oh, sorry... I was just talking to myself. Huh? Starbucks is going to market instant coffee in Seattle? The trendiest coffee town in the world? Oh, Chicago too... Well, that's alright then. (Want a free sample...?)

High and Dry: China Attacks The Heavens In Hopes of Rain

by Rick Martin

China is currently in the midst the most devastating drought it has seen in the last fifty years, and projections for the rest of the year show no signs of relief. The matter is of such critical importance that China cannot afford to wait for nature to take its course.

New Generation of Russian Goats Linked to Protection of Newborns

by M Dee Dubroff

A sort of miracle will soon be occurring on a farm near Moscow where the birth of a very special new generation of goats with human genes is expected. These genes will make them produce protein lactoferrin, which is an element in human milk that protects a newborn baby until his or her own immune system starts to work. Read on for some amazing details.

Reverse Nose Plugs Keep the Water In!

Pit Stopper Keeps Pollen Out, Holds Water In

by Steve Levenstein

"Pit Stopper" has less to do with racing than running - running noses, that is. Those troubled by runny noses due to allergies or colds can simply plug their nostrils... with these ingenious nostril plugs.

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