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Are Concept Phones the Phones of the Future?
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04/08/2008, 08:05 AM
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 | The new line of futuristic concept phones by Sony Ericsson are being developed. Phones that fold into watches and can be worn on the wrist like an early '90's snap bracelet, phones that fold out into flat screen tv's. Wh...
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The Big Bang Theory- A Brilliant New Comedy
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04/04/2008, 05:44 AM
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 | Two brilliant three-dimensional chess playing, tech talking, super nerd young physics professors and their best friends meet the new neighbor- a hot chick named Penny. Sheldon, a nerd whose lifestyle is defined by his qu...
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Earth Hour 2008 Was a Huge Success
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03/31/2008, 02:10 PM
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 | The first ever international Earth Hour was a huge success. Cities all over the world banded together to make a statement, a statement about the importance of enviromental concervation and awareness. Even google turned o...
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Global Earth Hour 2008
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03/27/2008, 07:24 AM
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 | At 8pm on Saturday, March 29th, 2008 the lights are going out in hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses around the world. From South Africa to Scotland, from Canada to Vietnam, a globally choreographed event will...
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Fred: making house a home
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03/26/2008, 12:05 PM
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 | World Wide Fred is an odds and ends company which gives style and personality to all those boring little household necessities. From the Bananna Handle Gripper for all your metal handled pots and pans to the Fred Tado T...
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Red Bull Flugtag London 2008
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03/26/2008, 11:39 AM
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 | 40 teams will meet in London's Hyde Park on June 7th, 2008 to test their skill in aeronautics and their appetite for adrenaline. Each team will roll their Flugtag flying machine off the artificial cliff-like platform and...
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Birth of the Riedel Black Tie
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03/03/2008, 07:37 AM
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 | Riedel, a name known internationally as THE wine glass company for true connoisseurs, has introduced a new line to its elite Sommeliers collection: the Black Tie glass.
While most wine glasses look the same to us casual/...
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A New Way To See London
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03/02/2008, 10:03 PM
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 | On Sunday, July 6th 2008, an estimated 24,000 running, walking, and marathon-ing enthusiasts will hit the streets of London, in an energetic throng, for the eighth annual ASICS 10K London Run. From Piccadilly to Buckingh...
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The Unauthorized Autobiography of Ted Hughes
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02/22/2008, 05:17 AM
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 | The long over-due Letters of Ted Hughes has recently been released and is revealing shocking secrets. Hughes has long been hated by the fans of infamous poet Sylvia Plath, his late wife. Devoted Plath fans have actua...
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TimeOut Travel Guides Online
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02/09/2008, 07:18 AM
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 | TimeOut city guides- guiding you through the It ins and outs of cities around the world- are having an online special. 30% off. Whether you' re going to Sydney, Dubai, or San Francisco- you can' t beat $6....
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Anne of Green Gables Launch Party
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02/09/2008, 07:01 AM
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 | If you' ve never been to a launch party- here' s your chance. Penguin is throwing the Anne of Green Gables 100th anniversary launch party, where they' ll release the new prequel to the Anne Shirley s...
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Before Green Gables
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01/05/2008, 09:52 AM
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 | Puffin, a division of Penguin Books, will release the first ever prequel to Anne of Green Gables as part of the series' centennial celebration.
The book will be authored by highly acclaimed Canadian writer Budge Wilson ...
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Moleskins
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11/07/2007, 10:34 AM
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 | I moved to England this week to begin a new and exciting adventure. I always start new travel adventures with a new notebook. There’s just something about a new journal, they’re like freshly sharpened pencils- they have ...
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iPhone- UK Release
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10/30/2007, 07:00 AM
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 | There's a new craze in town and its happening at cellular retailers around the world. Designer phones and celebrity endorsed mobiles are popping up left and right. Here in the united kingdom one phone is trumping all oth...
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Rowling Brings Dumbledore Out of the Closet
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10/20/2007, 04:01 PM
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 | In an interview yesterday at a New York book signing, J.K. Rowling, creator of the world of Harry Potter, shocked a packed audience of fans with the knowledge that she wrote the character of Albus Dumbledore, headmaster ...
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Foreign Banking Hazzards
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10/19/2007, 11:26 AM
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 | While London is calling this holiday season, and when Paris starts to sound romantic in the spring, you’ll shop around for cheap flights and a great deal on a hotel, but you might not think to shop around for the best ca...
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The British Electrical Socket
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10/18/2007, 06:18 PM
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 | Meet the standard British electrical socket; actually designed with an on/off switch. Many electrical appliances draw electricity even when they’re turned off. Here’s the euro solution: Every electrical socket in my flat...
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Reaper- Part of The CW's New Fall Line Up
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10/10/2007, 11:58 AM
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 | Reaper is a side-splitting new guilty pleasure the whole family can enjoy. Sam, a 21 year old college drop out discovers the reason his parents were so easy on him growing up- in an unfortunate series of events, they sol...
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Fabulous New Feature Exposes Self-Promoters
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10/04/2007, 09:19 AM
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 | MyItThings has added a wonderful new feature which allows you to see who voted for your posts. This means that all of us who voted for our own posts in hopes of winning one of the contests, or in hopes of encouraging mor...
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Pear's Soap Prices Plummet
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10/03/2007, 04:00 PM
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 | Pear’s Soap has long been my bar of choice. It's hypo-allergenic and comedogenic. It has no added colorants or artificial ingredients. Each bar of this glycerin soap is aged and mellowed until it becomes completely trans...
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The Art of the Screenplay
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09/20/2007, 03:45 PM
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 | The screenplay: the blueprint for cinematic magic and an art form that facilitates expedited literary pleasure.
On average, scripts run from 95 to 125 pages in length, are in Courier 12pt font, and embrace white space....
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Harry Potter: A Tale With a Twist
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09/18/2007, 01:35 PM
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 | Imagine if the reason Petunia Dursley took little Harry Potter into her home was that her own precious son had an innate unnaturalness of his own. Imagine if Dumbledore had promised to hide this apparent defect in exchan...
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How Old Is This Plane?
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09/14/2007, 11:28 AM
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 | On a recent flight from Detroit I noticed something that made me cringe- an ashtray on the wall outside the plane’s bathroom. I started wondering how old a plane had to be for it to have an ashtray build right in.
If y...
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Before you buy a box of Cubans…
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09/13/2007, 12:42 PM
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 | Cubans are widely considered the be all and end all of fine cigars. My first cigar experience was with my mother, a white Russian, and a Cuban she had snuck over the Canadian boarder. At the time, I was thoroughly conv...
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Conveyance: a literary review of Maus I & Maus II
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09/10/2007, 08:49 AM
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 | There is no single word in the English Language to convey the meaning ‘to die of thirst.’ While dehydration can be a cause of death, it has other meanings and other outcomes. Its meaning does not elicited the proper und...
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Energy Harvesting- Powering the Phones of the Future
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09/09/2007, 04:22 PM
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 | As cell phone technology becomes increasingly complex, the amount of energy needed to operate them increases as well. This may soon become a problem of the past though. The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems i...
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Solar Phone Solutions
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09/09/2007, 03:04 PM
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 | What if energy was free? What if we could charge our cell phones without having to plug them into a socket, or charge our iPods without having to power up the whole computer?
While self-charging, energy harvesting ...
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The Power of Complaining
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09/04/2007, 01:36 PM
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 | If you find yourself wondering if Customer Service has completely flown out the window, you’re not alone. Inspired by skinner, I make it a point to complain whenever service is unusually poor and compliment when servi...
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