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Fred: making house a home

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:05:49 GMT

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 Tatoo which will actually temporarily transpose your list of things to do onto the palm of your hand- never forget another gricery list or that trip to the dry cleaner. The new F... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]

Are Concept Phones the Phones of the Future?

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:05:12 GMT

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, and phones that fold out into flat screen TVs. While they wont be out on the market for a while, Sony is saying they've developed the phones of the future. Michael Laut (www.mikelaut.com) thinks differently-he thinks simpli... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]

Dewy Lips and Eyes

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:08:27 GMT

This Lip and Eye Gloss from Jemma Kidd is a multi-purpose miracle to help your makeup bag fit into the teeniest of clutches. Like Jemma Kidd's other products, this gloss combines product features to condense your makeup bag down to the bare essentials. This gloss gives lips all day non-sticky colourless shine to accentuate natural luster or gloss up a matte lipstick. Try combining it with lip l... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]

The Big Bang Theory- A Brilliant New Comedy

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:44:24 GMT

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 quirky phobias and OCD, and his roommate Leonard have thrillingly antagonistic chemistry. The tension between Sheldon's routine and the way the hot girl next door has turned their l... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]

Earth Hour 2008 Was a Huge Success

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:10:25 GMT

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 out the lights, spreading the word for global sustainability by painting the search engine's home page black. So we had a great turn out, but Earth Hour is over and the Earth Hou... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]

Global Earth Hour 2008

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:24:00 GMT

To be a part of Earth Hour, sign up at http://www.earthhour.org and you'll receive details about the event and your local time zone's designated earth hour. For more information on light pollution check out: http:www.Lightpollution.org.uk/index.php?pageld=5 ... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]

Red Bull Flugtag London 2008

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:39:38 GMT

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 atempt to glide their way over the steep drop and across this frigid marina. The rugged competitors will be judged on distance, creativity, and their pre-take-off performance. ... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]

Birth of the Riedel Black Tie

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:37:33 GMT

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/occasional consumers, the new Black Tie glass is refreshingly and identifiably different.
The stem of a Black Tie glass for a red wine is black- giving a full glass of red w... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]

A New Way To See London

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:03:15 GMT

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 Buckingham Palace, the Tower Bridge, and back, this race will give you a city wide tour and some digital vacation photos worth printing.
While the pros will probably take home the gol... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]

The Unauthorized Autobiography of Ted Hughes

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:17:58 GMT

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 actually gone so far as to scratch out his surname from her tombstone.
ll have to pick up the book. ... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]

TimeOut Travel Guides Online

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:18:17 GMT

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 $6.99. This offer is up after January 15th. ... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]

Anne of Green Gables Launch Party

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:01:04 GMT

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 series and the new re-print of Anne Shirley books. The event will be held at the Royal Ontario Museum from 7pm until 8:30pm on Tuesday, February 12th 2008. Tickets are available fr... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]

Before Green Gables

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:52:31 GMT

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 and will be entitled Before Green Gables.
While Puffin isn't giving too much away, the story is said to detail Anne's beginnings, including the death of her parents and the ... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]

Moleskins

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:34:18 GMT

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 to be used, just like adventures have to be recorded.
I always choose the same journal. A black quad-ruled Moleskin.

Moleskins are the legendary journals of choice for famou... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]

iPhone- UK Release

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:00:10 GMT

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 others as the ultimate status symbol. Apple's iPhone. Here, if you somehow managed to get one, you had to pay a small fortune for the handset and then another pretty penny to have som... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]

Rowling Brings Dumbledore Out of the Closet

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 21:01:53 GMT

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 of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, to be a homosexual.

In her mind, Albus’s one true love had been his young friend Grinwald. Albus eventually had to duel his lover... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]

Foreign Banking Hazzards

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:26:42 GMT

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 card to pay for it all with. Those paper bills that come out of foreign cash machines feel like monopoly money anyways, but are even easier to spend when you’re not sure exactly how ... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]

The British Electrical Socket

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:18:09 GMT

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 here in the UK has an on/off switch. Imagine how much energy we could save if we cut off the electricity to every socket not in use. This is cutting down on wasted energy, energy ... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]

Reaper- Part of The CW's New Fall Line Up

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:58:24 GMT

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 sold his soul to the devil. Now, on his 21st birthday the devil has come to collect. Sam must become the devils own bounty hunter. By sending escaped souls back to hell Sam finds tha... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]

Fabulous New Feature Exposes Self-Promoters

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:19:28 GMT

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 more people to read our work, or perhaps out of shear egoism, have all been unmasked. I may be out of the closet now, but I still think it’s a fantastic feature. I’m giving it two t... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]

Pear's Soap Prices Plummet

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:00:14 GMT

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 transparent in appearance. It has a clean fresh scent and leaves my skin silky smooth. The Queen of England herself endorsed it with her own royal crest until just recently. Apparently... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]

The Art of the Screenplay

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:45:38 GMT

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. This makes them quick and easy reads. Spec scripts (i.e. scripts not written by big shots like Scorsese or Shyamalan) conjure a sense of creativity- description has to be carefu... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]

Harry Potter: A Tale With a Twist

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:35:08 GMT

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 exchange for her hospitality. The death of Dumbledore would have brought an abrupt halt to this protection, leaving Dudley untrained and performing accidental magic.

Intriguing isn’t ... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]

How Old Is This Plane?

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:28:26 GMT

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 you don’t remember ever being able to smoke on a plane, it might be because most airlines adopted anti-smoking policies well before it was legally mandated by the federal governmen... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]

Before you buy a box of Cubans…

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:42:05 GMT

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 convinced that there was no felicity so divine as a fine Cuban. But before you make a serious investment on this famed illegal import, let me share the findings of my experience.

T... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]

Conveyance: a literary review of Maus I & Maus II

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:49:39 GMT

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 understanding. While other languages have specific words for this phenomena, I find this gap in our vocabulary to be an excellent example of our inability to communicate the weight an... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]

Energy Harvesting- Powering the Phones of the Future

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 21:22:13 GMT

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 is in the process of developing self charging cell phones. These phones will be able to convert not only solar energy, but also energy from heat and motion. When energy is collecte... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]

Solar Phone Solutions

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 20:04:24 GMT

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 cell phones aren’t operational yet, solar powered chargers are. Solio (www.solio.com) has created a hybrid charger which will give your electrics an environmentally friendly rech... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]

The Power of Complaining

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:36:35 GMT

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 service goes beyond my expectations.

When I call that 1-800 number on the back of a product or off a corporate website specifically designed for comments and questions, I always s... [Original Post on MyItThings.com]