Shiny Shiny: Eastenders, Torchwood, the news and oh, that guy with the centre-parting who likes American Pie 1&2 ‘winked’ at you. Yes: meet the future. Match.com and BT are pairing up and bringing internet dating from the quite small screen in your bedroom to the rather larger screen in your sitting room, in an attempt to lure the millions looking […]
TV Dating
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 88
Craft Your Own Game Fancy being a creator and seller of your very own game? You can now do so at The Game Crafter! There are no up-front fees, and no contractual obligations. Just design your game idea and components, set the price…. Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 88 >>> – Quest for the Last Cup Holder You’ll Ever Need […]
Taga 2 in 1 Stroller and Bike
The unique and innovative design of Taga combines a premium stroller with a bike to create a new multifunctional mode of transport, turning any typical journey into an adventure. Use Taga in the bike mode to travel around the city and on reaching your destination simply transform into a pushchair within seconds to continue your journey on foot. The 3-wheel […]
R2D2 Toilet Paper Dispenser
Topless Robot: R2D2 has done many things in his storied career. Carried Death Star plans. Slaughtered battle droids. Shot lightsabers out of his head. Served booze. But now, thanks to Japan, he can help keep your anus clean as this toilet paper cozy, which… I don’t know. I’m just too dead inside today to feel much of anything. I wish […]
Craft Your Own Game
At The Game Crafter, you can start selling your game with only the push of a button. There are no up-front fees, no contractural obligations, no distributors, and you don’t need a big publisher to decide your game will sell 10,000 units in the first year. Just design your game idea and components, upload the decks and boards, and also […]
Organize, Simplify, Socialize
OrSiSo was started with the main goal of helping people Organize and Simplify the way in which they Socialize with their friends online, no matter what social network or online community they belonged to. The OrSiSo application runs on Adobe AIR, and connects to several social networks including Twitter, FaceBook, LinkedIn and Flickr as well as Yahoo! and MSN chat. […]
Cool Search Engines
Wired: How do you find a new search engine if all you know is Google? Typing “search engine” into the usual box might lead you to Microsoft’s newly launched Bing, the combined search at Dogpile, or the former king of search, Altavista. But for those willing to dig around, searching for search engines can reveal a treasure trove: The net […]
Buy Household Products Online
Geek.com: You can find almost everything online these days. After all, if you consider what’s available in books, music, and electronics online there is not a lot of reason to go to a brick-and-mortar store for these items nowadays. People still have few online choices when it comes to toiletries and home essentials though. At least, they didn’t until a […]
URL Shortening
Cnet News: URL-shortening services are abundant and becoming more so. They’re usually designed with a priority on minimum character length, not easy reading: Is.gd, Bit.ly, Twurl.nl, Tr.im, Sn.im”, Cligs, and TinyURL. So what’s new now? First, Twitter, and second, shortening URLs is becoming an actual business–notably at present through the addition of “analytics” features that can let those who use […]
Quest for the Last Cup Holder You’ll Ever Need
OH 4 Industries had a simple slogan, “We make cup holders.” A family friend begged one of the founders to create a viable wheelchair cup holder. When presented to the design team, everyone thought it was a fool’s errand. Thinking of the number of different designs it would take to accommodate the wide variety of wheelchairs and scooters, they decided […]