DailyCandy: Some would find your attitude negative. But you take comfort in accepting that there are some things you won’t do in this lifetime. Piloting a space shuttle, passing the bar, and swimming the English Channel are all pursuits you’re happy to leave to others. That goes double for crafting. Especially when there are talents of the caliber found on […]
Everything DIY
Chic Appliances
Iconoculture: Adding chic styling to old standbys lets stylish homeowners mix spicy, utilitarian elements throughout the home. Jenn-Air added glitz to fridges. Now the Maytag division’s Attrezzi line adds pizzazz to stand mixers, blenders, and toasters. Touted as a “modern renaissance,” the line of coordinating appliances features etched glass, antique copper and oiled bronze finishes, and plenty of graceful curves. […]
Bottled Water for Women
BocaNews.com: A businesswoman from Boca Raton is about to take the plunge into the bottled water market. But she’s targeting a group that’s been largely left high and dry by specialty beverage firms. In late June, she hopes to begin vending W2O, a vitamin-packed water “uniquely designed for women,” said Lila Newman, owner of Double A Beverage LLC and creator […]
(Virtual) Cave Exploration
BusinessWeek’s The Tech Beat: I remember when the Google boys came to visit BW the first time, hopped up on ideas, pitching a new way to search the Web. Boy were they right. The folks from a new kind of search company, Splunk Technology, can only hope they do one-tenth as well. The tiny San Francisco startup is out to […]
Chicken Fries From BK
USAToday.com: The national obsession with snacking has finally come to this (health-food activists, hide your eyes): chicken fries. Hungry to lure in customers at all hours, Burger King is tentatively planning the launch this summer of a spicy, 4-inch-long, fried white-meat chicken snack that looks like a cross between a chicken strip and french fry. “For me, they’re like M&Ms,” […]
Period Balm
DailyCandy: Okay, Drama Queen: You’re crying at commercials. Your face looks like a polka-dot bikini. While inhaling obscene amounts of Chubby Hubby, you decide you’re a total train wreck. Period. Period? Clearly your monthly visitor is to blame for much ado — again. Fortunately Amy Galper, a New York-based aromatherapist and shiatsu therapist, has created Girl Balm to ease menstrual […]
Thank You, BitTorrent
Wired News: Film and television executives no doubt wish the increasingly popular BitTorrent peer-to-peer file-sharing system never saw the light of day. Thousands of consumers are using the software to download hundreds of movies and hours upon hours of television programming. But one industry’s threat is another’s opportunity. There’s an upside to allowing viewers to transfer copyright material content over […]
Mobile Pizza
Bradenton Herald: Scott Matthew knows there’s nothing like a hot pizza delivered to your door on a January night. One such night last year, when an hour seemed too long to wait, he went to bed hungry, but woke up inspired. “If you bake the pizzas in vans on the way to you, it would be so neat. You could […]
M-Coaching
Textually.org: French Wireless operator Orange has just launched an “SMS mobile coaching service” to help students study for their Baccalauréat exam. The m-coaching aims to motivate, inform and help the students to be better organized. Students needs to sign up online and define his/her profile by answering several questions such as which Bac section they are in, and their priorities… […]
Voice Privacy
Yenra: Babble provides voice confidentiality and security of information in open-plan work environments. “Babble is the first, true voice privacy device with powerful application in open spaces,” said Sonare president Bill DeKruif. “It is a profound and proprietary technology that can be used either as a stand-alone solution or as part of a layered approach to sound management. Sound masking, […]