Think Geek: A few of us monkeys at ThinkGeek had this great shared dream a few months ago. In it, the whole world was 8-Bit, just like the video games we grew up on. We found ourselves having to leap from platform to platform, to search for pieces of the Triforce of Wisdom, and to fight scary mutated plants and […]
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Vanishing Vending Machine
The Age: On a narrow Tokyo street, Aya Tsukioka demonstrates clothing designs she hopes will ease Japan’s growing fear of crime. With a deft motion, Ms Tsukioka, a 29-year-old fashion designer, lifts a flap on the front of her skirt to reveal a sheet of cloth printed in bright red, with a soft drink logo partly visible. By holding the […]
Beer Brick
Inhabitat: Upcycling is a 21st century term, coined by Cradle to Cradle authors William McDonough and Michael Braungart, but the idea of turning waste into useful products came to life brilliantly in 1963 with the Heineken WOBO (world bottle). Envisioned by beer brewer Alfred Heineken and designed by Dutch architect John Habraken, the “brick that holds beer” was ahead of […]
Breakfast Business
Entrepreneur: While a bed and breakfast is by definition a lodging that serves breakfast as part of the room rate, there are several different types of B&B properties ranging from intimate family homes with less than a handful of guest rooms to full-fledged country inns with a dozen or more rooms. Part of the charm of B&Bs is that each […]
Garden Water
Springwise: Garden watering bans are a fact of life these days, and not just in dry climes like much of Australia and the Western US. But a new Australian invention can keep lawns and gardens green without using any extra household water. The Water-Leech, which retails for AUD 200 and up is a breadbox-sized device with a universal hose attachment […]
Metal Refreshing Lollipop
Strange New Products: The Zilopop is marketed as a breath freshener, in the form of a stainless steel lollipop. It’s made in Germany and marketed in the USA by Charlotte, NC-based Frieling USA, where it’s dubbed, “SmellKiller”. When your saliva touches Zilopop’s stainles steel lolly, it activates its “weird science” to neutralize the foul-smelling molecules in your mouth. After one […]
Text Link Advertising with TNX
Here’s a million-dollar question: how do I increase the Google PageRank of my website? According to search engine optimization specialists, the two most crucial factors affecting your website’s ranking are the availability of useful content and quality links. You’ve got to have helpful, regularly-updated and keywords-rich content on your website before you can attract the Googlebot over and rate your […]
Worthy Products
Iconoculture: Got an itch for the good stuff? There’s nothing more teeth-gnashing than making that big-time buy and then finding out it went on sale. But who has time to track the ups and downs? A new site, PriceProtectr.com, monitors prices so consumers don’t have to. The free service follows prices at 46 stores, including Amazon, Sears, Costco, Best Buy […]
101 New Business Ideas for Retirees: Focus on your Writing Skills
If you have good writing skills why don’t you capitalize on this skill for your retirement business? But there is a catch to these types of businesses. Don’t think your main business will be doing the writing. You main business will be selling. You’ll see as I go along what this means. You could write a book and try to […]
Newspapers Ads Online
Bizreport: “With SmartEdition, publisher’s customers benefit from anywhere/anytime access to current and back issues of their publications, while enjoying audited paid circulation and a new advertising platform,” was written on the company website. The platform is geared toward small, local newspapers. Called AdGet, it is a cost-per-action model geared toward advertising for digital editions of the local papers. The platform […]