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Stylish butane lighter hides in your belt buckleYou already know you're hot stuff. But do your friends? They'll be thoroughly convinced when you make to adjust your belt and instead whip out this mini butane lighter. Push the button on the top and flame-up to light cigarettes or anything else flammable $27.99. (Read More)
Daily DIY:
Impress your friends and coworkers with these easy-to-make edge-lit holiday cards by Evil Mad Scientists Laboratories! This time around they used PETG polyester, which is easier to cut than acrylic.More:How-To: Make "edge-lit" holiday cards Read more | Permalink | Comments | (Read More)
Submitted by Idea North
from Google Reader:
Producer Brandon Nutt, formerly of Sudbury and now working in Hollywood, has returned home to shoot his latest film, in which Sudbury will double as a Colorado town. His company, Nutthouse Moving Pictures, began shooting Phase One Monday, Nov. 9. The story revolves around two friends who enlist in what they think is a way t (Read More)
Submitted by Lemasney
from Google Reader:
Twitter is beta testing a new re-tweet (RT) feature. On first look, it’s pretty neat, but it’s missing an important feature – the ability to add your comments to the RT. This morning I saw a cute post by a library geek dad I know, it was a link to a T-shirt that I thought other geek dad’s might want to see – but the tweet (Read More)
Submitted by Pink Lisa
from Google Reader:
Leonardo DiCaprio turns 35 today and to celebrate the milestone we put together this slideshow of some of Leo's biggest moments! He's been in show business for almost 20 years and has grown up so much along the way. From his best friends like Tobey Maguire, Lukas Haas and Ke (Read More)
MAKE Magazine:
Bleep Labs announced the sequel to their Thingamagoop synth/noisemaker and it looks to be one heckuva major upgrade. The Thingamagoop 2 features - Analog VCO controlled by analog or digital signal from Arduino. (A separate Arduino board is not required) Sample and hold, Arpeggios, noise, and bit crush effects with open sou (Read More)
Geekdad:
Photo By: Anton OlsenWay back in August, when I went to National Instruments’ NI Week, I was introduced to a cool new (to me) product by LEGO Education. The WeDo was developed to use in a classroom setting, complete with per seat software licenses and curriculum, but I think it would sell as well or better amongst the Geek (Read More)
Ecademy: user blogs:
Hello friends!I hope you are well!I am preparing a spiritual conference in France and I thought it might be nice to share with you the title of one of my meditations, « Listening to the inner voice of universal love! »Yes, it is very difficult to define « universal love », but I believe that if we try, we will get there qui (Read More)
Submitted by Mathewballard
from Google Reader:
Like most effects in Photoshop, scratches can be created in several ways. I was experimenting with some Photoshop brush-making techniques a while back and discovered a fantastic technique for creating really nice, smooth scratches. I quickly created a set of brushes and submitted them to my friends at PSDTUTS+ as an exclusi (Read More)
Web Worker Daily:
This week, my husband was laid off for the second time in five years. This one hurts more than the first. At that time, I held a corporate job, so our health insurance and other benefits remained intact. But I became a full-time freelancer after he found a stable job with benefits. Now that’s all gone or won’t be around for (Read More)
a shel of my former self:
Awareness is rising of the impact on business of networked employees—those workers who are continuously connected to their social circles and can tap into them at will. The discussion seems to be shifting, ever so slowly, to the characteristics of companies that, rather than inhibiting these traits, want to reap the benefit (Read More)
Get Elastic Ecommerce Blog:
An under-performing site has serious consequences to revenue – online and across channels.Today’s shoppers have high expectations when it comes to buying online. Websites which take too long to load can result in negative brand perception, diminished goodwill and a significant loss in overall sales. In our recent webinar Ev (Read More)
The FASTForward Blog:
This is dedicated to @martymorrow who bothered to ask.The 2010 lists have started early. David Armano recently wrote “Six Social Media Trends for 2010“. I respect David’s contributions to the industry so I was quick to read and respond to his piece, noting first his closing question:Thanks for filtering out some key items t (Read More)
Submitted by Avi
from Google Reader:
Via http://www.intersectionconsulting.com/ What do you want out of social media? If you’re looking for fun then it doesn’t really matter where you begin. If you are looking to utilize it to network professionally in some capacity then there is a very specific place to start with it.Of course social media can and should be u (Read More)
Submitted by Magitam
from Google Reader:
Stephen Elop, the president of Microsoft’s Business Division today announced a tonne of news around Microsoft Online – our cloud services that comprise Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Office Communicator and Live Meeting. The services that are collectively known as the Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) will (Read More)