Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:26:26 GMT

Animated Atari Pong T-Shirt

This is Animated Retro Table Tennis Shirt. It can be your choice if table tennis is your favorite sport. The t-shirt is half-sleeved as other t-shirts in your wardrobe with the exception of a panel where it appears animated a real Atari Pong game, with the bars moving and so the ball, appearing like tennis is being played non-stop on t-shirt.

It works on 3AAA batteries and will cost you around $25. Only precaution to be taken while washing this t-shirt is to remove the panel and the bat

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March 12, 2007, 9:51 PM CT

What causes attractiveness?

Perceived attractiveness is the result of compatibility of biological sex and gendered cues--masculinity and femininity as specified within the societyas per a research studyby scientists at New York University and Texas A & M University. The findings are reported in the most recent issue of the journal, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The study, conducted by Kerri Johnson at NYUs Department of Psychology and Louis Tassinary at Texas A & Ms Department of Architecture, sought to address the following question: Is perceived attractiveness the result of the compatibility of biological sex and gendered cues (i.e., masculinity and femininity as specified within the society)?

"These findings bolster our understanding of how and why the body is perceived attractive," said Johnson. "Body cues bring about the basic social perceptions of sex and gender, and the compatibility of those basic percepts affects perceived attractiveness".

Prior research on western societies has shown how the bodys shape (i.e., the waist-to-hip ratioWHR) relates to judgments of womens attractiveness. In comparison to "tubular" figures, "hourglass" figures tended to be judged more favorably in western societies.

In this study, the scientists hypothesized that perceived attractiveness would depend on the compatibility of basic social perceptions that arise from sexually dimorphic (i.e., external differences between males and females) body cues. Specifically, they posited that some body cues will reliably provoke a sex categorization. Once this categorization has been made, other sexually dimorphic cues will be perceived to be either masculine or feminine - and consequently compatible or incompatible given the perceived sex of a target. If correct, when a target is judged to be female, she should be judged attractive when also perceived to be feminine, but not masculine, and vice-versa when a target is judged to be male......... Posted by: Trista      Read more         Source

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:32:51 GMT

Driving Miss Gucci

I can remember when the sexiest part of any serious car owner's wardrobe consisted of a pair of driving gloves. Made of lightweight leather with bared knuckles and perforated backs, they gave a firm grip on the wheel yet were cool enough for hot weather use. Of course, you were not allowed to wear driving gloves unless you owned a sports car and lowered the top in all but the most abominable conditions. Rather like today, when you're not permitted to drive a BMW without simultaneously using a cellphone. Even if you're talking to yourself.

Driving gloves, following various cheap imitations, faded away as thick leather-covered steering wheels replaced slim wood-rim wheels. Driving shoes are now the hot item but forget about driving.... they've become a fashion statement aimed at looking cool and, well.... walking. According to Luxist.com Neiman Marcus is promoting the driving shoe as one of the top men's trends for spring. Luxist likes them not just because they're trendy, but because they have "a timeless style and a look of easy, but elegant, comfort." The shoes shown here are Gucci Drivers, priced at a mere $390.

Nowhere in the Luxist site does it mention that driving shoes were meant to facilitate the art of "heel-and-toe" when entering and exiting a corner. Still, in the eyes of this observor, they're infinitely more elegant than those fat, clunky platforms and boring white running shoes that so many people now mistake as fashionable. If I were a marketer I'd create driving shoes with classic car labels and maybe even national racing colors. Tell me, would you buy a pair of driving shoes finished in "British Racing Green?" Posted by: Philip Powell      Read more     Source

Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:25:46 GMT

Beatufiful, Creative, Strange Images

What can you do, with beautiful photos, lots of imagination, a ton of creativity and some good skills in PhotoShop?

A collection of amazing photos. I saw these on Digg a few days ago, but didn't got the time to publish it here. Well, today I made the time, found the link again, and here they are.

The lady with horses in the hair is one of the most beautiful, powerful and creative female portraits I've ever seen. I would gladly print it out and hang it on my living room.

Don't waste any time, go to FrogView and see the other images (larger size, much better). I'm sure you'll like them as much as I did.

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Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:01:12 GMT

Swarovski-monogrammed lip gloss

How many times have you wished that tube of lip gloss in your purse was monogrammed with Swarovski crystals and lit up when you twisted off the cap? Yeah, never for me, too. I mean, if there's not already a light where I am, my lips don't need a touch-up.

Then again, $38 for any letter of the alphabet made up of sparkling crystals and adorning a tube of Invisible, Chili Spice, Popping Pink, Red Carpet, or Brown Sugar Baby isn't too bad. And I do love clear gloss...

Available from Go Light On My Lips.

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Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:30:15 GMT

Green Resistor Triplets Necklace

I am usually not a big fan of jewelry made out of used (or new) electronic parts; I find them generally too clunky for my taste and not particularly wearable. The Green Resistor Triplets Necklace though is surprisingly nice and definitely something I could see myself wearing. The little green resistors can be recognized as such only from a close distance and can be easily mistaken doe "precious" beads crafted together in a very elegant design. The necklace is available for $120 at fractalspin, where you can also purchase a pair of matching earrings for $15. (They also ship to Europe).

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Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:16:13 GMT

Digital bookmarks for old-fashioned books

I've never been a person who can finish an entire book in one sitting, even if it's the latest Harry Potter instalment or one of those un-put-downable Salman Rushdies I'm partial to. I usually stick an old receipt or Post-It note into my books to bookmark where I stopped reading, which works fine for its purposes, but the gadget-collecting side of me was really intrigued by the Mark-My-Time Digital Bookmark.

This bookmark takes some of the sophistication we're used to seeing with internet bookmarking these days, and adds a little technological pizzazz to the humble paper bookmark. It has a built-in clock, a countdown timer with an alarm and a cumulative timer to record the total amount of time you've spent reading. Though it's designed to help children develop the reading habit, I think it works equally well for busy adults who still enjoy a good book. If, like me, you find that you never seem to set aside enough time to read books, you can set the alarm so that you give yourself a fixed amount of time just for that. Or you can keep track of how much time you spend reading every day or week (and hopefully not be horrified by the result).

An added bonus: the Mark-My-Time Digital Bookmark comes in neon blue, neon purple and neon green. If you ever wanted a trendy-looking bookmark for the digital age, this is it.

The bookmark costs $8.95 and is suitable for children ages 5 and up.

Via IDasia.org.

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February 22, 2007, 10:05 PM CT

electromagnetic protective moisturizer

Despite what your mother may have told you about the dangers of sitting too close to the television, there is really no conclusive evidence that the radiation from VDTs (video display terminals) causes our bodies any harm, particularly if you're using an LCD. Good, good, because I as I write, with my face less than two feet from my laptop screen, there's also a television a few feet away so I can pretend the voices coming from CNN are my "co-workers." And a second LCD, attached to my desktop, is displaying a screen saver which scrolls through my digital photo albums, soothing me with the proof that I do, in fact, have real friends and family outside my lonely 2-D digital existence.

Other than fact that I probably need to get out more, and that I'm a bit of an electricity hog, I don't worry too much about what my life boxed in by electronic devices does to me. Cancer, cataracts, birth defects of my unborn children- no, no, I'm not worried- I bask in a warm radioactive glow. But now, after a trip to the department store, I'm worried about something much more important- premature wrinkling from all those electromagnetic waves. Clarins (yes the cosmetic company) has conducted studies which show that our computer screens are like little tiny suns that unleash free radicals that can damage our skin......... Posted by: Trista      Read more         Source

February 22, 2007, 10:00 PM CT

Marie Claire Uk Umbrella Promo

Caught in the rain? Standing in front of a high-end bookstore? Go buy a copy of the March '07 UK Edition of Marie Claire. They've packaged an Ollie & Nic branded umbrella as a freebie with the newsstand copy of the magazine.

It's not a bad little free handbag umbrella, and Emma Sibbles's piece on the fashion industry's support staff (buyers, window decorators, photographers, etc) is well worth the $7.00 cover price......... Posted by: Trista      Read more         Source

February 19, 2007, 8:58 PM CT

The science behind a wrinkle-filler

The current battle between the makers of anti-wrinkle products widely compared with the Coke and Pepsi struggle for superiority is receiving an injection of scientific understanding with the release of a new study from the University of Michigan Health System.

The study is the first to discover that one of the fillers known by the brand-name Restylane works by stretching fibroblasts, the cells in the skin that make collagen, in a way that causes the skin to create new collagen. This new, natural collagen then would contribute to the reduction of the appearance of creases and wrinkles. The study also shows that the product seems to inhibit the breakdown of existing collagen.

Previous to our research, it has been thought that Restylanes physical volume caused the improvement in the appearance of ones skin, says senior author John J. Voorhees, M.D., the Duncan and Ella Poth Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Dermatology at the U-M Medical School.

It is true that the physical presence of the product increases volume in the skin. Our research makes clear that injection of the product leads to creation of new collagen, which contributes to reduction in creases and wrinkles in a persons aging skin, Voorhees says.

The paper appears in the new issue of the journal Archives of Dermatology. Funding was provided by the U-M Department of Dermatology Cosmetic Research Fund, the Babcock Research Endowment at U-M and grants from the National Institutes of Health......... Posted by: Trista      Read more         Source