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Is Coffee Good or Bad? 2008-06-20 06:26:56 Is coffee good or bad? Medical experts have been coming out with reports saying that is bad for our health, but now comes a reports by researchers to the contrary. Confused? So is everybody else.
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The Child Locator Every Parent Should Have 2008-07-08 05:57:42 One of every parent's greatest fears is to lose their child. In the blink of an eye a child could disappear from your sight. That is what happened to my nephew a few years ago. I was window shopping in a mall when he disappeared from my sight. Naturally, I was in a panic. Fortunately, we found him playing in one corner of the mall a few minutes later, oblivious to the commotion his Read more:Parent
Vote for Me, I'm Running for President! 2008-07-07 09:29:14 If you like this post, then please consider subscribing to my RSS feed. You can also subscribe by email and have new posts sent directly to your inbox. Read more:President
Samsung i740 2008-07-06 07:30:00 Every mobile phone manufacturer is coming out with a new model practically every week. And one of the most prolific in that area is Samsung
, which has just released information (no launch yet) on its latest model.
Samsung i740 is in its essence a quad-band GSM/GPRS phone with no 3G support or even EDGE. The other feature missing here is also the Wi-Fi connectivity. These two major flaws are
Teddy, Your Driving Companion 2008-07-06 07:20:11 With all the gadgets being introduced day after day, even Teddy is going hi-tech.
If you think GPS breathalyzer devices are intrusive, you'll love this next item from Japan. Engineers at iXs Research are developing a talking teddy bear that serves as an in-car navigation system, giving directions while sniffing out any alcohol on your breath with a sensor embedded in its neck, asking "You Read more:Driving
, Companion
The Wii Wheel 2008-07-06 06:52:14 Japanese electronics company, Japan Trust Technology (JTT), has just released a driving wheel for Wii
racing games. However, unlike other Wii driving accessories in the market, the JTT Wii Wheel has a suction cup that allows it to attach to any flat surfaces such as the table or floor. This way, the wheel will stay in one place while you frantically maneuver through the racing course. You can
Watermelon, the Viagra of Fruits 2008-07-06 06:41:48 Here's a cheaper alternative to all you Viagra user out there.
Watermelon
is regarded as a good fruit to quench thirst, but researchers say it may also be a natural Viagra. Experts claim that the fruit contains an ingredient that affects the body's blood vessels in the same way as when a man takes the sex drug. They believe that the juicy fruit could be used to help men who suffer from erectile Read more:Fruits
Bozo the Clown is Dead 2008-07-06 06:35:08 A sad note at this time of celebration. Larry Harmon, the man who brought the character of Bozo the Clown
to life, died Thursday of congestive heart failure. He was 83.
Harmon was not the original Bozo the Clown, but he was certainly the one who made him famous. Harmon used his business sense to license the character to others, including various local outlets, so they could have their own Bozo
Independence Day Sculpture in Cheese 2008-07-06 06:29:13 Now here's something different for Independence
Day. This year you'll find a sculpture of the signing of the Declaration of Independence made from a one-tonne block of cheddar cheese on the sidewalk of Times Square in New York.
The artist, Troy Landwehr, says the cheese sculpture is a tribute to the Fourth of July: "It's very patriotic, using the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Read more:Cheese
, Independence Day
Thomas Beatie Gives Birth! 2008-07-05 00:57:55 Thomas Beatie, the transgender man who made headlines as the so-called “pregnant man,” gave birth today to a healthy baby girl.
Thomas Beatie, who was born a woman named Tracy Lagondino, defended his decision to have a baby, saying he has a “right to have a biological child.” Beatie had his breasts removed, grew a beard, and legally changed his gender from female to male. But Beatie, 34, Read more:Thomas
Logitech's Mac-Only Webcam 2008-06-30 10:11:01 Logitech has announced a Webcam specifically tailored to Macs. The Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro is a spitting image in terms of both specs and design of the PC-friendly QuickCam Pro 9000 that we very much liked from last year, but Logitech sees fit to charge the few Webcam-less Mac owners out there an additional US$30. The QuickCam Vision Pro will cost you US$130 when it's released next month; Read more:Logitech
The Air-Conditioned Mattress/Bed 2008-06-30 10:04:42 Does you heart stop whenever you receive your monthly electric bill? Mine does, and with the cost of energy ever on the upswing, things are looking grim for us.
One of the biggest contributors to our monthly power bill is the air conditioning. But what can we do, the heat and humidity of the tropics is simple unbearable at times and a fan just won't suffice. However, I found this new discovery Read more:Mattress
Legal Help Online 2008-06-30 07:21:20 Online help, that's the current trend right now. Ever since the internet opened its doors to the world, websites of every kind and purpose have sprouted like mushrooms, offering resources at the click of a mouse. There are help sites for car repair, home improvement, gardening, love and relationships, diets, health and fitness, etc. The list is endless. Name it and, chances are, there are
Dance, and Charge Your Phone 2008-06-27 11:22:39 There are several ways one can harness natural energy. For example, the wind, the sun, tides and geothermal activities, and increasingly, the human body to produce energy to charge all sorts of electricity-hungry devices.
Music company Orange and GotWind, a firm specializing in renewable energy, have teamed up to create Dance
Charge. Weighing 180g, you strap it around your arm. Dance Charge then
Manny Pacquiao vs David Diaz: Tale of the Tape 2008-06-27 11:10:08 Like millions of Filipinos around the world, I a excited about the upcoming fight between Manny
Pacquiao and David
Diaz. Though there are many claims and counter claims from both camps, I will reserve my own opinion about the fight for later. For now, let us just be content with each fighter's stats, more popularly known as the tale of the tape.
Manny Pacquiao
WBC Featherweight Champion
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A Mini-Me Sex Tape? Eew! 2008-06-27 10:03:47 A Verne Troyer sex tape that was reportedly stolen from his apartment is being shopped around to major media outlets. The tape featuring Verne Troyer, also known as Mini-Me from the 'Austin Powers' movies, shows the actor engaged in various activities with his former live-in girlfriend at the couple's apartment.
Although no deal has been made, it's being reported that the broker wants a
The Coffin Restaurant 2008-06-27 09:54:44 This has got to be the one of the weirdest places to eat. Undertakers in the Ukraine have built what they believe is the world's first coffin restaurant.This huge casket, which is 20 meters long, six meters wide and six meters high, is decorated with wreaths and dozens of normal-sized coffins. Inside, diners can browse the funeral-related paraphernalia before ordering from a menu that includes
Drink Beer From Your iPhone! 2008-07-23 04:32:18 With all the Apple iPhone
apps coming out in succession after (even before) the launch of Apple's iPhone 3G, it's no wonder that some iPhone owners are suffering from app fatigue
nowadays. And here's another one, the iBeer.
iBeer is a little app that utilizes the iPhone's built-in accelerometer and generous display to give the impression that you're sipping ice cold beer right out of your Read more:Drink
The Tanita Ironman - Perfect for Dad 2008-07-23 04:19:01 If Mom has her Wii Fit to help burn those unwanted calories and have fun with the kids at the same time, then how about something for Dad? Of course Dad loves the Wii Fit too, but I think there's something more appropriate for him. Not another exercise gadget but something to tell him how he's been doing with all the time he has spent at the gym (or on the couch in front of the TV).
The BC-558 Read more:Tanita
, Ironman
, Perfect
Santa is Coming to Town! 2008-07-23 03:57:18 Christmas is in the air! Too early? Well, it's not too early for hundreds of Santa
s who have converged in a Danish amusement park where Santa Clauses from around the world are
gathering for their annual three-day congress.
Now in it's 51st year, the World Santa Claus Congress starting Monday brings together 136 red-clad delegates, mostly from Scandinavia but also as far away as Russia, Japan
The Nail Watch: The Future of Time 2008-07-23 03:22:45 In the year 2154, no one will want to wear wrist watches anymore. They'll probably be out of fashion or too bulky for our hands. The in-thing will be the nail watch, known as the TX54. Well, that is what Timex and Core77.com think will be the future in their 150th anniversary of the global design competition themed "2154: The Future
of Time".
TX54, the runner-up in the event, is a conce
Jimi Hendrix on Guitar Hero! 2008-07-20 22:00:12 Jimi Hendrix
is coming to "Guitar
Hero." This is probably one of the most exciting developments to come out of the the popular game since its introduction. After all, Jimi Hendrix
is a guitar hero himself. But today's generation might ask, "Jimi who?"
The Seattle-based company Experience Hendrix, which controls the rock icon's musical legacy, is providing Hendrix's music an Read more:Guitar Hero
An Asteroid Named After Nadal 2008-07-18 22:14:27 Rafael Nadal
's tennis career reached new heights when he won the Wimbledon men's crow last week, and it has further skyrocketed this week when an asteroid was named after him following his epic Wimbledon victory.
The request to name the lump of rock after the man who ended Roger Federer's five-year reign as Wimbledon champion came from an astronomical observatory on Nadal's home island of
"Like I was on Rollerblades" 2008-07-18 22:09:11 Miss USA says she learnt at least one thing from her humiliating fall during this year's Miss Universe pageant: "I think I'm going to have to take some walking classes."
"I would never have thought in a million years that I would fall down at the Miss Universe pageant — right after Miss USA fell last year... I always wondered, My God, if that happened to me, what would I do?"
Venezuela Wins Again 2008-07-14 08:18:43 Miss Venezuela
, 22-year-old Dayana Mendoza, won the Miss Universe 2008 pageant, beating runners-up from three other Latin American countries and Russia. Mendoza, who had been the favorite of many pageant watchers and online bookmakers, clinched the diamond-studded gold crown after giving a clever answer to a question on the difference between men and women.
"Men think that the fastest way t Read more:Again
Twitterific for iPhone 3G 2008-07-14 08:17:12 Dark and lustrous, Twitterific for iPhone
is one of the best-looking apps from the iTunes App Store I've seen all day. The application, originally built for Mac by software publisher Iconfactory, is a premium Twitter updater a free trial that sells for about US$15. This iPhone app, however, comes as a free ad-serving version or as a premium version.
Twitterific is also one of the more complex
Apple iPhone 3G Accessories 2008-07-14 08:09:55 Now that you've gotten your iPhone
3G, it's time to get some accessories for it.
Digital Life Outfiter (DLO) didn't wait for long and has just come out with a slew of stuff that you can use to protect, carry, and enhance your iPhone 3G. Most of them work with the original iPhone and the iPod touch, too.
To keep your iPhone from scratching or bumped around if dropped, you can choose either the Read more:Apple
, Accessories
, Apple iPhone
New iPhone App: Vegas-Style Poker 2008-07-12 09:51:23 Several new iPhone
apps are bringing Vegas
-style poker to the mobile world. With them, users can deal and draw without toting around a deck of cards.
One new poker app is Griffin Technology's 5 Card Touch video poker. Released along with the iTunes 7.7 App Store Thursday, the application works like any other video poker game, except it's available on-the-go and on a touchscreen.
Players bet Read more:Style
, Poker
, New iPhone
The Dark Knight is Coming 2008-07-12 09:39:09 As promotion for the upcoming Batman sequel 'The Dark Knight
' continues, marketing for the movie hit New York's Woolworth building this week -- literally. The Bat Signal was projected onto the 57-story skyscraper, which is one of the oldest and most famous skyscrapers in New York City.
Also, a massive billboard featuring Heath Ledger as the Joker has also been put up on Houston Street in New
Say Goodbye to Viagra 2008-07-12 09:26:48 Finnish researchers report that Older men who have more sex will experience fewer erection problems.
In the July issue of The American Journal of Medicine, the five-year study of 989 men aged 55-75 in Finland, showed that having sexual intercourse less than once per week doubled the risk of erectile dysfunction, compared to having sex once per week.
The researchers of the Department of Urology Read more:Goodbye
, Say Goodbye
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