Balloon and Bubble Lights

When I first came across them, I thought, “Are those bubbles? Is that a balloon Animal? But wait- they’re lights too?!” After reading the article, I thought it was pretty neat that these lights, called Blow Up Lamps created by Thelermont Hupton were entirely made of glass that was blown up differently. Of course, this [...]

Electric Man and USB Man!

I like this here, Eletric Man and USB Man. They’re this handy little gadgets are in the shape of a human, with its limbs (arms and legs)are eletric sockets and usb ports. The invention, Electric Man sells for $14.99, his counter computer part, USB Man sells for $19.99. If it were me to buy either [...]

All-In-One-Recycle-Center

Just like the title says, this product is an All-In-One-Recycle-Center at home. The only pain is, you have to seperate each material, so paper with the paper, cardboard with it’s own, plastic with the plastics, and so on.  This nifty little contraption fits right into your home so you can sort all the recybles in [...]

February Vocabulary

Monday Feb. 3rd, 2009
Succumb: consent reluctantly
They didn’t want to wash the dishes, but they succumbed to it.
Oblige: to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity
Sophie was to oblige herself to whatever task was needed.
Clandestine: characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, esp. for purposes of subversion or [...]

Smash Clock

Whenever I wake up, especially with the help of the alarm clock, I feel like smashing that annoying beeping gadget to bits. Instead I hit the snooze button, and end up getting there late. But they’ve come up with a clever way to let us express our annoyance of those pesky alarms. With this Smash [...]