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• Turn your apartment into a more successful version of Waterworld

  Published: July 27, 2007, 8:55 am

  Tags: Household

  If there's one thing I feel like my apartment is missing, it's the atmosphere of an underwater palace. I mean, having white walls and a white ceiling are kind of boring, no? Why not spice it up a bit with some insane projections? That's the idea behind the Healing Theater Umine. It projects watery images on your walls and ceiling while playing

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• Blow Lamp is encased in a glass bubble

  Published: July 26, 2007, 3:55 pm

  Tags: Household

  Nothing beats a really unique piece of lighting. It can completely transform a space, making your boring old apartment look like something out of a movie. Or just a boring old apartment with a weird light in it, but come on, work with me here. Lights don't get much cooler than this Blow Table Lamp. It's a fully functional lamp that's encased in

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• DIY: Get rid of flies with a DIY fly trap

  Published: July 27, 2007, 6:00 pm

  Tags: Annoyances, Diy, Home, Household, How To, Top

  I went home to visit my family in Iowa last week, and I'll be damned if I didn't forget how completely annoying big and buzzy flies can be. (Who knew they had virtually no flies in Los Angeles?) DIY web site Instructables provides a guide for building your very own fly trap on-the-cheap using a variety of materials, from cans, screens, jars,

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• Troubleshooting: DIY gadget repair with FixYa

  Published: July 26, 2007, 6:00 pm

  Tags: Diy, Household, How To, Repair, Troubleshoot, Troubleshooting, Web Publishing

  Web site FixYa aggregates user-submitted instructions for fixing consumer electronics, from your digital camera and laptop to your dishwasher. In essence, FixYa is a glorified forum with a smart focus on finding and organizing solutions for consumer product support. If you have a problem with a product, you can ask for support on FixYa;

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• Mobile Wine Bar keeps your snottiness on the move

  Published: July 30, 2007, 1:25 pm

  Tags: Household

  Nothing goes hand in hand quite like wine and snobbery. There's just something about the boozy grape juice that makes people into snooty experts, making them say things like "I detect a hint of plum in the bouquet" and "for such a viscous bottle, it has a very distinct finish." Such a dandyish practice certainly deserves an ostentatious piece of

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• Retractable doorknob makes entry impossible

  Published: July 30, 2007, 3:25 pm

  Tags: Household

  Privacy is an important thing, and not everyone pays attention to those "do not disturb" signs you can hang on your doorknob. If you really want to send a message, The Doorknob Condition is tough to miss. It's a fancy knob that can be pulled right into the door, making it impossible for anyone to even try to enter. It's a pretty neat idea, and

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• Destroying your horrible foot stank

  Published: July 30, 2007, 5:25 pm

  Tags: Household

  There are few odors that are more offensive than stinky feet and shoes, but most of the common solutions like Odor Eaters seem so 20th century to us gadget freaks. Japanese people never wear their street shoes inside the house, so trust them to have come up with a high tech solution for podiatric malodorousness. The Shoe Pure 100 uses a

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• Home Organization: Label your drawers next time you move

  Published: July 31, 2007, 8:30 am

  Tags: Apartments, Home Organization, Household, Moving, Top

  of a handful of post-move household arguments caused by a why'd-you-put-this-there/that's-not-where-that-goes debate that would have easily been avoided with this method.

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• Vibrating exercise machine is totally not a scam

  Published: July 31, 2007, 10:55 am

  Tags: Household

  Have you tried diet and exercise, but still don't get results? No? Yeah, I hear you. Dieting is a total drag, a form of self-torture in which you deny yourself what gives you pleasure. And exercise? Please. I try to make it through my day without getting covered in sweat and exhausted, not the other way around. What we need is some way to get in

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• A washing machine that needs no detergent

  Published: July 31, 2007, 1:07 pm

  Tags: Household

  Who needs laundry detergent? It's expensive and is probably not great for the environment. That's why we're pretty excited about the new Haier WasH2O washing machine. It's the first detergent-free washer, needing no soap at all to get your clothes clean. It instead breaks water molecules into OH- and H=+ ions components. OH- acts as the cleaning

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• DIY: De-clutter your cables with sleeves

  Published: July 31, 2007, 5:00 pm

  Tags: Clutter, Diy, Household, How To, Office

  Collaborative how-to web site wikiHow describes how to clean up your cable clutter using cable sleeving. The guide focuses on sleeving the cables inside your computer (handy if you're building your own computer), but the steps could also be applied to cable clutter outside your PC box—like behind your home theater. Sleeving is an attractive

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• Japanese chair calls out the obese

  Published: August 1, 2007, 8:55 am

  Tags: Household

  Feel like shaming people at your next dinner party? This chair by Fuwapica Furniture of Japan changes colors depending on the weight of the person sitting on it, letting everyone know who's been going jogging and who's been watching VH1 and eating Ben and Jerrys. Skinny folks will have a cool blue seat, while people who — let me put this

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• Coffee Table Aquarium

  Published: July 14, 2007, 5:39 am

  Tags: Household Amp Amp Decoration

  This Coffee Table Aquarium is a great add to any bachelor pad. Clear-Seal coffee table aquarium comes with a toughened glass top that has polished rounded edges. It has either a reproduction or mirror corner section that covers the filter and lighting system. All of the coffee table aquariums come complete with light diffuser (the one in the

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• Solar House Number Display & Mailbox

  Published: July 8, 2007, 5:02 am

  Tags: Household Amp Amp Decoration

  “If you ever entertain at night, you know the challenge of getting new guests to your door. This earth-friendly mailbox uses solar power to light your address in the dark and also hold your mail and newspaper. All day long it pulls power from the sun (even in shade or under covered porches), then turns on automatically at dusk and stays lit

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• Visualise Your Music with the Spectrum Analyzer Picture Frame

  Published: August 1, 2007, 7:00 am

  Tags: Household Tech, Audio Visual

  As far as picture frames go, this working spectrum analyzer picture frame designed by Jean Octobon is rather more attention grabbing than your average mass produced IKEA screen print and is sure to become the focus of any room. Measuring in at 1.5 x 1 meters in size and known as the On-Machine' this wall mounted eight band spectrum analyzer,

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