February 2008
Happy Spunky Old Broads Day - COGs and FOOs Later →
Take away my spunky old broad (SOB) readership, and I’m left with some cranky old geezers (COGs) and a few other oddballs (FOOs) The spotlight today is on the Spunky Old Broads (SOB’s) here and elsewhere!
50+ Boomers
Aging Hipsters
All Grown up
As Time Goes By
Baby Boomer Bev
Baby Boomer Queen
Blooking Central
Catch Her in the Wry
Elaines Place
Grandma Henke
Grannymar
Incurable...
Electronic Tees Recharge With Hugs - 8-Bit Dynamic... →
(TrendHunter.com) Are you a techie? Is your significant other into tech too? Then you need to score this clever pair of T-shirts and light up your love this Valentines. If you are separated by a few feet, 2 1/2 hearts will light up. But when you get within hugging distance, the pixelated hearts on the 8-Bit Dynamic…
January 2008
Sparkling Design Concept Moves to Production -... →
(TrendHunter.com) Suzuki wants a larger share of the luxury sedan market and is rolling the Kazashi concept cars into production for a late 2009 introduction. The New York Auto Show will probably have another version of this beauty which will have V8 and all wheel drive. It’s a drop dead gorgeous vehicle and here’s h…
Fun New Google Game - Montage-a-Google (GALLERY) →
(TrendHunter.com) Everybody uses Google, some even use Google for fun. Try Montage-a-Google and see what kind of cool photos pop up in your creation. Enter a search term, Google grabs twenty images and arranges them in a grid. Mouse over to see photo details. A twist is to play Guess the Google. See if you can guess …
Eons.com Jumps the Shark →
A boomer targeted website is going down the tubes.
Jeff Taylor who started Monster is behind EONS. Now it looks as though he is 1 for 2 because I just can’t see them hanging on in this space (no pun intended.)
Savvy Boomer did a great job tracking them from the very beginning and has some breathtaking charts of the heights Eons rose to and then tumbled from.
As you can imagine, they were very...
This Month’s Best Headline →
With Trends Like These Who Needs Enemas?
You know how 10-year-old boys have competitions to see who can come up with the grossest thing? Well, watch and learn, kids.
Tune in tomorrow when I reveal the five grossest things I will do.
Scorecards to Help Eco Shoppers - Wal-Mart's More... →
(TrendHunter.com) Wal-mart, the world’s largest retail, is reaffirming their commitment toward sustainable packaging by applying a scorecard when the buyers are making a purchasing decision. Is this goodbye to packing peanuts? Finishing the trial phase in 2007, Wal-mart hopes to not only roll back prices, but roll…
Making the Comittment to Go Green As Long As I Can →
With the help of my two good friends: the CVS manager and MyGoodCents I am going green.
First, MyGoodCents is a CVS shopping expert. She gets armloads of stuff for just nickels. I really enjoy her “found money” posts.
I went into CVS and picked up a large bag of M&M’s and took them to the counter to pay. The manager was working and he said he had a better deal for me. I knew I could count...
The Best Deal In The State Shouldn’t Be So Low →
State government needs some advice from the CEO of a really good retail store. While lawmakers fumble around deciding which tax to raise on who and for how long - or which program to cut by how much and for how long, they are sitting on a gold mine.
The CEO could advise them on pricing strategies.
This new source revenue is desired - strongly desired - by 99.9% of the citizens. It’s a program...
I Never Dreamed I Would Be Memed →
Thanks to Grandma Henke, I get to share with you
“blog about five things in my life that I never dreamed, when I was 25, would be in my life now”.
I think a revealing part of her post was that she tagged sister who doesn’t have a blog! I guess she has to write it out longhand and send it to five friends?
This is a tough one for me. I can’t remember what I did yesterday, let alone what I...
Paris Couture Week Highlights - 5 Luscious... →
(TrendHunter.com) The French fashion house of Christian Dior represents haute couture at its finest. The current head of Dior’s design, John Galliano, designs amazing fashions that are always guaranteed to create a buzz. This year it appears he was influenced by honeybees, from the hats to the colors. Couture Wee…
Cleaning up South Korea - Seoul's $31 Billion... →
(TrendHunter.com) Seoul, South Korea, is a city that is continually transforming itself, from huts a hundred years ago to high rises now. A new project is scheduled for the Yongsan business district that will cost $31 billion and transform the gritty to the glittery. The 152 story centerpiece is a pear-shaped landmar…
Bringing Back Flares - Ditto Jeans (GALLERY) →
(TrendHunter.com) Flare denim is making a huge comeback. In the ‘70’s Farrah “of the big hair” Fawcett practically would only been seen in Dittos. They had a distinctive horseshoe panel on the back. So Dittos are making a huge comeback with a expected huge price increase. The flares will set you back close to a coupl…
I Cancelled My Myspace.com Account Today →
I signed up over a year ago, and immediately it created a problem in our house when I started getting email from various young things willing to do various things for and to me. Try as I might, I couldn’t convince Nancy that these were just spam messages and nothing that I had instigated.
So I turned off all the notifications and communications, but never could exactly figure out how to cancel...
Great New Idea, Just Needs a Few Tweaks →
On the surface this seemed like a bandwagon I could leap onto like a musical instrument salesman would jump on a librarian.
But during a five minute car ride which I nearly ran over a jogger, a walker, a pokey driver, and a kid on a bike, I decided there already is just the right number of people in the world today in my neighborhood.
The foundation has put death on notice
Look at our history,...
Big Wind Blew in From Winetka, Big Wind Blew Right... →
High winds knocked out our power last night. All we had for background noise was the weather radio.
We were OK, until the computer voice gave the fear inducing warning:
blah, blah, blah, exclamation point, backslash, right bracket, double you, eye, left bracket, blah, blah, blah
In case you don’t have a NOAA weather radio, the same message is on a loop. Yes we listened for the entire two hours...
Paris Coutre Week Highlights - Five Designs from... →
(TrendHunter.com) It’s passed. The biggest fashion day for Spring 2008. Coutre week is when the thoroughbred fashion horses trot out their finest innovations. Over the next few days, you can see five designs from the biggest designers and decide which you like overall. Chanel starts with some short pastel dresses tha…
Off Kilter Design - Creosa Tipsy Storage Units →
(TrendHunter.com) What’s the opposite of OCD? Whatever it is, this bookshelf is perfect for the person that likes things just a little off kilter. These shelves are attached to the wall using a specially made bracket so they are sturdy but goofy looking. Goofy in a nice, fun way. A great design element would be to ha…
Sofa Wall - Two-sided WallFa (GALLERY) →
(TrendHunter.com) It’s a wall. It’s a sofa. It’s a WallFa! What fun this would be. A two-sided piece of furniture so that people can sit on either side and have some fun with the person or persons behind them. Groping encouraged! The movements and touch can give you a hint of who or what is going on behind you. It l…
Contemplating the Economic Vagaries of Women’s... →
Wait a minute. You mean British women get to pay the same for bras no matter what the cup size.
Wait a minute. You mean it’s always been that way in the U.S.?
I have to pay extra for an XXXL tee shirt, but if a woman has a F Cup, it’s the same price as a B cup?
Wha? Wha? Wha?
Poor Wal-mart. Here they are under intense pressure to increase revenues and the damn British women have demanded...
Spacecraft-Style Kitchen - Ultra Modern Alight... →
(TrendHunter.com) Nope, not a kitchen designed by NASA or by an OB-GYN. It was designed by a legitimate kitchen designer that works for Altera Design Studio. It’s called the Alight Kitchen. It has a built in oven to keep things warm and the temperature is displayed by bar codes. Four hollow plates spin like rings in …
Paris Couture Week Highlights - Five Designs from... →
(TrendHunter.com) It’s passed. The biggest fashion day for Spring 2008. Couture week is when the thoroughbred fashion horses trot out their finest innovations. Over the next few days, you can see five designs from the biggest designers and decide which you like overall. Chanel starts with some short pastel dresses th…
Breaking News: Barbaro Glue Launch Cancelled →
Roy and Gretchen Jackson, the owners of 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, have chosen to bury the racehorse at Churchill Downs.
The market for three legged horse racing just isn’t what it used to be and Elmer’s has seen a fall off in demand for glue.
Retail Giant Not Recognizing Blogs - Target Says... →
(TrendHunter.com) Target doesn’t care what bloggers think about them. When a blogger emailed criticizing a billboard, she got a blow off email saying that Target doesn’t deal with non-traditional media. Target went on to say that this allows them time to focus their efforts on publications that reaches their core “gu…
Pushing the Boundaries of Athletic Shoes - Puma's... →
(TrendHunter.com) Breezing along effortlessly in the park, or hanging out at the watering hole, these limited edition Puma Sportie LA Cali’s will stir souls. The combination of black and gold says exclusive and the back and side panels are gold - solid gold, layered under a black mesh. On the insole and sole are mont…
Maserati Concept Designed by Students - Chicane to... →
(TrendHunter.com) The Maserati is one of the premium sports cars in the world. They have taken a bold step and asked a group of students from Italy’s Istituto Europeo DiDesign to come up with a concept. It’s known as the Maserati Chicane coupe. The final design will be 2+2 seating with a front mounted V8 engine. It w…
Still Explaining Anatomy to 38 Year Old Daughter →
My daughter is voting for Obama in Florida today.
She didn’t get this joke…
I guess that’s a good thing that she didn’t get it?
UPDATE: here’s her interpretation: oh..I thought it meant don’t judge them by whether they have a penis or not. Now I’m thinking I’m the one that didn’t get it. I thought it referred to black guys size.
Politics is so confusing.
Disasterous Asterous Is Not Past Us →
It’s things like this that give conspiracy theorists a bad name.
THE asteroid won’t arrive until Tuesday.
The closest approach is expected to be at 3:33 a.m. ET.
The asteroid TU24 is one of an estimated 7,000 so-called near-Earth objects.
An actual collision of a similar-size object with Earth occurs on average every 37,000 years.
Spotted in October by the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey in...
Magic Jack Feed Back →
I got the Magic Jack phone doo-dad today, and it works like a charm!
It’s about the size of a Tic-Tac box with a cable attached. One end of the cable has a phone jack connection, the other end has a USB connection. Plug in the phone, plug into the Magic Jack and wait for the software to install.
I had a glitch on that last part. The software wouldn’t auto-install because I had that feature...
Guiness Certifies the Worlds Most Luxurious Phone... →
(TrendHunter.com) Guinness World Records says the “LeMillion” is the most expensive cell phone in the World at $1.2 million. Emmanuel Gueit designed an 18 k white gold phone that has 120 carats of diamonds. Since the market for super-luxury cell phones, it is a limited edition. GoldVish is a well known luxury phone m…
The Unhealthy Trend Just Got a Boost - Snickers... →
(TrendHunter.com) “Candy is Dandy, But Liquor is Quicker” is the famous saying, but if you’re looking for a buzz there is a new Snickers. Best eaten when frozen - Snickers will now also satisfy another buzz: the caffeine buzz. Snickers Charged has 60mg of caffeine and will be sold as the afternoon hit to keep you awa…
Online Eyewear Testing - Revolutioneyes (GALLERY) →
(TrendHunter.com) Here’s another face/product mashup. Go from fab to funky without leaving your computer. Revolutioneyes is part of the ineyewear.com website where you can experiment with different size and shapes of eyewear. The site has a wide variety of glasses from the top names in eyewear, including Oakley, Bvu…
American Gladiator Holding Auditions Soon. I Need... →
Dancing with the Stars for the HGH crowd is back on NBC: American Gladiators!
It’s basically the same program that when off the air ten years ago, except the Gladiators have ‘Roid Rage. In the good old days, they used to love on the contestants after they completed a segment. If the contestant made it past the Gladiator, it was all gropes and smooches.
Now, the Gladiators are infuriated if they...
U.S. City Converts to LED Streetlights - Ann... →
(TrendHunter.com) Ann Arbor, Michigan will be the first US city to convert their downtown streetlights to all LED. The city will start installing LED streetlighting in February 2008. The city says they will get a 3.8 year payback from the initial investment and then save money for the long life of the bulbs, which re…
Silly Me, I Thought Gluten Free Meant a Small Ass →
Since the asteroid hit the other Earth, we can all resume our normal paranoid activity of wondering what will kill us. Here’s something to munch on, the disease du jour.
…people everywhere are being diagnosed with a lifelong, incurable illness known as celiac sprue disease. This disease poses serious, life-altering problems: it completely changes the way a person eats, drinks, cooks, and lives.
...
Did You Feel it? I Didn’t Either. I Want My Money... →
It must have it the other Earth not this one.
Skin Printers - Inkjets to Make Skin & Nerve... →
(TrendHunter.com) Pre-tattoed skin is just around the corner. 3D printers are old news. Seriously, they are… at least at TrendHunter.com! New to us, however, is that a researcher says he can now use the same technology to make skin and other human tissues. James Yoo from Wake Forest University’s Institute of Reg…
Lights Tattoos & Skin Embossing - Temporary Body... →
(TrendHunter.com) This series of incredible temporary body modifcation devices was designed by Kye Ok Kim and showcased at Seoul Design Week 2007. They allow those who want to express themselves through artistic body work to do so via light, print or paint. The light-emitted brooches project patterns onto the skin …
Elizabethan Fashion for Men - John Galliano Fall... →
(TrendHunter.com) These designs were shown on the Parisian runways on January 18th during Paris Fashion Week. In a stark contrast to the couture part of the fall 2008 collection from John Galliano, these outfits are astonishingly lord-like. The collection included Elizabethan-inspired outfits with Shakespearean bowl-…
Eco Football - Super Bowl to Use Only Renewable... →
(TrendHunter.com) For the first time ever, the Super Bowl stadium will use entirely renewable energy for the annual NFL game. Solar, wind, and geothermal will offset greenhouse gases when the Super Bowl XL2 kicks off on February 3rd in Arizona. “SRP is providing green energy to the stadium for the game, for the NFL…
Luxurious Reptiles - Bogetta Python Bag &... →
(TrendHunter.com) Hey old dude, what did you pay for your first house? $7,000? How about a nice handbag and shoes for that price? This Bogetta python bag is $4,100 and comes in a couple different colors. The Crocodile Wedges can be special ordered for $3600. If that’s not enough pricey reptile skin, drop down to th…
Customizable Light Fittings - Tile + Light →
(TrendHunter.com) These way cool tiles have customizable light fittings so that they can be arranged in any manner of ways. Tile + Light can be used strictly as architectural enhancement, or as a way to subtly light a space. The tiles might also be used as an aesthetic element in public spaces, such as museums or the…
Tips for Faster RSS Browsing with Google Reader →
For blog post ideas I’ll subscribe to one of the WordPress tag RSS feeds. I don’t read them everyday, so sometimes the feed list will be a couple hundred, many of them foreign language or photo blogs.
Here’s a tip for buzzing through them in a hurry.
Launch Pandora.com to play in the background, then put on some energy techno electronic industrial trip hop music.
Using Google ™ feed, you can...
Right Now, Hoping for Early Asteroid Arrival →
As has been pointed out, if you are reading this in the Central Time Zone of the United States, we are scheduled to get blown to bits this evening at 10 p.m.
If you are reading this from anyplace else but the United States, I really don’t care about you because God likes America best.
God Bless America.
If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts. — Albert Einstein
My last bits of...
Wrap-Around LED Touch Screen - P-Per Concept Phone... →
(TrendHunter.com) If your job was to sit a dream of better things with today’s products, could you come up with a cooler phone than the P-per? The Chocolate Agency released a concept for a mobile phone that is composed of four thin layers, a circuit board, polycarbonate, titanium, and one that is a wrap-around LED to…
Futuristic Custom Desk - Vision One Computer Desk... →
(TrendHunter.com) Look at this desk and tell me you don’t think of banging on those pads like Larry Mullen of U2. Well, budding skin-banger, this is not for that purpose. The Vision One Computer Desk is for working or gaming. It has a luxurious, adjustable leather seat and comes in original, flagship and corner var…
Striving For Ultimate Eco Friendly Movement -... →
(TrendHunter.com) The search for the ultimate eco-friendly transportation continues with the Car-On-A-Stick. Or Largest-Streetlamp-Ever. The idea behind Ross Lovegrove’s car is that doubles as a street lamp, so there are no worries about parking. It would be solar powered, voice-activated and carry four people in a b…
Eco-Couture Designer - Gary Harvey Interview... →
(TrendHunter.com) Gary Harvey is a designer who does most of his shopping on eBay! He is a strong believer in recycling for fashion. “I have been recycling clothes for the last 20 years, this was something I started when I was first at college and couldn’t afford to buy new fabrics, I would use whatever I could …
Fine Craftsmanship Gone Awry - Seiler Metal... →
(TrendHunter.com) Is it just me, or is this really bizarre? Why would a piano maker that has been making quality instruments for 155 years make something like this? True, they only made four, but wood is just so magnificent when crafted into a fine piano. I guess they felt the need to stretch their imaginative muscle…
Musical Mood Interiors - The White Box by Skloib... →
(TrendHunter.com) This design of home automation is so cool The White Box design from Skloib is an idea of how technology can change your space to suit your mood. Having an orange day? Play orange music, show orange lights, change your pictures to orange tones. The technology allows you to control your interior desig…