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Wedding Registries: Should You Have One?

Have you ever been invited to a wedding, but you didn’t know what kind of gift to give the bride and groom? If so, a wedding registry would have come in handy. But there...

Tips to Save More at the Grocery Store

If there’s one thing you can’t cut from your budget completely, it’s food expenses. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t ways to save money on the foods you love. Here are some money saving...

Products to Help You Keep Warm This Winter

For many of us, we’re now well into the cold winter months. And we’re looking for comfortable and creative ways to stay warm, whether we’re at work, play, or asleep. Sometimes the trick is...

7 Cool and Funny iPhone Docks

Most of the world agrees that Apple’s iPhone is one very cool device, attested to by the sale of millions of the popular smartphone over the past few years. In a world full of...

Home Theater Design Inspiration

If there’s one home improvement project I’m most looking forward to, it will be converting part of the basement into a home theater. Do you have a home theater, or would you like one? Home...

Buying an Engagement Ring? Know These Gem Shapes

Are you planning to propose to a special someone? If you’re looking for the perfect engagement ring, there are many things to consider — from the 4 Cs (cut, color, clarity, and carat weight)...

10 Awesome Products Featuring Broken Images

It happens to all of us: you are on a blog or website, perhaps perusing the latest self-taken duck face pics of an overly tanned 20-something, a lolcat or whatever the meme of the...

10 Super Cool Mario Bros. Inspired Products For Your Home

I think back to my childhood and one thing has always stood out: sitting with my cousin and friends on rainy days in front of a Nintendo game system – at the time, the...

Ten Awesome Tetris Inspired Products

I was looking through my cell phone games the other day for the first time while in the dentist’s waiting room. Nothing really interested me much until I came upon a welcome sight. My...

10 (Almost) Blank but Really Impressive Billboards (Minimal Design in Shopping)

Minimal design is about omitting all extra (non-essential) elements that don’t really contribute to the essence of the overall composition in order to emphasize what is important. It is believed to be the easiest...

We love good old humor, we love getting a hold of extra-ordinary things and we love collecting themes staff.

But sometimes things are too extra-ordinary, the “theme” is too gross and the humor is too gross?

Or is ut just me?

1. Utera Maxima Toy

The huge stuffed toy or a pillow is done in the form of female uterus. It can be “unstuffed” if you want to save on delivery:

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2. Plush Uterus

Very similar to the above, this one very much a plush toy. In fact, I am sure many kids love it: it’s pink and soft and they don’t need to know what it was inspired by (they won’t get it [...]

One of the best things we now have due to the Internet is the ease with which we can research anything, including any shopping-related questions.

There is no reason to ask all your friends and relatives for advice: all you need is sit in front of your computer and find if your question has been asked already (or, if not, ask it yourself and get plenty of replies from real people and experts).

This is why Q&A sites are so popular: they connect you to people who know how to solve your problem.

This post looks at 15 Q&A sites that answer shopping- and saving-related questions:

1. AnswerBag/ Shopping

Shopping thesaurus terms and definitions Shopping images; Shopping blogs by [...]

Today you can find anything using a search engine; however to be able to use the full potential of the search engine you need to know various tips and tricks.

This post looks at most useful search shortcuts for Google, Bing and Yahoo to find what you need quickly and efficiently.

Note: a search shortcut is a set search commands (pre-defined combination of characters / words) allowing to see relevant information snapshot.

Google search shortcuts for shopping:

1. Find a product within the specified price range: use … operator: {laptop $400…$600}

2. Product overall pricing: search for the product name, e.g. {mp3 player}

3. Convert currencies: plenty of patterns are supported, for example [...]

Let’s face it, we are never satisfied with our salary. No matter how much more we earn, we think it is high enough for a month or two; then we start thinking we are worth more.

This is natural and most people will agree with that, I think.

But it is hardly possible that every time we think we are worth a higher salary, we will be paid more.

So this post is meant to satisfy your appetite for some time – 3 fun things about your salary:

1. You earn MUCH more than most people in the world

Yes, no matter what you may think, your salary is really high when compared to many people around the world. You [...]

Today’s consumer is smarter than ever before. With the mercurial nature of this economy, everyone is on the lookout for the best deals around. Thankfully, there are several websites that make it easy to get a bargain. With these 9 website for bargain hunters, you can feel confident that you’re getting the best deal with just a few short minutes of shopping.

FatWallet—The website for savvy consumers, FatWallet.com helps you find all of the latest deals and coupons from thousands of different retailers. You can often find leaked ads for sales that haven’t even been published yet. This really comes in handy when you’re trying to prepare for grabbing up the best Black Friday deals before everyone else. Woot—The [...]

A good sense of humor is always good. It gives you a reason to relax and even fuels your creativity and productivity.

Therefore it’s cool if you have plenty of funny gadgets around your home interior: they may keep your family members and friends in a good mood throughout the day.

But sometimes you just want to say “Enough is enough”.

This post is all about that “extreme humor” that can be used to turn your daily bathroom procedures into real fun: 10 funniest and gross bathroom gadgets:

We’ve seen already how much help Twitter may be when it comes to online shopping:

Twitter is a great way to research the seller’s reputation, find new deals and ask for unbiased opinion. Besides, you can reach plenty of brands providing alternative customer support on Twitter.

And here are 5 more Twitter-based tools that will help you with daily shopping: 5 fun Twitter bots:

1. Buy it Later:

Buy it Later is the Twitter bot that The bot requires a FireFox addon to work properly. So here how it works:

Install the FireFox addon; Follow BuyItLater on Twitter; Go to any item page on Amazon and click “Buy later” button; The tool then checks Amazon for updates every minute; If [...]

Top 10 Web 2.0-ish T-shirts

by Kate on January 19, 2010 · 4 comments

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We spend plenty of time online chatting with our virtual friends on Myspace or Facebook, tweeting, digging, etc.

In fact, we spend so much time online that it is sometimes hard to believe there’s an “actual” word where these networks do not exist.

However the virtual reality is growing fast and we have less time for the “offline” life – this is even reflected in the clothes we wear.

Today’s t-shirt collection is dedicated to all social media and web 2.0 users who already can’t live without social networking:

1. “I Submitted to Digg but All I Got Was This Lousy T-shirt”

2. “I’ll Google Your Yahoo”

3. “You Look Better on MySpace”

4. “You Are So [...]

So you don’t want to spend money but you still want some new staff. The desire is quite understandable but sounds unrealistic.

Well, actually, this is quite possible; and here are two ways to get something for free:

1. Free Offers

Ok, we have previously said that there’s nothing absolutely free under the sun but that doesn’t mean you can’t still be a smart freebie hunter.

Why is it such a great idea?

You become a smarter shopper (taking advantage of many free offers, you try a lot of products and can compare their quality, prices, etc. You are also quick at learning about and trying new products and their benefits); You learn to save (freebies are often offered [...]

Let’s face it: We all know that most infomercial products don’t live up to the hype. In fact, many of them are just well-packed scams trying to get your $20. And because we know this, we tend to ignore all As Seen On TV products because we assume none of them work.

But despite the screaming pitchman and the too-good-to-be-true testimonials, some infomercial products actually work. To help you make well-informed buying decisions, I’ve come up with a list of some of the best-performing infomercial products.

• Fasta Pasta—Like its name implies, Fasta Pasta is designed to help you cook pasta faster and easier. You simply measure the pasta, add water, and cook it in the microwave. [...]