Archive for June, 2008
06.30.08
Posted in Luxuries, Unique at 11:26 pm by Luxor
Dare to walk down the street with your child in a gold plated pram? Unless you have a coterie of body guards, surely you’re asking for trouble!
Anyway, some lucky person recently splashed out £6000 ($12,000) on this blingtastic pram. It includes gold plate exterior, fitted sound system and satin interior. The hood comprises soft ermine with the base even incorporating a clockwork music box. I’m sure it will make you a cup of coffee if asked….
It was created by Graham Richardson and Alison Murfet, who operate a pram restoring business in Lincolnshire.
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06.29.08
Posted in Unique at 9:31 am by Luxor
Jason Chang, Industrial designer, believes that simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, adding the meaningful. And this holds true for his latest design that is supposed to tweak our grey cells too. Dubbed as the S.P.I.C.E interactive table, you can stretch the acronym to its literal meaning – ‘stimulating play inspires creative expression’. And if this wasn’t enough to drill some sense then allow me to tell you what Jason wants us to understand. This interactive table is actually an ideation game that is intended to spark creativity in strategic project development by integrating brainstorming processes and the concept of play. If materialized, true to its name, it will add spice to the gatherings and will engages people in a game activity that aims to optimize creativity by conditioning one’s perspective to identify patterns or relationships in random contexts. To make it short, it’s an interesting gaming concept that will render some intelligent amusement times.
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06.26.08
Posted in Unique at 11:11 am by Princess
Kevlar is a component of bulletproof vests.
When you need effective protection against cuts and abrasions, such as while cleaning fish, handling glass or sheet metal, these lightweight 100% knit 7-gauge Kevlar gloves are just the ticket. Can be worn by themselves or as liners. One size fits most. Made in the USA.
I can’t recall doing many activities lately that involve the use of very sharp knives. Sure, I’ll use a steak knife with my food sometimes, but you won’t find me cleaning fish or performing any task that requires something sharp in my hand for extended periods. However, if you’re doing something that makes you worry about the safety of your digits, you might want to invest in a pair of these gloves.
These gloves are made from a lightweight 7-gauge Kevlar, which will save you from small scrapes and deep cuts. After all, if it’s good enough for bulletproof vests, I think it can stop a few slices on your hand. You can pick up a pair for just $20.
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06.25.08
Posted in Gadgets, Luxuries at 8:23 am by Luxor
Here comes Singulum, the german manufacturer who has upstaged with its luxurious notebook cases made of high quality wood used in rich and elegant violins with ivory and 24 carat solid gold keyboard. And, the aesthetic design is complimented with advanced tech specs including core 2 duo processor, Windows Vista, Ehternet, DVD recordable (dual layer) with a 15.4inch screen representing design and engineering perfection. Singulum is built from one block of wood, and every piece is processed with a special production tool. The case, the ivory and golden keys are all handcrafted. Each notebook is unique to match its high-end customer individual wishes!
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06.24.08
Posted in Luxuries at 8:21 am by Luxor
If you order up the the Algonquin Hotel in Manhattan’s ‘Martini-On-The-Rock’, be prepared to rack up an enormous bar tab… $10,000. However, it’s not quite a spur-of-the-moment decision, as the drink requires an order 72 hours in advance, because you must first choose the diamond & ring setting you’d like to rest at the bottom of your martini glass. Forbes reports that only two have been ordered since the drink launched in 2004, one for an NPR segment, the other for a marriage proposal… for the record, the answer was yes.
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06.22.08
Posted in Gadgets, Unique at 7:53 am by Luxor
You might have seen some digital scribe pens; the sole function of these products is just to capture whatever you wrote and convert them into some graphics format or editable text for Word. The Livescribe is another thing altogether. In addition to digitalizing your handwriting, the Livescribe also links the audio with jotted notes. Then, when you tap on your notes, you hear what was recorded during that moment.
This killer app is what the company calls “Paper Relay”. In their own owrds, when taking notes during a discussion or lecture, the smartpen records the conversation and digitizes the handwriting, automatically synching the ink and audio. More apps can be downloaded from the website. One particular that attracted our attention is the Livescribe’s ability to interpret the math formula one writes down, to calculate, and to give the answer in audible form or on the pen’s OLED display. For $200, you can get yourself this super pen in time.
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06.20.08
Posted in Review at 12:36 pm by Luxor
Today I just got approved by PayPerPost guys! A lot of my friends from various site told me that PayPerPost is great and they earned a lot with it. So, two days ago I checked the site and I gave it a try since I’m kind of short of money this week 
. After I got approved, I checked for the opportunities available. And guess what? Even at the beginning, I got four opportunities available for me to take, one from PayPerPost itself to write this post and also other three opportunities! There were even more opportunities available for blogs with higher popularity!
Some of you might be asking, what are the opportunities?! Reviewing! So here how it works, after you join PayPerPost, you’d need to submit your blog(s). If your blog(s) got approved, you could start looking at the opportunity list for available opportunities, then you’d take those you’re qualified. You’ll then write a sponsored post. Each approved post would earn you some bucks for sure. 
Speaking about sponsored post, there’s word of mouth ethics where you’d need to put a disclosure badge so that there’d be a transparency about the relationship between advertisers, bloggers and blog readers.
Aside from earning by writing a review, you could also earn some bucks by referring your friends to join PayPerPost.
So, if you have a blog that meets their criteria and thinking of making some bucks while blogging, you could consider joining PayPerPost now!
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06.19.08
Posted in Luxuries, Unique at 11:55 pm by Luxor
In 2005, a diamond-encrusted fruitcake went on sale in Tokyo’s “Diamonds: Nature’s Miracle” expo…
For $1.6 Million! On display with 17 other diamond-related designs, it stole the show with over 233 diamonds, it is entirely edible, except for its shiny jewels. The sparkling masterpiece took two Tokyo pastry chefs 6 months to develop and 1 month to create… talk about extravagant desserts!
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06.18.08
Posted in Luxuries, Unique at 11:34 pm by Princess
Nino Selimaj runs six restaurants in New York, and in March unveiled the “Luxury Pizza,” which sells for $1,000 a pie, or $125 a slice. The 12-inch pizza is topped with caviar, lobster, creme fraiche and chives, among other assorted specialties. Sold at Nino’s Bellissima in New York, you must order the pie 24 hours in advance, as it is topped with 6 different kinds of rare caviar that must be specially ordered for the occasion.
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06.17.08
Posted in Luxuries, Unique at 11:31 pm by Luxor
El Casco crafted a pencil sharpener that would sit proudly on just about any desk. It’s beautifully designed, but also simple. It’s using hand operated mechanism, and is offset by black and 23K gold plated panels. It still has the basic functionality of a pencil sharpener but it also incorporates the lines of a beautiful desk object too.
Retails for £250 ($487 approx).
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