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Live life simple with this great find. The classic Tepee (2008) is a simple solution for spending time outdoors with minimal impact on the surrounding landscape. This one was crafted for DWR Tools for Living by Dave Ellis, who spent 10 years working in the canvas business before creating his own line of tents and tepees in 1982. We chose his work because of his quality materials and construction that provides proper ventilation, flame resistance and reinforced stress points. What’s also unique about this design is the sewn-in floor liner that allows proper air flow, while ensuring that nothing accidentally leaves or enters the Tepee.

The coat hook that likes to hold more than just coats! Ideal for storing all items that you need when leaving the house, such as keys, bags, mail and gloves.

Domesticity Coat Hook.

Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm, has launched a service to help medical experts and the public track the incidence of influenza across the United States. Google Flu Trends presents a map of current flu activity throughout the nation. Flu kills between 250,000 and 500,000 people a year and studies indicate that between 35% and 40% of all visits to the internet are started by people looking for health information.
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Very cool press-out Dodo sculpture kit from Muji, part of their endangered and extinct press-out animal series which also includes, Mammoth, Orangutan and Owl and a set of pop out ‘under the sea’ animals. Made from recycled materials, for every press-out animal from their endangered and instinct series and every ‘under the sea’ kit sold, Muji will donate 5% to the Born Free Foundation whose aim is to protect wildlife around the world. Born Free Foundation.

When cold weather hits, many of us put away our exercise clothes and hunker down for winter. But if you choose to stay active during the cold winter months, here are a few things to keep in mind when it comes to your health, safety and metabolism. Here are five tips on how to exercise in the winter.

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Flip Clock just made my day. It’s FLIQLO but for your iPhone.

If you’re not sure what that means, don’t worry, neither did we. And I think it’s safe to assume that Banksy invented it! And that the Banksy buzz is spreading fast. At the exhibit, you can find such run of the mill things as chicken nuggets eating BBQ sauce, a rabbit putting lipstick on, swimming breaded fish, and hot dogs moving under heat lamps. It’s the first time Banksy has used animatronics. One thing that might surprise you is that you can find a live leopard in the store front window. Starting the moment you read this, until October 31st (Halloween), Banksy’s pet store is officially open each and every daily from 10am until midnight. One piece of advice – Bring a video camera as still images don’t do the place justice!

Barack Obama is the 2008 advertising winner, all categories combined. With the help of his teams, he has created an unprecedented multi-channel communication strategy. No ifs, ands, or buts about it, Obama is everywhere: more than 1,600 videos published on his YouTube page, his own Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc…and we can’t forget to mention all the content that Obama supporters have unofficially created for their presidential candidate. Vote. [VIA]

Wish you had some help organizing your family life? Cozi is the new way busy families keep track of appointments and list, coordinate home and work schedules, and share favorite memories and photos, all in one place. Best of all, Cozi is free. [VIA]

This is the original Founders’ Edition of Quelf. These were printed in limited quantities. We’ll just come right out and say it… Quelf is insanely fun. And it’’s easy to play too… but the outcome of Quelf is anything but simple. As you move around the gameboard, crazy things start to happen. Players start talking weird. Your friend’s face is wrapped in toilet paper. Your Mom is talking like Dracula with her thumb on her forehead. You’re sitting underneath the kitchen table until someone rolls a “4″. And when the dust settles, the laughing finallt stops and someone crawls away the winner, you realize… you’ve never had this much fun playing a board game in your life.
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The Black & Decker 24-volt cordless mulching mower gives you the power to mow or mulch your lawn without the mess, noise, smell and hassle of a gas-powered mower or the limitations of a cord. Using a 24-volt sealed lead acid battery, this mower has enough power to mow up to a 1/3-acre lawn on one charge (grass conditions will affect run-time). It can be operated as a mower by attaching a bag to catch the clippings, or it can be operated as an effective mulcher using a mulch plate; both the bag and the mulch plate are included. The rechargeable 24-volt battery conveniently regains up to 60-70 percent of its full power in only 4 hours, and up to 100 percent in 16 hours; the mower turns on quickly with just a switch.
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With the BlackBerry Storm smartphone, select and type using touch technology—the screen is the keyboard. Typing is easy—highlight the letter on the touch screen and press the screen to make it appear in your message or document. And navigation is a breeze. Like a mouse, your fingertip moves the cursor across the screen.

We came across this great article from the Village Voice and had to share it.

Don’t worry about the banks, the crash, or the bailout. Sure, they’re awful. And yes, things will get worse. A lot worse. Worse than you ever imagined, probably. But you’ve been in tough spots before. Remember when you lost your job and went on unemployment for a while? This will be like that, only it will last for years. But you’re a New Yorker. You’re tough. Or at least you like to act that way when you’ve been drinking and listening to Nas. You’ll pull through, if you economize. And the new Depression will help by forcibly trimming some of the flab from your personal operating budget. Here are nine ways that will happen:
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