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My sweet tooth is my dietary weakness. I don’t typically overeat, but I love sweets, notably chocolate. I’ve learned over the years that there are certain places you can’t leave a chocolate bar while still planning to eat it without a straw. In an effort to quell chocolate’s folly, Kraft is seeking a new packaging material or method that would ...

We’ve covered a few of the awesome and odd Celebration V collectibles in the past few days, but the surplus of eccentricities seems endless. First, George Lucas announced Star Wars on Blu-Ray and unveiled a deleted scene. Then we caught whiff of a Jon Stewart Stormtrooper action figure. But that was just the tip of the asteroid. Included in the ...

If you’re devoted to leaving as little of a carbon footprint as possible, or if your name is Fred Flintstone, the HumanCar Imagine PS by Charles Greenwood is one of the greenest vehicles you’ll ever see. The HumanCar sits four and is powered through human power via cranking / paddling. When four people are cranking away, the car can travel ...

#Some people just @don’t understand the lingo of the internet. Particularly people who are unaffiliated with the ways of Twitter. Hash tags certainly don’t require a degree in rocket science to understand. Most people can usually get the point after seeing a few statuses including the elusive “#” symbol. Most people. This Facebook user is not most people. I’m pretty ...

This is pure genius. Get their undivided attention by feinting a show and then BOOM! Hit ’em where it hurts. Right in their pride. From seductive stripping to possessed posturing in seconds. The look on some of these guys faces, from pure anticipation to utter fear in a split second is priceless. It starts out innocent enough. A smiling girl ...

I wouldn’t even bother to besmirch the sanctity of the 43″ Ostendotech CRVD display and its 0.02 millisecond response time and 2880�900 resolution with the mediocrity that is my computer. A display like this deserves nothing less than a custom-built gaming behemoth. Most Alienware gamer rigs are too modest for this bad boy. With its awesome curved form factor you’re ...

A commercial running in the UK for the Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII has been banned from the airwaves for using footage from the PS3 version of the game. Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) yanked the commercial from airing after an ad watchdog compared footage of the actual Xbox 360 game and that of the PS3 version. Each ...

I have to admit I was sort of worried when I discovered my teenage brother had been collecting butterfly-shaped rubber band bracelets. I had no idea that these Silly Bandz were actually a “thing.” Sort of like Tamagotchi and pogs were a “thing.” I have no idea what the fascination with animal shapes is. I guess it ‘s because animals ...

We’ve seen attempts at adding a tactile QWERTY keyboard to replace the touchscreen of the iPhone before. iTwinge seemed like a viable option if you didn’t mind a hell of an eyesore, but it was actually pretty impractical. Half the touch screen was covered by a massive sheaf of buttons which were visibly awkward to slip on and off when ...

Humans, all animals really, run on an internal clock known as a circadian rhythm. Well, maybe I should say that humans SHOULD run on a circadian rhythm. A proper schedule becomes harder and harder to maintain as we work more, sleep less or just sleep at the wrong times. Since our circadian rhythm is governed mostly by the Sun, the ...