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Head-mounted sweat gutters


Look at this. It’s a sweat band that channels the sweat away from your face. Instead of just delaying interfering perspiration like most headbands, it directs it safely aside. I found out about this sweet sweat band in an “article”:http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/002529.php
from the amazing “Cool Tools blog”:http://www.kk.org/cooltools/. Want one yourself? Check out “Amazon.com”:http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000JF0YJS/ref=nosim/kkorg-20.

Flying Men!

http://nytimes.com ran an article about one of the forerunners in what is formally called wingsuit diving, Jeb Corliss. Mr. Corliss came to wingsuit diving (which is basically people trying to be flying squirrels) after trying base-jumping and shark-baiting so you can imagine how dangerous this is. Still, despite it's danger, there are teams in at least half a dozen countries trying to be the first to perfect the art of falling without a parachute. The original article can be found "here":http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/10/sports/othersports/10flying.html?ex=1198040400&en=2246abb0d4805064&ei=5070&emc=eta1 at the New York Times website.

High-Pitched Ringtones


This is an old story but there’s a chance you missed it so here I go again: To stop teenage loiterers, Welsh inventor Howard Stapleton invented a device that emits a very high frequency sound that older people simply cannot hear. The tone sounds like a mosquito buzzing in your ear and so was called The Mosquito. For more about the science and the story behind the invention, check out the very good “Wikipedia page”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mosquito on the subject.
Of course no good deed goes unpunished and the teens have struck back by using the same frequencies as alert tones on their mobile phones, thereby avoiding turning their phones off in class. A minor victory, but still an annoyance for teachers I’m sure.
If you feel like trying out the tones for yourself, the best place to download them seems to be “here”:http://www.freemosquitoringtones.org/. You can download a whole range of frequencies and use the highest one you can hear. Be warned though, one day that frequency will fall away and you won’t hear your phone anymore.

Brad Pitt and others to sustainably rebuild New Orleans

Maybe it’s too little to late, but as Mr. Pitt said in his phone interview with the New York Times, “they’re coming up on their third Christmas… people are needing to get back in their homes.” Pledging $5 million himself, as well as commissioning 13 sustainable designs from nationally recognized architects, Brad Pitt sees himself as leading the way to a green reconstruction of the 9th Ward.

Some of the designs are really out there, like this grounded houseboat from Morphosis but the overall concept is really inspiring. As Pitt says, “[sustainable architecture] has got to work at all levels for it to be viable.” For more information see the “NYT article”:http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/arts/design/03pitt.html?ei=5070&en=4b9e4ced218a43ab&ex=1197349200&adxnnl=1&emc=eta1&adxnnlx=1197326187-q3D9zEgGaQtTs1Wxz/ZmRw or the Flash-bloated “homepage”:http://makeitrightnola.org/index.php

Cash for Poop

Oberlin College has a new program going on right now that might be the perfect way to make a little extra something on top of the usual check from the ‘rents. Apparently every time between now and Friday that you poop in the Adam Joseph Lewis Center (Environmental Studies building) the department will give you a quarter. The money is to be distributed at the “Low on Cash, High on FIber Bash” on Friday night.
Lucky enough to be there? Here’s a “link”:http://www.oberlin.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/events/calendar.pl?display=college&which=&s=&_e=18442

Is it Crawfish or Crayfish?

http://www.mackers.com/crayfish/, an entire site dedicated to the lobster's little cousin. Species information, recipes, pictures, jokes and more! Just one of the tender morsels to be be found at the Crayfish Corner: * A guy walks into a restaurant, sits down to order, and asked the waiter does he serve crayfish. The waiter says yes. The guy says 'I'll have a pizza'. He points to a chair and says, 'and a plate of chips for my crayfish friend here.'

Street Fashion


Number “35”:http://www.askmen.com/specials/2007_top_49/scott-schuman-35.html in “AskMen.com”:http://www.askmen.com/ ‘s “Top 49 Men”:http://www.askmen.com/specials/2007_top_49/ list, Scott Schuman is a man of the people. Or at least as much as someone in the fashion industry can be. Scott has found a way to use his love of photography and his fashion experience to bring the world’s sense of street chic to the masses. His blog, “The Sartorialist”:http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/, is a well of inspiration as to what the cool people actually *are* wearing and is very much a joy to browse with pictures from Paris, China, Manhattan and more. I highly recommend a visit.

Mushrooms in Space!

http://www.velutipes.com/ offers the ultimate in fungus photography against a starry night sky, and it does it all in 4 languages. You're probably most interested in the "English page":http://www.velutipes.com/english.htm but maybe you might like to see what a Black Morel, pictured above, is called in "Swedish":http://www.velutipes.com/swedish.htm to impress your favorite "Indie-pop Band":http://duenos.net/article/26/billie-the-vision-and-the-dancers. It's called 'Toppmurkla' by the way. Previously featured on Duenos: "Nutrition Data at Your Fingertips":http://duenos.net/article/65/nutrition-data-at-your-finger-tips, an easy way to find out what you're eating, even what's inside mushrooms.