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Ever wish you could stand out from the rest of the crowd? Well, that is now possible by revamping your wardrobe and taking a look at these Watch Cufflinks.

Watch-Cufflinks.com offers the most original cufflinks available by creating stunning, one-of-a-kind pieces from vintage jeweled timepieces. Each piece is hand made from specifically selected watch movements of the finest craftsmanship from Switzerland, France and across the globe. Because all of the items on Watch-Cufflinks.com are unique, hand-crafted pieces, all items come with a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

Well, if you’re into the whole “stiff upper lip” thing who wants to live the life of a modern aristocrat, perhaps ordering one of these cufflinks would do your public image a whole lot of good.

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Ever wish you could stand out from the rest of the crowd? Well, that is now possible by revamping your wardrobe and taking a look at these Watch Cufflinks.

Watch-Cufflinks.com offers the most original cufflinks available by creating stunning, one-of-a-kind pieces from vintage jeweled timepieces. Each piece is hand made from specifically selected watch movements of the finest craftsmanship from Switzerland, France and across the globe. Because all of the items on Watch-Cufflinks.com are unique, hand-crafted pieces, all items come with a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

Well, if you’re into the whole “stiff upper lip” thing who wants to live the life of a modern aristocrat, perhaps ordering one of these cufflinks would do your public image a whole lot of good.

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In an effort to use renewable energy sources and less polluting products, I’m surprised that I never see barbecues being targeted. Everyone always thinks of cars or big industrial factories as the ones that leave the huge carbon footprint, but no one thinks about grilling. I mean, if you’re burning something, that smoke has to go somewhere. And I’m certain that propane is some sort of pollutant because it smells so funny.

It appears that someone has addressed this issue with the Helios, an energy-efficient outdoor cooker. The dish that you see is not designed to pick up 400 stations, but for collecting solar energy. The solar dish, which is safely pointed away from you while cooking, is designed to heat a coil inside the barbeque and cook food.

Of course, what if you want to barbecue at night? Well, if the sun is not out for whatever reason, the user can always rely on electrical power. The Helios has a retractable plug that is stored in the base.

Unfortunately, this Helios is just a concept in its present form. Once it gets developed, the days of the Weber are over. Yes, the Helios is the barbecuing wave of the future!

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The typically content-stingy NFL has made the decision to broadcast it’s games live over the net.  Heck yeah!  This is super-exciting news not just for sports fans but for those who can’t wait for the TV to Internet transformation.  Soon your TV won’t be held hostage to the Cable company for content.  And content is king.

Those of us that caught the webisodes of Joss Whedons Dr. Horrible know that good stuff can be made just for the net and it has the interest of a lot of indie type players to widen our content options.  TV as internet will do for TV shows what the internet is doing for music.  You’ll find new stuff you never even knew was out there.  Build your own TV station.  The trick is, can anyone figure out how to make money off it.

NBC will be selling the predictable advertising that will go along with the stream.  Surely, we’ll be forced to sit through some pitch for an amazing new laundry detergent.

Now that the NFL is jumping on board, how can the rest of the non-concussed content makers not take notice?

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The typically content-stingy NFL has made the decision to broadcast it’s games live over the net.  Heck yeah!  This is super-exciting news not just for sports fans but for those who can’t wait for the TV to Internet transformation.  Soon your TV won’t be held hostage to the Cable company for content.  And content is king.

Those of us that caught the webisodes of Joss Whedons Dr. Horrible know that good stuff can be made just for the net and it has the interest of a lot of indie type players to widen our content options.  TV as internet will do for TV shows what the internet is doing for music.  You’ll find new stuff you never even knew was out there.  Build your own TV station.  The trick is, can anyone figure out how to make money off it.

NBC will be selling the predictable advertising that will go along with the stream.  Surely, we’ll be forced to sit through some pitch for an amazing new laundry detergent.

Now that the NFL is jumping on board, how can the rest of the non-concussed content makers not take notice?

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Well you’d have to be in first-class, but Emirates Airlines will offer showers on their London-Dubai trip in Dec for the mere price of $9,381 (well at today’s exchange rate anyway). The shower last for 5 minutes on EA’s new Airbus A380 planes. Oh, btw, other amenities include flat beds, massage-equipped suites with remote controlled doors, a work desk and a mini-bar. A freaking mini-bar. I wonder how mini it is…

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There is a new router in town, and this one caters to the gaming crowd. The WL-308 Wireless 300N XR Gigabit Gaming Router is touted to offer low-latency online gaming, lag-free local network gaming and uninterrupted VoIP use. I’m still rather skeptical of the claims and will believe it only when I’ve used this, but obviously for a company to be this bold in their marketing, there must be some semblance of truth in it (no matter how skewed). Have any of our readers out there tried solutions like this, and do such devices live up to the hype and claims? This Gaming Router is said to be uniquely developed and designed for gamers and hardcore users, merging both innovative design and a supposed ‘evolution’ in networking.

Apparently, it is smart enough to recognize application patterns in the datastream and hence is able to allocate the right priority to the relevant applications that will perform best by optimizing the use of available bandwidth. Such intelligent technology is known as StreamEngine, guaranteeing optimum wireless and wired performance in addition to efficiency for applications such as Voice Over IP, gaming, video streaming and downloading. It is also interesting to note that the advanced Quality of Service functionality is activated automatically, so there is no need to give yourself a headache by reading up thick manuals that have no place in today’s dummy-proof computing world. The Gaming Router is also game (no pun intended) enough to handle up to 30,000 simultaneous open connections.

It will comply with the 802.11n draft standard and is able to hit a theoretical maximum speed of up to 300Mbps. Each router comes with a trio of 3dBi detachable antennas for optimal coverage, and folks who don’t believe in anything else other than wired connections can always take advantage of the built-in 5-port full-duplex 10/100/1000 switch that delivers performances at 100Mbps (again, in theory).

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Now is this a weird looking fireplace or what - it comes in the form of a briefcase which sends a message that this is highly portable, handle and all. Perfect for the upcoming winter (better be prepared than never, I say), the Travelmate makes it a snap for you to stay warm no matter where you are. No idea on what the Travelmate uses for fuel, but it is highly possible that it uses some sort of alcohol gel that other smokeless fireplaces make do with. Magnets will keep the glass sides in place, so you’ll have to remove those before you light it up. Make sure the glass sides are placed back in order to prevent any untoward accidents. The Travelmate fireplace ain’t cheap though as it retail for $3,300 a pop.

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Filed in archive Scanning & Printing by jim on July 31, 2008

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Are you a frustrated artist like me, who, despite your best efforts, just can't seem to draw or paint what you envision in your mind?

If so and you still would like to put something you created on an actual artist's canvas then why not have one of your digital camera photos printed on an actual stretched artist's canvas.

There are several ways to do this and prices vary wildly but the easiest way is to upload your image file to an online printing service.

Now, bear in mind that you don't have to upload an image straight from your camera; you can add your own artistic touches to it.

Check out your graphics programs and I'm sure you'll find several options that allow you to impart various effects to the image such as watercolor, conte crayon, oil paint, and others simply referred to as "painterly" effects.

I have applied some of these "filters", as they're called, to some of my images and then printed them at home on artist's watercolor paper. The effect was at least interesting, if nothing else, although I rather liked it.

In any event it was fun and something you can try at home, inexpensively or have one of your best shots done up on canvas.

This is the article that inspired this post about printing digital camera photos on canvas.

The website link provided in that article takes you to the company mentioned, but I couldn't find any information about printing on canvas, so I dug out a few places that print on canvas:

"Create Canvas Prints From Photos".

"Photos Printed On Canvas".

"Art Hammer".

Check this out on Google and you'll find many other places that print on canvas.

Source:www.avline.abacusline.co.uk

by Joshua Fruhlinger, posted Jul 31st 2008 at 3:28AM
It’s been a while since we’ve reported about the doings of our robotic friend on Mars, but a press conference tomorrow (Thursday) could uncover Phoenix’s first positive report of water on the red planet. NASA’s conference will be held at 2 p.m. Eastern Thursday and we’re hearing that Pheonix Mission is ready to report that water ice is not only confirmed, but the research robot has dug some ice out of a trench, heated it, and confirmed that it is, in fact water. If this all holds true, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be able to determine whether or not the atmosphere could sustain life and lead to manned missions to Mars. We call shotgun.

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