Archive for July 27th, 2007
DeseretNews.com: After her son, Noah, was born, Jessica Singer was excited to send out birth announcements, complete with a picture of her new baby. However, she was dismayed six weeks later when the cards arrived in the mail — she thought they looked terrible. Graphic design is something Singer has always enjoyed, so she decided [...]
Silpada Celebrates It's 10th Year
KansasCity.com: Ten years ago two Johnson County moms who loved to accessorize started a sterling silver jewelry company they named Silpada. Close to 5,000 of their closest girlfriends — Silpada chicks — have come to Kansas City this week to help them celebrate their 10th anniversary. And, as if Bonnie Kelly and Teresa Walsh needed [...]
Red Ferret: The Kaito MP3 Radio Recorder has a removable MP3 player that allows you to record AM, FM, and shortwave radio broadcasts for future playback as digital files. The MP3 can be programmed to record a radio station at a specific time, it has 256 MB of internal memory (enough for 10 hours of [...]
Red Ferret: Well it had to happen didn’t it? The marriage of the fortune cookie and the Mystic 8 Ball. The offspring is a plastic fortune cookie which you shake to obtain your answer. Be warned, iChing it’s not. “Future sweet like cookie!â€? That is what Smart Cookie says and Smart Cookie knows everything! The [...]
Red Ferret: The Memole Pad seems to be a kind of re-writable message pad which is based around the venerable Etch-a-Sketch technology. Of course, since this is a Korean site we could be completely wrong, but we’re willing to take a risk. Could this type of retro tech find other uses, like note takers and [...]
Watching TV Could Cost You $1 Million
SavingAdvice.com: When people ask me what was the best decision I made when I decided to create this website, they are often surprised when I tell them that it was my decision to quit watching TV. There is no doubt that TV costs people far more financially than they believe. For most people, TV is [...]
GizMag: Personal transportation is exactly what you make it – for some the term conjures up pictures of Segways, Toyota I-units and electric bicycles, while for others, no less than a few tons of metal and a V8 motor will do. Armchair Cruisers has added a new niche to the personal transportation market with its [...]
Company Finds Niche With Locally-Made Videos
NewsTribune.com: Fifty-one-year-old filmmaker Michael Moyer has a growing business that now is leading to a growing public interest in the Jefferson City community. Moyer, president of Niche Productions, currently has three on-air productions and five shows in production. One of his most popular airings, “The Tying Bench,� teaches viewers to tie flies for fly fishing [...]
Inc.: A majority of small businesses are struggling with high gas prices, according to a new survey. An online poll by the National Association for the Self-Employed found 74 percent of owners said high gas prices were significantly or moderately hurting their businesses, while 44 percent said they have raised their own prices as a [...]
EDN.com: Q: I have an idea for a new product. I take material from company A and give the material to company B to refine the material, and then give it back to company A to make a final product. Do I have any claim to intellectual property on my idea? I do not work [...]
