Archive for September 25th, 2009
Fast Company: Just how far away can one get from the convenience of McDonald’s at any given time? Turns out, not very. Stephen von Worley at Weather Sealed set out to chart the urban sprawl of America by mapping the 13,000+ locations of McDonald’s across the lower 48 states. With the aid of Agg Data, [...]
Unique products to inspire and amuse. Shredder Scissors. You don’t even want to think about running with these. Underwear Repair Kits. You can blame the recession for this one. Bacon Belt. The neighborhood dogs will love you. Do My Back. When your Twitter followers drop to zero. > Photos by usefulthings.com/Trend Hunter/Perpetual Kid/HSN.
The Washington Post: Washington is about to be Dan Browned. The inciting incident is the release of “The Lost Symbol,” the third installment of Brown’s mondo-selling adventure zeitgeist, sequel to “Angels & Demons” and “The Da Vinci Code.” In “The Lost Symbol,” Langdon is back again, this time racing through Washington. What exactly he’ll be [...]
Inc. Magazine Lemonade Stand Winners
Inc.: Meet the next generation of entrepreneurs! This year’s contest winners proved that they have what it takes to run a successful business, from hours spent peddling lemonade on the beaches of New Hampshire to the elaborate details that went into constructing their lemonade stands.
Customizing Your Small Business Blog
photo credit: Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com It has been said many times that even small businesses should have a website that includes a very well put together and active blog center. Your blog helps you to connect with your online community by allowing them to leave comments, ask question’s, and more. This is also a great [...]
Looking For A Job? Study Shakespeare
WalletPop: Soaring unemployment has plenty of people wondering how to improve their odds in today’s ultra-competitive job market — and do something constructive with all of their extra free time. The National Association of Colleges and Employers’ Job Outlook 2009 report found that among the traits that employers want the most in a job candidate, [...]
Balance Work And Personal Life
photo credit: hans s When we set out to start up our own business we do it with the belief that we will be able to spend more time with our family and those who mean the most to us. While it usually starts out that way, soon our business grows and begins to demand [...]
Not Your Average Jack-O’-Lantern
The News Tribune: It’s tough to miss Russ Leno, a 15-year institution at the Puyallup Fair. The 57-year-old mechanical engineer can usually be found dressed head to toe in black and orange, carving away at a giant pumpkin. Leno’s pumpkin sculptures hardly resemble the typical Halloween jack-o’-lantern. Rather than carving primitive eye and mouth holes [...]
Fast Company: Probably, many times you have thought about going back to your corporate job to help out with the family finances, right? It’s a hard decision to make when you financially need a two income household, but you want to be able to stay at home with your children and provide for them. Add [...]
WSJ: After years of catering to women, manufacturers are setting their sights on men. The new macho mattresses they’re introducing have “muscle-recovery properties” and cooling technology, on the theory that men are more likely to feel too hot in bed. The bed frames feature built-in TVs, iPod docking stations, wine coolers, safes and other guy-friendly [...]
Tongue Depressor Business Cards
This is a neat idea: “Open wide and say aahhh. Great. Now turn your head and letterpress some tongue depressor business cards. We just printed these for MCAD design undergrad Matt Van Ekeren. The cards are for his soon to launch website designthattalks.com The simplicity of the idea here is brilliant. The business card object [...]
What do you know about the toothpick industry? Here are a couple of links that might enlighten you: The Straight Dope: Toothpick manufacturers (most of them are in Maine) steam birch logs to make them easier to cut, then “veneer” them, which means they peel each log into a thin sheet, sort of like unrolling [...]
A Lovely Favor Brings Together Party Shopping And Planning
Party planning is a tough job, but someone has to do it. If that someone is going to be you, then you’ll want to have your hands on the best resources and the best products to choose from. A new website, A Lovely Favor, hopes to be your one stop party shop. Although it is [...]
