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Happy New Year. In these early, dark months of the year, it's easy to feel light deprived, which can affect how you sleep, feel, think, or accept criticism. Philips thinks they've found a way to begin your day with the rising sun at your bedside. Starting a half-hour before your set alarm time, the Philips Wake-Up light gets brighter gradually, gently awakening your body with a pleasant glow, as opposed to the 'Evacuate the Reactor' siren you may currently experience. If desired, sounds of nature can be programmed to accompany your false dawn.

This link is gradually getting brighter.

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This holiday season, your tailor is being replaced by a robot. Alton Lane is a custom suit retailer in New York's Flatiron Building. In the shop, they've a black booth to step into - not unlike the security booth at the airport - only this one requires you be in just your underwear. Once inside, lights and lasers and 'the future' will then scan your entire body and record your exact measurements. Then, after selecting style and fabric for your custom duds, someone, somewhere on the other side of the world will fashion a suit made specifically for your body.

Three weeks and less than $500 later, your suit will arrive to your home. And shortly afterward, you'll no doubt be planning your next visit to Alton Lane.

AltonLane.com

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Finally, Lonely Planet has just released their list of top 10 countries to visit in 2010. If you don't know, Lonely Planet is the go-to resource for people looking for a travel adventure that's a little out of the ordinary. Some destinations not usually considered include El Salvador and Suriname. Others are unsurprising repeat recommendations - Portugal, Greece (pictured) and New Zealand. A surprise on the list is the United States, which the company has deemed 'cool again', thanks probably in no small part to a young and popular President.

Here's a great collection of images of these places, courtesy of The Sydney Morning Herald.

And the Lonely Planet book about all of them is here.

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In our ongoing quest to find things to custom order on-line, our friends at Hipstery.com might be at the helm of the next wave of custom ordering, which is this. You don't actually design it / choose it / determine it yourself, you merely supply information to the seller, and based on what they discover about you, they select it for you. Hipstery.com will ask you a number of questions including "What's your preferred method of air travel?" and "At the movies, which armrest belongs to you?". Depending on your answers, a t-shirt is chosen to suit you and sent along. The burden of choice can be daunting.

Here it is

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Our friends at Compendium Inc. have a way of combining colour and words that'll make you blink, think and reflect. A recent release of theirs is The Five Book - a collection of text and thought inspiring you to ask yourself some real questions, namely - where will you be in five years? And what will you have done between now and then? Give the little vid a watch. And then think about it.

The link is here. Very cool.

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Ed Hardy is everywhere. You can now buy wallets and thermoses and umbrellas and briefs emblazoned with the tattoo-ine graphics that the company has come to represent. And company president Christian Autigier is ensuring that his brand isn't disappearing any time soon.

And so with a drum-roll and respectful nod to truly perfect timing, I'm pleased to announce the release of Ed Hardy Hand Sanitizer. Brilliant and a little opportunistic, it comes at a time when the entire Western world will be scrubbing everything clean, in the hopes of keeping at bay, nasty flu germs. Very smart.

Probably best to wash your hands first, before clicking the link here

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and have it delivered within 7 days or less. Try your creative ability by choosing from one of several colour combinations from the Urban Outfitters Bike Shop. They've teamed up with Republic to bring us some amazing wheels. Aristotle is a singlespeed bicycle with a fixed/free hub. Fixed gear or track bikes have their rear cog attached or "fixed" to the rear wheel. A fixed gear bicycle is essentially a singlespeed bicycle. However, singlespeed bikes allow the rider to coast without pedaling, but on a fixed gear bicycle you can't coast without pedaling. So, you're always pedaling on a fixed-gear bicycle.

Continue reading "Build your own Aristotle" »

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Here's a collection of DVDs for the new - the very new of us. Wee See is a series of animations designed to stimulate a newborn's vision, not to mention doing so with a visual taste lacking in most children's products. We're not convinced the best way to teach Baby is in front of the TV, but it's hard to deny the appeal of this monochromatic world. Here's the mesmerizing link.

And here's a taste of the animation here:

wee see - collection one from Rolyn Barthelman on Vimeo.

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More and more, we can customize online everything we could possibly want. You can monogram clothing, engrave a coffee pot, publish a manuscript, and design your own credit card, all within the comfort of your own room. Here's another example of an idea that's not new, but so terribly appealing. Design your own Converse sneaks. Choose from leather or canvas; low or high top, and a vast spectrum of delicious colours. Somehow, I think we're not far off from customizing an entire wardrobe, without ever having to glance a salesperson in the eye.

Design your own sneaks here.

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