You’ll be the envy of your colleagues with this handy-dandy invisi-bookshelf. The only downside is choosing which large book to destroy. I’m sure if you look hard, you can find one laying around the house. Of course you could always visit a second-hand bookstore for the base book.

“Look - Just watch what I do”…I love this song and can’t get it out of my head. The video has a really nice low-fi quality to it. The best part is the Bobby Brady look-a-like with the “Incredible Hulk” shirt on. That pretty much makes the video for me.

This is what is sounds like when a nightingale sings the word "mindtoss." Words can also be translated to in R2D2 language. That’s helpful!
Try it for yourself at nightingale-song.com

Would you post your secrets online? Even if it you would remain anonymous? These folks did over at postsecret.blogspot.com. It’s interesting that you have to write on a postcard and actually mail it in via snail mail. Now that takes effort!

This is arguably the best political product of the year!

I can see this sitting handsomely at the Thanksgiving dinner table. Sure, Grandpa, I would love another helping of cranberry sauce. Oh, and can you pass Hillary too. I have a couple of nuts over here that need cracking.

It’s easy to use:
Step 1: Put nut between legs
Step 2: Squeeze

You too can own this wonderful nutcracker. Just head over to Overstock.com. In the link, Head over to bradsdeals.com for extra savings.

Happy nut cracking!

From time to time I like to google my name – Stephen Chip. It’s not that common a name really. My grandfather, of Hungarian decent, shortened it from Chipkar when my father was a boy. He said it sounded more American and would be easier for people to pronounce. The funny thing is that anytime I give my last name, I always have to say “CHIP… C, H, I, P”. Most people will repeat ship, chips, etc. So, either way it requires some additional work on my part.

I googled my name and much to my amazement, I found this from the Old Bailey Proceedings, 25th April, 1688:

Stephen Chip , was Indicted for stealing from Ann Jennings of Branford in Middlesex, on the 7th of April, 1 Silver Porrenger value 20 s. 2 Silver Tasters value 8 s. 3 Jacobus pieces, Rings, 30 l. in Mony, and other things : It appeared that the Prisoner had been her Apprentice, and that he had left open the Windows whereby other Thieves had got into the House, and that she had lost the things at several times; but the Prosecutor not being positive as to the Prisoner, and other circumstances concurring, he was brought in not Guilty.

Wholly crap, I don’t remember jumping in a time machine and going back 319 years. Amazing there is even a record of it. The good news is THAT guy was found not guilty.

Some random photos of some of my favorite photos that I’ve taken.

We have three dogs living in our house. The oldest dog likes to drink out of the toilet. Yuk! Now your cat can use the toilet to do his/her business. Your toilet. Say goodbye to the litter box forever.

Now I’m not a big fan of cats. They’re self absorbed, silly little animals. With that said, I’m pretty sure I’m not going share my living space with a cat let alone my toilet. But hey, what do you want, I’m a dog lover.

It’s bad enough dealing with the panic of having to use a public restroom stall. Who knows who was in there before. Isn’t refreshing to know that you can now share the toilet seat with your cat. Not at the same time mind you.

For only 29 bucks you can teach your cat to use the toilet instead of a kitty litter box with a special toilet seat trainer. A fair price considering you no longer have to buy kitty litter.

Toilet Training Benefits

• Never scoop litter again
• Eliminate offensive odors
• Maintain a healthier home
• Save over $175 per year on litter

I’m not talking about the counterfeit watches you can buy in the middle of Times Square in NYC. These are authentic fake watches. Sweet idea. More of a bracelet than a watch but still very clever.

realfakewatches are wristwatches that only work for one minute every day (well, two for analog ones). they are being made by linda kostowski and invited other designers.

the watches are laser cut from three pieces of genuine leather and manually assembled. they are fastened with velcro. each one comes with both a unique time (hand-picked by our randomizer robot) and a thinglink engraved on the back.

I stopped wearing a watch a couple of years ago. I’ve never missed it. I think at this point it would seem weird if I started wearing one again. If I want to know the time, I just check my mobile phone.

One of my favorite sites on the web is Demotivation.com. It’s a great site. In fact, it may be one of the most underrated sites on the web. It’s brilliant humor is second to none especially when it comes to parodying those silly motivation posters seen in many corporate offices.

I have a running obsession with vinyl toys. Kidrobot is the best site hands down when it comes to vinyl. (According to me of course) In my office, I have a ton of these silly, goofy, creepy, toys. Why? Good question. I ask myself that quite often.

The other day the CFO, from my company, came into my office and asked “What’s the significance of all those toys”. I didn’t have an answer at first. Then it dawned on me. I asked Phil, the CFO, why he collected baseball cards. I guess the answer is the same – because we like them. He asked me if I had the original boxes. The funny thing is I do. He commented that they would be worth more if I kept the boxes.

What do you call a person that collects items?

A collector

What do the items collect?

Dust

So yeah, the toys collect a ton of dust. It’s really a pain to dust around them. But I like ‘em. The good news is I don’t have much room for them so I haven’t purchased any in awhile.

Except for now. I gotta have the the drunk frog in a bear suit – It’s a classic!

I’m sure you can remember back at some point in your life either seeing or writing a message on a dirty car window. Maybe something incredibly witty like “WASH ME” or “HONK AT ME”. Of course some others out there may recall something a bit more dirty but let’s save that thought for now.

Artist Scott Wade has posted a gallery on his site of just that – Dirty Car Art. I’m most impressed by the level of detail that he’s able to achieve. A nice little video can be seen on Yahoo!