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Help out your significant other this holiday season with a gift giving cheat sheet.
Featuring clothing sizes and color preferences, it might not say exactly what you’re looking for, but it’s at least a step in the right direction.
[Made in ENGLAND by Gentlemen - Christmas Cheat Sheet]
[Via: swissmiss]
For those that celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah (aka Chrismukkah), it can be tough to walk the fine line between too much Christ and too much mukkah.
To help those in a religious identity crisis, the Tree Menorah (aka Treenorah) combines the essential elements of both holidays into one easy to use decoration.
Place presents under it and candles on top of it, and your best-of-both-worlds holiday will be complete.
[Prank Place - Menorah Christmas Tree]
[Via: Kitsune Noir]
Earth Day is today, which means that it’s time to remember that we’re living on a giant spinning orb that we need to take care of. From its somewhat humble beginnings in 1970, Earth Day is now observed by millions of people in 175 countries, and is the largest secular modern-day holiday in the world. The inspiration for ED is that even small changes can make a big difference, so you’re encouraged to take on projects like planting a tree, changing your light bulbs, or focusing on recycling.
If recycling is your project of choice, then check out the Ecopod, a “simple, aesthetically pleasing, and rewarding way to process recyclables”. The home recycling center features removable storage containers for glass bottles, paper, plastic bags, and aluminum cans, along with a child safe “ecostep system” that crushes your cans and bottles down to an easily manageable size. Plus, BMW Designworks designed the pod, so you know it’s going to look good wherever you decide to store it. Being Captain Planet has never been easier.
[Ecopod]
Today is one of the Internet’s favorite holidays. Though I’m not going to try and trick any of the DYH readers (I promise), I am going to be covering the hoaxes and pranks that appear around the net. Here are some of the better ones:
Google announced Gmail Paper, a permanent archive service that prints your emails for free onto paper that is supported by giant ads that are printed on the back. It handles attachments, is good for the environment, and there is no limit on the number of times you can use it.
Google announced TiSP, a free in-home wireless broadband service that taps into your toilet. The service is supported by the use of “information gathered by discreet DNA sequencing of your personal bodily output to display online ads that are contextually relevant to your culinary preferences, current health status and likelihood of developing particular medical conditions going forward”.
Woot sold a $1,000,001 bag of crap. When users clicked on the picture of the bag, they were given a coupon code that knocked the cost down to $1.
Tech Crunch, a site that focuses on Web 2.0 startups, announced that it had acquired Fucked Company, a site that focuses on Web 2.0 shutdowns.
ThinkGeek announced “stuff for smart asses”, including a WiiHelm(et), an 8-bit tie, inhalable caffeine stix, and a lonely guy dream vacation digital photo frame. (They also announced that the iPhone was now shipping, but that’s just cruel.)
CollegeHumor made it look as if their domain had expired and was now for sale through GoDaddy.
Technorati switched around their letters and renamed their site haterTonic.
World Of Warcraft introduced a new item called the Tinfoil Hat. “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you”.
CrunchGear gave their entire site a 1999 redesign, complete with flashy gifs, a horrible background, and a no structure (though it still reminds me of a lot of current MySpace profile pages).
Starbucks is hoping to pass on some holiday cheer this season with their Cheer Pass program. The program centers around the giving and receiving of Cheer Passes. You can either download a Cheer Pass from the Starbucks Cheer Pass website, or hope that the next time you’re in a Starbucks store, they pass on a little cheer to you in the form of free samples of holiday beverages, bags of coffee or Starbucks Cards. Each Cheer Pass is uniquely numbered, and can be tracked on the Cheer Pass website. The program works like this: You receive a Cheer Pass along with cheer. You then give cheer to someone else, along with the card. They then give cheer to someone else, along with the card, and the chain of cheer continues on. When you receive a Cheer Pass, you can share the story of how your pass was passed on, and track the cheer that that pass has been a part of already. So what is cheer?
Sounds good, doesn’t it? Log on, print some passes, and start sharing the holiday cheer a little early this year. It’s never too soon to start.
[Via: Slashfood]
