They most certainly were different! Yankel’s great grandparents were living in America by 1885. If they were typical of their contemporaries who aspired above and beyond anything else to become Americans, they would have been well on their way down the perilous path to assimilation, by the time Yankel was born. The anthem that infused the immigrants of this era’s, oppressive lives with effulgent promise was the popular song, “I’m A Yankee Doodle Dandy.” This ...
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If there is one thing we take for granted, its chairs. They help us rest and take a load off of our feet and they even keep our bum warm! These sets of miniature designer chairs from Firebox celebrate some of the finest chairs ever created. The Heart Cone Chair by Verner Panton (1959), the Grand Confort by Le Corbusier (1928), and the Chaise Longue by Le Corbusier (1928) are just some of the designer chairs ...
If you often travel internationally, then you know what a pain it can be if you need to rely on having frequent internet access for your laptop. Sure you can get AT&T’s laptop card that will work in most of the world, but their global data plan for roaming isn’t unlimited so your bill is likely to end up in the thousands if you use the internet heavily. The other alternative is to pay for wifi hotspots where ...
These Limited Edition Integrum speakers aren’t special because they are powerful, rather they are especially unique because their design has got a lot of soul. The Limited edition is limited to a total of ten pairs, and each pair has been individually handcrafted with original artwork representing the biggest Jazz legends. These musicians include Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles, Benny Goodman, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. Each one ...
Pop Artist Romero Britto is famous for his artwork made of vivid colors and distinct shapes and characters. NVousPC has a new notebook covered with a special masterpiece that Britto created just for one of their laptops. The design includes a jungle that flows across all of the notebook’s panels. Under the hood, the laptop features a 2.33GHZ Core 2 Duo processor, a 15.4″ screen, a 160GB hard drive, 2GB of ram, Windows Vista Ultimate and a ...
XtremeMac just unveiled a new line of stylish leather cases for the ipod touch, ipod Nano 3G and the ipod classic. Each of the cases are made of hand-crafter genuine leather and the include soft interior lining. But that isn’t what makes these cases especially unqie is that the Verona Flap series each have a front flap that folds and snaps in to a rear panels that works a stand for handsfree viewing when watching videos. Also, ...
The Freshly Baked USB drive series is hands down the tastiest set of USB keys out there. Vavolo has just released a series 2 which includes a fortune cookie, and a green tea, strawberry, or chocolate donut, each available in 1GB or 2gb flavors. The 2gb versions retail for $49.99 and the 1gb for $29.99. Strangely enough, the fortune cookies are available in green and blue versions as well. We have never seen fortune cookies like those ...
Some consider it something very personal, but others prefer to flaunt it. Though not totally accurate, Alexa lets you spy on virtually anyone’s web site traffic. And now Alexa is even selling T-shirts that will flaunt your current stats. “Will Dance for Better Alexa rank”, “They say size doesn’t matter, but rank does”, and “You will visit my site, you will give me better rank” are a few of the shirts available, each of which also have ...
The world’s most adorable USB keys just got cuter. Mimoco has announced a Star Wars series 2 which includes a Princess Leia Organa Mimobot, a Boba Fett mimobot, a Han Solo mimobot and a Luke Skywalker mimobot which will all ship in January. Luke and Fett’s helmets are even removable so that you can reveal their handsome faces. Each of the series 2 mimobots come preloaded with a desktop personalization suite with digital content that includes wallpapers, ...
For iPhone users who were previously accustomed to using a Microsoft Exchange server, one of the things missed most is the ability to wirelessly sync and back up your contacts and calendar to an exchange server. Finally, a solution is available that will let you wirelessly sync your contacts at least. Funambol, a free open source application lets you wirelessly sync and back up your contacts to the your account on the my Funambol web site. Calendar ...
We’ve been having a blast playing Rock Band over Thankgiving weekend, but in the midst of it all, we were a bit worried that we might be making too much noise for our neighbors. While we haven’t heard any complaints yet, it seems that silence can be deadly. A Rock Band player got served a 10 day eviction notice because of his wild Rock Band ways. At least we can say we warned you! And as for ...
Most of us are guilty of enjoying the opportunity to receive samples. Whether it’s candy, or hair products, freebies almost always rock. Well here is one freebie trend we’d love to see come over to the U.S. In Japan there are “Sample Labs” full of product sample freebies. An $11 annual fee gets you access to lab, and each visit lets you take up to 5 items per visit. However,bBefore each visit you have to preregister online or ...
A few weeks ago we did a review on The Pink Samsung U3 which we dubbed the the Shuffle killer. So of course Samsung went ahead and released a few weeks later what certainly seems like an attempt to be an iPod Touch killer. Sadly no matter how many companies try, I think that will be a feet that will take awhile to accomplish but the Samsung P2 gives it the old college try and it does have a ...
The Stationoli desk set isn’t exactly a piece designed with high end technology, but it definitely fits in to the gadget category.
The wheel shaped desk set compartmentalizes in to a stapler, pencil, sharpener, staple remover, sticky note, paper clip holder, calculator, and a digital alarm clock. Plus, each of the parts have a magnet so that you can individually stick them to magnetic surfaces such as a filing cabinet or locker. The Stationoli desk set retails ...
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