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NOTICE: Large moosehead wall lights have finally been invented.

360 Modern is a real estate firm in the Pacific Northwest U.S. that specializes in modern homes. Beautiful stuff.

Handy way to skip all the intro crap on DVDs that is usually forced on you when you throw a disc in your player. Apparently the chapters on DVDs that you can't skip (FBI warnings, copyright stuff, etc.) are flagged, on the disc, as UOP, or User Operation Prohibited. This site lists some of the techniques you can try to skip the ennui.

This colour coordinated bookshelf looks cool, but you might have a hard time finding a particular title.

For chewie edge lovers or corner brownie fans - it's the Edge Brownie Pan. All edges, all the time. Via BoingBoing

Puzzle carpet.

This to That is a handy site that will tell you what adhesive to use when attempting to glue various objects together.

Super creative bathroom tiles.

Skinny house in Brazil.

Apparently there are many LED lightbulbs available already. Via TreeHugger

WiiRoomba. YouTube of a guy controlling his Roomba with a Wii remote.

Hardcore Lost fans have a party and repackage the snacks and beer as Dharma Initiative rations. Make your own with the PDFs that they've so generously shared.

Here's a nice set of home improvement videos with the energetic and snappy Eric Stromer.

Faucet Fountain turns your regular faucet into a drinking fountain.

Kids and the Home Office. Here's a list of tips for the parent that works from home.

Save the Internet.

Great Pac-Man bathroom tile work.

Crazy toaster from the future TODAY!

Here is a nice napkin folding howto site with clean pictures and straightforward instructions. I think the shirt's my favourite.

DIY T-Shirt Rack via Instructables.







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Better Cable Management through Pegboards

Cables and desk clutter are often the bane of many people's home office experience. Decluttered.com demonstrates one way to get a handle on the situation by making clever use of a pegboard and wires. A pegboard is mounted on the underside of the desk and any routers, powerbars, modems and the like can be lifted off the ground and secured to the pegboard, bringing the plethora of associated cabling along for the ride.

The site has a lot of pictures of the process and results, and has recently added pictures sent in by people who've tried the pegboard method on their own desks.

Total cost: $33.42 CDN.

DIY Multilayer Home Office Desk

Here is a nice, very detailed page with instructions on building a spacious, double layered desk for your home office. According to the site, the desk had to be spacious enough to hold a lot, including three 21 inch monitors, a mini fridge, a Nintendo 64, a DVD player, a receiver, 3 computer systems and a whole lot more. Not surprisingly, the designer couldn't find a desk on the market that met his criteria for under $300, so he built one himself.

       



Cordless Cube MP3 Player Speakerphone Combo

If you're looking to consolidate the mess of wires and electronics in your home office, this might be the place to start. At a paltry 11 ounces, the cube impressively crams a 2.4GHz cordless speakerphone, an MP3 player and an FM radio (that pause automatically during calls) into a 3 1/4 inch cubed space. The unit comes complete with LCD screen, usb jack (w/cable) and SD card slot.

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