Trombonist Creates Viral Hit By Strapping Camera To His Instrument
Take one standard trombone, combine with a miniature video camera, and hey presto - you have a online video viewed by over 700,000 people.The video features a middle-aged man playing a trombone, on the...
View ArticleFoodies Are Going Crazy For The New 5:2 Diet
It's that time of year when people start trying to shed their Christmas weight. The 5:2 diet isn't easy, but it allows (a little) pleasure in food.Food writing does not lend itself to weight loss....
View ArticleAustralia's Record Heatwave Is Getting Dangerous
Australia is bracing for its worst ever fire danger as a record-breaking heatwave prompted warnings of a “catastrophic” wildfire threat.The sweltering conditions have led to hundreds of fires across...
View ArticleHOUSE OF THE DAY: Jerry Bruckheimer Could Drop $23 Million On A Fashion...
Film and TV producer Jerry Bruckheimer is ready to drop $23 million on a Beverly Hills mansion built by late Columbia Pictures founder Harry Cohn, TMZ reports.But the deal isn't quite...
View Article'Whatever' Is Still The Most Annoying Word In America
For the fourth year in a row, Americans consider "whatever" to be the most annoying word or phrase used in a conversation, according to a survey by Marist Poll.Almost a third of respondents — 32...
View ArticleFive Intriguing Facts About People Who Live To 100
A growing number of Americans are living to age 100. Nationwide, the centenarian population has grown 65.8 percent over the past three decades, from 32,194 people who were age 100 or older in 1980 to...
View ArticleBrooklyn Brewery Is Building Another Plant 4,000 Miles Away
Brooklyn Brewery is building another plant about 4,000 miles away, all the way across the Atlantic.The 8,000 barrel brewery will be in Stockholm, Sweden, and it should be open by the end of 2013. The...
View ArticleChinese Millionaire Works Six Days A Week As A Street Cleaner
Yu Youzhen, a 53-year-old woman who lives in the Chinese city of Wuhan, is wealthy. According to the South China Morning Post, Yu is the proud owner of 17 apartments worth more than 10 million yuan...
View ArticleHeadless Goat And Chickens Wash Up Near A Luxury Miami Condo, Horrify Residents
A goat and three chickens were decapitated in an apparent sacrifice and dumped into Biscayne Bay where they washed up behind a luxury South Beach condominium to the horror of residents."I don't...
View ArticleThe Colors Of The Bahamas Look Unreal From Space
Last month we published some pictures tweeted by Chris Hadfield, who is living aboard the International Space Station, or ISS, as a Flight Engineer on Expedition 34. In March, he will become the first...
View ArticleThis Pocket Projector Will Let You Use Your Phone In A Whole New Way
This is the Pocket Projector for iPhone 4 and 4S from Brookstone.Why We Love It: If you've ever wanted to stream videos or show photos on your iPhone to multiple friends at once, this product may be...
View ArticlePrivate Equity Investor Chris Flowers Just Bought A Gorgeous Park Avenue...
Private equity guru Chris Flowers is probably best known for scoring the most profitable private equity deal of all time.So we bet that the co-op he just bought into for $20 million (according to the...
View ArticleChinese Designers Created A Tiny Home That Can Be Carted Around On A Tricycle
China has taken the concept of the mobile home to a whole new level.Beijing’s People’s Architecture Office (PAO) and People’s Industrial Design Office (PIDO) have designed and built a mobile home so...
View Article10 Sophisticated Bedroom Items For Single Guys
I read an article a few months ago about a new niche group of clients for interior designers — single and divorced men looking to create more stylish living spaces.Bedroom ideas for single guys >The...
View ArticleA Former Microsoft Exec Came Up With The Weirdest Way To Cook Steak We've...
Perhaps you know this, and perhaps you don't, but former Microsoft chief technical officer Nathan Myhrvold is extremely creative in the kitchen.Two years ago he wrote a 2,400 page cookbook called...
View ArticleHow Social Fashion Startup BeauCoo Takes The Torture Out Of Finding Clothes...
I used to hate shopping.As a curvier woman, I’m blessed with wider hips and thighs. Suffice to say, it’s a rare occasion when off-the-rack clothing fits properly, and that’s without getting into the...
View ArticleTravel Editors Share 12 Smart Tips For Packing Like A Pro
There's no end to our quest for self-improvement — the urge to do everything better, smarter, faster, cooler.In this spirit, we've compiled our 24 best packing tips and tricks — some old standbys, some...
View ArticleThis Time-Lapse Video Of An Art Installation Made Of Garbage Is Oddly Soothing
Small Moons is an art installation by SuttonBeresCuller, a collective of three artists (John Sutton, Ben Beres, and Zac Culler), that was displayed at the Land of Tomorrow gallery in Louisville,...
View ArticleHere's Why Car Nuts Are Lining Up To Spend $1.2 Million On Pagani's New Supercar
Deliveries of the the long anticipated Pagani Huayra are finally beginning, and car lovers are thrilled, even if they are not among the very few drivers who will get behind the wheel of the next great...
View ArticleLOOKING FOR LOVE: The Pros And Cons Of 10 Online Dating Sites
One of the top New Year's resolutions is always to find love. And though there are plenty of ways to attract the opposite sex and plenty of bars to check out, it's online dating sites that tend to reap...
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