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- Gay gaze
Thanks to BoingBoing for pointing us to this amazing study demonstrating that, while both men and women concentrate on faces when looking at pictures of men, men's eyes naturally wander south. This may not be news if the phrase 'my eyes are up here' is running through your head, but that isn't what the study showed. In fact, the truth is farther south. Just a touch below the equator........
Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:11:36 GMT - Irresistible shoes
Have I mentioned that D'Orsay shoe style is going to be a really big trend this summer? Well, it is, so when I saw these beauties I knew I hade to let you .........
Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:11:36 GMT - Home Based Knitting Business
This is the second part of the Home Biz Idea of the Week featuring Working from Home as a Knitter. It's first part includes the tools and other requirements on starting a knitting home .........
Wed, 14 Mar 2007 03:10:05 GMT - Who is happy?
Psychologists have been fond of stating in recent years that human happiness, or what psychologists call subjective well-being, is largely independent of our life circumstances. The wealthy arent much happier than the middle class, married people arent much happier than single people, healthy people arent much happier than sick people, and so on........
Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:58:01 GMT - Green Resistor Triplets Necklace
I am commonly not a big fan of jewelry made out of used (or new) electronic parts; I find them generally too clunky for my taste and not especially wearable. The Green Resistor Triplets Necklace though is surprisingly nice and definitely something I could see myself wearing. The little green resistors can be recognized as such only from a close distance and can be easily mistaken doe "precious" beads crafted together in a very elegant design. The necklace is available for $120 at fractalspin, where you can also purchase a pair of matching earrings for $15. (They also ship to Europe)........
Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:58:01 GMT - Lifetimer For Your Lifetime Memories
How much additional functionality can you include in a clock other than its most elementary features of time and alarm? Looks like quite a few other people have pondered over this question already. So we now have clocks which talk, scream and even counsel. Along comes another one for those people obsessed with count-downs - the LifeTimer. 3 more months to your birthday, 5 since you last had a date, and probably a 100 more for you to contribute anything remotely significant to mankind in this lifetime - fascinated with such time-stamps? Then just to help you along, the Lifetimer is designed to hold all such important events of your life. Punch in the events of the past or future into the timer and you can retrieve the number of minutes, hours and seconds left before (or passed since) the event. The clock has buttons on its face which you press to retrieve a particular count-down (or count-up). Its somewhat cute-looking round LCD screen reminds me of the dialing pads which were so prominent on the finger-based dialing telephones of the 80s. Apart from this, the Lifetimer includes the other normal features of date, time and alarm........
Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:58:01 GMT - Which products sell better?
Does whitening toothpaste whiten teeth better than toothpaste that whitens and prevents cavities? Does a printer/fax/copy machine make lower-quality printouts than a standalone printer? In the recent issue of the Journal of Consumer Research, a fascinating new study by Alexander Chernev (Northwestern University) reveals that people perceive products that emphasize a single feature to be more effective than products with multiple features........
Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:58:01 GMT - It's not easy being green
Being a green consumer is hard work, as per new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). The study highlights a need for more practical help and incentives for green consumers, if we are to achieve a more sustainable society. The University of Leeds-led study observed that consumers who try to live a sustainable lifestyle have difficulty deciding which product to buy. "Consumers find that being green or ethical is a very hard, time consuming, and emotional experience," says Dr William Young. Apart from the usual issues such as price, reliability, and colour, they have the added complication of researching and weighing up all the environmental and ethical issues before purchasing a product, he explains........
Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:58:01 GMT - Looking for love on all the right Web sites?
If you're hoping for Cupid's online arrow, then watch out for tall stories and wide fabrications. Online daters, both men and women, commonly fib about either their height or weight, and sometimes their age, as per a Cornell University communication researcher. This study will be published in an upcoming Proceedings of Computer/Human Interaction (April 2007), an annual peer-evaluated journal, to be released this spring during a Computer/Human Interaction conference in San Jose, Calif........
Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:58:01 GMT - Mood-food Connection
People feeling sad tend to eat more of less-healthy comfort foods than when they feel happy, finds a new study co-authored by a Cornell food marketing expert. However, when nutritional information is available, those same sad people curb their hedonistic consumption. But happier people don't. In the recent issue of the Journal of Marketing, Brian Wansink, the John S. Dyson Professor of Marketing, Applied Economics and Management at Cornell, and two colleagues describe several studies they devised to test the link between mood and food. For example, they recruited 38 administrative assistants to watch either an upbeat, funny movie ("Sweet Home Alabama") or a sad, depressing one ("Love Story"). Throughout the viewings the participants were offered hot buttered, salty popcorn and seedless grapes........
Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:58:01 GMT - Winter Skin Guidelines and Tips
Dr. Kaplan is THE dermatologist to the stars, who happens to have his own, pretty pricey, skincare line. While it might be a bit of a stretch to spend $50 on his eye cream, you can use his tips for getting rid of the ash and keeping skin glowing and gorgeous in winter months. 1. Use a humidifier. Air inside your home becomes very dry in winter, particularly if your windows are closed and the heat is on. A humidifier will replace moisture in the air. If you do not have a humidifier, using a few open pans throughout the house, particularly near any radiators, will also work. Keep indoor air moisture levels at 40 to 50 percent. A good rule to remember is if your turn up the heat, turn on the humidifier........
Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:58:01 GMT - Fastest Cookie Maker with 39-pieces
What could be better news for you than an easy way to make cookies for this Christmas! BonJour Cookies factory is here to give a tasty delight to you and your family. With the pressing of a button, you can easily make your favorite cookies. The 39-piece set includes a jumbo cookie barrel, a traditional cookie barrel, 10 large cookie discs, 15 traditional cookie discs, 10 decorating and filling tips, and a recipe booklet........
Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:58:01 GMT - Why We Buy Bad Gifts For Loved Ones?
This holiday season, another woman who loves the rock band No Doubt will. receive a plaid skirt that only the band's singer, Gwen Stefani, could pull off. Another athletic guy will receive an oversize sports jersey even though off the field he prefers Brooks Brothers. Why are we so terrible at predicting the tastes of the ones we love? A new study from the recent issue of the Journal of Consumer Research explains why familiarity with another person actually makes predicting their tastes more difficult........
Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:58:01 GMT - Happy People Are Healthier
Happiness and other positive emotions play an even more important role in health than previously thought, according to a study published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine by Carnegie Mellon University Psychology Professor Sheldon Cohen. The paper will be available online at www.psychosomaticmedicine.org/........
Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:58:01 GMT - Kylie's Back!
Kylie Minogue's comeback is well and truly on the road. The princess of pop touched down at Sydney airport on Sunday to kick off her Showgirl Homecoming tour with a gig on 11 November and said she was "thrilled to be back". Kylie had to postpone her world tour when she was diagnosed with breast cancer last year, but she has beaten the disease and can't wait to get back to work. "I travelled with pretty much all the band, the dancers, so we're on tour again, whoa!" she said to reporters, jumping up and down and clapping her hands. Last week Kylie spoke of the unstinting support her boyfriend Olivier had given her during her battle and said her ordeal has made her embrace her career even more........
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