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Rocking Chair with built-in OLED lamp powered by you

Imagine lounging in a chair out on the patio in the evening. You fancy putting your nose into a book, but there just isn’t enough light to read. How about if your rocking chair has an integrated OLED lamp that can be powered simply by the chair’s rocking motion? In other words, you generate the power you need as you use it. This is what Rochus Jacob, a designer from the U.S. came up with in his design for the Murakami chair.

He says that  “The construction of the flat and bendable organic light emitting diodes allows new form factors such as using the traditional shape of a lamp but instead of having a light bulb the lampshade [itself] turns out to be the light source.”

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Jacob beat 3,709 other designers from 96 different countries to bag first prize in designboom’s Green Life competition with the Murakami chair design.
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While many cities in U.S. are sweltering under more than 80 degrees of summer heat, some people are already looking for warm weather places in the middle of the coming winter. The Caribbean, Hawaii or Mexico are mainstays for winter vacations destinations, but there are some new candidates in the itineraries for cruises tops. Cruises around South America are very popular because of several cruise lines which offer a wide range of options, from one week long to one month long itineraries. There are trips which offer forays in Antarctica or in the mysterious Easter Island and even in the amazing Galapagos Islands.
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Cities like Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires or Santiago became magnets for tourists with the multitude of cultural populations and touristic attractions. Even if you visit the Recoleta cemetery and you see Eva Peron's grave or a vineyard with soft Chilean wines, these are real adventures, and in South America you can find something for every type of person.

If Australia or New Zealand sound interesting for you, there is high season for cruising on that side of the world. There are four different cruise lines, like Holland America Line, Celebrity and Royal Caribbean feature cruises in those areas for 2009/10 winter. There are some cruises which include places like Tahiti, Fiji or many other South Pacific islands, and with new air (even low-cost) choices from the U.S., Australia becomes more affordable than ever. Good news would be that cruise lines, airline and tour companies have lowered prices to go with the worldwide recession. This means that the consumer has a lot ot win, and that many touristic services become more affordable for a wider range of potential consumers.


A special place on earth, where you can sample a huge variety of flavors, cultures and historical sites is the Mediterranean area. You can explore the region on cruises from Italy, France, Spain or Greece. Cruising the Mediterranean is like waking up each morning in a new world, with new and special landscapes. You can enjoy and relax the comfort of a floating resort with all meals and accommodations taken care of, with specific types of entertainment.The best season for Mediterranean cruises is from April till October, although there are ships sailing in the Mediterranean sea all year. A lot of cruises from Athens sail around the Greek Islands, and this is an awesome opportunity to enjoy natural beauty and cool nightlife.

There are more than one million passengers who take Barcelona cruises. The city offers great food, shopping and lively nightlife and all of these, along with the beautiful architecture make out of it a great port.


Luxury cruise lines offer departures from Monte Carlo, which is located between the Alps and the sea. The natural landscape is embellished by the yachts and finery of the French Riviera, here on the Cote d'Azur. From Civitavecchia depart the Rome cruises, and this place is one hour bus ride to the port, but the inconvenience is worth. A very special cruising experience is on Canale Grande in Venice. There are car-free streets, crossed by canals, and plenty of historical bridges. All these elements make this city a great place to explore by foot.

If you want to book a place on a cruise, you should consider more than the top line price when comparing offers. Some cruise deals include a lot of extra deals, and sometimes these extra stuff is amazing. Some of them, on the other hand, require you to pay large fees for food, drinks or activities. When you read the brochure be vigilant and take care of suspiciously cheap cruises. They might be cheap, but usually the extra things are very very expensive. It's very important to know when to book the cruise, because six months in advance or last minute there usually are great discounts, and you can book it at a very good price.


There are plenty of websites which offer you the possibility to book a place on a cruise ship, and I think that the most important and best organized one is www.cruises.com , and if you need a room while staying around in one of the departure or arrival ports, you can check www.expert-bookings.com. These are some websites which offer you a lot of options for cruises all over the world, and the second one is a professional bookings website which brings in on your desktop thousands of accommodation options.

No matter your tastes and your preferences, be sure that there is a guitar for you too. From Gibson to Fender, all guitar makers have a lot of models available, and you can find one to fit your needs. Of course that there are a lot normal, usual guitars, but there are some products, in each producer's line, which are a little more special than the others, and they need our attention. I have selected here some cool guitars, which are pretty strange, and be sure that you will be the special person in the group if you have one of these guitars. Some of these guitars can't even be played, and aren't too comfortable to hold in your hands, and maybe you have to be a genius to accommodate with them, but all of them have something that makes them special.
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I found this interesting guitar, which incorporates also a harp, and yes, I think it might be hard to play both of them, if you just started the guitar lessons. The solution would be first to wait becoming a guitar expert and then try some improvisations on the harp-guitar. This combination of the two instruments can be found in thousands of models, with various strings and configurations.

Satan Angel guitar is a very special guitar, and I think that the image says almost everything about this guitar. I think that it is targeted for satanic and death-metal bands. The strong red color and the combination of two esoteric characters make it really special, and you can be sure all the eyes will be on you when you will have this special instrument in your hands.



If you want to be provocative and start some real discussions about morality and decency between people who see you, you can try one of the following guitars: the naked woman model or the fallus shaped one. They will scandalize your public and their mothers too. It is funny to see where the jack is inserted, and with this guitar in your hands, be sure that the songs will be full of virility and will have a special symbolistic sense.



Linda Manzer created in 1984, for Pat Metheny, the most famous jazz guitar player and winner of Grammys, this guitar, Pikasso, which is a piece of art, more than a simple instrument. Pikasso has 42 strings and the design is really special.



A really special guitar, which combines religion with music, is the one in the image, and we can see that it represents Jesus with a hand on the bridge. This Fender Stratocaster was carved by Doug Rowell in 1969, for Mike Deasy. This guitar has been stolen from him and returned 25 years later, after making an announcement on a webpage.



The cute "Hello Kitty" Stratocaster is a cool funny pink guitar, for people who love all things Sanrio. Squier produced this guitar as a pure "Kitty" product: custom pickguard with "Hello Kitty" and the logo on the back, the pink model, and even the pink fingerboard inlays. This is a more girlish guitar, and you will love it if you love "Kitty" and pink things.



You can find many other cool and strange guitar models, and you can pick the one which represents your personality most, because the guitar we are playing expresses also a part of our personality. You can choose any guitar from the large variety available from the guitar makers on the market.

If you are looking for gift ideas for your guitarist friend, or you have just bought a guitar and want to accesorize it, or maybe you are an experienced guitarist and want to give your guitar a new look, you are in the right place, because I have selected some cool accessories for guitars, and I would like to shortly present them, as a source of inspiration and information before you purchase them.
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All guitarists must have a capo, and I think that "The Shubb" is the most reliable capo on the market, and moreover, it has a reasonable price. This capo works on both acoustic and electric guitars, and you should know that it is not suitable for nylon-strung classical guitars).

The Dunlop System 65 Kit is a deluxe cleaning kit for guitars, which contains string cleaner, polish, body gloss, fingerboard conditioner and cleaner, and many cotton polish cloths. I think this set is great for keeping the guitar in a top condition. I think it is great because the polish also protects your guitar from scratches, and it keeps it clean.

Another interesting accessory that might make happy some guitarists is a simple guitar stand, which can be used either on stage or at home, and which has a sturdy design. This is very cool, because you can play the guitar wherever you are, in proper conditions, and from experience, the producers say that guitarists play more frequently, if the guitar is visible, as opposed to keeping it hidden in a case. This stand is compact, but it still doesn't fit in any stocking made. Maybe in the future there will be built a special stocking for it.



If you have an electric guitar, you definitely need a guitar strap. It is recommended to practice while standing up, having the guitar strapped on, and if you want to sing in front of a public, then you will have to practice also standing up, and for this you will need a guitar strap.

Planet Waves offer you a colorful strap, which allows you play the guitar in comfort and in a stylish manner. The straps made by Planet Wave are designed to make you feel relaxed when you strap on your favorite guitar, and start playing it. The straps come in a large variety of materials, patterns, and you can find a good leather, suede or polypropylene strap, and all you have to do is to look up for what you really want.

Levy's Leathers started producing leather accessories in 1973, and since then, they grown and they became the leading strap producers in the world. They use premium leather in the manufacturing process, and they also make straps of vynil, fabric, polyester and even faux fur.There are many artists which confirm the high quality of Levy's Leather , and among them I would like to mention John Sebastian, Rob Zombie and the members of George Strait's band. Tony Levin attests too the durability of Levy's straps.

The straps from Taylor come in black, honey or new chocolate and I personally liked them very much because they are embroidered and they offer you a supple and modern feeling when wearing them. These straps have a special cut, in order to fit the strap pins from the Taylor guitars.

I think that you can find almost everything you want in the online market for guitar accessories, but you shouldn't forget about classic retail, and maybe you should also check a guitar store, which, in most of the cases sells accessories also.

It’s time we had a close look at the “king” of the DVD Players, and that one is PowerDVD. With the new features like HD, HD DVD and Blu-ray DVD, the player promises a very exciting and crystal clear cinematic (visual and audio) experience.

<-120x240 Vertical Banner - left->The interface has changed a lot from what the user got used to into the 5th version. The interface started changing drastically from the 6th version – and continued to improve in the 7.3 one, the Ultra Deluxe. The overall enhancements are the fully supported feature of HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs, the high definition format support (H.264, HD Mpeg-2 and WMV-HD, the advanced display technologies (support for wide screen monitors, including the latest high definition content protection standard - HDCP - for digital connectors), and the empowering of the hardware acceleration through the HD graphics processors from ATI, Nvidia and Intel.

The advanced movie interactivity is stimulated through the animated menu features of the HD movies, with a next-gen type of navigation that includes overlayed menus, movie bookmarks and advanced content management (like the displayed movie commentaries in Picture-in-Picture mode).

Oh yes, it’s very true when I say you can turn your computer into a Home Theater, as the “king” of DVD players offers only the best options: HD audio technologies like Dolby Digital Plus, TrueHD, DTS, with support for up to 8-channel surround sound (7.1 channel Dolby Digital EX and 5.1 channel DTS).

You also gain advanced controls with options like Say-It-Again (dialog looping), Read-It-Clearly (moving subtitles on the screen), See-It-All (power-saving mode for notebooks) and Freestyle controls that allow you to choose from up to 5 skins and colors.

The ultimate movie experience is stimulated by the image performance given by the optimizations for the latest high-definition cards, with resolutions up to 1920x1080 in size, with comprehensive support for HD monitors. The second big advantage is that you get to enjoy more of HD content on HD DVDs or Blu-ray discs than from the standard discs.

Applicability:
The following advanced formats are widely supported: MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) - high-definition, MPEG-2 HD - high-definition, WMV-HD - high-definition, DVD-VR, DVD+VR, DivX Pro, DVD-Video, Mini-DVD. But do not think this short list implies just as few types of files, on the contrary – the formats above are included in a very large number of file formats.

Pro(s): PowerDVD has a name quite to the measure of its capabilities: it brings the image in the movies to a life-like, crystal clear bright level with the CyberLink Eagle Vision (CLEV)-2 feature. With the Smart Video Deinterlacing technique the player brings a smooth and enhanced video image. The CyberLink Pano Vision (CLPV) renders the video to the best and most appropriate aspect ratio according to your screen type (16:9 or 4:3).

Con(s): None! (now that’s a first in my reviews – nothing bad really to say about it) The PowerDVD does precisely what it was meant for and even more. I had absolutely no issues while working with it and the interface integrated very well with Windows Vista. And no, CyberLink hasn't paid me to say these things, but they should.

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