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Don’t try this at home! I admit, creativity cannot be defined and this picture is a live example of what it stands for. Sometimes it’s not a bad idea to do the smart thing and heed the advice – Don’t try this without knowing what creativity…

What would you do if your parents went out of town for 10 days? These folks (in the video above), ended up making a crazy three story backyard water slide with 16 foot jump! It took them seven days of intense labor to complete the construction of…

Check this video to believe why life in the Arctic is so demanding, especially fishing. Until now, I recognized ‘Deadliest Catch’ as the riskiest thing people did in the Arctic, but the hardship/risk involved in filling your abdomen is at…

I like it! This banana rocking sofa by Andrej Statskji has put me in a dilemma. It has a mechanism inside that allows you to select the rocking option, but if you go by the picture, how would this rock? I mean, this looks more in a resting position,..

Turf houses are quite common in Iceland; you can trace their origin back to the 10th century and boy, don’t they look remarkable! This one in particular is so beautiful that I cannot take my eyes off it. The lush green environment makes me forget…

Anyone unfamiliar with the word ‘Global Warming’? Did I hear…yes…oh dear, were you hibernating or something! Check this out: Alpine farmers harvest snow! Low altitude ski resorts in Austria are buying snow from higher altitudes, despite a…

One of my New Year resolutions is to quit drinking! But until I dispose off those wine glasses (my dusk companions), somehow the urge seems to revive automatically. First I thought, lemme just chuck them in the bin, but why so? Just because I cannot..

Care for a heavy discount? This site offers a huge discount worth £33 on this i-Lit pinky color changing speaker, originally costing £39.99. To cut a long story short: £6.99 is the current price! Owing to the LED lights inside, lights…

This ‘Hand and foot chair’ by Pedro Friedeberg, reminds me of the good old days when my grandma held me in her cozy arms while my granddad taught me to walk. I guess it’s their ‘soul’ that provoked Pedro to design a thing like this, so that.