Presents for Dad!

Christmas is about joy and laughter, these gifts are some that are irreplacable. So when coming across this invention I thought this would make the perfect gift for someone with a great sense of humor and false sense of importance. I don't know about your family, but with my family it's always a struggle to find a fun and thoughtful gift for the holidays. Even more of a struggle is to find a gift that gives a sense of excitement when, for example, your sister opens it up all excitedly only to find it is none other than a non-existant gagdet created by the pranksters at The Onion...oh Emily you have another thing coming to you. This year they have created a whole new set of four GotchaBox containers for Christmas, 2007. Some of these pranks include an auto power strip, a smoke alarm that plays sounds of the rain forest, or this "Visor.ganizer" that can supposedly carry up to seven pounds of crap in the visor of your hat. Very fashionable,muhaha. Check it out, and of course give the gift of giving this Christmas.

Japan is bizarre

This may be the most bizarre blog I've posted thus far but nonetheless I feel it is noteworthy so bare with me. So apparently women in Japan are fearful when walking alone on the streets on Tokyo therefore one woman decided to put a stop to this by designing a type of wearable urban disguise. Aya Tsukioka, a 29 year old Japanese fashion designer, has designed a skirt that when lifted transforms into a vending machine disguise (see picture above). By holding this sheet, that folds to become a makeshift skirt, and raising it above your head you can supposedly 'easily' blend in. This poses some questions in my mind, first being who in the hell would think to design something like this? Secondly, are people in Japan that oblivious that they wouldn't look twice at a felt vending machine (with feet visibly sticking out) placed on a random street? And finally, is Japan really that terrifying of a place that women would really need to use something this stupid as a safety measure...they should really look into mase. Anyways, check out the video below and let me know what YOU think. By the way I feel I should let you know that this isn't the only stupid invention made by the Japanese to ward off creepy people, they also have a "manhole bag" which is a purse that hides your valuables by unfolding to look like a round skewer cover. You lay this purse on the street, with your valuables still inside, and thieves will walk right by mistaking it for a manhole...does that even make sense? Another bright invention is a line of 'knife-proof' school uniforms. High schools in Japan must be pretty hard-core.

Lancome likes magnets

Get glam with Lancome's latest nail color: Lancome’s Le Magnetique. Not only is this polish a trendy and sophisticated shade of burgundy, but it contains magnetic particles that create a "star" effect (see below). How does this work one may ask? Simple. Hold nails over the bottle's built in magnet before the second coat of polish dries and watch as the particles align into a star-shaped pattern. Trendy and technolicious! Word on the street is that the polish is available at Nordstrom for $17- being beautiful doesn't come cheap, but I guarantee this polish will have people wondering what salon you went to! Perfect.

Crazy for Daisy!

Always at the cutting edge of everything, Marc Jacobs came out with a new fragrance in August that left fashonistas all over rejoicing. A trend setter and my personal favorite, Marc Jacobs "Daisy by Marc Jacobs" includes notes of wild strawberry, violet leaves, red grapefruit, gardenia, violet, jasmine, musk, vanilla and white woods (I've already purchased my bottle).
Says Jacobs of the fragrance: "Daisies don't smell, but I wanted to evoke the feeling that you get when you see them — happy and youthful."
You may be saying, what does this have to do with technology? I understand. What really drew me to this topic was the website for the fragrance which is young, hip, and really cool to navigate around so click here to go check it out!