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If you're familiar with Valve's amazing puzzle game PORTAL (which is a part of Orange Box alongside Half-Life 2 Episode 2), you might find it interesting that the much loved Companion Cube showed up in Toronto! If you have no idea what I’m talking about, these can still pass as my usual urban shots! Taken on Bloor street near Euclid.

The traditional bedside table doesn’t always fit how we spend the last few waking moments in bed but it’s not something we think about either. Designer Stephane de Sousa wanted to design a minimalist bedside table in powder coated steel to address what we really need - a waterproof surface, bookshelf, and a simple way to remember where you left off on last night’s reading.

The Japanese siphon bar, which makes brewed coffee, at the Blue Bottle Café in San Francisco. The only halogen-powered model in the United States, the siphon bar was imported from Japan at a cost of more than $20,000.

Between November 12 and November 26, OLPC is offering a Give One Get One program in the United States and Canada. During this time, you can donate the revolutionary XO laptop to a child in a developing nation, and also receive one for the child in your life in recognition of your contribution.

"I've been enjoying throwing sheep at people all morning, yelling "SUPERPOKE!!!!"."

When Alfred Peet opened his shop in Berkeley in April, 1966 he started a coffee revolution. Nobody had ever seen top-quality coffee like this roasted in this unique style in America. The corner of Walnut and Vine quickly became a gathering place for UC Berkeley grads, undergrads, and faculty as well as local intellectuals, radicals, writers, musicians, artisans and any number of the colorful people who still make up Berkeley today.

The Blue Cheese chips really did taste like blue cheese dressing. It sort of reminded us of the Cool Ranch flavor, but then the blue cheese kicked in. THe flavor comes in a wave, so if you're not a fan of blue cheese, don't worry, it's not a lingering flavor.

Stephanson is ready to resume her quest to conquer the Great Lakes. Belleville's 'Lady of the Lakes' will attempt to swim across Lake Superior Aug. 18 and part of her training reguires cold showers to prepare for the cold water of Superior.

This year’s johnson banks post office at the V&A fete featured specially produced airmail letters, our special twist on those self-sealing aerogramme letters you’d send to granny in Australia when you were a kid.