Misc

The Jolt

The Jolt ebike, created by a guy named John Madden, is selling now at an early bird price of $499. That’s a quarter of the final price and a great deal on an ebike. The bike is about the same… Read More ›

Taxes

The world’s most profitable firm has a secretive new structure that would enable it to continue avoiding billions in taxes, the Paradise Papers show. They reveal how Apple sidestepped a 2013 crackdown on its controversial Irish tax practices by actively… Read More ›

The reason…

“The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be.”  Marcel Pagnol

Everyday Objects

Tiffany & Co is offering some everyday objects just in time for Christmas. The old adage of more money than sense is stretched to the limit here.

3D LED Lamps

This is the R2-D2 edition of the Top Rated LEDMiracle 3D Illusion lamp. These lamps use energy efficient LED which don’t produce heat – so are completely safe around kids. They are a 2D perspex wireframe lamp that give the… Read More ›

Trouble in Toy Town

“You have to be particularly inept to make a toy store boring, but Toys R Us managed it,” comments Neil Saunders at GlobalData. “Their shops have very little ‘pester-power’ because very few children demand to be dragged around aisles and… Read More ›