The Eiffel Tower has been a familiar cultural icon and major tourist attraction since it opened in 1889. Originally considered Eiffel’s Folly, it’s become a source of pride for the French nation.

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Some things exist in the world that are obviously going to be used for malicious purposes. Take for instance, the 15,000 Lumen LED Light Cannon. This is a self-contained light source that can blind you, [...]

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Have you ever found yourself at a fancy restaurant, and not known what to order? The worst is when you’re looking at the menu, and there are no pictures to show you what each dish [...]

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When you live a very busy life, your week can seem like one long day with several naps in between. However, sometimes you end up making do with just a nap at night when there [...]

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The older we get, the harder it becomes to read fine print. If playing Scrabble is your favorite past time, and you can’t see letters smaller than a coffee cup, the World’s Largest Scrabble Game [...]

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There are some mornings where you come downstairs, and wish that you had a Starbucks sitting in your kitchen. Making coffee when you’re half awake is quite a feat, let alone a slightly more complex [...]

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When it’s deathly cold outside, it’s always nice to stay inside and keep toasty. However, that’s not an option that all of us have. So, if you have to be stuck out in the cold, [...]

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When most people think about video conferencing, Skype is usually what comes to mind. I use the service for text, voice and video chatting with a number of people. I’ll use the first two with [...]

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The time for gardening and summer fun shall soon be upon us. Although, with warm weather comes mosquitoes, which no one is particularly fond of. We use candles, sprays, and bug zappers to rid ourselves [...]

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Dropbox is a great service for backing up files and sharing them between multiple computers. However, with the right tools, you can make it do so much more. Imagine dropping a set of documents [...]

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Relationships aren’t easy, and sometimes you really have to fight to make it work. Granted, there really shouldn’t be any sort of physical fighting, as that usually isn’t healthy. But if you have a sense [...]

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Kids have it rough these days. They have to wait for updates to download on their favorite games before they can play. They have to shut of their cellphones during class. They even have to [...]

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When in college, it’s common to highlight sections of text in your books, to remember later. This is considerably easier than stopping every few sentences, and then copying down the text into a notebook. When [...]

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It’s interesting to see how something as simple as paying for your groceries has changed over the years.  In the 90’s people primarily payed with cash, or checks. Swiping your debit card seems to be [...]

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We have been looking for ways to look younger for thousands of years. We’ve come up with things like makeup, plastic surgery, and even sought out the fountain of youth. However, one company seems to [...]

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Baseball is the great American pastime. I spent many days as a kid imagining that I was stepping up to bat, or throwing that game-winning strike-out in the big league. Unfortunately I was actually rather [...]

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There are many types of watches out there. Some have special functions built-in, some make sounds, and others toy with your mind. The TokyoFlash Optical Illusion Watch makes it a real challenge for your brain [...]

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There’s always a huge debate as to whether PC’s or consoles are better for playing video games. I lean toward PCs for a variety of reasons. One of my favorite reasons is the abundance of [...]

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We’ve all seen ASIMO, Honda’s advanced robot. When it was first debuted, it was the sort of thing that struck you with wonder. It made you think that maybe robots like C-3PO might actually be [...]

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If you have a very specific musical taste, there’s a good chance that the radio is not going to be playing what you want to listen to in the car. There are all kinds of [...]

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Learning a new instrument is always difficult. Guitar is an especially challenging instrument as you not only have six strings, but hundreds of positions and fingering combinations with different strumming patterns to remember. In efforts [...]

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