Amy and I got a Boxee Box earlier this year and we adore it. As a “Merry Christmas Eve,” the Boxee folks highlighted this video. I thought it was perfect for sharing.
A martini anywhere, hidden in your mints tin
Do you often find yourself without a martini? Do you ramble about your house, surrounded by empty mint tins that you can’t bring yourself to throw out? Perhaps one of those problems could help solve the other one!
In this innovative solution to the modern cultural frowning on “martinis for breakfast” you can surreptitiously make yourself the gentleman’s drink in just about any environs.
I would have two suggestions: A reusable glass — perhaps a flat, folding plastic cup like an Orikaso dish. And, perhaps keeping a couple of mints in the tin could help camouflage your post-martini breath.
I remember, when I was a boy, that someone gave me a Guide to Spying as a gift once, and it included instructions for making a full-on secret message-writing kit and hiding it in a cigarette carton.
It just never occurred to me that a 10-year-old carrying a cigarette case would be a tad conspicuous.
(thanks, Cameron!)
Getting a job in the digital age
by Amy Breen
Who needs to design a fancy portfolio, or take to the streets dropping off resumes galore, when you can just pander to the vanity of the people you want to work for.
Clever, Alec Brownstein, very clever.
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Fun way to serve watermelon
This is a fantastic way to dress-up a watermelon as a centrepiece. Who said that Jack o’Lanterns were only for Halloween — or only for pumpkins?
Now, dare your kids to stick their hands in there. Use a fork, or you’ll lose a finger!
(From Debbie Forster’s photostream, via TDW and Digg)
How to make a vagina love a penis (nsfw)
by Amy Breen
I like that this video is promoting safe sex while not shying away from the actual genitalia. It does it in a clever way, although I thought it took a little too long to get to the point. I guess they were going for an “ah-ha!” moment.
Either way, a PSA promoting safe sex = good in my books.
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