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Folding Beds from Griffon Make Reclaimed Space Look Good

Image courtesy of Griffon The French furniture company Griffon was established in 1848 and spent the next century making conventional products for churches and private homes. But in the 1960s, Griffon turned to creating furniture for an increasingly urban population, as the French moved out of the countryside into cities, and into smaller homes. Today, the company is still doing it, and offers an impressive catalog of folding beds, from the simple to the majestic. Folding a bed into your furniture never looked so good…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Speed Camera Lottery Could Save Lives and Fuel! (Video)

Photo: Youtube Let’s Hope it Won’t Stay Just a Commercial German car maker Volkswagen has produced a series of ads based on “fun theory”, the simple idea that if something is fun or if there’s something in it for you, you are more likely to do it than if you’re just “supposed to”. It’s pretty simply psychology, yet if we look at everything we’re supposed to do, that fact is very rarely taken into account by authorities. One of the ads is about a special speed camera (see the video below): Like a regular speed camera, it can fine drivers who go over the speed limit, but there’s also a carrot… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Perfectly Sized Post-It Notes for Less Waste

Images via Yanko Design Some of the best design ideas make simple things even simpler. Post-It notes are already such handy inventions, but you have to buy separate pads for different uses. But this simple design concept allows you to tear off just the right sized post-it note for the job. Less waste, less buying variously sized notepads. And the smartest part is where the designers put the adhesive… … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Training to Swim the English Channel: The Final Countdown

Photo via EarthWatch Guest blogger Caroline Chisholm, head of marketing and communications globally for Earthwatch Institute , a non-profit organization dedicated to a sustainable environment, is swimming the English Channel in August to raise funds for Earthwatch initiatives. There is nothing like a deadline to galvanize the mind. The final hurdle before attempting my English Channel crossing was the prospect of a marathon six hour qualifying swim. This presented two major challenges. Firstly, I’ve never spent more than two and a half hours in the sea. And even that… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Chernobyl: Wildlife Haven or a Dangerous Wasteland?

Image credit: Carl Montgomery /Flickr Typically, when an area is fenced off from human populations, nature moves in and flourishes. This simple idea—on which all conservation land management is founded—seems obvious. But in the Chernobyl exclusion zone—an area that was isolated after the 1986 disaster—the opposite is true. Even after decades free of human contact, animals still struggle to survive in this wildlife preserve nearly 200 square miles … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Womens bodies being choosy over sperm

Researchers have discovered that the relationship between sperm and a woman’s body is not the simple point and shoot philosophy we’ve had for the last history of existence. link: http://www.bite.ca/bitedaily/2010/06/you-need-smoother-sperm/ added by: romanswietlik

iPad Gaming Walkthrough — Words With Friends HD, Scrabble, Flight Control HD, Fieldrunners

The iPad is here, haven’t you heard? It’s one thing to hear or read what it’s like to play with an iPad and the games that have launched alongside Apple’s new device, it’s quite another to watch them in action. I’ve been furiously downloading some of the major new game releases and figured the best way to help you understand what makes them tick was to show you by shoving my hands in front of a camera. To do that, here’s the first of several videos of me walking you through the biggest iPad games. First up? Words With Friends HD, Scrabble, Fieldrunners and the simple but beautiful

iPad Games Walkthrough — Words With Friends HD, Scrabble, Flight Control HD, Fieldrunners

The iPad is here, haven’t you heard? It’s one thing to hear or read what it’s like to play with an iPad and the games that have launched alongside Apple’s new device, it’s quite another to watch them in action. I’ve been downloading some of the major new game releases and figured the best way to help you understand what makes them tick was to show you by shoving my hands in front of a camera. To do that, here’s the first of several videos of me walking you through the biggest iPad games. First up? Words With Friends HD, Scrabble, Fieldrunners and the simple but beautiful

Paris Hilton’s Never-Ending B-Day Party Keeps Rollin’

If nothing else, Paris Hilton sure knows how to celebrate Paris Hilton. The erstwhile Simple Lifer capped a weeklong birthday celebration Friday night with a bash at her…

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Nicole Richie Launches Her ‘Winter Kate’ Fashion Line

Nicole Richie premiered her fashion line Winter Kate in Paris, France. Posing at the Galeries Lafayette, the Simple Life star looked fantastic as she smiled for the paps.

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