Category Archives: Unique & Unusual

Disposable Sugarcane Plates and Bowls from Eco-Products

I just got my complimentary shipment of sugarcane bowls and plates from Eco Products and I am soooo excited! These are not your parent’s disposable dishware! Much like Damien Hirst goes around and collects all the dead butterflies bodies left for trash at butterfly farms, Eco Products collects sugarcane pulp which would otherwise be discarded or burned (bad)! The plates are microwave and freezer safe, grease resistant, and I can say from experience – much more sturdy than paper. The sugarcane is a sustainable source – taking only 18 months to grow and harvest. Pretty cool, huh? Call my boy Brett Sicklick at 720-542-6341 in Boulder, Colorado and tell him Daily Truffle sent you. You can also email him BSicklick@ecoproducts.com OR you can order online www.ecoproducts.com/store.htm or call 303-449-1876.


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Movable Islands By Hermès

I want an Hermès moving island, Daddy! I want one now! Private islands are nice and so are boats – put them together and you have the craziest, coolest thing ever! Hermès is designing the 11,154 sq. foot (190×124) movable island with a maximum speed of 14 knots, with yacht maker Wally. The craft includes a promenade deck, swimming pool, thermophotovoltaic cells and is completely green. All energy comes from renewable energy sources. The co-creation is headed by Hermès’ artistic director Pierre-Alexis Dumas and Luca Cassani Antivari, the President and CEO of Wally Yacths. Together they form Wally-Hermes Yachts, or W.H.Y.




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Chinese eye test THIS IS BRILLIANT!!!

If you cannot decipher anything, then try pulling
the corner of your eyes tight as if you were Chinese.
It works


Too FUNNY not to post!


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Hourly Rental Cars? Yes … this is a good idea …

zip car hourly rental car

Wheels when you want ‘em! Rent one of these cute efficient things by the hour!

All over NY but Not yet in Los Angeles. Just about every other city in the world is catching on, when will we?

http://www.zipcar.com/nyc/find-cars

City of New York commisions cool bike helmets


Awhile back the Mayor of New York City paid for thousands of helmets and thousands of DOTs to fit and suit up bike riders throughout the city … Like any good New Yorker, the Mayor is keenly aware not every biker will concede to fashion atrocity and has commissioned the style-conscious last few a special design from Yves Behar at Fuse Project, called “The NYC Helmet“. Even I’d wear one of these.

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Twilight Barbies


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Cute things I've ntoiced this weekend …


Pancake machine


iPhone Hoodies

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Shark vs. Octopus



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Crocodile-diving


In case you are bored with your designer drugs and jumping out of planes – here is a whole new way to end your life. Suspended in a 1m x 2m steel cage at an endangered species breeding facility at Oudtshoorn, South Africa, you can tempt death and feel like “you’ve really lived.” For some of us, just waking up in the morning is a good thing so more crocks to the rest of y’all! Read more.

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Just when I was about to say “T.I.A.” (Leo from Blood Diamond), turns out you can do this anywhere – Costa Rica, even the US. The latter photos are from Australia – but you can find out where to go yourself by Googling Croc-cage diving.

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Cigarette Vaporizers: No tar, no tobacco – just nicotine


Photo from New York Times
Here’s how to get yours:
1. Ruyan e-Cigarettes: $200 battery-powered e-cigarette smokes like the real thing, but delivers nicotine as a vapor. Buy here.

2. Gamucci Micro Electronic Cigarettes. Buy here.

3. Smoking Everywhere e-Cigs (come in colors). Buy here.

**For all brands: Starter kits are all about $150. 5 refill cartridges are about $10; you replace cartridges when the vapour released decreases, usually it’s about the equivalent to 20 traditional cigarettes. You also will need to recharge the battery if necessary.

***Please note: e-Cigarettes are not healthy, they still contain nicotine known to cause heart & health problems. These e-Cigarettes should be used only to ween of smoking and NEVER be used by pregnant women and those that are sensitive to nicotine.