Gift Guide Day 8 ~ Indulge Your Vices ~ Whatever they may be... we pass no judgments, but i'm focusing this one on drinking, smoking, sexing, etc...

A wild west showdown around your waist? Jon Wye - Showdown Belt (buckle not included ~ so you can really make it uniquely *yours*)

Rotor in Brussels did this great kitchen using industrial leftovers from a company specialized in die-cutting cardboard for the packaging of luxury-goods!

Ok. XKCD lovers, i just watched this hour long ramble between Randall Munroe and the googlers... and it was pretty sweet (in that leave on in the background kind of way) ~ he even draws at the end...

I got hands on with the Oakley Minute Machine Titanium Edition ~ and the carbon fiber self lubricating rings are really fun!

Robotic water striders! Awesome video too... The CMU Water Strider by NanoRobotics Laboratory

On brilliant/insane new marketing ideas ~ Brazilian ice-cream company Kibon is including their prizes INSIDE... ipod shuffles are being frozen into popsicles...

Digital truly meets analog in these reused record and cassette tape ipod classic and nano cases ~ and naturally no two are alike. 45 iPod Cases

Gift Guide Day 9 ~ Reusable Shopping bags, after having researched SO many, here are our favorites and unexpected pics, as well as some woody accessories to go with!

24th Cartier Polo World Cup on Snow will take place from 24 to 27 January 2008 up in St Moritz!

Indigo Snow has a line of snowboards, skis, helmets, goggles and more with a fusion of 3d snakeskin prints, leather, and wood.

Arbor skateboards are quite the work of art ~ and tempting me to buy one even if i can't quite skate well!

Giant knitting needles are used to hand made these giant Flocks Poufs.

Awesome traditional looking chair that transforms into a step ladder

Faces on the Moon stress balls by Makiko Yoshida now in grey!

Velour PJs for those who need a little more help deluding themselves that their little one is an angel. by Marie Chantal

Gift Guide Day 10 ~ Culinary Gadgetry perfect for every kitchen no matter how much or little you cook, a contest to win a digicam if you're a tastespotter, AND crazy new all 20 guides so far view!

Felt egg cozies and keyrings from Parkhaus Berlin!

Internet on airplanes is a life changer... engadget tries out jetblue's wifi equipped airbus

NYTimes has a cute article on the efficiency of UPS' right hand turn only rule...

Gift Guide Day 11 is all about Child's Play ~ some simple toys from robotic dinos and wifi bunnies to finger crayons and pirate sailboats.

NOTCOT Stickers! Limited Edition Series 1 ~ full sheet of 33 matte black vinyl stickers hand printed + weeded + sent out by me!

Good Granny, Bad Granny ~ hilarious new kids book, and bad granny is definitely our kind of lady, she even takes then to neiman marcus to buy fingerless gloves.

Local Celebrity takes their classic "Respect Your Mother" to a great canvas tote!

Impressive roundup of disney/pixar easter eggs throughout their films... all starting from this one about where Wall-E is in Ratatouille

I need an Ortery Photosimile... digitally controlled shadowfree desktop photostudio

This Key-Ring is part of chloë coulson's Wellbeings catalog of products

Wow. Santiago Chopper Skull Helmet.

Gift Guide Day 12 ~ NOTCOT Contributor Anna of Sub-Studio shares some of her picks for this season's gifting... all framed in her illustrations... LOVE the robot!

Nyko is launching wireless nunchucks! Finally your wiimote and nunchuck can be free... but how heavy will they each be?

Sagaform ~ here is a collage of far too many products i've completely fallen for ~ something for every aspect of your lifestyle to be just a little more clean, designy, + swedish...

New aibos? Pleo watch out? This is looking seriously space aged, and somehow that reflection has his feet looking like hooves.

Newspaper Brick maker ~ wet the newspapers, smoosh them in, press out water ~ perfect as fireplace "logs" or fort building?

On incredible things i could do with the vinyl cutter... this great roundup of map artwork on DesignBoom is giving me lots of ideas...

Latest glossy glowing hard drive design - LaCie Hard Disk, Design by Neil Poulton, with "Surprising blue LED for ambient underside glow" (As if we need one MORE thing in the room with lights)

Impressive Moneygami collection

Gift Guide Day 13 (i'm back on track!) ~ is hand picked by our Shade Elaine to find you what we're calling "Weird Science" ~ really its a continuation of Gorgeously Goth Day 16!

Gift Guide Day 14 (belated) ~ is all about Creature Comforts for those animal companions... dogs, cats, fish, birds....

'you think, therefore I am', work by po-yun jack wang - incredible CCA thesis proj that won the 2007 adobe design achievement award... self portrait from afar, tiny people up close.

Congrats to our friends at AudioCube on their retail store launch in NY! AC Gears ~ the boys of dvice have pictures of the launch

The Charming Man, Edward Janssen makes knuckle sandwiches - on necklaces

This 25th year ~ my perfect birthday present is my new Vinyl Cutter ~ and to test it out between ai files and doodles, we have even decorated the wiimotes! [this image is just the beginning]

Gift Guide Day 15 - some designer lifesavers for all those weekend warriors... and the hardcore outdoors folks. Why, yes, that IS a magic swedish fire starter.

Finally ~ unboxing of Pleo ~ my latest house guest for the next few weeks... now you can see the packaging the ended up with, his encounter with the roboraptor, and more to come for sure...