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I really admire the creativity of others because often times I'm stuck in a black and white world. Take a look at these 45 unforgettable advertisements in print, billboard, and commercials. Save time reading news by creating a personalized MyAlltop page. Permalink | Leave a comment  »...

Former Miss Argentina and runway model, Solange Magnano, 37, died following plastic surgery on her buttocks. The official cause of death is still under investigation. Cheaper rates have attracted medical tourists to Argentina making the country a popular international destination for plastic surgery. The medical touris...m industry is expected to reach $100 billion in 2010. Complete celebrity news. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

Oprah Winfrey has changed the world; one episode, book club review, magazine issue, after show, news report, speech, movie role, and television special at a time. Sources of Insight compiled a great list of lessons learned from Oprah Winfrey as well as some of her most famous quotes. Lesson #6 Practice an attitude of gratitude....

If you’re struggling to find a gift for that chocolate lover on your list, check out this fun iPhone case made to look just like a thick bar of milk chocolate. The iPhone slips right into the silicone case, which keeps it protected in your purse, bag, pocket—wherever. Just don’t let anyone go snooping or they might think they’ve found a snack....

If a handkerchief of her own cooties auctioned off by actress Scarlett Johansson...and sold, isn't bizarre enough, perhaps these other eBay auctions are. Save time reading news by creating a personalized MyAlltop page. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

The design team at Publicis Mojo have successfully created the most disturbing ketchup packet this side of the McDonald’s condiment corner. Rather than pushing some sort of zombie horror flick, the gory packets promote landmine awareness. The New Zealand Campaign Against Landmines explains the campaign: Using a ketchup... sachet, we demonstrated the horrific nature of living in a land mine affected country and how much a part of everyday life that horror is....

If you’ve grown tired of the same old family trip to South Dakota’s Corn Palace, Richard Branson has a solution that will seriously pump up the family vacay fun factor. Branson’s Virgin Galactic says it will start sending deep-pocketed adventurers to space with its SpaceShipTwo by 2012. Test flights begin early next ye...ar and, if you want to score a space trip spot, hurry up and book a ticket because 300...

Copyblogger compiled eleven articles that explain how to write magnetic headlines. Every one of them is required reading for bloggers and marketers. This one about list posts is my favorite because I posted this today. (via @MayhemStudios and @MarshaCollier) Save time reading news by creating a personalized MyAlltop pa...ge. Photo credit: Fotolia Permalink | Leave a comment  »

If you’ve ever found yourself sitting at the bar awkwardly scrabbling for conversation beyond weather and college football, The Oatmeal has the perfect solution with 20 Things Worth Knowing About Beer. For instance, did you know ancient Babylonians drowned crappy brewers in their own brewskies? Or, did you know prohibition in the U.S....

If you’re like me (and there’s a good chance you’re not), you dream about the day you can put a particular colored Cuisinart mixer on your wedding registry. OK, so that’s weird. But there’s nothing wrong with liking food and liking pretty things. Dwell’s got our backs. Check out Dwell editor Sarah Rich’s holiday picks for the kitchen....

Check out this interview of Sam Ewen. He’s the guy behind a guerrilla marketing firm called Interference. One of his ideas was making electronic light boards that caused the Boston bomb scare. In the interview, he explains some of his past programs as well as discusses the current state of guerilla marketing....

Scientists in Austria and Australia are diligently working to understand how kangaroos repair their DNA, as it could be the key to preventing skin cancer. The researchers are investigating a DNA repair enzyme found in kangaroos (and other non-human organisms) that is very effective in fixing a particular type of sun damange linked to many skin cancers....

Stoney deGeyter compiled the “Best Damn Web Marketing Checklist, Period!” It contains 400 items in over twenty-three topics including domain names, site design, navigation, links, and buttons. The posting is from 2008, so it doesn’t include anything on Twitter, but it’s great nonetheless. One Twitter-specific suggestio...n is that you add the Tweetmeme button to your site....

That’s the word from The Global Language Monitor, which determined the word through a mysterious algorithm that tracks words and phrases in the media and on the Internet in relation to “frequency, contextual usage and appearance in global media outlets, factoring in long-term trends, short-term changes, momentum and ve...locity.” Not sure how all those factors come together, but these are some of the words and phrases that made the cut: Top Words...

Is Canada the best place in the world for expats to live? According to the 2009 HSBC Expat Experience Survey, yes, it is. Expats in Canada reported the highest overall increase in their quality of life since arriving in the chilly country. The survey polled more than three thousand expats around the world....

Young children, turn away now! These passages are much too graphic for tender hearts—and much too badly written for impressionable minds. Last week, Literary Review editors announced the nominees for this year’s Bad Sex in Fiction Awards. Says the Seattle PI: The awards were established by the editors to “gently dissu...ade authors and publishers from including unconvincing, perfunctory, embarrassing or redundant passages of a sexual nature in otherwise sound literary novels.” They...

A little more than a week ago, Google announced the roll-out of automatic captions, a new feature to online video that uses speech recognition to turn spoken words into subtitles. In anticipation, Steve Baldwin, of Media Post, made four keen insights into video and the web: • Remember that videos rank on searches—they... can be an important part of SEO. • Short is better. • Prepare yourself for video's “slow tail.” • Inexpensive productions don’t...

CEOs don’t need heaps of data to make good decisions, they just need better data. According to a new report, more than seventy percent of CEOs say they aren’t getting the data they need in order to make good choices, and seventy four percent say they lack the information necessary to anticipate customer needs....

Think Buddhists don’t care about the environment? Think again. Ecological Buddhism is a great web response to climate change where users can find great information and resources on global warming. What’s more, is that users can access the Buddhist Declaration on Climate Change, to understand how Buddhism is actually ve...ry closely linked to environmental responsibility....

Stingy holiday scrooges have less than a month to figure out how to deck the halls and fill up that empty space under the Christmas tree without breaking the bank. Fear not, penny pinchers, you don’t have to stuff stockings with saltines stolen from the bread bowl at Denny’s (true story) and paper clips because Core 77 has 77 fantastic gifts for less than 77 bucks....

For our readers with a sense of humor, they found How to choose a religion: the flow chart very amusing. Take a look at the comments, some did not. Once again, we've found a flow chart to help during those indecisive moments In case you need more help than the flow chart can offer, check out the ultimate foodie site. Permalink | Leave a comment  »...