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Mother’s Day is approaching and fast!

Hurry up and get your mother something that she deserves. Making her a breakfast and doing the chores for her would be a nice thing. Though I advise you not to do the chores for your mom and just do the breakfast instead since a mom’s work isn’t really a walk in the park. Believe me, I learned it the hard way.

Instead, give her a wonderful trophy! Seriously! This trophy clearly states in the front “#1 Mom” signifying how great your mother is. This gold colored statuette is about 7″ tall that has lady in gown holding a bouquet of flowers and with sash. That could have sounded like a person on a beauty pageant isn’t it?

Anyway, this trophy would really fit anyone that you consider a mom. Be it your real mother or someone you consider your mother, this would really fit. Not really an Oscars though but she would certainly feel a winner

I have given you the lowdown on crazy caffeinated shower products that will give your morning showers that extra boost that you just need.

Now after showering and getting prepped up for the day, a good piece of cookie will be a nice quick munch to feel good with its sugary taste. This Buzz Strong Coffee Cookies will jolt you after that boosted morning shower! Packed with caffeine, a piece of cookie is equal to a cup of coffee! Imagine munching four of these babies will make your brain cells pumped up with caffeine.

Made with all natural products that came from different parts of the globe such as Brazilian coffee, Tahitian Vanilla, and Swiss white and dark chocolate chips. It has a 9 month shelf life which I bet wouldn’t matter at all since these munchies are so good you can finish a box in a week.

Did you know that one of the old time known snack of Americans, the Twinkies, was invented in 1930 when a manager wanted to use shortcake pans when it’s not strawberry season where the pans only were used? Then now you know! Quite a history there isn’t it? Well let’t give this snack some pimpin out by reinventing it with a cookbook just made for the Twinkie.

This cookbook contains over 50 of the weird but kinda cool recipes that was sent to Hostess during a call for recipes. Some of the recipes includeed are Twinkie Sushi, Twinkie Kebabs, Twinkie Milkshake, and Pigs in a Twinkie.

I don’t know about you but these weird recipes sure sound uhm, different. Nevertheless, these recipes wouldn’t be approves if they weren’t to taste good. So go ahead and pimp your Twinkie!

Relieving your old school days  through playing downloaded roms all over the internet and using emulators on your PC can really bring back memories. Though, it would be a little different now since you now play with a keyboard and sometimes even with a mouse.

Then make the memories more vivid with a real and brand new in box Sega Dreamcast from thinkgeek! It comes with the console, a controller, power and AV cables, built in modem, web browser 2.0 disc, game demo disc and an instruction manual. Though finding brand new games would be quite hard, tons of pre-owned games are definitely available through ebay or other online sources or maybe that little thrift store that you used to ignore might actually be the treasure cove you might want to visit.

Aside from the memories, don’t forget that what you will have is already a part of video gaming history. Remember that before the PS2, the Dreamcast was called a console that is ahead of its time because of its advanced 3D gaming capabilities and built in online gaming. Too bad though that Sony, having such a good name in game consoles because of the successful PS1, was just too powerful with their PS2 that turned the Dreamcast belly up.

Be off the grid with this dynamo powered shaver!

Powered by rotating the crank, this shaver can make you free from those stubble that you have grown through the days. Winding the crank for one minute would be very much sufficient for a shave unless you shave for such a long time that you need to crank wind again but I guess a minute wouldn’t be that much of a hassle isn’t it?

Whenever you feel the need to shave and then it just so happens that there isn’t electricity or out of batteries for your cordless shaver, then crank this baby up and shave! Of course you wouldn’t want to look like a contestant from Survivor with all of those overgrown beard and mustache. This would also be perfect for the outdoors in case you will be out for days and would care on how you look.

Just in case you’re in the car, a 12 volt car charger is included to charge the battery. At home, a 110 volt can be used for this shaver also included in the box. Basically, this shaver is an all in one - a cordless shaver and a can be recharged on the go.

Want to have a cup of hot water for you coffee but cannot wait for more than 2 minutes? Well you don’t actually have to wait if you have Jetboil! As the name implies, it can boil your water as fast as a jet. In just 2 minutes, it can make 2 cups of coffee boiling for you and your partner. Intended for water, this cooking system can also be used for cooking pasta and noodles quickly, hiking meals, soups, and coffee with the use of the coffee press accessory.

The Jetboil container can hold up to a liter and is coated with anodized aluminum for maximum durability. The base is made to last hot temperature so you wouldn’t worry burning it out. There is also a lid that would double up as a measuring cup whenever needed and with the built-in piezoelectric igniter wouldn’t need matches or lighters anymore.

You might have thought that boiling up water at such a short time would use up a lot of propane. But this cooking system is highly efficient to a 75-80% level, it would take a small propane canister to boil 50 cups or 12 liters of water.

Aside from its durability, this little cooking system is just 4.1″x7.1″ making it light and compact to fit a hiker’s bag. This combination of portability and ruggedness for the outdoors makes this perfect for outdoor use.

It has been always said again and again that frequent hand washing is the best way to prevent illnesses and diseases in the household. What better way to motivate people specially children to wash their hands than a musical chime. This way, children get “rewarded” with a music every time they wash their hands to let the time pass and let parents know that their children are washing their hands without even seeing them.

This soap dispenser is powered by 4 AAA batteries. An infrared sensor is located to the body of the soap dispenser detecting whether a hand comes close to the dispenser then gives out approximately 1ml of soap pero dispense. This means that the full capacity of 400ml will equate to about 400 hand washes.The no-drip nozzle ensures that there wouldn’t be any spills or mess in your counter top which is very common with traditional soap dispensers.

This innovative usage of the soap dispenser makes the operation full touch free! Just make the sensor go off and then let the soap pour then wash away. It is that easy and hassle free you wouldn’t mind washing your hands over and over again - great for preventing germs spreading through hand contact.

This device is a must for every modern home living that incorporates style, technology, and functionality in one device.

Your office might not be the best of its class in providing the environment that you want to have while working. You know those relaxing garden that could be by the lobby that can give your eyes a break from all of the numbers and letters that you’ve been working on for hours.

This USB Zen Garden offers a quiet place of meditation in a small place. It has some plastic bamboos with some stones and sand that will look like a real zen garden only a miniature one. It also has a water pump system that would make water flow from the bamboo down the stones and sand and back again. It also has that moving up and down bamboo action whenever the water fills it.

Enough with the myth that gold fish forget things in almost an instant. Your scaly friend in the tank would surely want to prove you that what you’ve heard is wrong if given the proper items.

This fish training kit is complete with all that you need to make your fish push balls, go through holes and rings as well as run through an obstacle course. Doing those things would really be something than just swimming left and right in the tank or worse just swimming there still in water. They also get bored you know.

The kit includes an instructional DVD, training platform, 20 training accessories, feeding want, instruction manual with tons of photos, and a base for fish bowls or small tanks. This fish training kit would work for a small fish bowl that would be like a mini school or a big tank that would compare to a university in real life.

Things would certainly be way cooler if your visitors see your fish tank with all of these contraptions that would make your fish go wee in enjoyment. Just imagine your fish doing including soccer, football, basketball, limbo, fetch, tunnels, and more!

The HTC Dream or the T-Mobile G1 might have run a good run as the first Android phone in the market. Though it received mixed reviews, it was generally an awesome device since users are freely able to make apps for the device or have it available from the Android Market.

The G2 offers most of the functionality of the G1 but with better design, without the keyboard, and improved functionality. HTC positions the Magic for the younger market since they emphasize the device to be bold, and hot. They highlight five of the HTC Magic’s assets.

1. Android Powered - this means that the device will be able to run open source software that could mean lots of application available for users in the future. Also, the operating system itself is intuitive and the interface is very good for touchscreen use.

2. Intuitive Navigation - the Magic uses a trackball like the one on the Dream that enables fast user scrolling. Also, all of the needed buttons are on the lower portion of the device making them accessible.

3. Capture Images and Flicks - the built in 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera takes great shots than other more popular phones. The down side here though is the lack of flash that would prevent taking pictures and flicks during low light conditions.

4. Bold Design - the body of the Magic is really something to be praised. The curved design really is good to the hand and looks modern.

5. Google Experience Phone - this means that Google applications are built in such as mail, maps, calendar etc are included and with the 3.5g connectivity, these online dependent apps would be like it was on the phone itself.

To be released on Vodaphone in the European market, this is something to hold on until released in the US. For the meantime, let’s just stick with the G1.