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The World’s Thinnest Notebook

The result, code-named Intel mobile Metro notebook, is less than 0.7 inches thick—about one-quarter of an inch thicker than Motorola’s (MOT) iconic cell phone, making it the world’s thinnest notebook. And at 2.25 pounds, it’s also one of the lightest small-sized portable computers. Other features include always-on Internet connectivity via various wireless technologies.And unlike other computer prototypes, including some from Intel, this one actually may line the shelves of a retailer before long. Intel hasn’t announced an official release date but people familiar with the matter say a PC maker will announce plans to start manufacturing the machine later this year.

I want one.

Nudists seek to attract younger members - Yahoo! News

Well, duh!

Tech Toys for Business Travelers - Forbes.com

“When business travelers are on the road, they usually have stressful days and are working through dinner,” says Deanna Dale, vice president of account management and consulting services for Travelocity Business, a full-service corporate travel agency affiliated with Sabre Holdings (nyse: TSG - news - people )-owned Travelocity. “The right tools help manage your productivity, efficiency and overall well-being.”These include a range of products designed to help you keep in touch, keep together your belongings and keep a handle on expenses.

We all need some of those.

Anyone remember the “boom-boom room?” While that is unlikely to fly even in today’s gaudiest Wall Street firms, stress continues to be an issue.

Best Workplace Stress Relievers - Forbes.com

Stretch It Out
Just ask Beth Superfin. The senior manager for AOL Media Networks was skeptical at first about the idea of doing yoga in her office conference room. But she quickly got over it when she saw how easy it was to pop down the hall for a free, hour-long class at 6 p.m. with sought-after instructors, then return to tie up loose ends afterward.Her company contracts with Balance Integration, a corporation that provides an array of on-site services to foster balance and creativity in and out of work. Fees range from a couple hundred to more than $10,000 a month, depending on what a company wants to accomplish, says Balance Integration president Tevis Gale.

Well, you’ve got to do something.

One in Three Pakistanis is Mobile

Does that mean two thirds of Pakistanis are immobile?

So you just got back from the Baselworld watch and jewelry exhibition with your fancy new watch and those crazy TSA people confiscated your watchband. You need a replacement, and you can’t just run down to the corner drugstore. You need something with style. You need to go to Watchband.biz.
According to their site:

HIRSCH Artisanal leather watch bands are handcrafted - one by one, in a process consisting of more than 60 steps. Fine reptile leathers are punched, seams are sewn, varnish is carefully applied. The Classic Collection offers unique leather watch bracelets made in HIRSCH Rembordier Technology. All leather watchbands are Sauna-Tested and Water-Resistant. Some watch straps in the collection are even 100m Water-Resistant and are provided with the HIRSCH No Allergy System.

Sounds good to us. Besides, what better accoutrement for a Swiss watch than a German watchband?

In addition to the bands themselves, Watchband.biz sells related parts such as springbars, buckles and batteries. They also sell the tools you’ll need to open the thing. But that’s pretty much it. Watchband.biz is a biz that sells watchbands. If we still wore a watch and it needed a band, you know where we would go.

Hottest New Luxury Watches - Forbes.com

When the Baselworld 2007 watch and jewelry exhibition begins in Switzerland this week, close to 2,100 of the world’s top watch makers will display and debut their latest creations. A week later in Geneva, a second exhibition starts–the SIHH (Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie).

We wish we could be there. Even though we don’t use a watch anymore (cel phones, computers, clocks everywhere) we love looking at them.

World’s Most Decadent Cocktails - Forbes.com

A doctor from Spain recently spent time visiting friends in Belfast. For their hospitality, he treated them to one drink at the Bar at the posh Merchant Hotel.Cheap? Not exactly. It was a $1,400 Mai Tai, the most expensive cocktail in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

The only drink where the interest charges are worse than the hangover.

Hooters growing in China, sources say - Mar. 30, 2007

KurzweilAI.net

The sheep have 15 per cent human cells and 85 per cent animal cells, and their evolution brings the prospect of animal organs being transplanted into humans one step closer.

Normally we’d say something snarky here, but there just isn’t enough of a challenge this time.