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To commemorate 100 years in business, L.L. Bean will tour the USA in a boot. Oh, and the Maine brand is running free outdoor programs as well as giving away $1million to the National Park Foundation.
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Street-Legal ‘Bootmobile’ to Tour USA in Celebration of 100 Yrs. in Business
No type-o, this pocketknife, sold on boutique Kaufmann Mercantile, costs an astonishing $330! But for that cost you get a rare handmade piece in an era where cheap goods and mass production are the norm.
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Rare Handcrafted Pocketknife is Sleek, Not Cheap
Team GearJunkie/YogaSlackers has been racing now for a week straight in southern Chile, where the Patagonian Expedition Race is held annually near the very tip of South America. Our squad is currently in third place and gunning toward the finish line today. Here are a few images from the action
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Vision Quest: Images From Patagonian Exped Race
Tight, posture-controlling shirts from Intelliskin are advertised to make you “look, feel and perform” better. Our reviewer squeezed into one of the company’s shirts for a test of the science-heavy garment.
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Slouch No More! ‘Intelligent’ Shirt Put to Test
Mini will show off the Clubvan concept at the 2012 Geneva auto show in early March. (Credit: Mini) There was a time when Mini’s designers did crazy things to its standard models, then presented them as concepts at auto shows. Witness the Rocketman concept , which started out as a standard Cooper model, then added weirdly hinged doors and a big glass bubble at the rear.
If you’re looking for more content to watch on Netflix’s Watch Instantly streaming service — especially since all those Starz movies are exiting stage left at month’s end — we have good news, as it just announced a multi-year exclusive deal with The Weinstein Company . The agreement covers foreign language, documentary and “certain other movies” that will be watchable in their pay-TV window only on Netflix, and not HBO or Showtime. That includes such high profile selections as The Artist , which is nominated for 17 Academy Awards this weekend and Best Documentary nominated Undefeated , as well as other flicks like Coriolanus and The Intouchables .
We’ve lived vicariously through Google Maps a few times in the past, including an excursion down the Amazon River . Today, those plans for a trip to Russia can get a lot more detailed as Street View is now virtually pacing the streets of Moscow and St
(Credit: Video screenshot by Bonnie Cha/CNET) Fans (present company included) flipped out when Mattel announced that it would release a 1:1 replica of the hoverboard from “Back to the Future II” and “Back to the Future III.” However, the replica doesn’t actually float, and it’s not even clear how it glides over surfaces, which is perhaps why one enterprising individual took matters into his own hands. Inspired by an art exhibition by Nils Guadagnin , YouTube user dondula7 created a floating hoverboard using an electromagnetic kit
