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| Collecting hobbies - Getting started with collectible knives |
| 2012-02-02 22:45:45 |
Knife has been useful tool from the early ages when the first “breeds” of knives were made of stones until now when knives are made of premium quality steel. Knife collecting is a personal hobby where each individual can select his or her specialty.
What kind of knives are collected?
There are knife collectors that search for certain patterns such as trappers, whittlers, canoes, muskrats, peanuts, folding hunters, etc.
Collection of certain handle materials such as stag, mother of pearl, yellow, rough black, green bone, celluloid, etc.
Certain brand names such as Case, Remington, Winchester, Fight'n Rooster, IXL, Queen, etc.
certain blade stampings such as Case Tested, Case XX, Old Remington, New Remington, etc.
Certain specialties (such as advertising, figural, souvenir, etc).
According to wikipedia:
Knife collecting is a hobby which includes seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining kni...
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| Unique and creative bed designs around the globe |
| 2012-01-23 10:24:24 |
What comes in your mind when you think of a bed?
What design or shape you can imagine of a bed? May be traditional rectangle---, square or circle shape with some wooden work on head rest side?
Some fancy designs can be considered if you love to have designer or latest furniture.
This post is about unique but interesting beds around the globe.
These beds are interesting to look and creatively unique.
Luxury High end bed:
The futuristic gadget-loaded HiCan bed design is so tech-heavy it is a virtual all-in-one stand-alone room with everything you need to read, relax and remain comfortably isolated and asleep or to stay awake and entertained.
A theater screen pulls down at the foot of the bed for viewing television or movies. An integrated personal computer system means you can work or surf the web in bed as well. Game consoles are built in for added entertainment value. Lights for reading and shades for sleeping are also fully integrated.
Interested to know more?
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| Interesting facts about toilegami |
| 2012-01-23 03:52:42 |
Sometimes, when you go into a fancy hotel, you find the end of the toilet paper roll folded up into an interesting shape. We know that these folds are called origami but this form of toilet paper art is called “toilegami.”
Toilet paper origami is called 'Toilegami' and it is practiced in many hotels worldwide. Basically, the cleaning staff folds the first piece of toilet paper on the roll into a shape. It is not only a marketing trick but there are two main reasons of adopting this creative art in toilets.
Purpose of toilegami:
It is a way of assuring guests that the bathroom has been cleaned.
To impress or delight guests with the management's creativity and attention to details.
Interesting facts:
Stephen Gill, a British photographer has published a book of pictures of folded hotel toilet paper from various nations.
An automated toilet paper folding machine called Meruboa was invented in Japan. With the push of a lever the devi...
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| How to speed up your computer with easy techniques? |
| 2012-01-23 00:32:09 |
Does your computer take a long time to start up?
Does it take more time to run a program?
These are all symptoms of slowing down your pc and indication that you need to use techniques to speed it up.
How?
There are many easy techniques which can help you keep your pc in best shape. It is very common complain from pc users that after some time or weeks, we observe slowing down of programs of pc or laptop. What is the best solution to speed up your computer?
I have collected some techniques which might help you speed up your computer, and at the bottom of the post, there are more links to the sites with easy techniques.
Start Up Programs
Many "gadget" programs want to load automatically at start up and each one sits in memory chewing up resources including memory and CPU cycles. Even worse some programs load at start up and never even let you know they're doing it. I've worked on computers that have had in excess of 100 start up programs (including necessary Windows processes).
Get rid...
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| Paper sculpture artists around the world |
| 2012-01-20 01:08:24 |
I was searching for 'paper sculpture' at google when I found the link to the post ''15 of the world' s most creative papercraft artists". If you are a paper craft lover like me, then you would love to see the creative work around the world.
I am adding few pictures from the post:
Link to the post:
Can you believe that these shoes are made of paper?
Link: 15 of the World’s Most Creative Papercraft Artists...
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| Amazing newspaper sculpture artists and their work |
| 2012-01-11 23:49:00 |
Newspaper is very common thing around us. Use of newspaper is for reading purposes and may be it can be recycled again to create paper. But can it be used to create art? This article is about 2 newspaper sculpture artists. Their awesome work is also shown and if you want to read or see more pictures, their site links are also included.
There are many paper or newspaper sculpture artists like su blackwell whos work is framed in books containing fairy tales, poetry, and even how-tos.
Here are few selected pictures:
To see more pictures: 25 incredible paper sculptures by su blackwell
Another artist is from America 'Nick Georgiou' known for his use of the printed word as an artistic medium, but not in the way you think. He creates creatures and art pieces out of discarded newspapers and books, and has a penchant for depositing them in random locations throughout New York City. He creates anything from delightfully odd critters to eerily depictive portraits.
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| Know your birthday tree and what your birthday tree tells you? |
| 2012-01-10 22:46:37 |
Astrology, numerology, palmistry, body language and related subjects are being used from generations to analyze a person's behavior, emotions or happenings in life (suspect) etc. We all know that astrology relates to the zodiac signs and every person belongs to a sign (consisting of 12 zodiac signs) which reveals the characteristic of that person. You may know discover that there is a tree related to your birthday which may reveal your personality type.
Your birthday and its corresponding tree.
Then, see the meaning behind it below.
Dec 23 to Jan 01 -- Apple Tree
Jan 02 to Jan 11 -- Fir Tree
Jan 12 to Jan 24 -- Elm Tree
Jan 25 to Feb 03 -- Cypress Tree
Feb 04 to Feb 08 -- Poplar Tree
Feb 09 to Feb 18 -- Cedar Tree
Feb 19 to Feb 28 -- Pine Tree
Mar 01 to Mar 10 -- Weeping Willow Tree
Mar 11 to Mar 20 -- Lime Tree
Mar 21 -- Oak Tree
Mar 22 to Mar 31 -- Hazelnut Tree
Apr 01 to Apr 10 Rowan Tree
Apr 11 to Apr 20 Maple Tree
Apr 21 to Apr 30 Walnut Tree
May 01 to May 14 Poplar Tree
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| How to start collecting paper money? |
| 2012-01-10 04:56:01 |
A very common type of collecting hobby is 'collection of currency or bank notes of various countries of the world'. At this digital and plastic money (credit cards) age, still people use paper money or currency notes. Like coins and stamps these currency notes reflect basic information about that specific country.
Lots of people have dedicated their lives to researching and compiling information on paper money or bank notes.
Do you want to start collecting paper money?
The best way to start is to subscribe to Bank Note Reporter. It's a sort of monthly newspaper for paper money collectors and not only does it carry all the latest news about new issues, currency changes, etc., it also has advertising from a very large number of dealers and it lists paper money shows in the US and around the world. BNR offers free samples to anyone (not just in the USA).
The Professional Currency Dealers Association offers a small booklet...
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| Amazing street art photos |
| 2012-01-10 02:14:40 |
What is street art?
In simple words it is the form of art which can be named 'public art' as it is not bound to any limits and it can be seen anywhere around us. It can be a picture drawn on wall, a little color or placing of objects on the pavements, roads or any place around us, which can have some meanings or look like an artistic thing.
This post is about amazing photos of street art, but first learn about the term 'street art':
According to 'wikipedia' Street art is art, specifically visual art, developed in public spaces — that is, "in the streets".
The term can include traditional graffiti artwork, sculpture, stencil graffiti, sticker art, wheatpasting and street poster art, video projection, art intervention, guerrilla art, flash mobbing and street installations.
‘Street’ artists do not aspire to change the definition of an artwork, but rather to question the existing environment with its own language. They attempt to have their work communica...
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| Neurobics - Brain stimulation techniques to keep the mind sharp |
| 2012-01-10 02:13:55 |
Neurobics are scientifically based brain exercises that produce natural growth factors called neurotrophins in our brains. Neurotrophins help improve brain performance by activating and building new circuits. Routine activities can become so automatic that they are largely done unconsciously and require little thought. Neurobics challenges us to break our routines and do things differently in ways that make us think. Neurobic exercises call on us to use our five physical senses and our emotional sense in unexpected ways to engage and build new brain pathways.
“Neurobics as developed by Dr.Lawrence C. Katz and Manning Rubin is based upon solid scientific evidence that novel activities and exercises using all your senses can enhance the production of growth factors that strengthen synapses and improve mental fitness including memory."
Studies have shown that even small changes in daily patterns cause brain stimulation. People with mental agility tend to have...
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