expensive stuff

does wearing designer's stuff makes you feel important?

i was watching tv this morning and a trailer of an upcoming Tyra Banks show episode came up and it was about women who love wearing designer's stuff. one woman said that doing so makes her feel good...

What was the most expensive thing you bought? Other then house and car

What was the most expensive thing you bought? Other then house and car.

Why Allure Can't Let Carrie Underwood Be Happy

If there’s one thing that women’s magazines are about—other than, you know, hawking appallingly expensive stuff no one needs—it’s self-improvement. Every month, there are breathless reports on how to...

Hafei Saibao EV passes crash test; good news for Miles' XS500

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Miles EVSometimes a tiny nugget of information with sizable implications can slip by in the truckloads of news we sift through everyday. Just yesterday, for instance, there...

Lucky Now Loaded with Less Expensive Stuff You Still Don't Need

I have a double standard when it comes to the clothes in magazines: I’m way more offended by a $300 bracelet than I am by a $25,000 ball gown. See, ball gowns exist purely to remind me how plebeian...

Can You Trick Yourself Into Saving Money?

I went to the grocery store last night and spent $25 on a small bag of groceries. I wasn't even buying the expensive stuff: meat, milk, detergent, etc. I am amazed at how much the cost of food has...

SXSW08: ScreenBurn Arcade in pictures

Filed under: Culture, Galleries Despite being the centerpiece of SXSW Interactive's game-focused ScreenBurn Festival, the ScreenBurn Arcade has yet to achieve the expansive grandeur of other...

searching for engagement rings

I’m not a fan of jewelries and all that expensive stuff. And so, when I was browsing through a jewelry store in Gaisano mall, I was taken aback by their engagement rings display. I didn’t know...

Dealzmodo?: Forbes Takes a Break From Expensive Stuff, Lists Super-Cheap PCs

Leading Forbes' list of uber-cheap PCs (all under $300) is the $85 MicroClient JrSX from Norhtec, a book-size desktop that boasts (or perhaps doesn't) 128MB of RAM, a 300Mhz processor and a flash...

A no frills kitchen

I sincerely appreciated this article in the NY Times detailing how to outfit a kitchen for about $300. The secret? Go to a restaurant supply store, where kitchen implements are much cheaper than the...

Japanese Alarm Clock Grabs Music from Phones

This simple yet useful alarm clock from Japan can grab up to five songs from any Japanese cellphone wirelessly via IR. It doesn't have a monster hard drive or a bevy of different card slots or a USB...

Did Terminating the A-12 Navy Fighter Cost the 1992 Election?

A-12 Navy Fighter Program:The following is why I oppose nearly every new weapon system on the table.They follow the A-12 pattern. Except there has been no one to kill them since Cheney got...