Would knowing how much time you have left make you live life to the fullest or would it paralyze you with anxiety? The technology is coming when your biometrics can give you an approximation of your remaining days. Worn like a patch on the skin, the Timex 2154 watch won't tell you if a truck is going to hit you but based on your fitness, stress, nutrition, sleep, and environment it will let you know when your most important date of all is set to arrive. Of course I live in California where we are always being told our "time" is coming soon so I'm used to living with the constant threat of annihilation. I cope by reading lots and lots of blogs. |via Gearfuse|

I just realized why I love camping and outdoor equipment so much. It's all the stuff you would have inside your house except designed in such as way as to make them ultra-portable and still multi-functional. This outdoor shower has an adjustable spout so you can select the flow you want, from a trickle for lingering enjoyment to a refreshing freeflow that will douse away all the day's grime. The black fabric absorbs the sun's rays so you can have a warm bath or fill the sack at the end of the day for a more gripping experience. Will provide up to 8 minutes of showering when filled and with the nozzle fully open. |via Book of Joe|

There is no escape from the UPC. Ishinokoe, a Japanese tombstone company, is offering tombstones with bar codes (QR Codes) that you can capture with cellphone cameras which will load a website that displays pictures of the deceased. I wonder if those who died from committing Hara-Kiri will have a self-chekout section? Cost is about 200,000 yen. |via Boing Boing|

I've always believed that drunkenness reveals a person rather than change them. There are happy and affectionate drunks, both of which are usually enjoyable to be around. Then there are the angry and melancholy drunks, who can turn happy hour into an evening spent posting bail or you acting as cost-free therapist. These stoppers give you some early warning as to what is coming depending on the bottle you choose. Because the worst drunk of all is the one that's staring at you in the mirror come morning when your head feels like a stuffed bell pepper.

These are for kids but, come on, who doesn't want a field of them? The lights sit in a charging base when not in use and light up when removed from the base. They're always ready to be used so you can set them up for romantic role-playing or as lighting to keep the kids from being afraid of the dark. I prefer pretending to find my significant other's secret garden during wee hours of the night.

The new Blackberry Bold was unveiled today and it's target market is ... business users. Someone wake me from my iPhone stupor but no one I know who uses their phone for business doesn't already have a Blackberry. Anyways, this is a pretty little thing. It's the first Blackberry to support high-speed HSDPA cellular networks and feature integrated GPS, Wi-Fi and other multimedia features. The Bold will be available this summer and will cost between $300 and $400.

Not only is the Fractal 23 bureau from designer Takeshi Miyakawa reality-bending, it's actually very functional. We all live with an assortment of stuff of varying sizes and we all need places to store those items. This bureau gives every thing of miscellany a happy home. |via Core77|

Yesterday was Mother's Day and I hope everyone had a wonderful time with the woman that begat ye, or an equally wonderful substitute (your girlfriend babying you doesn't count). Keeping in the spirit of celebrating the maternal are these eggs that contain in them all that you need to bring forth life, except for the water. Crack one open by tapping at the top and within is soil and seeds. The plants will grow for five months before needing to be replanted into the soil, returning them to the bosom of the greatest mother of them all (no, not Shaquille O'Neal) - Mother Earth.

I don't know anything about Feng Shui other than that I desperately need to rearrange my apartment to keep from tripping over stacks of stuff. These are intended to be situated according to the Feng Shui principle of "the Bagua", which in Spanish might mean "I drank the brown water." I love this line from the seller: "Using the symbolism of each animal, you can empower them with their specific qualities and activate a synergy that will help you in your endeavors and enable your success." What in the world is that suppose to mean?

I use an old soft sunglass pouch to carry my digital camera around. It does the job of protecting my camera from dings and being easy to open for quick camera access, but it's not very stylish. People usually immediately recognize it as an old sunglass pouch. This neoprene compact case is tempting for solving my fashion needs. I have so many.

These leather skateboards are a nod to the freewheeling days of Aristotle and Plato, when men wore robes and boards had leather bindings. The Tougher Than Leather board from Greece is for Lovers might not be suitable for the skatepark but it's the perfect accompaniment for the aspiring creative director to be seen upon around the office. Made to order. |via Trendhunter|

These bowls are meant to fit snugly in your palm, allowing you to hold contentment in your hands. What a lovely idea, until that burning sensation doesn't feel so much like contentment and more like the overheated chicken soup of your soul. Tranquility might turn out to be a generous lathering of Neosporin.