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By JULES ALLEN
Published May 3, 2004

Thin skinned

www.BananaGuard.com/

Consider the humble banana. It's a great way to get brain-friendly potassium in your system. It's loved by young and old. And it's easy on the gums and teeth. But of all the good things that can be said of this wonder fruit, travel friendly isn't one of them. Sling one in a soft sided briefcase, hop on a plane and you're in for a sticky future. Ah, but there's better living to be had through science. For just a few bucks, you can protect your squashable friend in fine style.

Gadget envy

www.Majid.info/mylos/weblog/2004/04/17-1.html

This post to a blog is short and sweet. But if you've got a lust for techno toys, you'll be interested in the difference between the same product sold here compared with Europe or Asia. I'm talking about the thinnest, lightest laptops, the tiniest feature-laden phones, and cameras so cool they'll make you weep at their hipness. Have we been written off as a country too dumb to appreciate such grace and beauty? The answer isn't here, but there are some excellent links to groovy devices.

From the drawing board

www.BingInit.com/iag/

Illustrations in technical books aren't what they used to be. The effort that went into producing illuminations to potentially confusing words and spaces is a long lost art. But here's a collection of fine illustrations from a lost time.

Search me

A9.com/-/company/whatsCool.jsp

Amazon's done something interesting, and it comes to you in the shape of a search engine. If you bear in mind that its primary goal is to help sell goodies from its site (it's not a charity, you know) I think you might enjoy what it does. Especially if you're looking for, say, new books to teach you a particular subject, as well as Internet instant gratification. The back end uses Google as well as mixing in a spyglass on Amazon's inventory.

Hard to digest

users.adelphia.net/~jthm/

I splurged and bought myself a new briefcase. As I was tossing away the silica gel from within the bag I contemplated eating some of it just to see what it does. My problems with authority are beaten only by my desire for self preservation so I went to the Web to see what it might have to say on the subject. If you've ever wanted to know all there is to know about silica gel and why it's in your bag, this site's for you.

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