Thumbthing

Thumbthing is a brilliant little invention for bibliophiles and casual readers alike. The colorful molded plastic piece fits on your thumb and holds the book open making one-handed reading much more satisfying. Available with 4 different thumb hole sizes, the Thumbthing doubles as a bookmark when not in use. $2.95 at ABC Stuff, via Cool Tools

Cool Hunting Video – CES 4

Cool Hunting and Missing Pieces CES 4: Oakley Our fourth video from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas features Engineer Colin Smith talking about his creation, the O ROKR Bluetooth headset sunglasses. Scott Bowers, VP of Marketing, adds a bit of insight to the mission of Oakley. Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:23:00 EST http://homepage.mac.com/josh.rubin/.Public/video/mp013.m4v 1:45

Flavorpill Sundance

Describing Flavorpill Sundance, a blog devoted to the happenings of the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, one is tempted to say it’s all over that indiefest like a cheap suit. But that would be wrong. Flavorpill isn’t a cheap suit, it’s much more urbane than any draped piece of polyester. With its team of dozens of editors, reporters, and stringers, digging down into …