5_3_simpull.jpgThis just in. As we wrap up Mini Month, we're throwing up this find from MsMillie, the Sim-Pull wall hanging system. This widget works on sheetrock and allows you to hang a whole array of things easily and securely on your wall with barely leaving a trace. (Thanks, Millie!) MGR

Ms Millie says: It's GREAT for apartment dwellers. Hang anything on a wall without DAMAGE and no sticky mess. They even have the perfect new tool to use for hanging pictures.

5_3_ski.jpgInvented in Japan, the back story is terrific: A Japanese engineer conceived this device after falling in deep snow on the ski slopes. With his skis crossed in an awkward manner, he was struck by how difficult-- indeed impossible --it was to move his legs. Lying in that trapped position with his skis uphill, he struggled in vain to move until someone came by to free him from his predicament.