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If you're a guy reading this, and you find yourself scrambling every year around Valentine's for gift ideas, you might want to try visiting the site your better half has been obsessively visiting: Pinterest. Because if there's any place on the internet where it seems like a girl (and a few of us guys) share our fav decor, fashion, and accessories wishes on display, it's right there on the love of your life's board!

You know you've thought about it, especially after comparing price vs. screen size with HDTVs and computer monitors. That gigantic 60" screen is twice the size of a 30" computer LCD for the same price (or less). But there's a reason why using a hi-def television isn't the best option for everyday computing use, as revealed by an excellent post over at Lifehacker today...

Love clothes, but want to keep your closet in order? A new beta service aims to bring the analytical tracking and categorization to a common problem zone: the clothes closet. Think of Stylitics as Mint.com for the fashionably minded...a tracking tool with a few perks thrown in to keep you informed, motivated, and possibly aid in decluttering.

"We used things we found around us in our everyday life, a mishmash of ordinary but beautiful things that describe the craftsmanship behind graphic and office work." - Kontor Kontur

Kukka Blocks Desk Set
• $85.00
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Half the battle against clutter is won when you've armed yourself with the right organization and storage tools. And nowhere is this more true than at your desk, where a variety of stationery, paper and miscellaneous tech tools will be used throughout the week, and often are set aside/discarded without thought. If you've got one of those desks with pens rolling rolling everywhere, thumb drives getting lost under stacks of paper, and paperclips ant lining across your desk, what you need is a desk set. And with something as beautiful looking as this all beech wood minimalist block desk set, you'd have a little more imperative to keep the desk clean...at least in theory.

I've been a long time OS X user since ditching Windows back in the Intel 80386 days (oh, command line fun), but I've been keeping a close eye on the development of Windows 8 and all it seems to be promising. In fact, the Windows 8 booth at CES was amongst my fav tech demonstrations at this year's show...

We all already know President Obama likes Al Green. But No Doubt, Arcade Fire, Wilco, REO Speedwagon, and Bruce Springsteen? His official 2012 Campaign Playlist on Spotify was released this morning via his Twitter feed...

Here's a drinking game for all you HGTV viewers out there: every time someone mentions "granite countertops" on any one of their shows, take a swig (two, if it's Americans abroad looking for a vacation home). Warning: you're going to need one of those Gallo wine jugs and you're going to get drunk very quickly…

Bartholomäus Traubeck's Years turntable, a conceptual beauty which reads and plays slice of wood.