When it's time to name your company or product, if you don't account for all of the possible double entendres, misreadings, misspellings and language and cultural translations, this could happen to you...Read More...

Can you make an ordinary office paperclip defy gravity and stand on end?

No strings, no props, and nothing over it or around it. No photoshop trickery, either.

See if you can do it...

Every year, people around the world receive awful, tasteless gifts, but with products like the ones below, you have to wonder who's more deluded: the people giving them or the people who actually made them. Consider this exhibits 1 through 25 of why manufacturers and designers should consider going back to the drawing board.

Celebrity endorsements can be a powerful thing, potentially raising a product's prominence and prestige in the eyes of the buying public. However, things can go wrong as well. When a star lends his or her name to a product, it becomes associated with the celebrity's legacy and body of work -- for better or worse. Conversely, a product with a questionable reputation can actually lower a star's prestige. Whatever the outcome, it's best for both sides to carefully consider the partnership before you end up with oddball endorsements like these.

You can't see them, but ninjas are everywhere.

No longer limited to sneaking into fortresses and assassinating feudal lords, modern ninjas are integrated into society, living just like everyone else. They’re driving next to you on the freeway, standing with you in elevators, and even running their own businesses.

As these ninja businesses demonstrate, ninjas now provide a variety of the services ordinary citizens (and other businesses) use every day. In fact, there could theoretically be a ninja in your office right now carrying out a consultation, investigating a network error, or delivering someone’s lunch, and you would never be aware of it. Check out this list of real ninja businesses to see what else they could be doing….