On this day of your life, we believe God wants you to know that you learn what you do.

If you worry a lot, then day after day you are learning how to worry even better. If you think about doing something a lot, then you are learning how to think about doing. Every moment you are happy, you are learning how to be even happier. Every time you act, you are learning how to take an action even better. What is it that you’ve been learning today? What is it that you want to learn tomorrow?

Wishing you all the blessings of the new year — the warmth of home, the love of family and the company of good friends. Happy New Year to all!

Creative apple calendar from Germany reminds us that an apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Every day, after you remove one apple from the tube and eat it, the rest of the apples will move down and reveal today’s date. At the end of the month, the tube is refilled with 31, 30 or 28 apples. [Designswan.com]

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas — specially the money you lose! In 2007, Terrance Watanabe lost about $127 million dollars in one year, making it one of the biggest – if not the biggest – losing streaks by an individual in Las Vegas history.

A native of Omaha, Nebraska, Mr. Watanabe had built his fortune on plastic trinkets, the kind given away at carnivals and church fund-raisers: batons filled with tinsel, magic wands that light up, plastic spider rings that cost $1 for a bag of more than 100. After selling his $300 million business in 2000, Watanabe “didn’t know what to do with his time” according to some, and later became one of the casino’s top customers.

The casinos devoured much of Mr. Watanabe’s personal fortune, and benefited the two casinos’ parent company, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc., which derived about 5.6% of its Las Vegas gambling revenue from Mr. Watanabe that year. He later started a legal fight with the casinos, saying they do bear some of the responsibility for his losses. [Oddee.com]

Thanko Japan always offers unique USB products. They are now selling a USB cigarette, which is a USB version of the electronic cigarette which gives smokers the pleasure of a cigarette without the smoke screwing up others. However, the device does not have nicotine or tar. It charges via USB and comes complete with 11 filter butts and the atomizer. The Thanko USB cigarette is available for 2980 Yen or around US $33. [Techfresh.net]

Keita Sato, President of Takara Co., Dr. Matsumi Suzuki, President of Japan Acoustic Lab, and Dr. Norio Kogure, Executive Director, Kogure Veterinary Hospital, invented Bow-Lingual, a computer-based automatic dog-to-human language translation device. The Bow-Lingual’s a two-piece set — a wireless microphone that attaches to your dog’s collar, and a walkie-talkie-looking handset with an LCD screen. Barks and yelps are transmitted to the handset, where their voiceprint is analyzed and placed into one of six emotional categories: happy, sad, on guard, frustrated, needy, or assertive. Once the appropriate emotional state is determined, the Bow-Lingual randomly selects a phrase belonging to that category and displays it on the screen. So if your pooch is determined to be on guard, maybe you’ll get “Are you my friend or my enemy?” If aggressive, perhaps the sentiment will be “I’m dominant.” You get the drift. [Oddee.com]

What on earth went through the designers brain when they invented this strange keyboard, what is it for? LOL.

Imagine how this would look on your office desk: the lap top LCD is turned off but the pictures of your past skimming through the view of this sleek and miniature digital frame. Just give it a destination folder and see the pictures zoom in and out the whole day. And behold the austerity — it’s completely wireless as it comes with Bluetooth support! Talk about class.

Savvy Washington drive-thru coffee stand owners have added one very popular item to their menu: Flesh. One coffee stand, Hot-Chick-a-Latte, claims that their bikini baristas can make up to $300 a day. Apparently, the residents of Washington States really enjoy being served coffee by topless baristas in a drive-thru service. [Weirdlyodd.com]