As some of you already know .. I am a sucker for illusions and tricky eye stuff. This is very similar to the recent optical illusion video on RGS.

There’s never before been a book like Gallop! Employing a patented new technology called Scanimation, each page is a marvel that brings animals, along with one shining star, to life with art that literally moves. It’s impossible not to flip the page, and flip it again, and again, and again.

A first book of motion for kids, it shows a horse in full gallop and a turtle swimming up the page. A dog runs, a cat springs, an eagle soars, and a butterfly flutters. Created by Rufus Butler Seder, an inventor, artist, and filmmaker fascinated by antique optical toys, Scanimation is a state-of-the-art six-phase animation process that combines the "persistence of vision" principle with a striped acetate overlay to give the illusion of movement. It harkens back to the old magical days of the kinetoscope, and the effect is astonishing, like a Muybridge photo series springing into action-or, in terms kids can relate to, like a video without a screen. Complementing the art is a delightful rhyming text full of simple questions and fun, nonsense replies: Can you gallop like a horse? giddyup-a-loo! Can you strut like a rooster? cock-a-doodle-doo!

Every child who opens the book will be amazed-and so will every parent.

Link: Gallop! Scanimation Picture Book

Oh Oh Link: Fart Bed Fan

Reading this book on a Kindle would be pretty much useless. LOL

Link: ABC 3D Book

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RGS Link: Books for only ONE DOLLAR

What mommies really want! Men, get inspired.

• "I told my boss I have to leave at 3:00 every afternoon so I can come home and
  give you a break"
• "Now, remember, it’s my turn to do the midnight feeding, so don’t get up!"

Link: Porn for new Moms

Start them early Link: Baby Laptop

Attached right next to the reading chair - how nice.

Create instant 3D wall art and never lose your place in a book or magazine again. David Caspar Schäfer’s all-metal Wall Book Hanger (2006) was designed to serve as a replacement for a shelf- and also as a replacement for a coffee table or desk where books tend to collect and attract surplus clutter. Create an orderly or not so orderly grid on the wall, or alternate orange and silver for color-coding or to give your wall art more visual interest.

The arm of the Hanger measures 8.5", long enough to hold a large-format book or tabloid-size magazine, but your latest paperback read will find a comfortable resting spot as well.

Link: Wall Bookmark Hanger

Oven Fresh Link: Make Pizza under 2 Minutes Oven

Obama you NEED to wing today!

American politics are no laughing matter, but a political parody book certainly is! This hilarious interactive book is a take on the famous children’s book Pat the Bunny, and allows you to really get in touch with the 2008 presidential candidates. Pull Hillary’s purse strings. Fluff John Edwards hair. Scratch John McCain’s war rhetoric. And don’t forget to wave bye-bye to George Bush. Pat the Politician #2 is perfect for every voter, Democrat or Republican. Features 20 interactive pages with 22 color illustrations.

Link: Pat The Politician Book

I Want Link: Super Slick MacBook Air

Pamper yourself, if you did your X-Mas Shopping in real life you owe yourself big time!

A lot of us take our bath times seriously - they are more than simply a means to get clean, they are an escape from the world! The trouble is, when you try and build up your little bathroom world with a few of your favourite things, you will more often than not end up dropping your book in the bath, and having soapy bubbles mixed with wine!

Why do they make the edges of baths so thin and slippery? There’s nowhere to keep anything! All you need is one of these ingenious little Bath Organisers. Simply place it over your bath and you are provided with a handy shelf to keep all of your knick-knacks! You can be unoriginal and use it to store your soap and sponge, or you can indulge and utilise the adjustable wine glass holders, adjustable candle holder and adjustable book prop to full effect!

Just light your candle -maybe scented- grab your favourite book, sip on a glass of your finest grapes and enjoy! The Bath Organiser features 2 wine glass holders so there’s plenty of room for sharing your little bath time world!

Link: Romantic Bath Organiser

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And I thought my name is strange (more boring )

Babies are the courageous explorers of brave new worlds–so why not name them after the most memorable characters in science fiction? Because, if you stop and look at them, most babies really do look like aliens. Sci-Fi Baby Names compiles more than 500 distinctive names from movies, books, and television shows into a handy illustrated reference. Choose "James" to honor the captain of the starship Enterprise.

Choose "Leia" (or Leah) to honor the sister of Luke Skywalker. Choose "Neo" to salute the ultra-cool messiah from The Matrix. Hardcore fans can go even further with exotic names like "Barbarella," "Beldar," and "Tron" (just don’t send us the therapy bills).

Link: Weird Scifi Baby Names Book

Gourmet Link: DIY Coffee Roaster