Bacon Alarm Clock

If you are like me then you are sick and tired of not being able to eat bacon the instant you wake up in the morning. Sure, it's nice to keep a little bacon in your night stand for those early morning cravings, but it's not fresh. But worry no more friends, there is a solution. Wake n’ Bacon not only gets you up but also cooks you breakfast in bed.

The clock turns on 10 minutes before you are due to wake up and slowly sizzles frozen rashers beneath two halogen light bulbs. Its built-in fan then wafts the smell of sizzling bacon around your room to wake you up.

The invention belongs to designer Matty Sallin from New York. "It creates a mouthwatering smell just stong enough to gently wake you up," he said.

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Casa Batllo in Barcelona

Casa Batllo is a building in Barcelona, Spain, that the famous architect Antonio Gaudi was commissioned to refurbish by the owner, Josep Batllo.

It seems that the goal of Ballto was to avoid straight lines completely. It is also said that the home is meant to represent Saint George battling a dragon.  

Much of the façade is decorated with a mosaic made of broken ceramic tiles (trencadís) that starts in shades of golden orange moving into greenish blues, which looks just like the scales of a dragon. Balconies at the lower floors have bone-like pillars, those on the upper floors look like pieces of skulls. These features lead to the local name for the building, Casa dels ossos (House of Bones).

 The roof is arched and is likened to the back of a dragon.The colorful scaled roof recalls a reptile skin. The small turret with a cross symbolizes the sword of St. George stuck into the dragon. The bones and skulls on the facade represent all the dragon's victims.

 

The inside of the building is just as strange and unique, with custom wooden doors, stained glass windows, colorful tiles and carved out fireplace.

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20 Super Sidecars

Sidecars are often attached to motorcycles so that the rider can carry a passanger. Sometimes they look just like the bike. Sometimes they are very utilitarian. Sometimes your mom connects your stroller to the side of her motorcycle with a pair of bungie cords and no helmet. And sometimes they are really cool looking, here are 20 such sidecars.

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15 Bodacious Backpacks

Whether people use them to carry books, pens and paper, or dead squirrels and used bandaids (middle school was a crazy time), backpacks are very handy. They can be pretty plain and unassuming, but they can also be pretty cool. Here 15 are such backpacks:

A rosy cheeks bag.

Perfect for basketball players.

A leather dragon.

Real douche bags blast their Nickelback for everyone to hear.

Dead Gemlin carcass for all your goodies.

Scare all those pesky ladies off with this Yoda backpack.

Embrace the dark side.

Mam, there is a cockroach on your back.

Lego my Lego bag.

Your a little old for that lady.

Pretty cool guitar bag.

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