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Louis Vutton Watch Has ‘Mysterieuse’ Floating Hands

Sean Fallon — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:40:00 +0000

When does a watch cost as much as a house? When it’s the gravity defying $US250,000 Louis Vuitton Tambour Mysterieuse Calibre LV115 apparently.

The focus of the design lies in its transparent face with a mechanism that appears to float in the centre. However, the secret to this magical feature is actually quite simple—the hour and minute hands are supported by two transparent sapphire disks. The watch is also capable of running for up to eight days on a single winding.

Yeah, $US250,000 is a lot to spend on a watch, but there are some perks to the purchase—each watch can be customised in whatever way the customer sees fit and it comes with a mini steamer trunk to keep it safe. Meh, I would still rather have the house. [Luxury Insider via Tuvie via DVICE]

Calibre Helps You Manage Your Extensive E-Book Collection

Sean Fallon — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:00:00 +0000

I still prefer a paper book, but I might consider diving into the digital word a bit more with Calibre. It helps you manage your e-book collection and convert them to popular mobile formats.

Calibre features a Cover Flow-esque browsing feature, tagging system, spaces for comments and EPUB, PRF and MOBI file conversion for over thirteen document formats. That means your e-books will be compatible with popular readers like the SONY PRS 500/505/700, Cybook Gen 3, Amazon Kindle (1 and 2) and the iPhone (with the Stanza reader software). You can also convert RSS feeds into your format of choice for easy reading. There is even a built-in web server that allows for remote access.

Calibre is free and available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux systems. [Calibre via gHacks via Lifehacker]