http://www.thecoolcrowd.net The Cool Crowd takes you back to high school, where the cool kids ruled the school yard. We publish news & opinions on trendy gadgets, music, ads, websites, blogs, pretty girls and more to help you to be cool too!! Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:47:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch artist whose paintings and illustrations have become some of the world's most famous and most popular art pieces, commanding exorbitant rates. He produced over 900 paintings and 1100 drawings to define his life's work. Of all the paintings he produced, he ... http://www.thecoolcrowd.net/van-gogh-watches/ Looking for the perfect gift for your cooking-enamored friend? Why, look no further. The Eat-A-Bug Cookbook is a compelling and, surprisingly, readable guide to cooking insects. Subtitled "33 ways to cook grasshoppers, ants, water bugs, spiders, centipedes, and their kin" with a kooky-looking chef on its cover, it may ... http://www.thecoolcrowd.net/learn-to-eat-bugs/ Is Incrudo the Russian name for excess? Not long ago, the same company that brought you the luxury Phantom phone took the insanity one step further with what is possibly the most expensive 8GB flash drive in the planet. Similar to the Phantom, Incrudo's flash drive is a luxury device ... http://www.thecoolcrowd.net/incrudo-8-gb-flash-drive/ Think motion games are only for the Wii? Not anymore. A few game manufacturers are now beginning to harness the power of the PC and the USB port to create their own computer-based movement-sensitive titles. The early generation seem intended more for novelty play than serious gaming but success ... http://www.thecoolcrowd.net/usb-motion-games/ Swiss knives are useful, especially when you're frequently spending time outdoors. There's a tendency for some Swiss knife makers to get carried away, though. I've seen plenty of units in my time and many of them have implements that are nothing short of useless from wood saws that ... http://www.thecoolcrowd.net/giant-swiss-knife/ Pets are cool. But you know what? They litter up the house, they eat like animals and they can be noisy right when you need some rest. Why not opt for a robot pet instead? Pleo is a one-week old robot baby dinosaur. His lineage is that ... http://www.thecoolcrowd.net/have-your-own-prehistoric-robot-pet/ Everyone deserves a spa at home. Seriously. Listening to some soft music while lounging around in warm temperatures with jets of water streaming at you - it's an experience that can wipe the hassle of the daily grind away. Installing a full-size hot tub is expensive though. Not to mention ... http://www.thecoolcrowd.net/spa-for-the-poor/ Borat has pretty much immortalized the mankini as the premiere standard in "courageous" men's swimwear. How else would you describe a man who has the guts to don something this inane? Unlikely to hit the runways of Milan, London and Paris anytime soon, the mankini might prove one ... http://www.thecoolcrowd.net/the-mankini/ Time for some cool and nerdy fashion accessories. Buckle City offers some of the finest belt buckles available online, not to mention an adequate selection of straps too. I recently mined their goldmine of a gallery and discovered some interesting finds: PacMan belt buckles. They don't come in sets ... http://www.thecoolcrowd.net/pacman-belt-buckles/ One of the best things about modern technology is that you don't have to rush home to catch that 8 pm showing of your favorite sitcom or call in sick at the office to watch a DVD you just can't wait to see. You can always record that TV ... http://www.thecoolcrowd.net/ipod-recorder/