Svpply – Back in December I talked about a cool tagging site called Nuji, where users roam around the Web and tag things (can be fashion, interior design and more), share their finds with others and find inspirations from other users’ tagged items. Svpply offers the same overall service, with additional slight improvements. With Svpply you can filter ‘finds’ by selecting product category, gender and price.

Follow users who have the same taste as you do, and get you-centered product recommendation, plus the direct path to buying that dress, sofa or artwork. To start off, why not explore the site’s Editor’s picks?

Happy hunting.

Not Exactly Rocket Science – The vast and often complicated world of science is also enchanting and inspiring. But showing the wonders of science is not limited to BBC or National Geographic films and series. Discover Magazine’s Not Exactly Rocket Science blog is here on a mission: “Rocket Science is his attempt to talk about the awe-inspiring, beautiful and quirky world of science to as many people as possible.” Written by the young, award-winning Ed Young, Rocket Science is a fascinating blog worth checking into every week.

Here’s an interesting post I’ve found here in this insightful blog: a video of a mandrill monkey in the Chester Zoo in the UK, caught giving itself a pedicure with tools it made by itself. How amazing is that?

How to be a Retronaut – Tap into captivating time capsules in a variety of subjects, thanks to this super cool blog celebrating the wonder of history in digital form. The theme diversity of Retronaut makes it a genuinely encompassing experience in diving into the past right now, in the present. Discover rare photo collections of people and places in various contexts in Retronaut’s well-designed online time-machine.

See the two images below as wonderful examples. The first is an exceptional photo series from TIME magazine in the late 1950s, showing a photo shoot of Christian Dior in Soviet Russia. The second is a chic Polaroid of Sean Young and Rutger Hauer, the cast of Blade Runner (Ridley Scot film, 1982) took while on set. Click on the images to go to the full post and see additional photos.

Courtesy of www.seanyoung.com

Shop Empire – Build a successful shopping center for the town’s community and make lots of $$$. But success doesn’t come without a fight. Keep an eye on the robbers at night, make sure you have enough employees around to keep customers happy, and build smart – make sure you build sensibly in terms of location and shop proximity. For more addicting games be sure to visit our I ♥ GAMES page.

Stop the Vom – Meet Rabtus and Cumber (a rabbit and a pickle, respectively), in their very first game ensemble, Stop the Vom. Your goal is to make sure dear Rabtus doesn’t lose his lunch (i.e. vomits) when the evil birds land on his shoulder. Stabilize Rabtus as long as time is running and watch out for the angel birds – they’ll help you out!

Stop the Vom is a beautifully designed game you will enjoy and get hooked on in no time! Currently available only for the iPhone.

In today’s digital world, automation is for the most part a good thing, even great, since it means that less time and effort are required to achieve the desired result. But when it comes to Web navigation and content consumption (whether in text, video or other media form) at work, at home or anywhere else, automation in the name of productivity can be a deterrent.

Search fatigue is becoming a widespread downside to the world of online search, and SEO-savvy spammers and marketing freeloaders try to grab your attention on that very first results page, under the pretense of offering valid and useful content…

Yummly – When it comes to getting credible, right-on recipes, I usually go to Epicurious.com and the Food Network’s website. I am aware of the existence of many other sites that can be just as insightful and useful, but going to more than two sites for recipes seems like too much work. Thanks to Yummly, I only need to visit one site to get all the results for my requested recipe.

The screenshot above shows my search for a grilled salmon recipe, which resulted with numerous entries in various cooking sites, including my personal favorite epicurious.com. What I love about Yummly is that the site not only scans the web for relevant results, but also lets you refine your search by additional parameters such as taste preferences, allergies, diets, courses, cuisines, sources, holidays and related recipes, among others. All of the shown results are user-rated of course, so you don’t have to start guessing if this truly is a good recipe or not. This is a genuine cooking & recipes facilitator you should try out.

Decide – Don’t you just hate it when you buy say, a digital camera you have been craving for a while, and a week later you find out the price dropped by $50? Decide.com is here to help you make smarter purchases of electronics by letting you know if now’s a good time to buy that laptop, camera, game console or any other gadget you’re after.

Decide.com uses sophisticated prediction algorithms that make rational forecasts of price drops and new model releases to help you make smarter purchases that actually save you money. Decide.com also comes in a mobile version (not an app per se) so you can make better choices while in the electronics store.  Here’s a glimpse of what Decide.com looks like when searching for a Samsung digital camera (which I’ve been dying to get):

I’d better check out the new model first before making the purchase. How else would have I known about this? Thanks, Decide!

PhotoCollect – The concept if this great photo collecting and sharing service is amazing: “Have you ever been on a trip with some friends and you want to gather everyone’s photos afterwards? Or been to a party and someone else got those awesome photos?” PhotoCollect lets you have all of those photos -whether taken by you or someone else at the same event- uploaded to one place where everyone can go to see them.

PhotoCollect currently offers its collecting services for free (up to three albums at a time, for personal use only), and if you wish to use the company’s photo upload and storage features there’s a price plan for you to check out (annual fee of $35 for premium).

Wunderlist – Not just another task management service, Wunderlist offers a powerful to-do and project list tool that has all the perks of today’s digital age. You can share your project notes and lists with whomever you want, have all the data stored in the cloud rather than on your computer, and Wunderlist’s mobile app (available for iPhone, iPad and Android), makes it possible to access, work on and manage all of your lists on the go. The web app is available to both Windows PC and Mac OSX.

When such great functionality is built so beautifully, it would be a sin not to give Wunderlist a try.  Here’s to much more productive to-do’s.

Olioboard – Since I had a hard time putting into words what Olioboard is about, here’s the site’s own description: “Olioboard is an easy and intuitive application for creating digital mood boards. It is also a community of interior designers and creative thinkers coming together to share inspiration and offer feedback.” Even if you’re not a designer but have an eye for aesthetics and a great looking decor, collect you favorite items, color swatches, fabric samples and other virtual items, and use them to create your own moodboard.

Each post is a moodboard someone has shared, and you can get lots of design ideas from each by scrolling down to the ‘get this look’ section. Here’s an example (click the image to get all the details).

If you’re a professional in the interior design field, make the most out of Olioboard. Get in touch with the community, take part in contests and even shop for your clients. What a wonderful source of vibrant and colorful inspirations for the home!

EcoGeek – The Weekly Blog winner of last week, this geeky yet awesome blog is devoted to “exploring the symbiosis between nature and technology.” EcoGeek is far from offering superficial, well-intentioned posts about making the planet a cleaner and better place. Far from it. The blog offers well-researched and well-written articles on pressing issues concerning the American nation and the world.

Here are a couple of examples of the posts you will find on EcoGeek. The first made me all warm and fuzzy inside since I’m an avid cyclist: Us Moving Forward on Bicycle Interstate Highway System. The second is a post announcing the terrific news concerning electronics waste:

EcoGeek is an environmental godsend, and I’d like to share with you the site’s call to action: “We’ve got to keep 6 billion people happy without destroying our planet. It’s the biggest challenge we’ve ever faced….but we’re taking it on. Are you with us?” Well, are you?