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While, I haven’t received my stimulus check yet, the lucky recipients at howispentmystimulus.com have and willingly share with you, the reader, how they spent (or saved) their cash. Be sure to check it out!

Hot damn this song is catchy!

The owners of Boston-based company, Bob’s Your Uncle have opened a brand new design store in Fort Point Channel. Front, as the store is called, does in fact carry Bob’s Your Uncle products, but it’s really a conglomeration of design objects and gifts from around the world.

Martin and Michele Yeeles have yet to launch a Front Web site, but hopefully it will be coming in the near future. The store is also an exclusive distributor of Thomas Paul melamine plates, which I blogged about a few months back.

What a great idea! Everyday before I leave for work, I apply Kiehl’s Musk to my wrists, my décolletage, and behind my ears. Now, I can apply it to my earrings, too! Bloom’s scented paper flower earrings come with one set of sterling silver earrings and 30 sets of paper flowers, to change up as frequently as your perfume preferences.

You’re your number one fan, now admire those dimples whenever you want. Designed by Colin O’Dowd, the Click Polaroid Mirror fits perfectly into your bag, on your desk, or on your bedside table . . . the perfect companion for the egoist in us all.

Yes, the week just started, but Santo Gold is already the most popular artist on The Hype Machine . . . here’s a two-for-one deal (listen below the pic).

Listen: Pretty Green

Listen: L.e.s Artistes

FYI Bostonians, I see a personal day in your future, the new Apple Store on Bolyston St. opens Thursday . . . and I’ll be out of town.

In Japan there are more than 570, 000 cigarette vending machines responsible for doling out ciggies and adhering to the smoking age requirement of 20 years old. As you can imagine, machines are less than perfect at identifying a smoker’s age — a 2004 survey discovered that 17-18-year-old Japanese teenagers smoked every day.

Fear not you sticklers! Due to the new technology developed by Fujitaka Co., cigarette vending machines are set to have a face lift, er, a facial recognition lift that is. Just in time for legislation that requires vending machines to ensure the age of buyer’s, Fujitaka Co. has introduced an addition to the vending machines — a digital camera. Each camera, equipped with facial recognition technology, will snap the customer’s picture and quickly determine (based on bone structures, wrinkles, and skin sagging) if the smoker is of age to make the purchase.

The London-based Lost&Found constructs jewelry from antique charms and found objects.

Necklace 020 Made with: a fine silver chain, a silver coin, a faceted turquoise bead, a ceramic dove, and an orange diamond pendant

OH MY GOD! The best forthcoming movie trailer of the Summer mashed up with my favorite indie band! This must be heaven! Thank you Goldenfiddle, thank you!