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> juiced Typically speaking, technology brings people together. Why, right now you could fire up the Safari, win a toaster from Beijing, meet a sweet snowbunny from Meshly, Minn., and let your friend who’s vacationing in Balí know that white, sandy beaches are way overrated via video chat. But when your eHarmony hottie hops a plane to your front door, what are you going to do to pass the time? Text your respective friends during dinner to let them know how it’s going? Sit silently across from each other at StarbuckS changing your Facebook status from “single” to “in a relationship” while she surfs the Interweb for cheap flights back to the great white north? Like it or not, technology is an integral part of your life, let alone your love life and, since playing a cutthroat game of monopoly is out of the question, here are a few tech-savvy suggestions that will keep you and your partner playing, laughing, touching and, should you go your separate ways, talking. Grab Love by the ConsoLe Not since twiSter has a game held so much promise for getting a party started. Created as a thesis project by an eager Jennifer Chowdhury, the intimate control gaming device includes a bra and a pair of boxers complete with touch-activated sensors on the well, they’re exactly where they should be. Slap, squeeze and caress your way to victory. But no matter who wins, let’s face it: Everybody wins. Prototypes aren’t available to buy yet, but if the success of the Wii is any indication of our love affair with interactive gaming, it will be flying off the shelves of your local beSt buy the next holiday season. Visit www.jennylc.com to get a sneak peek and give Jennifer a hearty “job well done!” shake Up somethinG sweet There are no movies worth seeing, you’re not in the mood to belly up to the bar and sitting across from your significant other in a dimly lit restaurant sounds about as fun as breaking out the Victrola and knitting to the oldies. What to do? Put the ituneS on shuffle, grab some cream, vanilla, sugar and ice and go to town. The mega play and Freeze ice cream maker is designed to hold your ingredients safely inside its hard plastic shell while you shimmy, shake, kick and toss it ’ round the house. In a few short minutes, you’ll have a delicious treat, a good laugh and the perfect excuse to create a playlist entitled “delicious cream dance mix 08.” visit http://icecreamrevolution.com/howtouse.html to learn more and let the most rewarding workout you’ve ever had begin. interface-to-face written by > Katherine Keppler nakedcity reaCh oUt and toUCh someone Incoming call. Until recently, those words didn’t exactly raise any eyebrows, let alone temperatures. Thanks to the Boditalk from oH mi bod, all that has changed. What was once considered a “table for one” kind of act is now a game for two. Activated by incoming and outgoing calls to your partner’s cell, the Boditalk uses a three-pattern vibrating sequence that lasts for the entire call or the entire “earth-moving experience,” whichever ends first. Stop by ohmibod.com for a look at their other “oh!” worthy itoyS and “acsexories,” as they like to call them. Cheeky. 18 nakedcitymag.com > volume 1 issue 2 Love GiGa-hUrts And should your gadget love affair not go anywhere, save maybe your attorney’s office, there’s an easy way to keep your ex’s sticky fingers off your stuff. Created by British divorce lawyer Vanessa Platt, the e-nup protects your gadgets, toys and tech valuables in the event that things don’t work out. The document will soon be available to download at pixmania.co.uk and, although it’s not legally binding, it could help you to keep your ipod, ipHone and idignity with you, where they belong. >>> M ay & Freeze I aP l ce c eg M am re aker http://www.jennylc.com http://icecreamrevolution.com/howtouse.html http://ohmibod.com http://nakedcitymag.com http://pixmania.co.uk

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Naked City - Volume 1 Issue 2 Contents Mí Casa - Calling Out The Senseless Make Me Blush - Natural Beauty Tonic - Absinthe Mí Casa - First Mortgage Meal Juiced - Interface-to-Face Uncommon Threads - 9 ½ Hours Muse - Chump Love Noise - Morland & Arbuckle Spin - It Never Came Here: Shortbus Noise - Hip to the Lip Noise - Murder By Death Muse - Remain in Light Street - Bar Beat

Naked City - Volume 1 Issue 2

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