The folks at the Appliancist pointed that Italian maker of fireplaces, heaters, and stoves Caminetti Montegrappa has come up with a very modern version of the woodburning heater called “Linea.”

It has a very simple, compact look and a rough, yet elegant, heavy-gauge steel finish. The stoves come only in black and are wall mounted. The Linea comes in two models–6 and 8–featuring a front access door with a long ceramic glass to view the flames. The firebox is lined with refractory material that allow the heat to dissipate slowly so it still heats the area long after the flames go out.

The Linea series stoves have a very simple, modern design, clean lines, and a Scandinavian look. When mounted on the wall, it gives the stove the appearance of being weightless which would probably make it the centerpiece for most conversations.

More information and photos after the jump. Read on. »

Editor's note: This was a guest post by me on my good friend Michael's blog One-Year Tightrope.

David Shea’s The Printable CEO (or PCEO, for short) is probably one of the most revolutionary tools for productivity and organization a small business owner—anyone, really—can have in their toolbox.

The PCEO is a collection of 5 printable worksheets for goal tracking, task tracking, daily planning, planned versus unplanned tracking, and individual task tracking. (More about each after the jump.)

Shea came up with this amazing set of working because he didn’t have the ability to focus on moving his company forward:

[It] comes from the idea that a good CEO should focus primarily on those things that move the company forward; since I can’t afford to hire my own CEO, being able to print one out seemed like the next best thing! :-)

It’s about that simple to use PCEO: print, fill out, conquer. Read on. »

Valentine’s Day is only eleven days away and you’re still not sure what to do for your significant other… Why not bake them cookies with a special message?

Willams-Sonoma is the exclusive retailer of the cute Message-in-a-Cookie Cutter set. The set includes 3 shaped cutters (scalloped-rectangle, heart, and star) which are customizable using pre-made words or letters. When you use the cutter to cut your dough, it leaves an imprint of the letters. The possibilities for this cutter extends beyond Valentine’s Day and are practically endless… Have a fight with your best friend? Bake them “I’m sorry” cookies. Is your husband, family member, or friend returning from their tour of duty? Bake them “Welcome home” cookies. Read on. »

Through telethons and charities, the world has donated billions of dollars to aid in the relief effort of the recent earthquake tragedy in the country of Haiti. All of that money has been earmarked especially for Haiti disaster relief, which is probably a bad thing.

Felix Salmon of Reuters posted on his blog about this very topic. He talks of the tsunami disaster in Asia nearly five years ago. From the post, “the Red Cross has still only spent 83% of its $3.21 billion tsunami budget — which means that it has over half a billion dollars left to spend.” That half a billion could have been spent on Haitian relief, if it wasn’t earmarked for the tsunami distaster. Read on. »

The folks over at Smash!ng Apps have a post showcasing beautiful examples of high speed photography.

High speed photography is when scenes typically not seen by the naked eye are captured using camera with ultra-fast shutter speeds. Most SLRs can capture such photography but the higher end cameras will probably do a much better job at capturing a particular moment.

You can also find other’s high speed works at deviantArt, Flickr, and from other blogs.

I’ve included 4 of the images available from Smash!ng Apps after the jump, check out their post for more! :) Read on. »