Can’t put a duvet cover on? Get a Bedspread

Top Banana reader JJ from Hints and Things commented on this sleep post passed on this little gem she discovered whilst researching her feature about BEDDING and looking for information about those who can’t put a duvet on. Its a short video that demonstrates “how to put on a duvet cover quickly” and makes the chore of changing bedding seem simple – easy and fun. On her site we found a terrific guide to looking after bedding and information about choosing so called luxury bedding and even a flippant reference to the hilarious “Naked Body Duvet Covers” that every new couple uses once before each notices the other taking a little too much interest in the printed design

The more sophisticated home maker would of course look for high quality luxury bedding – even shunning common printed duvet and quilt covers instead searching for upmarket classy quilted bedspreads to add style to the interior design of the bedroom.

However we at top banana aren’t too proud to feature our favorites. First up are the amazing bedding designs from Funny Ideas

And how could we omit the enterprising folk over at Futon Campus who offer this banana bed:

Sleep well Banana fans….

Countdown Clocks: Code for countdown and count up clocks

Ha Ha Haaaaa – I like to count!

With full respect to Richard Whitely – who opened Channel 4 in 1980 with its first programme, Countdown.

Often you’ll come across “Count Down Clocks” which tick away and display days, hours, minutes and seconds until a specific event. Usually these countdown clocks are an integrated part of fund raising or event awareness as seen on National No Smoking Day where the Marketeers expect visitors to return again and again to see just how long they have to wait until the great day.

Top banana thought an interesting twist would be for sites to prominently display how long overdue and event was. The completion of Wembley Stadium ran way over time and budget and as such would have been ideal high profile Count Up Clock opportunity.

Even individuals with a gripe can utilise a count-up clock to emphasise their dismay. Take a. It was with a wry smile TB noticed that an employee of a large digital media agency who has been waiting for a personal development review that is planned to be a regular six monthly event falling in October and April each year posted a count up clock onto the companies web blog to highlight the time elapsed.

<script language="JavaScript">
TargetDate = "12/31/2020 5:00 AM";
BackColor = "palegreen";
ForeColor = "navy";
CountActive = true;
CountStepper = -1;
LeadingZero = true;
DisplayFormat = "%%D%% Days, %%H%% Hours, %%M%% Minutes, %%S%% Seconds.";
FinishMessage = "It is finally here!";
</script>
<script language="JavaScript" src="http://scripts.hashemian.com/js/countdown.js">
</script>

However wordpress hosted sites can’t display the result of the script – Bah – so see the original source of the countdown code