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Jiva Coffee Cubes: Company Makes Instant Colombian Coffee, Launches Kickstarter Campaign

What do you start your day with? If you're like half the US population -- about 150 million Americans -- it's the first thing you reach for every morning. No, it's not the alarm clock, or your toothbrush. And it's not breakfast. It's the coffee pot. Because, let's face it, that first cup of Joe ... More >>

James Randi, AKA "The Amazing Randi," Subject of Feature Film by Writer/Editor of Being Elmo

Though he lives quietly in Plantation, Randall James Hamilton Zwinge, AKA "The Amazing Randi," has a cult following around the globe.In one of the greatest about-faces ever performed, Randi was a nationally famous magician (he appeared on the Today Show, broke at least one of Houdini's records, and ... More >>

One Grain More: Awesome Les Miserables Parody For People With Food Allergies

Let me start by saying as respectfully as possible that I think many people with food allergies are...ummmm.....not as sick as they make themselves out to be?I recall an episode of Sex and the City where Carrie tells a server that she's allergic to parsley, when in actuality she just hates the stuff ... More >>

29-Year-Old With AIDS Launches Kickstarter-Type Campaign to Pay for Health Care

Valyn Calhoun posted a photo of himself, looking pale and weighing 95 pounds. "I put up a picture of my body," the 29-year-old wrote. "It may scare some, but this is something I see everyday."Calhoun, a photographer who runs in Fort Lauderdale's music and art scenes, contracted HIV and hepatitis C, ... More >>

Hell's Kitchen Contestant Robyn Almodovar Launches Kickstarter Campaign to Mass-Produce Her Goods

Kickstart South Florida is a new feature highlighting local food-related crowd-funded projects on Kickstarter.You may have met Robyn Almovodar on the streets of Miami, serving food from her food truck dubbed The Palate Party Fresh Mobile Cafe, where she serves up her famous soft-shell crab sandwiche ... More >>

Kick Start South Florida: Miami's Michael Diaz and his PepperJelly Sriracha

Kick Start South Florida is a new feature highlighting local foodies and food-related projects on Kickstarter from Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade. Clean Plate Charlie will profile them here to support and promote food-related crowd-funded projects in South Florida. Spread the word. Share the lov ... More >>

Nova's Jose Lopez Needs $4,500 to Solve Marine Mystery: Why You Should Donate

Unless your last name is Cousteau or James Cameron has taken a personal interest in you, getting funding for marine biology research is tough. Just ask Jose Lopez, a professor at Nova Southeastern University who's on the verge of major research breakthrough. He just needs $4,500 to get over the hump ... More >>

Man Candy and Cupcakes: Hot Bods and Sweet Treats Need Your Money (Video)

We interrupt this blog to bring you a few shots of nearly naked men holding baked goods (and a video). Gather up your coworkers, close the door to the office, and allow us to introduce you to Man Candy and Cupcakes, a project led by self-proclaimed "kitchen vixen" Babe Scott.

Nova Professor Jose Lopez Turns To Kickstarter In Hopes of Finding Out What Killed The Sponges

See also "Florida Sponges Rebounding; What Killed Them Remains A Mystery" and "Mystery Sponge-Killing Disease Now Seen From Palm Beach To Florida Keys"Earlier this year, giant red barrel sponges off the coast of Florida started dying. Scientists became concerned as reports of the disintegr ... More >>

Florida Sponges Rebounding; What Killed Them Remains A Mystery

See also "Mystery-Sponge Killing Disease Now Seen From Palm Beach to Keys" and "Sponges in Palm Beach Hit By Disease"Earlier this year, a mystery ailment ravaged sponges off the coast of Florida, from the Keys up to Palm Beach. Scientists became alarmed as reports rolled in of massive barrel sponges ... More >>

South Florida Seniors Comment on Pot Use, Are Hilarious

We told you a few weeks ago about South Florida activist Robert Platshorn, who is raising money to put out hundreds of informercials informing senior citizens about how weed is, like, so good for you. He says the senior demographic is key to the legalization movement, and his Kickstarter is going gr ... More >>

Drinking With Slashpine: Their Semitruths on Inner Darkness, Nu-Metal, and Obamacare

Should Grandma Smoke Pot? Former Drug Runner Making an Infomercial

Pot Smuggler, Advocate Robert Platshorn Starts Kickstarter for Ganja Documentary

West Palm Beach activist (and convicted drug-runner) Robert Platshorn wants to get marijuana legalized, and he says the key to doing it is simple: old people.He's been traveling extensively and giving talks to senior citizens as part of his "Silver Tour," which he launched in 2010 to reach out to po ... More >>

Kickstarter: Help Arrange Self-Release New Memory on Vinyl

​Arrange's Malcom Lacey has self-released every one of his albums to date. They're all beautiful, all heartbreaking. Each song creates the image of some sort of out-of-season growth, like autumnal leaves in a humid summer or flower buds in snow. (Clearly they also lend themselves well to pret ... More >>

RV Rapper Bleubird Finally Fires "Cannonball!!!," His U.S. Debut

Cheeseburger Wrapping Paper: Perfect for a Belated Christmas Gift (Video)

Gift CoutureGift Couture's awesome cheeseburger wrapping paper - hold the pickles.​If you've been searching for the perfect way to wrap your favorite foodie's gift but the gingerbread men and candy canes just aren't edgy enough, how about wrapping their gifts with a burger? Start-up company Gift ... More >>

The Vegan Drag Queen: Cooking in Heels

​There are so many cooking shows on the internet... go surfing for a recipe and you'll get everything from Martha Stewart showing you how to bake a pie to druggies cooking up a batch of crystal meth. With all these choices, we look for something that can inform and entertain. We found that in Hon ... More >>

Get a Kickstart: Foodies Find Funding to Start All-Natural Microwave Popcorn Biz with Online Funding Platform

Quinn Popcorn​When Coulter and Kristy Lewis decided to start their own business making a new kind of microwave popcorn, they had no idea it would take just a few weeks to raise enough money to get their idea off the ground. Turns out, all they needed was a kickstart. With business plan a ... More >>