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2 carat ring mug: you shouldn’t have

Posted in Home by Conner Flynn on February 17th, 2008

2 carat ring mug: you shouldn’t have
When you care enough to give the very least, you should consider the 2 carat mug. It comes in an oversized jewelry box, so when you present it as a gift, all she’ll see is the ring.

Then she will say, “You cheap bastard!”. Once she digs in the box she will find it attached to the mug and she will say again, “You really are a cheap bastard!” And she’d be right. This white porcelain lameness, with clear Swarovski crystal only cost you $17.99. You will be sleeping on the couch for quite awhile.

Dual Pizza oven: pizza in 90 seconds or less

Posted in Home by Conner Flynn on February 14th, 2008

Dual Pizza oven
As if by magic, this Dual Pizza Oven can take your dinner from a pile of dough with cheese and toppings to a steaming pizza in 90 seconds. That’s cooking two 12-inch pizzas simultaneously, not just one. Obviously frozen pizzas would take a bit longer, but still this is awesome news. The microwave is fast, but microwave pizza is terrible.

This oven combines 1440-watt coil heating elements with ceramic pizza stones. This distributes the heat evenly. The only thing we are unsure of is how it would fare with frozen pizza. That’s the only way this is a time saver, because if you’re making your own fresh pizza from scratch, you are investing way too much in the process and might as well open a Pizza shop. If you are the kind to pay $249.95 for a dual pizza oven, that may not be a bad idea.

Spice Blaster seasons your food at gun point

Posted in Home by Conner Flynn on February 8th, 2008

Spice Blaster seasons your food at gun point
The spice blaster is a project designed by Chinese designers Zhu Fei and was one of the entries from designboom’s recent “dining in 2015″ competition. We hope it becomes real in the near future, because shooting spices at food sounds like alot of fun. Not to mention the mischief you could get into with this gun. Imagine shooting pepper at that annoying someone and making them sneeze for a good half hour.

Yes this could be a fun toy. The idea here is that by using an air bag that compresses when the trigger is pressed, the spice gun blasts seasoning all over your food. This could be fun if you worked in a restaurant as well. Just run out into the dining area and randomly shoot spices at people’s food. You may not have your job after that, but those would be some good times.

Beer Tracker bottle opener counts your beers

Posted in Home by Conner Flynn on February 7th, 2008

Beer Tracker bottle opener
This little bottle opener has a LCD display that keeps track of how many beers you’ve opened, because as you know when you get to a certain point, you have no clue where you are, let alone how many beers you’ve consumed. You would think that constantly emptying your bladder would be some indication.

So, if you lose track and need a visual indicator of when you should stop, this little device will come to your rescue. I suppose it’s also handy if a bunch of drunks are in one room and one guy needs to brag. Note: It won’t make ugly women look better…The beer already handles that.

R2D2 Peppermill combines droids with spice

Posted in Home,Star Wars by Conner Flynn on January 31st, 2008

R2D2 Peppermill
Why on Earth(Or any other planet) would you use a plain old peppermill when you can use a Star Wars droid? You wouldn’t, and I don’t blame you.

After a hard day, when Lando and Han have cleaned you out at the poker table, come home to a nice dinner, knowing that this little guy will spice up your food. Just twist R2’s domed head and delicious freshly ground pepper will fall from his undercarriage. Just try not to think about the fact that you are eating something that fell out of a robot’s butt. Still, if that appeals to you, make like a Jawa and get an R2D2 Peppermill at ThinkGeek for $19.99. Just be careful. You may just end up with a hologram of Princess Leia in your mashed potatoes, telling you that you are her only hope.

At last: Pac-Man interior lighting

Posted in Home,Lamps by Conner Flynn on January 31st, 2008

The mighty Pac-Wall
I haven’t seen anything this cool since the Pac-Man Christmas tree in Madrid. Unlike the Pac-Man tree, this Pac-Man-inspired modular block lighting system can stay up year round.

This wall mural is on display at the Maison & Objet 2008 show in Paris. One thing you’ll notice right away is how outnumbered our yellow friend is. That’s a ton of ghosts for an 8-bit hero to gobble. They could have put some fruit in or more dots. The second thing you’ll notice is that the woman’s rear has been blocked from our view. Oh well, you can’t have it all right? We’ll always have Paris my secretive Pac-Man loving geek goddess.

Cheeseburger in a can the new spam?

Posted in Home by Conner Flynn on January 29th, 2008

Cheeseburger in a canWhen char broiling a burger with your tailpipe is just not doing it for you, why not cook up a cheeseburger in a can? This tops my list of bad ideas and has got to be this century’s equivalent to spam.

The entire cheeseburger comes in the can. You just boil the can for a few minutes and pop it open. This comes from a company called Katadyn, a Swiss-based company that primarily deals with mobile water sterilization and desalination equipment. Until now. Now they are focused on strange MREs. They have a powdered wine that when reconstituted has an alcohol content of over 9%, a chocolate mousse, and of course the burger in a can. They all supposedly have a shelf life of 12 months. Gross.

Star Wars poker chips will win your hand

Posted in Home,Star Wars by Conner Flynn on January 29th, 2008

Star Wars Poker Chips
What happens in Bespin stays in Bespin. When you are taking in Cloud city, otherwise known as Bespin, and you sit at the table to play a round of cards hoping to score a Millenium Falcon, you don’t want to use boring old poker chips. You want the power of the force. You’ll need it too, players like Lando and Han are tough. How do you think they won the ship?

The set even features a chrome dealer token that looks like the Death Star, plus a set of translucent chips illustrated by artist Russell Walks. You get 50 blue Luke Skywalker chips, 50 blue Obi-Wan Kenobi chips, 50 green Yoda chips and of course 50 red Darth Vader chips. The case even has 72 LEDs that make the chips glow like lightsabers when they’re stacked in their slots. Now that should make other players quake in their boots. The fun doesn’t end there. You also get 2 casino-quality card decks that come in their own foil boxes.

Game Boy bricks might help your resale value

Posted in Home,Nintendo by Conner Flynn on January 28th, 2008

Game Boy bricks
With the housing market being what it is, homes need all the help they can get. Anything to add some value, should you want to sell down the road. So, why not get some of these Game Boy bricks and redo a garden path in the backyard.

These are the brainchild of a Denmark man who wanted to add some gaming to his architecture. You have to admit, they look pretty nice after they’ve been in place and aged a bit. Here I thought the actual Game Boy was about as useful as a brick these days. The guy put alot of time into perfecting these. At first they would explode in the oven, but he finally got it right. If you have a gaming themed home, why not go the extra mile and sink some of these into your dirt.

Super Mario mushroom bank holds your gold coins

Posted in Home,Nintendo by Conner Flynn on January 24th, 2008

Super Mario mushroom bank
If you are stuck in Mario land and are saving up for an extra life, this mushroom bank is the perfect place to store your gold coins. It’s hard to save, but you have to put some of it away for a rainy day in the Mushroom kingdom. Let’s face it, you’re jumping around, hitting blocks with your head, jumping on turtles and taking on Bowser…uninsured. What if you got hurt? Luigi can only do so much, he’s not the smart one. Better start a nest egg.

Then there’s the other expenses. Dresses for the Princess. Rebuilding castle walls, buying spare fireballs and feeding Yoshi. Lucky for you, this bank comes in 2 versions, the classic 1UP Mushroom and the Super Mushroom. It retails for $14.99.

Loc8tor Lite finds lost belongings

Posted in Home by Conner Flynn on January 22nd, 2008

Find your lost stuff
The Loc8tor company has launched the Loc8tor Lite, which is a credit card sized locating device that will help you find your lost possessions. How often have you misplaced the car keys or lost the remote? Sometimes, things are here one minute and gone the next, with no reasonable explanation. Well, now there’s help.

The super slim Loc8tor Lite measures just 6mm thick, and uses active RFID technology to point you in the direction of any tagged item. It will bring you within an inch of said item. It uses audio and visual cues to accurately guide you right to it. Find anything within 400 feet. Imagine how much time this would add to your life. Of course, then you would probably start losing stuff that you didn’t tag.

iCarta iPod dock & toilet roll dispenser

Posted in Home,iPod,iPod Accessories,music by Conner Flynn on January 21st, 2008

iPod dock & toilet roll dispenserWe’re used to seeing our share of iPod docks, but this borders on the ridiculous. Okay, it crosses the border screaming and begging not to be deported. I think it goes without saying that this device is designed to charge your iPod while you discharge your own product, commonly known as an iLog.

It does more then charge your iPod in an inappropriate location, though. It features two USB ports and not only dispenses precious paper, but while doing so, will soothe you with music through four high-performance, moisture-resistant speakers. “Easy-to-use controls allow for one-handed navigation.” One word…Ewww!

Kill-A-Watt EZ Plug power meter saves you money

Posted in Home by Conner Flynn on January 16th, 2008

Kill-A-Watt EZ Plug power meter
Do you like to to save money? To qoute Sally Struthers, “Sure, we all do.” Do you like to save energy? To qoute my father when I was growing up, “Turn the damn light off. Were you born in a barn?”…Or something like that. The point is, with all of our Plasma TV’s and many gadgets, it’s nice to save money and energy when possible. But do you have any idea how many kilowatts your gadgets use?

Kill-A-Watt EZ Plug Power Meter measures just how much juice your gadgets and appliances are using, much like the Intelliworks Energy Saver. It will not only measure the power your gadgets are using, but it will tell you how much it is already costing you and what it will cost in the future.

N-Ice Beer Pong Rack for a chill game

Posted in Home by Conner Flynn on January 10th, 2008

N-Ice Beer Pong Rack for a chill game
These days, a party just wouldn’t be a party without some kind of beer game. The N-Ice Rack Beer Pong Rack is designed to help keep your cups in place as well as keep your drink cool.

It fits the standard Solo and Dixie 16/18oz party Cups. Just fill the rack with water and freeze to keep your cups cold through out the entire game. All you have to worry about is getting completely and thoroughly drunk.

kickTrak counts your baby’s kicks in the womb

Posted in Health,Home by Conner Flynn on January 3rd, 2008

kickTrak counts your baby’s kicks in the womb

Here’s one of those gadgets that seems to take advantage of new mothers. Or maybe it just takes advantage of those who need a little too much information. kickTrak can automatically count your baby’s kicks starting at 24 weeks and apparently give you a reliable way to track the movement pattern, and reduce the risk of stillbirth.

One other use is that it can be used at the onset of pregnancy as a rough countdown timer for your due date and can time your contractions when labor begins. Plus it has little tiny feet on the display screen. I’m not sure that this would really help prevent a stillbirth, but I’m just a dumb guy blog writer. More likely, this would be used by the overbearing sports father wanting to gauge the kid’s field-goal kicking abilities from day zero.