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The Pirahna

admin — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:26:26 +0000

Another entry in the never ending search for the perfect pocket sized multi-tool; the Piranha is made from a single piece of heat-treated and corrosion-resistant stainless steel. Available in standard or metric: 154CM Stainless Steel 0.150″ Thick (Overall Length: 3.875″), Heat-treated to 58-60 HRC, Smooth stone-washed finish, Double-ended driver bit (P2, #8), Open and box Wrenches, Bottle opener, nail puller, scraper and pry ends.

$49 from Pocket Tool X

Beer Tasting and Hop Appreciation Kit

admin — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:03:31 +0000

Train your sniffer and palate to appreciate the subtle and complex flavors in your brews you’ve been missing. The kit includes: 13 different hop varieties, an aroma palate cleanser, a quick start guide, beer color swatch chart, appreciation guide.

$40 from KegWorks

Cast-Iron Bacon Press

admin — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:03:03 +0000

An 8 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ cast-iron pig to keep your bacon flat for fast, even cooking with minimal shrinkage. Yeah, whatever. It’s an iron pig to make your bacon even more crispy and delicious. It’s suggested that you could use it when grilling sandwiches and quesadillas. I guess you could do that if you wanted, but that would really go against the spirit in which it is intended to be used don’t you think?

$12 from Williams-Sonoma

Rear Ends: Found Photos

admin — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:11:39 +0000

Dedicated to the 20th century booty, “Rear Ends: Found Photos” is a collection of just that. Over one hundred found photos preserve these posteriors for posterity of butts young and old, bloomered and bikini clad, black & white and full color. The 20th Century gave us some true innovations: the Hershey bar, nuclear power, television, City Slickers 2, the internet, but perhaps most importantly, funny pictures of butts.

Various prices but limited quantites from Amazon

Sugar

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:45:06 +0000

Yet another cliché of a story about an underdog athlete just waiting for the opportunity to conquer [insert sport here] that ends with said athlete finally accomplishing that goal? Not exactly. Miguel “Sugar” Santos (Algenis Perez Soto) is brought from living in poverty as a 19 year old in the Dominican into a tour of middle America. The film plays as more of an immigrant, stranger in a strange land tale than the typical sports banality, as Sugar confronts his new environment. Without too harshly spoiling the turns in his career things don’t turn out perfectly as the writing/directing duo of Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck defy formula at nearly every turn.

$22 from Amazon or on Blu-ray$28 from Amazon

Batman: Arkham Asylum

admin — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:54:28 +0000

Nearly two decades of Batman video games has come and gone. There is one thing to learn from those twenty-plus years of games: they all sucked. Rocksteady Studios has finally delivered a game that feels like the Dark Knight should feel. Read an in-depth review if you like. Available for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC.

$53 from Amazon

Wine Bottle Thermometer

admin — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:29:17 +0000

Stainless steel thermometer, with incorporated, reference guide to insure that every bottle of any variety is at the optimal temperature for consumption.

$9 from Crate&Barrel

Fitbit

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:22:15 +0000

Why hasn’t this been done before? Clip this little device to your clothing somewhere and it tracks how many steps and miles you’ve walked and how many calories you’ve burned today. It goes beyond your above average pedometer by being wireless and syncing with a provided basestation when you walk within 25-50 ft of it. Going the extra mile, you can log on to the Fitbit website and view your fitness data in high detail as well as track your food consumption and other activities. You can also collaborate with friends, family, and co-workers to achieve your fitness goals.

Currently, only available for pre-order until the estimated late December, early January release date.

$99 from Fitbit.com/preorder

The Book of Lies

admin — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:03:02 +0000

A fascinating, but slightly nebulous, concept attempts to create a link between Cain’s murder of Abel and the creation of Superman by Jerry Seigel due to the murder of his father. Mysteries emerge. Conspiracies arise. Nazi’s do what they do. All in an effort to find the lost murder weapon never spoken of in the Biblical account of fratricide.

Save a few trees and get the audiobook from for around $26.

$18 from Amazon

BodyGard Self-Powered Emergency Tool

admin — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:34:40 +0000

This is the do-all device to carry in your trunk, survival kit, or on your next camping trip. The built-in hand crank makes batteries a non-issue. Other features include: LED display FM radio with backlight, panic button with piercing sonic alarm, compass, signaling mirror, cell phone charging output, AC charging adapter input, water resistant.

Paired with a Firesteel Knife you can survive anything short of a Cylon attack.

$22 from ThinkGeek