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  • What I Got For Valentine’s Day: The V Vessel

    What I Got For Valentine’s Day: The V Vessel

    Posted on February 15, 2010 | No Comments
    While you may be thinking, given my current reviews streak, that the V Vessel involves the genitals and/or aliens dressed up like humans who live among us only to spring out and attack us with the time is ripe, it, in fact, does not. In fact, the V Vessel is a brewing vessel designed to hold up to 23 liters of liquid. It allows you to produce alcoholic beverages in the comfort of your own home and prevents many of the major headaches associated with home-brewing. The process of brewing involves a number of steps, the most onerous being the steps involving transferring the beverage out of the primary fermenter and clearing it of dead yeast and insect parts. The V Vessel captures all of the dead yeast and parts in the little bulb at the bottom, allowing you to disconnect that part of the mess, pour it out, and be rid of the primary to secondary transfer. If you've ever spilled an eight gallon jug of wine on the basement floor, you'll know why this thing is a lifesaver.

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  • Japan gets another set of those “Crazy Earphones”

    Japan gets another set of those “Crazy Earphones”

    Posted on December 28, 2009 | No Comments
    Do you remember the so-called Crazy Earphones Tokyo-based gadget maker Solid Alliance released back in October? Apparently the silly things sold well, otherwise the company probably wouldn't have updated [JP] the series, which consisted of sushi, bananas, cat paws and bolts.

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  • Hippies need automatic crossbows too

    Hippies need automatic crossbows too

    Posted on December 9, 2009 | No Comments
    When you live out in the country and have little else to do with your time, you need to make stuff. Take this self-cocking, automatic crossbow, for example. Made by a fellow called the Duckman, this sassy old man has some great facial hair and extremely inappropriate facial expressions as he ponderously loads and fires [...]

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  • These “Crazy Earphones” sure deserve their name

    These “Crazy Earphones” sure deserve their name

    Posted on October 20, 2009 | No Comments
    Tokyo-based Solid Alliance is slowly but surely evolving into a serious competitor for Thanko in the wacky gadget department. So far, the company gave us a USB Ninja knife, a USB Terminator 4 skull and a spectacle-shaped USB stick. And now this: The aptly named "Crazy Earphones" [JP] (that's their official name).

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  • Digital monkey wrench costs $323, tells you when bolts are tight

    Digital monkey wrench costs $323, tells you when bolts are tight

    Posted on July 28, 2009 | No Comments
    ratchetHo-ly crap. For $323 plus $20 shipping you can get a digital monkey wrench that tells you when whatever bolt you're tightening is tight enough. All these years I've been relying on the old "it doesn't turn any more, so it must be tight" rule.

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