Can Opener Archive

  • My most used gadget: the P-38

    My most used gadget: the P-38

    I received a P-38 can opener some time during my seventh grade of school. I can't remember exactly why they were given to us (I think my whole class got one, but I'm not sure), nor can I remember exactly why my adolescent self hung on to the little thing. I certainly wasn't opening cans of beans with any regularity. Nonetheless, I kept it on my keyring, and it's on my keyring even today. It has, without any doubt, been the single most useful gadget I've ever owned.

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  • Quirky Switch pocket-knife is modular-tastic

    Quirky Switch pocket-knife is modular-tastic

    Say you’re going on a picnic and don’t want to bring a huge bulky pocket knife. What would you bring? Maybe a knife, a bottle opener, and a corkscrew. Or say you’re planning on dismembering and eating a baby seal? What would you bring then? Probably the same stuff. But the Switch from Quirky makes [...]

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  • iPhone big in Japan (Ha!)

    iPhone big in Japan (Ha!)

    According to survey of 2,300 Japanese retail stores, the iPhone was #1 in customer popularity, beating out all of those crazy, wonky phones they sell in Tokyo with names like the WonderFetus 100 Softbank X200-900 and the Brad Pitt Special Edition E900 from Sanyo with built-in TV tuner, can-opener, and fishing lures.

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