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July 6, 2008

Budweiser Telephone!

If you can’t drink it, it’s not beer but if you can talk to it, it could be a Budweiser telephone. (or just a beer bottle and you got too drunk) Too bad, the beer bottle isn’t real glass, making it too easy to tell it’s not a real beer bottle. Very Vivid Budweiser beer shape phone. Beer Telephone is prefect as a decoration ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, Entertainment, Funny, Gadgets, Household by max on the July 6th, 2008 at 7:29 am
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Sharp working on Solar LCD TVs!

Sharp is working on solar LCD TVs for houses without electricity. The only question I have is, if they don’t get electricity, will they get any TV reception at all?  (Maybe air reception is good… real good…) LCD prototype which uses just a quarter of the power (or a third measured annually) of a conventional CRT with the same sc ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, Earth, Educational, Gadgets, Household, News, Solar, TV by max on the July 6th, 2008 at 5:25 am
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July 5, 2008

Door Stop that looks like a Key!

If you have been looking for a door stop that looks like a key, (not that you would ever in a million years) you can get the Key to the Doorstop. If you need to keep any door open here’s likely the most appropriate door stop, a giant key, simply ingenious (that may be going a bit far). via coolest-gadgets Consumer, Cool, Design, doorstop, Ente ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, Entertainment, Funny, Gadgets, Household by max on the July 5th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
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DIY - How to Start BBQ Charcoals Faster with Hair Dryer!

Believe it or not, this guy claims that he can start BBQ charcoals faster with his homemade wire-mesh and hair dryer. You might want to consider trying this method for your Independence Weekend BBQ. Whenever I have trouble starting coals for my BBQ I grab a hair dryer, point it at my grill and pull the trigger. One minute later I have red hot coa ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entertainment, HOWTO, Household, Pyro by max on the July 5th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
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July 4, 2008

DLP TV HACK - How to Reset Your Samsung DLP TV Lamp Hours Setting!

Well, today, my 42″ Samsung DLP TV I bought in 2005 broke down on me.  The only thing I got from the TV was a Lamp LED going on and off. So I figured that it was time for the Lamp to be swapped out for a new one. Before doing that, I ran into this blog posts about how to reset the Lamp hour setting on the Samsung DLP TV. Once I resetted the ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entertainment, Gadgets, HOWTO, Household, Projects, TV by max on the July 4th, 2008 at 11:04 am
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July 3, 2008

Top Design - Infinity Aquarium

The Infinity Aquarium provides an eye-soothing experience for your fish and yourself with its visually appealing aquarium that’s also a materpiece work of an art in itself. May we suggest you get one?  Just don’t try to fit large fish like Sharks. via 7gadgets Animals, aquarium, Consumer, Cool, Entertainment, fish, Fish, Gadgets, Ho ... More

Posted in Animals, Consumer, Cool, Entertainment, Fish, Gadgets, Household by max on the July 3rd, 2008 at 7:26 pm
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Flashlight with Integrated Video Camera!

Here’s a cool flashlight that also embeds an integrated video camera.  How neat is that? Now you can go in the dark and shoot your favorite videos with just a single flashlight. There’s no word when this will be available in the U.S. though…darn. The AD-1500 Video Flashlight records video with its mini CMOS camera and built-in m ... More

Posted in Cameras, Consumer, Cool, Design, Digital Cameras, Entertainment, Gadgets, Household, lights by max on the July 3rd, 2008 at 10:36 am
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July 2, 2008

Come-In Go-Away Doormat

The hardest part about this doormat, “which side is up?” via gadgetclub - coated Consumer, Cool, doormat, Entertainment, Funny, Gadgets, Household ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Entertainment, Funny, Gadgets, Household by max on the July 2nd, 2008 at 10:40 am
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July 1, 2008

DeLonghi Portable Air Conditioner!

Well, if you live in a cool area like San Francisco, you won’t need air conditioning all year round but if you do live in a hot area, you can bring some extra air conditioning with the DeLonghi portable air conditioner.  Now, air conditioning just got easier. Of course, if it doesn’t get too hot, you do have the air conditioning chair ... More

Posted in Consumer, Design, Energy, Gadgets, Household by max on the July 1st, 2008 at 4:00 pm
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Solar Powered Landscaping Light

Now is the time to add/replace your outdoor garden lights with something that’s solar. Why? Why are you spending money on electricity that you can get free? Save earth and get some of these solar powered landscraping lights pleez. You can get bunch of them over at Chinavasion here. Consumer, Cool, Earth, Earth, electricity, Gadgets, garden ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Earth, Gadgets, Household, Solar, lights by max on the July 1st, 2008 at 2:20 pm
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Potato Chopper lets you make In-N-Out French Fries!

Honestly, I have been studying the art of cooking french fries for the last 6 months or so.  The best french fries actually came from a frozen french fry company but this potato chopper will let you make fresh french fries just like the ones from In-N-Out.  (Well, so provided that you have an oil pan and the right heat for it) I might seriously ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cooking, Cool, Food, Gadgets, Household by max on the July 1st, 2008 at 2:14 pm
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June 30, 2008

Electric Fireflies for your (Kids’) night viewing pleasures!

Having a hard time finding a great lasting gift for your kids or yourself?  Here’s electric fireflies that glow in the night to soothe your ever-lasting romantic nights with your loved ones.  Whether that’s your kid or your wife, we will leave that up to you but do play nice in bed. Fireflies are becoming increasingly rare in Japa ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Educational, Entertainment, Gadgets, Household by max on the June 30th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
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Concept Grill Table for your next House Party!

Although still barely a concept, it might not be too hard to come up with your own BBQ table that embeds the grill as part of the table.  Actually, I’ve seen these concept grill tables in life over in Korea.  All the Korean BBQ restaurants there got these about 20 years ago.  Well, talk about a new concept when it’s been beat to dea ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cooking, Cool, Design, Educational, Entertainment, Food, Gadgets, Household by max on the June 30th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
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CheckTap is a “Programmable” Power Tap Device!

This is one of those gadgets, “why didn’t they think of this before?”.  The power tap device called CheckTap can be programmed via your PC through a USB cable to control and also schedule which and when your devices are on/off. This gadget supposedly could save your home/office a whole lotta electricity, so long as you can ̶ ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, Earth, Energy, Gadgets, Household by max on the June 30th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
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June 26, 2008

DIY Cassette Tape Lamp!

Here’s a visually appealing DIY cassette tape lamp if you want to recycle your old outdated cassette into something useful and doesn’t take up extra space in your home. The designers make each lamp from dozens of individual cassette tapes, arranged into visually appealing patterns. Not only do they look cool as a sculptural piece, the ... More

Posted in Audio, Consumer, Cool, Design, DoItYourself!, Furniture, Gadgets, Household, lights by max on the June 26th, 2008 at 8:27 am
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IKEA DIY - How to Hack your own Stripa Shoe Rack!

Do you need a floating shoerack?  Here’s how to make your own shoe rack out of IKEA Stripa! I really like the J-Me metal shoe rack that works in the same way as this one, but I want a few of these and the J-Me ones cost 50 GBP each. Home made ones I’ve seen made with planks and shelf brackets all look a bit ugly, but using a few of th ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, DoItYourself!, Furniture, HOWTO, Household by max on the June 26th, 2008 at 8:18 am
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June 25, 2008

DIY Recycled Newspaper Bench!

Yes, now it’s virtually possible to build a whole array of household furniture by simply recycling and compressing your good ol’ newspaper. Kaisin took regular newspapers, layered, glued and compressed them to create a building material that is as strong as wood.  He then took these sheets and mimicked one of natures strongest forms, ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, Earth, Eco-friendly, Educational, Entertainment, Furniture, Household, Recycle by max on the June 25th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
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World’s Highest Popping Toaster!

Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Okay, do not buy this toaster because you probably won’t be able to catch your bread but it’s really cool. CO2 Gas Powered…and now Officially the highest popping toaster in the world accord to the Guiness Book of Records via neatorama co2 ga ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cooking, Cool, Entertainment, Food, Gadgets, Household, World records by max on the June 25th, 2008 at 5:17 am
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June 24, 2008

19″ Hello Kitty LCD TV!

For fans of Hello Kitty, here’s a 19″ Hello Kitty LCD TV to match your Hello Kitty purses, beds, dolls, etc…etc… Our cute, nice 19″ TV provides a resolution of 1440×810, a contrast ratio of 1,000:1, brightness of 300cd/m², and response time of 5ms. It features a 1Seg tuner, built-in speakers (3Wx2), and HDMI Int ... More

Posted in Computer, Consumer, Cool, Design, Gadgets, Household, LCD, TV, kids by max on the June 24th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
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Crane Crank It Up Calamity Kit!

It’s one thing to have an emergency kit that requires batteries and it’s another whole level if you got one that can be cranked for power.  The Crane Calamity Kit comes with a crank radio, crank flashlight, and crank indigo lantern so you can feel safe in emergencies.  We agree that every emergency kit should at least come with an op ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, Earth, Energy, Gadgets, Household, lights by max on the June 24th, 2008 at 9:37 am
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June 22, 2008

ShitBox - A Portable Pooper and Stool Made out of Recycled Materials!

Check out this portable cardboard crap you can carry around so you can use it as stool and a shit box at your next ball game. via declubz ball game, cardboard, Consumer, Cool, Design, Earth, Entertainment, Funny, Gadgets, Household, pooper, Recycle, recycled materials ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, Earth, Entertainment, Funny, Gadgets, Household, Recycle by max on the June 22nd, 2008 at 2:00 pm
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June 21, 2008

Lights Made from Recycled Plastic Bottles!

Wow, check out this collection of great lights all made from recycled plastic bottles! By using a specially perfected process which hardens the recycled plastic bottles, THIS Gallery have made a whole series of lights and lamps, which initially look nothing like a load of old plastic bottles but they are and when you consider that each light fitti ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, Earth, Gadgets, Household, Re-use, Recycle, lights by max on the June 21st, 2008 at 3:29 am
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June 20, 2008

Unbreakable Super Strong Umbrella!

The unbreakable super umbrella can help you protect yourself against thieves and also might save you where a strong pole thingee is needed. I wonder how the umbrella itself holds up against the wind, maybe it could be great for golf too. (Video after the jump) Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode ... More

Posted in Consumer, Cool, Design, Gadgets, Household, Video, security by max on the June 20th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
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