The Umbuster
More than the nose picking, the endless demands, the reckless driving, you know what makes me a bad person? I don't want it to rain.
Drought you say? Dead polar bears? I laugh at your anecdotage. Know why? Umbrella midgets. Those little bastards who strut around with their umbrellas poking you in the eye as if it's their only chance to get back at tall people.
Spanish Talking Watches
We'll be honest. When you look at these watches it's hard to believe they are actually made for the blind. It's like Inspector Gadget and the design team for Casio keyboards collaborated on this puppy. Was that mini-speaker built to amplify the synthy stabs of a Casio demo mode?
No sir, not this one.
Wasp Injector Knife
Recently I found myself shark hunting in the Gulf of Mexico with my very special friend Mr. Lou Diamond Phillips. We were sitting aboard my boat THE CHINGA A TU MADRE, gearing up for a dive when Lou whips out this ordinary looking hunting knife and says "Hey, check this out, man," and stabs the watermelon I had brought with me for good luck.
Tupperware Quick Chef II
I'm sure that someone, somewhere, has invented a handier, more useful kitchen gadget than this. But until it's delivered to my front door in eco-friendly bubble wrap, the Tupperware Quick Chef Hand Blender II takes the crown of kitchen's most wanted. Living in a share house, where a flatmate's pasta bake (inexplicably) takes two hours to prepare, this gadget has time after time shaved, sliced and diced valuable minutes off meal times.
Victorinox Swiss Memory 128
It's 1897 - and you are in the Swiss Army. Life isn't easy. While you get to wear a lofty beret and voluminous pants, your weaponry is limited to a six-foot spear-thingy and incredibly sharp cheekbones.
This is all about to change with the invention of a top-secret blade. It's like nothing you've ever seen; a knife, corkscrew and tweezer all in one.
Powershovel Cameras
Welcome Powershovel, the Japanese camera brand that has created, fact, the first 110mm fish-eye lens camera. ‘Demekin', is small enough to fit right in your pocket - it could be a spy camera if not for the massive lens. The ethos of Powershovel is to use the camera not just as a machine, but a sketchbook of everyday life.
Wax Letter Seals
There is nothing more regal or romantic than a wax sealed letter. Jane Austen tried countless times to come up with the literary equivalent, and despite coming close even she couldn't quite match it. They say wax seals are as old as writing itself, apparently they were used by the Pharaohs to keep correspondence top secret.
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