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Grilling during the big game? Go for extra bases with the Baseball Bat Pepper Grinder. Baseball fans love to grill. Almost as much as football fans love to tailgate. But seasoning something on the grill with tiny pepper mills – or even average size mills – can be a bit singeing. Especially if you’re watching the game on the big screen while you’re doing it. Enter the Baseball Bat Pepper Mill.
Design your own postcards with the Casio Postcard Maker If Alton Brown was doing a show about tech, he’d call the Casio Postcard Maker a “uni-tasker,” something that only has one use and ends up spending more time taking up space than actually doing something you need. But they seem popular in Japan though, so what do we know? Let’s take a look and see what’s up.
The ChefStack can make hundreds of pancakes automatically. Well, busy perhaps. Maybe if you don’t have the time to flip them yourself and there’s hundreds of hungry guests lining up for breakfast. The Chefstack Automatic Pancake Machine can make 4-inch size pancakes from no-mess batter pouches. And it only takes about 30 seconds as the flapjacks get cooked and stacked assembly style while you’re off doing something else.
Gorilla Torch gives you an extra hand for dark, tight spaces. It’s always frustrating when working in tight spaces to try and hold a flashlight while you’re turning a screw. Inevitably, what’s generally easy to do without a flashlight, is darn near impossible when you have to also hold a torch to light your workspace. EnterGorilla Torch. Made by Joby, the geniuses behind the Gorilla Pod, a Digital Camera holder that can mount a camera anywhere, the Gorilla Torch is the same kind of idea: a tripod with adjustable segments that enables the user to literally wrap it around anything to hold it in place. It’s LED based light is superbright and also has a built in dimmer switch to adjust to the users liking. It’s weatherproof and operates on thee AA batteries with an average battery life of 20-80 hours depending on how bright you like it. So, whether you’re working on the pipes underneath the sink or replacing that timing chain in your car, wherever you need light, all you need to do is turn on Gorilla Torch and wrap it around anything nearby adjust the light to shine your way and you’re good to go for hands free lighting. There’s also another feature that can help while working in tight spaces. The footpads of the Gorilla Torch are magnetic, meaning that any nuts or bolts can be within easy reach just by sticking them on the pads.
Cost is around $30, which is a bargain if you’ve ever dealt with juggling tools, lights, and tight spaces!
If you’re worried that someone might make off with some of your smaller valuables, you might need something to keep them safe. Sure, one of those big expensive combination safes would be nice, but they’re big and they’re expensive. Which makes them unrealistic for while you’re traveling and completely out of the question if you’re on any kind of a budget. Well this will look just like an average run of the mill surge protector to most people, but you’ll know the truth.
A working Tricorder? Only if you want to analyze movies and music! Okay, show of hands. If you’re a Star Trek fan, how many of you have a phaser toy sitting on your desk right now? Yeah thought so. Some of you may have gotten the Trek Communicator VOIP phone. But how many have gotten this cool Trek gadget … a Trek Tricorder Media player?! You heard me. Someone has built a Tricorder that not only looks like one, but works like one as well. Sort of.
Most people meditate to get away from the fast paced world and even technology. Well for those of you that can’t stand to be without your technology and would like to have a little more fun while you’re meditating, Think Geek has you covered. With this you’ll get to have the Woodstock experience without all of those harmful drugs. It’s the way true geeks relax after a long hard day in front of the computer.
