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The Slate Mobile LapDesk

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From desktop to laptop, and from desk to LapDesk. The Slate supports both our need for mobility and our desire to just stay at home and make a butt dent in the couch with its go-anywhere functionality and sit-anywhere...

Furniture-Grade Cabinet Heater

$142 Amazon »

Baby it's cold outside. As a matter of fact, it's kind of cold inside too. Drafty in between these el cheapo paper walls of my office. Of course, while this fine looking furniture-grade cabinet housing an infrared space...

BlueFire Waterproof Smartphone Endoscope

$22.99 - $30.99 Amazon »

How many times would you have performed your own throat endoscopy if only you'd had a smartphone-compatible snake tube camera system? I'm guessing close to a thousand. But if not, maybe there have been other times a 10-meter...

Liquor Log Booze Dispenser

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Now this is the kind of Yule Log I'm talking about. How better to bring good tidings to you and all of your kin than with a nice bottle of Jameson or Jack chug-a-lugging out the tap on an urban harvested Ohio hardwood...

Ship in a Bottle Whiskey Decanter & Dispenser

$160 Amazon »

I don't care how they got this ship in the bottle as long as I know how to get the booze it's sailing through out. A wood base handcrafted in Kentucky serves as a classy pedestal to the mounted glass whiskey decanter...

Desktop Warfare - da Vinci Catapult Kit

$28.99 Amazon »

Leonardo da Vinci didn't invent the catapult but, as with anything that crazy Medieval MF touched, he did figure out how to make it way better. And I think if high-rise office buildings, contemporary desktops, and floors...

Electric Wine Bottle Opener

Discontinued

Yeah, old school cork screws are a bi*ch. Instant carpal tunnel, not to mention shredded or incompletely dislodged corks. But there are a lot of steps in between the traditional handheld cranker and this, an electric...

Lodge Cast Iron Reversible Grill

$46.99 Amazon »

Another boomerang gift! I'll give my girlfriend, She-Ra: Princess of Power, Lodge's Cast Iron Reversible Grill / Griddle for Christmas, and she'll give me all the steaks, burgers, strips of bacon, pancakes, and grilled...

Ultrasonic Essential Oil Diffuser

$13.99 Amazon »

Ahhh, the pleasing fragrance and relaxing mist of essential oils aromatherapied into the air through a mood-lit ultrasonic diffuser. Another gift for the ladies, right? Not that you'll mind too much when she flicks on...

Betty Crocker Pizza Maker

$50.77 Amazon »

Pizza stones are so heavy. And preheating the oven takes so long. And not burning myself when I try to Operation out my piping hot pie a little too zealously is nearly impossible. Sure, I don't really need a whole separate...

Amco Rub-A-Way Bar

$9.31 Amazon »

How can garlic smell so good sizzling in a hot skillet, but soooo bad on my breath and hands? It's an age-old question, I know. I also know these types of stainless steel kitchen odor removers have been around for a while...

Coravin 1000 Wine Siphoning System

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Wine thieves rejoice! No longer must you risk getting caught stealing the whole bottle. Just insert the Coravin 1000 Wine System into any fine old red or white with a natural cork and siphon out the goods of a good year...

Dremel Versa Tip Butane Soldering Torch

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Dremel knows that bigger isn't always better, and sometimes all you need is the tip. Their Versa Tip butane soldering torch kit is a portable tool for makers, craftsmen, and handymen that comes stocked with accessories...

AquaDance Drencher Showerhead

Discontinued

No, I am not showing you the AquaDance Drencher 3-setting 8" curved rainfall showerhead with waterfall mode just because it looks like a vagina...

Breakfast Burrito Maker

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The people want burritos! It's no surprise Hamilton Beach has followed up its wildly popular Breakfast Sandwich Maker with a Breakfast Burrito Maker because, well, the people want burritos! Since 1975, according to Wikipedia...

Silpat Perfect Cookie Baking Sheet

$19.95 Amazon »

Sure, maybe the cookie dough you've haphazardly slopped on the sheet will taste good. Maybe you can get by with the batter that was a little too runny, or the pinball-sized dollops that grew into baseballs as you scooped...

Charlie Brown Christmas Tree

Discontinued

They say this Charlie Brown Christmas Tree is a nice reminder that the holidays are all about love, but I say it's an even nicer way to eliminate the time, hassle, and mess it takes to buy and put up a real tree. What...

Black Retro Nixie Clock

Discontinued

Thirty-year-old nixie tubes and 22 hours of handiwork go into these retro clocks from Nuvitron. The artisans who make them place authentic, Cold-War-era nixie tubes hauled back from a dusty basement in the former Soviet...

PyroPet Reindeer Candle

$39 Amazon »

Rudolph the white-nosed reindeer / Had a very waxen face / And the next time you see it / I'll have melted it away. All of the other reindeer / Will tremble inside their own skin / As I set a match to Rudolph / And burn...

Nunchuck Pens

$5.23 Amazon »

Become a martial artist and show that notebook who's boss, or just make a stocking very happily stuffed this Christmas with a pair of Nunchuck Pens. Two barrels filled with jet black ink are capped with medium-tip ballpoints...

T-fal OptiGrill Indoor Electric Grill

$158.69 Amazon »

Kebabs, bacon, steaks, sandwiches. Yep, T-fal pretty much has the cooking of all my major food groups covered with its OptiGrill. The electric grill is even compact enough that I bet I can do all my food prep right from...

Lumio Book Lamp

$225 - $259.99 Amazon »

Max Gunawan designed Lumio to represent his appreciation for minimalist design and, as an architect, his motivation to optimize the use of small spaces. I bet he's enjoyed a few illuminating books in his life too. Lumio...

Ice Tornado Glass

$19.79 Firebox.com »

It was a Dark 'N' Stormy night...no, who am I kidding? It was a straight shot of rum night just like all the others. But I still brought the storm to my glass with this tornado ice mold and its perfectly fitted tumbler...

bolo Rolling Knife

$11 - $24 bolo »

It's Edward Scissorhands 2.0. I wonder if bolo can craft topiaries as well as it minces garlic, slices carrots, and dices onions. This kitchen knife with a curved blade and "O" handle rolls through rather than chops down...