Kickball Hanging Planter

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Here’s a simple idea to reuse old rubber kickballs. If you’ve got a dog like mine, or your child has claws like freakin’ Wolverine, or you have a pet wolverine, you’re probably going to end up with a lot of flattened punctured balls. As the old saying goes, if you can’t duct it, ...

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Lego Minifig Foosball Table… Goooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaalego

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Foosball or table football is one of the world’s most popular bar games. Nothing like a good pint and a some foosball. Certainly it’s a safer game for drunks than darts. There’s something about foosball that just lends itself to drinking. Maybe it’s because it’s very difficult to get good at the game ...

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iPhone Charging Cable with an Inline Battery

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The X-Power 1 might look like just an ordinary charging cable for your iPod or iPhone but hidden along that cable is a small battery. This inline battery is about the size of a AAA battery and can actually hold a charge on it’s own allowing you to charge up your device straight ...

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Fly-Goodbye Pistol Insect Killer

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There’s nothing more annoying than flies inside your house or office. They’re virtually impossible to kill and when you do you usually end up with a splat mark on your wall or desk. Sure you could open the window and let them out but wouldn’t that just let more flies in? That’s a ...

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iPod Egg Holder

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I’m not entirely sure I get the point of an egg holder but I guess if you’re going to hold your eggs, you might as well do it with some flair. Hence the iPod egg holder. From a German company, this kitchen gadget is called “eiPOTT”- “Ei” is German for egg and “Pott” ...

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Gear Up: Donkey Kong Style Clothing

In this segment, called Gear Up, we’ll bring you a (semi) complete outfit in awesome geek style. Today’s theme is Donkey Kong. With the full advice of Gear Up’s team of fashion experts you could look like this (MASSIVE thanks to Zachary from Stupid Inventions for the photoshop):
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So how does a fashion forward outfit like that come together? Here’s the breakdown:
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Let’s start at the top with this supafresh DK lid (that would be a sweet Donkey Kong hat. Officially licensed and brimming (get it “brimming”) with DK goodness, this baseball hat features the famed ape with a forest background.
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It is on like Donkey Kong baby with this sweet It’s On Like Donkey Kong T-Shirt Gear Up: Donkey Kong Style Clothing. With the cool vintage style 8 bit looking graphics, this shirt oozes retro coolness.
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Bluetooth Headset Converts to a Ring

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This might be one of the coolest things ever- it’s a bluetooth headset that folds up into a ring to wear around your finger when not in use. A simple twist and it converts. It’s called the Orb and it’s scheduled to launch in January. Yep, it might look like a concept but this tiny bluetooth headset is really being made.

If you’re a frequent wireless earpiece user with your cellphone you usually only have a few choices about where to put your headset when it’s not in use. You can leave it on your ear, which just looks weird and a bit pretentious- like you’re talking on the phone all the time or are expecting important calls constantly. You could put it aside on a table or someplace but then you have to scramble to go find it when you want to use it. Or you could put it in your pocket, which is a bit of an awkward proposition at times and do you really need one more thing in your pockets?
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This USB Flash Drive is Da Bomb

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You hear us saying things are “da bomb” here pretty much every day. Ok never. But for the purposes of this post, pretend we’re wearing a flat brimmed hat and pants hanging low below our ass and we’re calling everything “da bomb”. With that mental picture in mind, this USB Flash Drive (err ...

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