Welcome to Edition 193 of What Is This Thing?, my recurring visual riddle series consisting of one simple photo - see above - and one simple question: what is this thing?...

The UPAN will slot up and straighten out your sausages. Wield your wieners. Barricade your brats. Cradle your corndogs. It will even manhandle your meatballs and turn out your toad-in-the-holes. The UPAN is a channeled...

No boxing bag? No friend Cornelius to let you use him as a boxing bag? The Shadow Boxer Pro Boxing Resistance Bands Set is the solution for you! This complete kit from Gyro Fitness won't give you the same tactile feedback...

Birds are suckaz if they're deterred by this Flying Hawk Kite. I can tell it's fake with hardly a glance, and my understanding is that birds are at least as smart as I am. Don't you know that's where the term "bird brain"...

It's spaghetti so good you want to smear it all over your body and bathe in it. Just like your Italian grandma used to make. Even better, you can indulge in Bath Spaghetti calorie- and marinara-stain-free! Both your insides...

Puffy coats and mummy bags, they're not just for...individual drink cans and bottles anymore. The Monti Puffy Cooler is like a Puffin Koozie, but for your entire case or 12-pack of beer. The chill sacks are ultra-portable...

Can't get a puppy or a cat? How about a pettable Mona Lisa, a soft 'n' silky Scream, or a furry Starry Night instead? Fluffy Wall Art turns masterpieces of fine art into masterpieces of fluff art, with the artists of...

Who likes to walk in the sand? Who likes the idea, but not the look, of a treadmill? And most of all, who likes high-knee marching in place? Yeah, that last one is a real narrower of the field, huh? Well, for the 11 of...

The only thing scarier than mountaineering is mountaineering in the pitch dark, but I still support ownership of Black Diamond's Distance 1500 Headlamp, because those 1500 long-range lumens could also benefit non-adventurers...

Check out this Mini Travel Digital Bathroom Scale. It's the perfect way to ruin your trip to Italy, Mexico, Morocco, France, Japan, Spain...really anywhere in the world whose culture and food you've been waiting to experience...

I don't know how much you'd actually use this Working Compass Side Table as a compass...or as a side table, really, given putting stuff on top of it would hide the compass / most interesting part about it, but it's still...

Tekto's F3 Charlie must be a lady knife. With its voluptuous 3.8" Titanium-Coated D2 Steel blade, curvy G10 handle - outfitted in black, gray, green, or damascus - and exposed recessed liners for enhanced grip, all I...

Sustainable designer seating. Recycled luxury. Expensive custom trash. Any will do in describing the Stackabl line of furniture...though creators STACKLAB and Maison Gerard probably won't dig that last one as much as...

This Sardine Can Ring, handmade by Ruben Morales, is up for an Etsy Design Award, and while I would never wear a Sardine Can Ring myself, or give a Sardine Can Ring as a gift to anyone I know...except perhaps my cat...

Welcome to Edition 192 of What Is This Thing?, my recurring visual riddle series consisting of one simple photo - see above - and one simple question: what is this thing?...

Ha! With the Sol Reader no one will ever see how big you have to make the font on your eReader because you refuse to admit you need reading glasses ever again! And not only does this wearable eReader hide your E ink size...

Confession: I do not own a toaster. Nor do I want to own a toaster. On average, I feel the need to toast bread about 3 times a year. Which is crazy, because I love toasted bread. I order it when I go out to breakfast...

Some dog and cat versions of human products have gotten a bit out of control - ahem, leather jackets, sleeping bags, and electric toothbrushes. But Pawnix's Noise-Cancelling Headset for Dogs is actually a terrific idea...

In collaboration with "the cast iron masters over at Butter Pat Industries in Maryland," YETI has released a 12" Cast Iron Skillet. And it costs, well, about as much as a YETI cooler. Or a YETI duffel bag. Or, proportionally...

I guess the Dual Splash Inflatable Racing Water Slide is definitely, and unfortunately, a kiddie water toy for the backyard. At a mere 33.7' long, there's no way you and your friend Cornelius are going to be able to conduct...

With Grill Pinz you can Bacon! Wrap! Everything! Neatly, with ease, and without panic that a piece of precious pork fat will unfurl or fall through your grill grates during flipping or removal...

How do you pronounce "Kerye," the name of this folding hand saw? I sure hope, in a nod to Mister Mister, it's "Keer-ee." As in, Kerye eleison down the road that I must travel / Kerye eleison through the darkness of the...