Welcome to Edition 90 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?...

That croissant is lit! Both literally, because it is a Pampshade Bread Lamp filled with LEDs, and figuratively because every Pampshade Croissant is handmade into a lamp from a real, edible croissant. One that, just as...

They could have called the Space Safe the Safe Space, and it would have been more accurate since, aside from the brand's astronaut logo, this high-tech smart safe has nothing to do with outer space. It does, however...

You've got to TRED yourself together / You've got stuck in a mud road / And now you can't get out of it / Don't say your traction will get better / Now you're stuck in the off-road / You need TRED to get out of it...

Joy Complex calls their Hringpoki Guitar Pick a deliberate effort to create "the most unique guitar pick in the world." And also, they admit with unabashed frankness, "the most expensive." Optionally most expensive, I'd...

Even though carrots and peanut butter have always been a pretty good pair, Reese's Peanut Butter Carrots take the combination to a whole new level of greatness. Namely because Reese's Peanut Butter Carrots contain no...

Who's up for a roll in the...moss? A shag on a shag rug woven into a lush forest floor? These Green Forest Moss Rugs from A Saturday Shop come in a handful of different sizes and shapes, all in Mother Nature-approved...

This collection of Frank Lloyd Wright kirigami paper models includes templates for 14 of the architect's masterpieces, ranging from Fallingwater to the National Life Insurance Building. If you try your hand at one, think...

A KardiaMobile Personal EKG Machine might not be the Mother's Day gift Mom was hoping for, but...sorry, Mama, you're over 70 now, so it's the one you're getting. I need to know you're properly monitoring your own health...

A fat wad of dough in your birthday cake might not sound appealing at first. But if we're talking double chocolate fudge filled with nuggets of suspended double chocolate cookie dough, or as we see here, a frosted treat...

I don't know if this coffee table's spiraling, stair-stepped center is an accurate representation of the Fibonacci sequence, or if math was on the brain of the cat who designed this piece of furniture. (At least not in...

Tasty Adulting. No, it has nothing to do with dating apps or hookups, DMs or dick pics. It's a cookbook with recipes tailored to young cooks, maybe a housewarming gift for recent graduates who just moved into the first...

The VisionCheck 2 is the latest in EyeQue's line of equipment for self-administered, smartphone-conducted refractive error tests. In other words, it's a vision check done entirely by me, myself, my phone, and eye...

"Escapist." That's an interesting word choice for your Escapist ABCs Alphabet Flashcards, Knock Knock. Is it perhaps a euphemism? For loaf. Liar. Lush. Lecher. All-around sLeazeball? The 26-strong stack kicks off with...

The people who make these double-sided quarters repeatedly refer to it as "real," and I can't really...oh boy, this line is so applicable!...make heads or tails of what they mean by that. What real quarter has both sides...

Pets are the new kids*, so of course there is FOXBOX Pet Safety Car Seat that uses human infant safety system protocols to boost and protect your dog or cat during car rides. Another of course: the FOXBOX Pet Safety Car...

The GIGA Pump 2.0 portable air pump and vacuum sealer arrives just in time to bid winter GIGA-bye, and tell summer to GIGA-up! At about the size of a doorknob, MicroNovelty's GIGA Pump 2.0 is a rechargeable mighty mite...

Ladies and gentlemen of the Empire, when your swarm of TIE Fighters fails to help you become masters of the galaxy, grab some charcoal and a pair of tongs, and allow them to help you become masters of the Galaxy Grill...

ROAM where you want to...but plan for your return with ample supplies, provisions, and gear stashed back at home base. Home base here being your vehicle, with the ROAM 82L Rugged Case stepping is as your stuff storage...

Is there a bigger buzzkill than thievery at the beach? DOCKsLOCKs is a SUP and surfboard lock system made to be a quick and easy way for surfers and paddle boarders to protect their precious cargo from theft. DOCKsLOCKs...

Welcome to Edition 89 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?...

Thank you, Bird Foot Plant Stand photos, for making my day. If you love herons or cranes, flamingos or storks, ostriches or dudes with chicken legs, a little birdie told me Raines Iron Works has the gift for you. Made...

Chewy hand-tossed dough. Piles of shredded mozzarella, Thick slices of juicy pepperoni. And freshly...minted copper? Hey, who put a coin in my pizza? Or rather, who put a pizza in my coin? Meet the kinda baffling, yet...