OmniShelf Computer Workstation

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Work from home or, maybe even better, get an OmniShelf computer workstation, portable desk, tool shelf, and briefcase, and use its burly suction cups and magnets to work from the side of truck, outside your friend Cornelius'...

Hnefatafl Viking Chess Set

$44.93 Amazon »

Vikings, Valhalla hopefuls, Beth Harmon of The Queen's Gambit, Hnefatafl has one question for you: are you ready to fight for your king?...

Hariana Tech Smart Ultimate Bed

I might also call the Hariana Tech Smart Ultimate Bed a bed-shaped living room. A living bed. A New York studio apartment. Like the HiCan, Hariana Tech Smart Ultimate Bed is the kind of connected piece of futuristic furniture...

Hasbro Foosketball

Foosketball is the tabletop game hybrid I never knew I always needed. Foosball meets basketball, baby. It's right up there with the Pizza Hut Foosball Pizza Box, but maybe a little under it because the latter incorporates...

LED Ice Bucket

$29.90 Amazon »

Now that we're a week into Dry January, and everyone's like, F it! may I present to you an LED ice bucket for turning the chilling of your brews and champers, and the breaking of your New Year's resolutions, into a real...

Am I Overthinking This?

$9.10 Amazon »

If you have to ask, "Am I overthinking this?" the answer is probably yes, but in lieu of people who chastise or roll their eyes at you for it, now you can get a book called Am I Overthinking This? and explore over-answers...

Duckballs - Duck-Shaped Snowball Maker

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Who's ready for some flying duckballs to the face? I know it sounds gross, but think of it as...as...a delicacy. Yeah, that's it, a delicacy of snowball fights...

Volcano Ashtray

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If 2021 is gonna erupt, I hope it's in a good way, such as with this Volcano Ashtray and a big fat doobie sending smoke out its crater. Available in 2 different designs, neither of which appear to be modeled after any...

14' David Hasselhoff Replica

$100k - $1.5 million Live Auctioneers »

At printing, this 14' David Hasselhoff replica, a prop used in The SpongeBob Movie, had a single bid for $100,000, but auction house Live Auctioneers estimates its value at between $750,000 and $1,500,000. I know. "What...

Shark Bike Helmet for Kids

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Land Shark! ... On a tricycle! But still no less dangerous, especially if that finned, toothy helmet covering the head of a child shrieking with glee is coming full speed ahead towards Daddy's crotch...

EM3-STELLAR 4K Mixed Reality Glasses

$529 - $599 Kickstarter »

EM3 doesn't just think their crowdfunding 4K mixed reality glasses are good. Or great. Or even stellar. Low profile, lightweight, and fully immersive for multimedia use, EM3 is going so far as to call these MR glasses...

Men to Avoid in Art and Life

$8.97 Amazon »

Men to Avoid in Art and Life. Welp. At least I'm not featured in any of the art included in Nicole Tersigni's satire on mansplaining. The real-life modern captions she pairs with the classical fine art in her full-color...

BRAMI High-Protein, Low-Carb Pickled Lupini Beans

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Bean, beans, the magical fruit, they're now keto-friendly, but they'll still make you toot. BRAMI calls their Lupini Beans the "Italian snacking bean," touting the slippery pickled legumes' 0 net carbs and 9 grams of...

OPOLAR 2-in-1 Cordless Air Duster & Vacuum

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If you're ready to suck it up and blow it out, the OPOLAR 2-in-1 Cordless Air Duster and Vacuum is ready to be your right-hand sucker and blower. This 2-in-1 OPOLAR model is fitted with the company's hurricane motor...

BoSidin Permanent Hair Removal Device

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The BoSidin permanent hair removal device says, "Don't forget about your medical-grade at-home options for unruly body hair!" 2020 saw many of us either attempting to administer self-haircuts, or saying F it and letting...

StoryTime Triple Rocking Chair

$7,500 Hal Taylor »

Dude. This StoryTime Rocking Chair for 4 (1 and 3 halves?) is so adorable it makes me want to have kids of my own to rock and read to like a wise father with exceptional taste in functional furniture...

Headache & Migraine Relief Cap

$21.99 Amazon »

Headache? Migraine? Just want to bury your head in the freezer or a bucket of ice? How about a striking purple hat filled with cooling, soothing, pain-easing Magic Gel instead?...

Small Business Shoutout: Alchemy 365 Fitness Platform

$19.99 Alchemy 365 »

HIIT the yoga mat. A fitness streaming service with in-person studios in Minneapolis, MN and Denver, CO, Alchemy 365 classes combine intervals of strength building moves with bursts of cardio, and bookend them with a...

E78: What Is This Thing?

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Welcome to Edition 78 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?...

Push & Tear Easy-Tear Paper Towel Holder

$71.40 Amazon »

As much as I like getting fried chicken grease and BBQ rib sauce all over the whole roll of paper towels as a souvenir for days to come of the great meal I had, my wife, She-Ra: Princess of Power, isn't such a fan. So...

ChopFit Chopper Functional Trainer

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Will you get a load of the legs on ChopFit's Chopper demo dude? Holy functional training axe, Batman, forget ripped, chiseled, and cut! If using the Chopper means I have any hope of building a fortress of muscle like...

Oh thank the Baby Jesus we've finally gotten to Dude's must see products for December 2020. The last month of 2020 we'll ever have to revisit. At least around here. At least I hope...

Trova Go Discreet Biometric Smart Safe

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"Discreet" is the word with the Trova Go biometric smart safe. And an interesting choice of words too, given Trova touts their personal storage device as the perfect connected way to lock away your keys, jewelry, small...

NextMind - Control Technology with Your Brainwaves

$399 NextMind »

NextMind is a brain-sensing wearable that, no joke, allows you to control digital technology with your own brainwaves. A little mental focus equals decapitating the zombie with your chainsaw or swiping the loot from the...