Welcome to Edition 109 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?...

This $2 bill is worth its weight in gold! ... Which is still about $2. At least in terms of its legal tender value, despite being layered in 22K gold. Of course, you'll pay many times that for a chance to own the 22K...

The AnnoyingPCB is a prank for the ages. That is, the age of going back to the office, and the age of WFH, since this endless beep machine hides easily in any room - or car interior - and will drive anyone from co-workers...

Become a US Marine Corps hacker, and proudly slash your way through the blackberry bushes in your backyard, with this officially licenced USMC Desert OPS Sawback Machete. Features include a 17-3/10" stainless steel swingin'...

I wouldn't normally write about some new Samsung Galaxy something, but dudes. The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 5G is some new Samsung Galaxy flip phone. A type of phone so close to my heart I only parted with mine and got a...

Which would you rather add to your survival kit: paracord, which has myriad uses; or a knuckle duster, which really has only one? Aw, dude, don't ask me that I can't decide! The paracord, the knuckle duster, I just...it's...it's...

The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity? Come on, Carlo Cipolla, don't be giving ambitious idiots any more ideas! How about a book called The Basic Laws of Human Intelligence & Rationality instead?...

Scottish Beithir Fire is 75% ABV, or 150-proof beer. Nope, not joking. Yep, pretty sure that makes it the World's Strongest Beer, a title Scotland's 88 Brewery has now usurped from Scotland's Brewmeister, and their 67.5%...

Get your king-me lolz and show off your Queen's Gambit skillz with Rolz, a chess and checkers set with a fine-looking notched wood board that rolls up for both play and display anywhere.coffee table or bookshelf at home...

They say this All-Terrain RC Batmobile is a 1:15 scale model, and after reading that all I would like to know is: where the big-budget blockbuster is the 1:1 scale real-life All-Terrain Batmobile? I don't recall Keaton...

I don't know if using the EZ Leaf Hauler is as easy as shortening the word "easy" to "EZ" in the lawn and garden tool's name was, but with stakes to hold it in place, and 6 built-in handles for carrying and maneuvering...

No more Mr. Nice Toucan Sam! A little birdie told me these little birdies will cut ya! Sold as a set of 4, the Bird Folding Knives transform from docile, adorable parrots to toucans with bladed beaks ready to cut off...

Who wants to play Hide & Seat? Three Friend Carpenter's wall-mounted folding chair is a gift to space-conscious apartment-dwellers and homeowners, and furniture design geeks alike. Make minimalists giddy, and people who...

The Aerobie Sonic Fin Football sees the Wingball's 88MPH throwing speeds, and offers up its own feat of foam football strength: a pro-level throwing distance of up to 100 yards. You know, like, Russell Wilson-style...

Moose and turkeys and bears, oh...yum. And you don't even have to eat them to think so, my plant-based dudes. Lodge's Wildlife Series of cast iron skillets honor some of "America's most distinctive animals" not by cooking...

Kettlecross, I appreciate your kettlebell hybrid design - the idea, the thought that's gone into it, the elimination of wrist and forearm stress during use. But I just can't pass up this opportunity to say: Yo, dudes!...

Festo says its BionicOpter was inspired by dragonfly flight, and can perform great feats of flight and function. I'm not going to argue with that, but I would like to point out 2 things: 1) This supposed highly advanced...

Check out these Sling Chairs from Studio Stirling. I might even call them Swingin' Sling Chairs to better communicate the touch of whimsy their luxe modern aesthetic will also bring to your home's interior (or exterior)...

Ah, the Chip on Your Shoulder Costume. Halloween garb that's as tasty as it is punny, and made especially for those like myself who aren't into the whole dress-up thing, and don't put much thought into what we're going...

Welcome to Edition 108 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?...

A great way to get the kids to turn off the lights and go to bed is to give them a duvet cover and pillowcases printed with a word search. Oh, there's a washable marker included with the Word Search Bedding too, so they...

The Maiullari Cooking Box: A Kitchen Solution for...Nomads? The Giovanni Pesce design is clever, I guess, but it seems like even the smallest and most efficient of apartments and homes are equipped with a kitchen. And...

The Doorknob you see here may not lead you to Lewis Carroll's Wonderland, but Prop Sculptor's Alice in Wonderland replica is fully functional, so it could lead you to, like, your bedroom or your backyard, and if you're...