Aircraft Cable Key Ring
In the market for a key chain that's different from the rest? Then get one made from aircraft cable. The cable is 4.75 inches long, coated in nylon, and has a patented ball-knob and socket twist lock.
Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker
Happy Turkey Day. I'll be smoking my turkey in a Weber this year, because real men slow cook their entrées in a smoker. And, what's great about this Weber, is that for the times when you just want to slap a steak on the grill, the Smokey Mountain Cooker converts to a charcoal grill.
Breville One-Touch Tea Maker
Not all teas are brewed the same way. Different types of tea (green, black, white, etc.) require different water temperatures and extraction times in order to brew just right. The Breville One-Touch Tea Maker takes all the guess work out of tea brewing. It is fully programmable for all types of tea, water temperatures, and steep times; it has a moving tea…
Personalized, Stainless Steel Collar Stays
A set of 12 stainless steel collar stays (six each of two different sizes: 2 ½” and 2 ¾”), and each collar stay can be individually personalized with a your name, a quote. If you're giving it to a friend, you could write them a 12-line poem.
Burton Star Wars Snowboards
In a galaxy far, far away… Burton made some amazing decks. May the force be with you as you ride the back country, catch big air, and make fun of your friends on their skis as they pretend their ski poles are Light Sabers.
The 2011 Christmas Catalog
The 2011 Tools and Toys gift guide for the holidays has been published. In the Christmas Catalog you'll find 47 gift ideas for those who can be the most difficult shop for: picky gadget geeks, music lovers, coffee nuts, movie buffs, and men. And, as always, only the finest gifts suggested.
Giant Gummy Bear
This gummy bear is bigger than a football. It weighs 5 pounds and comes in cherry, blue raspberry, and green apple flavors. You could fit 1,000 regular gummy bears in just one of these bad boys.
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CaptureNotes 2 is more than just a note-taking app for the iPad. It lets you record audio while you type. While there might be other apps that let you take notes and record, CaptureNotes 2 brings an entirely new feature to the experience: Flags. Flags are intelligent bookmarks, allowing you to place specific marks in time during a recording to follow up…
Samsung 3D Blu-ray Disc Player
No doubt about it, Samsung makes fantastic home electronics. I have a Samsung television and it's fantastic. I would have bought a Samsung Blu-ray player but I couldn't justify spending hundreds of dollars on something I don't use that often. Well, I'm kicking myself now because this top-of-the-line Blu-ray player (which also supports 3D Blu-ray) is on fire sale at Amazon for…
Timbuk2’s Slim Sleeve for Kindle and Kindle Touch
It's no secret that I am a fan of Timbuk2. Well, they just came out with this ultra thin sleeve that is designed specifically for the Kindle and the Kindle Touch. The Slim Sleeve is padded with high-density foam, so it stays ultra thin and light yet provides ultra protection. The inside is lined with a scratch-resistant Tricot lining, and the opening…
Flat Pack
The $250 bag that justifies your $999 MacBook Air purchase.
Teastick Infuser for Loose Leaf Tea
After I posted the Tèo I received many emails about the no-nos of using teas that come in tea bags. One fine reader pointed out this Teastick Infuser that is great for brewing single cups of loose leaf tea with easy cleanup. The Teastick is made out of stainless steel and is designed so you can scoop the loose leaf tea, slide…
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Who says the iPad is only for consumption? Textastic brings the power of a desktop text, code, and markup editor to the iPad. Textastic supports syntax highlighting of more than 80 languages, and if that's not enough, you can extend it with TextMate-compatible syntax definitions and themes. The visual find and replace feature and the list of function and class names let…
Captain America: The First Avenger
Marvel's comic book movies have been hit and miss. Some are stellar, some are duds. But I'm not going to lie to you — I thought Captain America was a lot of fun. It was comic book-like, clean, and full of adventure. (Also available on iTunes.)
Noble Tonic 02
We only ever buy pure maple syrup, but the Noble Tonic number 02 from the Old Faithful Shop makes the pure maple syrup we buy sound significantly more simple. Noble Tonic 02 starts with maple syrup from the Quebec orchards and adds Tahitian Vanilla Bean and Egyptian Chamomile Blossom to give it a floral and fruity aroma with buttery apple-like flavor. Sounds…
Work Lamp From the Old Faithful Shop
The lamp and the computer monitor are two of the most important pieces on my desk. I like lamps that can be adjusted and which have a lot of personality. This work lamp from the Old Faithful Shop has both. It's rustic, vintage, and industrial — all words which can do wonders to inspire creative work and productivity.
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Koombea is a full service design and development shop that specializes in making web and mobile apps. For the past 4 years, we've been using agile methodologies to build lean startups. Recently, we've taken our same process to public companies to keep them fast and efficient. We're on the hunt for great new clients looking to build amazing products. Over the past…
Kindle Fire
By now, no doubt you know about the Kindle Fire. It was announced by Amazon at the end of September along with two new e-ink models: the keyboard-free Kindle with a d-pad controller, and the Kindle touch. The Kindle Fire is a mystery. It could be amazing and it could be a flop. However, I'm leaning towards the former. At only $199…
Doane Paper’s Leather Utility Notebook Cover
This leather utility notebook cover from Doane Paper is both fantastic and extravagant. In some ways you've got to ask yourself if you really need a $70 leather cover for your $3 utility notebook. But on the other hand you've got to ask yourself why not? If you burn through utility notebooks like it's your job, perhaps you need or want something…
The Big Red Fez: How To Make Any Web Site Better
The Big Red Fez by Seth Godin is the first book I ever read on website design. Yet it is so much more than just about pushing pixels and hypertext. This book is a very fast and fun read. Each spread offers a screenshot of a web page on one side, and an explanation of what is right or wrong about it…