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From Fashionably Geek: Just look at this Ralph McQuarrie Darth Vader concept helmet. So awesome it takes your breath away right? Now, how about that $900 price tag? I’ll let you catch your breath for a second—when you’re ready, there’s more after the break.
Strap yourself in and feel the G’s that come from playing video games, eating and channel surfing in Alexander Christoff’s Formula One chair. The seat is made from molded fiberglass and features chrome legs and an upholstered adjustable headrest to create the ultimate F1/seat hybrid. However, at this point the chair is only a concept, so for the time being you’ll have to put your dreams of racing the Grand Prix to obesity on hold.
If you’re going to binge on whiskey, why not put the source of your drinking on the shot glass itself? All those hours spent playing ancient Atari games without a shred of progress kicking Asteroid ass could drive anyone to drink. If you prefer to drown your gaming sorrows in some other type of liquid, you can always use these.
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Pour yourself a pint in one of four classic Atari game glasses: Asteroids, Missile Command, Centipede and Battle Zone. As you slip further into a depressed drunkenness, you can recall the carefree days of your youth spent playing Atari games in your parent’s living room.
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One of the world’s leading purveyors of curios and miscellania, Fred and Friends, has unveiled their Spring 2010 catalog. In case you missed our posts over the holiday weekend, here is a list of the best new stuff.
Airplane Food Placemat: Placemats that can be folded into several different paper airplane designs.
360 Degree Pen: Turns your finger into a hula hoop star.
Cakewich: It’s a cake annnd a sandwich.
Cold Blooded: Vampire fang ice molds.
Polluted Glasses: For truly toxic drinks.
Here are the top ten Nerd Approved Gadgets for the week of December 28th 2009- January 3rd, 2010:
The Stupidest Products of 2009: Part I
The Stupidest Products Of 2009: Part II
Airplane Food: Don’t play with your food…Play with your placemat.
Polluted Glasses: Serve up your best poison.
On The Fritz Clock: This clock is on the fritz.
That nasty crap that you drink to intoxicate yourself will be perfectly served up in this Polluted Glass. You can feel like an experimenting scientist when you down one radioactive drink after another while others fear even getting near it. Each box contains two glasses so you can share your drinking secrets with a deserving buddy.
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Did you see the movie Angels & Demons? If so, you probably know something about ambigrams (and crappy storylines). Basically, ambigrams are words that can be read as one or more words from a number of different angles. In this case, the shot glass reads “drink” when upright, and “drunk” when turned over. Too bad this didn’t turn over and say “projectile vomiting” last night. Am I right?
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This two-tired glass is marked “half empty” and “half full” a the top. Guess which side you need to drink your tiny cup-full of beer? Think of it as an optimist training device.
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No need to worry about whether that New Years Eve party you are attending is going to have liquor on hand. Fill this flask up with your favorite liquor, give the bottle a squeeze and take the shot from the cap/shot glass. Use the leash to keep it close to you and away from all those other thirsty lushes.
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