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• The Best Walk-in Beer Refrigerator You Will See All Day [Beer Cave]

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  If you have plenty of money and not enough refrigerator space for all of your beer, you might want to check out the BrewCave. This refrigerated monstrosity is constructed from metal-skinned panels with 4″ insulation cores and can store up to 30 cases and four kegs of beer. Cooling comes by way of a 3/4hp refrigeration system that is designed to keep the temperature down to a pleasant 32°F. I remember when I got my [...]

   

• This Marshall Amplifier is Actually a Fridge

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  Seen at Musikmesse in Germany, a 4.4 cubic foot Marshall bar fridge. It looks like a Marshall amp head and cabinet and it keeps your beer stash cool. There’s no word on whether or not the knobs on the front do anything, but hopefully one of them is for temperature control. Price: $299 (available from October) [Source]

   

• One-handed Bottle Opener is All Class

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  If you’ve ever found yourself opening a beer and wishing that you had one hand free then this could be the bottle opener for you. Personally, I find it kind of pricey – I have a perfectly good one-handed bottle opener that cost a fifth of what this one does – but it doesn’t look nearly as good. According to the manufacturer, the Kebo is “inspired by the Theodore Low bottle opener from the 1930s” [...]

   

• Computer Keyboard Doormat Lacks Authenticity

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  This keyboard doormat is cool and everything, but did they really need to mess with QWERTY in order to spell out welcome? I do not want my fortress of solitude to be welcoming, I have an imposing front door constructed of wood and metal with big locks to achieve exactly the opposite effect (and video intercom to avoid any unnecessary human contact with people who might be pushing religion or peddling other stuff that I [...]

   

• Open Bottles With the Power of Thor

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  This Hammer of Thor as a bottle opener is, without a doubt, the coolest piece of merchandise that I have seen for a very long time. It is six inches long and crafted out of solid metal, the bottle opener is built into the head of the hammer. Personally, I like my bottle openers to have magnets in their handles so that I can stick them on my fridge, but this will do. Price: $16.99 [...]

   

• Eat a Horse, Can You? This Spaghetti Measurer Has You Covered

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  If you find figuring out how much spaghetti you need to cook for a meal, you might want to take a look at this Icelandic spaghetti measurer. It starts with a kids’ portion and ends with a horse-sized portion. Available in green plastic, white plastic and stainless steel. Price: About $17 [Book of Joe]

   

• Planetary Gears Corkscrew Opens Your Wine With the Power of Physics

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  If you drink wine on a regular basis you will have become aware that a good corkscrew can make a lot of difference. With a bit of practice, a waiter’s style corkscrew is all you really need, but if using hand strength and leverage is not for you then you might want to check out the planetary gears corkscrew – it pulls the cork straight out of the bottle with a very impressive 6:1 gear [...]

   

• Plush Weapons For Those Who Take Their Pillow Fighting Seriously

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  The Bryan Ku Pillow Fight collection includes a number of items that don’t find their way into conventional pillow fights, namely: Light sabers, scimitars, double sided viking axes, nunchucks, ninja stars and grenades. No word on pricing, or if these are even available, or if the evil Emperor Palpatine George Lucas has a problem with the light saber cushions. [Bryan Ku via Technabob]

   

• Garlic Press Gets a Long Overdue Rethink from Dreamfarm

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  If you don’t think you need a garlic press in your kitchen, Dreamfarm’s Garject might make you reconsider. Ah, the humble garlic press: pretentious foodies will tell you that you should be able to cut up a clove of garlic faster, that they are more trouble than they are worth and that you are not worth your weight in salt as a cook if you use one. You know what? They’re wrong – if you [...]

   

• Prepare Your Child for a Lifetime of Nerdiness (and Wedgies) With an Enterprise Spoon

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  Feeding time not nerdy enough for your geek spawn? Then you might want to check out the Star Trek Enterprise Light-Up Feeding System, it is a lot more than a starship grafted onto a spoon with flashing lights, it has on-board motion sensors that ensure that the LEDs only power up when the spoon is in motion. Sadly this is only for kids aged one to three… they totally need a miniature coffee spoon version [...]

   

• This Little Robot Makes Tea

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  There is something to be said for tea infusers. They are better for the planet than tea bags, don’t flavor your tea with filter paper and they can look good – like this cute little robot. The robot’s arms bend to secure it to the rim of the cup. Price: $15 (Sold out… for now)

   

• Portal Warning Sign Coasters

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  You don’t even need to like Portal 2 to appreciate these delightful Portal 2 warning sign coasters. Granted they may be a little confusing to people who haven’t played the game but that doesn’t really matter now, does it? Price: $19.99 for 8