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05.14.08 by Widge @ 9:02 pm  Okay, so ThinkGeek is selling the officially licensed Indiana Jones hat. Why is this hat different from other hats that might look and feel a lot like it? ThinkGeek sez: There are other licensed hats out there, but they are only wool felt. This one is 100% fur felt - just like the real 'hero' hat - because you deserve to be the hero.
Of course, as everybody knows, we don't need another hero. But you could use another wicked hat. To buy yours, go here. After all, you can thumb your nose at all those wool felt hatters on opening night of Crystal Skull. In fact, feel free to call them that. I'd like "wool felt hatters" to enter the vocabulary as a derogatory term. Categorized as: Gear
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04.26.08 by ScottC @ 9:52 pm  You have to attend the Industrial Radical Party fund raiser tonight but you'd been in the workshop all day. You reek of hydraulic fluid and solder from constructing the riot automata in time for the Royal Ascot horse race. All those toffs in one place are begging for a bit of the old ultraviolence. And that is nothing to compare to Victor's odor with his experiments with electrical fluid and… body parts. What is a young steampunk to do to cover those malodorous vapors? The Phoenix Steamworks is the answer. The newest division of the venerable Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, their perfumers create fragrances that evoke an Age of Steam where analytical engines hum in calculation, metal automata mimic God's creations, and mad scientists run headlong to new and dangerous knowledge. Whether you want the opaque haziness of Ether or the dark heaviness of Smokestack, you are sure to get appreciative smiles when you reach for that glass of absinthe. Categorized as: Gear
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04.08.08 by Widge @ 3:15 am  Have we ever talked about something that qualifies as morbid whimsy that's a lamp? I don't remember. But this certainly fits: an anthropomorphized lightbulb on the gallows. If you own one of these, do you get to say "Dead bulb walking" on your way to change out the light? Categorized as: Gear
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03.16.08 by ScottC @ 12:10 pm  Found this little gem on Grinding.be, The MIHARU Intraoral Camera. Now you can examine your teeth for pesky plague in the comfort of your own home. You can also check out all those hard to see places for a mere $159. I thought I'd share some thoughts. First: what kind of obsessive compulsive sufferer needs this? Who really needs to see how much tartar buildup they have? If you practise regular brushing and have regular dentist appointments and you still need to spend $159 on this, you might need to see a different kind of doctor. Second: you have to hook this gadget into your TV. So you can share the interior of your mouth or any other orifice with the whole family. The ad doesn't say if it's HD-compliant, but does the average layperson need that much detail? Third: we're going to see porn shot from the 'penis' point of view any day now. If it's not out there already. Categorized as: Gear
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03.10.08 by Widge @ 8:53 pm  Sometimes Fred & Friends gets my hopes up that a product is real, when it's not. And from what I can tell, this isn't. But it should be. It really, really should be. Mostly because when I try to draw the lines on my hand, I can't ever get them that straight. Categorized as: Gear
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