Technabob » booze http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Geek Stuff Sun, 27 May 2012 17:30:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The Baggy Winecoat is a Pleather Purse to Carry All Your Booze http://technabob.com/blog/2011/10/16/baggy-winecoat-booze-purse/ http://technabob.com/blog/2011/10/16/baggy-winecoat-booze-purse/#comments Sun, 16 Oct 2011 11:30:55 +0000 Hazel Chua http://technabob.com/blog/?p=70420 Some bags allow you to strum a few tunes, while others let you strap on your gadgets so you can charge them up as you go. And then there are bags that let you indulge in your habit (which is hopefully not an addiction).

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The Baggy Winecoat, as this bag is called, isn’t just for wine. Fill her up with beer, soda, juice, ginger ale, and any other drink you want to take with you on the go. It’s fashioned from polyester or leatherette, and comes in five colors for you to choose from: black, red, white, lilac, and black leatherette.

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The Baggy Winecoat was actually designed by Jakob Wagner and can hold up to 3 liters of your poison of choice. The bottom is made from solid rubber construction, and it has a built-in spigot so you can dispense your drinks anytime and anywhere you want to. You can find the Baggy Winecoat over at Scandanavian Design Center for about $53 (USD).

[via Reddit via Oh Gizmo!]

]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2011/10/16/baggy-winecoat-booze-purse/feed/ 0 Hey You’Ve Got Your Arcade in My Table http://technabob.com/blog/2008/12/06/hey-youve-got-your-arcade-in-my-table/ http://technabob.com/blog/2008/12/06/hey-youve-got-your-arcade-in-my-table/#comments Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:14:02 +0000 Lambert Varias http://technabob.com/blog/?p=5885 Elevator Action, Lode Runner and Star Force…. Years later we would discover booze, another crucial element in our pursuit of happiness/self-destruction. I’m sure you’ve spent many wasted nights wondering how you can combine the two. Well your wondering]]> When we were kids we discovered the joys of arcade classics like Elevator Action, Lode Runner and Star Force. Years later we would discover booze, another crucial element in our pursuit of happiness/self-destruction. I’m sure you’ve spent many wasted nights wondering how you can combine the two. Well your wondering is officially over, because the Arcade Mania is here.

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The Arcade Mania is a glass-top table with a built-in 150-in-1 arcade machine. Okay so the booze isn’t built-in,and technically the Arcade Mania is a coffee table, but come on man. Twinbee and tequila. Beer and B-wings. Goonies and gin. Hell, Goonies is good with anything. And yes, it supports 2 player drunken gaming. If you’re mind isn’t blown by now then you suck. I hate you. You and your healthy lifestyle.

For those whose minds are blown, the Arcade Mania can be yours for £1,660 (approx. $2,440). There’s also a stand-up version for people who like standing up more than sitting and enjoying life.

]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2008/12/06/hey-youve-got-your-arcade-in-my-table/feed/ 0 Iomega Hip Flask Storage: Don’T Drink and Hard Drive http://technabob.com/blog/2008/07/26/hip-flask-storage-dont-drink-and-hard-drive/ http://technabob.com/blog/2008/07/26/hip-flask-storage-dont-drink-and-hard-drive/#comments Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:56:18 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/?p=3123 Hmmm. Would you rather be caught drinking on the job, or sneaking sensitive company data out of the office? Now you don’t have to choose, thanks to this new portable hard drive that looks just like a hip flask.

iomega flask drive iomega’s eGo Leather Hard Drive may not actually carry your booze, but it will hold up to 250GB of your favorite files, so you can sneak them around any place you can carry an open container. The drive is a dead ringer for an actual hip flask, complete with curvy metal ends and a rich leather wrapper. And just in case you really do go out on a bender and drop the thing on the ground, it’s got built-in Drop Guard protection to keep your data safe.

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I say, why not keep one of these in your inside left pocket, and a real flask in your inside right? Of course, just don’t make the mistake of opening your real flask and pouring your 30-year old Glenfiddich onto your keyboard. Now that would be a true crime.

It’s available now over on ThinkGeek for $149.99.

]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2008/07/26/hip-flask-storage-dont-drink-and-hard-drive/feed/ 3 Auto Sensing Coasters Keep the Drinks Coming http://technabob.com/blog/2007/12/07/auto-sensing-coasters-keep-the-drinks-coming/ http://technabob.com/blog/2007/12/07/auto-sensing-coasters-keep-the-drinks-coming/#comments Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:42:39 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2007/12/07/auto-sensing-coasters-keep-the-drinks-coming/ Here’s an ingenius little invention for all you boozehounds out there. Imagine if you will, sitting at your neighborhood watering hole, when the bartender sees a little flashing light out of the corner of his eye and just knows it’s time to refill your cocktail.

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That’s just what these coasters do. Simply set one under your glass, and when your drink is nearly empty, it’ll get to blinking, alerting the bartender that it’s time for another shot.

The geeks over at Sentilla created these LED loaded electronic coasters that can automatically judge when there’s a drink on top of them, or if your glass is nearly out. Each one features an embedded mini-computer, running a custom Java application which handles all the smarts.

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According to the guys who built them, the coasters can even communicate wirelessly with one another, so they even could be used for interactive tabletop games.

About the only thing they won’t do is tell you whether your glass is half empty or half full. You’ll have to figure that out for yourself.

[via Switched via DVICE]

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