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beanzawave usb portable microwave heatz your beanz and drinkz

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Created by “microwave expert” Gordon Andrews and designer Stephen Frazer in partnership with Heinz, the Beanzawave is the world’s smallest portable microwave. It’s powered via USB and uses “a combination of mobile phone frequencies” to heat whatever you put in there. Uhuh. I see. *chucks phone out the window*

Heinz, maker of Snap Pots, commissioned…

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July 1st, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: design gadgets mobile tech technology

gridus spreadsheet barbecue grid is cruel and unrelenting

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The specialty of Art Lebedev’s design studio is in stylizing the mundane. But their idea for a grill is just plain cruel. Called Gridus, the barbecue grid copies the look of a spreadsheet, ensuring that the user’s mind will be thoroughly driven insane as the concepts of “vacation”, “relaxation” & “cookouts are fun” are shattered.…

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April 19th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun

technabob quickpix: when a picture is worth 1000 words

pac-man oven mitt for grabbing your hot wok-a-wok-a-wok-a

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I give you the greatest kitchen accessory of 2009 – the Pac-Man Hothead oven mitt. New from Worldwide Fred.

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February 7th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: home entertainment just plain fun quickpix retro strange + wonderful video games

chop! slice! separate yolk!: cooking mama apron

cooking mama apron

Heads up cooking game fans who also like to cook in real life! This is the apron for you.

Crafterbation, whose name is as awesome as her crafterbating skills, turned an ordinary apron into something most legendary by adorning it with the…uhm…”FAILED!” graphic of Cooking Mama. Hmm. I’m on to something here. Anyway.  Here’s the…

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January 25th, 2009 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun video games