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bloody brain shooter: perfect for halloween parties, if you can get your guests to drink it

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We already showed you how to make zombie cupcakes (actually I just gave you a link to the actual instructions, but you know what I mean). Now here’s the perfect partner to that brainy pastry – the Bloody Brain Shooter.

The brain-like goo in this case is just Bailey’s Irish cream. It ends up like…

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October 28th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun strange + wonderful

bottle tops: dunce caps for canned drinks

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When I first saw this I thought it was one of those so-simple-it’s-brilliant kind of things,  but then I remembered how dirty the tops of canned drinks usually are. No rat piss on my Coke please, thank you. Not that rats piss on Coke cans here. They don’t, honest. I think.

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October 12th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: gadgets strange + wonderful

blood energy potion: true blood comes true [vampires]

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You know how all the vampires on True Blood drink bottles of artificial blood so they don’t have to get their nutrients from sucking on humans? Now you can enjoy the same trendy-vampire pleasure by guzzling down a bag of deliciously drinkable BLOOD.

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September 27th, 2009 comments (10) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: just plain fun

r2-d2 coffee mug flips its lid for a cuppa java

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I have no idea why it’s taken over 30 years for someone to come up with an R2-D2 coffee cup, but it looks like the Star Wars licensing crew has finally given in to their caffeine cravings and authorized one.

And a damned fine R2-D2 coffee cup it is, complete with a removable dome that’ll keep…

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September 2nd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun retro

rotgutonix booze detector: good whiskey or bad moonshine?

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Next time somebody serves you a glass of mystery booze at a cocktail party, whip out the Rotgutonix pen, and find out what you’re really drinking.

Just dip the Rotgutonix pen into a glass of alcohol (no mixers, please), and let it soak for 20 seconds. The pen’s liquid-crystal display will tell you if you’re…

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August 13th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets strange + wonderful technology

celebrate the infamous rrod with beaded coasters

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Though I’m not at all certain that a Red Ring of Death is something to celebrate, per se (they’re usually occasions of anger and misery in my neighborhood), I suppose it’s nice to take something awful and turn it into something cool. Or rather, something that helps keep condensation off your nice table.

And look!…

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June 22nd, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

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

rss coasters say drink me, not feed me

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As I spend much of my time trolling through a million-an-one RSS feeds for news stories, I find these clever feed icon coasters kind of amusing…

Created by the designers over at Meninos, the set includes the familiar icons for various web syndication formats like RSS & XML. Each set includes a whopping 16 coasters,…

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May 22nd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design just plain fun

pac-man ghost coasters: blinky, meet drinky.

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These Pac-Man ghost coasters bring back 80s arcade memories every time you raise a glass.

ArcadeArt handcrafts these whimsical ghost coasters (aka ‘Ghosters’) that display Blinky the red ghost on one side, and then flip to reveal a post-power-pill blue ghost on the flip-side.

According to the artist, they’re made from “graffiti, wood, paint and…

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May 16th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft retro video games

cool & calculated: pi symbol ice cube tray

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What up nerd. What? You have more than 5 friends now?! Finally! Why don’t you celebrate this momentous occasion? Throw a party and get smashed! You should still keep it real though, so your friends will love you for who you are. And nothing says “I AM A N3RD” like being nerdy about the littlest…

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March 11th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: just plain fun

plug mug renders your mug useless – take that you coffee cup thieves!

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How many times have you walked into the employee break room to grab a cup of Joe, only to find that some ass-hat has “borrowed” your coffee cup out of the cabinet? Well now, you can finally do something to make sure that your mug is safe from pilfering by co-workers once and for all.…

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March 9th, 2009 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets just plain fun

1up mushroom glass perfect for a pick me up

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Do you still have a couple of cases of Super Mario Power-up! Energy Drink hiding in the back of your pantry? Here’s the perfect way to chug down the next glass of that sticky sweet gunk.

I found this hand-etched Mario 1UP Mushroom glass tumbler ($15 USD) over on Placidrain’s Etsy shop this morning. While…

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February 1st, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft retro video games

r2d2 sippy water bottle carries r2d2h20 (or booze)

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Next time you happen to crash land on the sandy surface of  Tatooine with nothing but you, your shiny metal sidekick and a bunch of Jawas to carry your rusty carcass around, why not first quench your desert thirst with one of these?

I’ve never seen these R2D2 water bottles before today, but I want…

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January 23rd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: just plain fun retro

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