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I guess ninja weapons have always been made out of everyday household items, it's just that the definition of an everyday household item isn't quite the same in contemporary America as it was in feudal Japan. So when...

I was as surprised as the people in this video (FF to 0:45) at how well the 4M Rocket lives up to its claims of blasting over 30 feet in the air. I didn't yelp like the lady filming but I did laugh at her and, as a result...

Faster than a speeding bullet! Well...not really. But faster than a speeding steel slug firing out of any other slingshot. The Pocket Shot is a next gen slingshot. At least in terms of its rate of fire and multi-projectile...

It seems Dr. Seuss recognized the quandary of choice long before Malcolm Gladwell and Jonah Lehrer started writing books about it. What Pet Should I Get? isn't just a brand new (i.e., newly published and previously unseen)...

I'm feeling 4th of July withdrawal. No more fireworks to blow up. But I remember potato guns from grade school, and even a giant homemade potato gun my high school physics teacher made that could shoot entire russets...

These days, the word "party" means: booze; red cups; and everyone standing around looking at their phones. But rather than whinig about it, or trying to fight it, QR-Cups has done what any enterprising American company...

Just when I thought the suspense couldn't get any worse...or the wait any longer...than it is just watching the kings, avengers, enterprisers, and power hungry on Game of Thrones the series fight to control Westeros...

What drew me to Charles Platt's Make: Electronics wasn't the title, the cover, or the reviews. It was a page from the book I saw in a Google Images search that shows a dude licking a 9V battery, alongside the suggestion...

Rack of Lamb. Whole Shank Osso Bucco. Crown Pork Roast with Pineapple Bread Stuffing. It's not just beef it's all kinds of MEAT that are what's for dinner in Pat LaFrieda's full-color book of buying, butchering, cooking...

Straw, sticks, and bricks. You'll find them all throughout the pages of Cabin Porn, a forthcoming coffee table book from the folks behind the tumblr of the same name. Cabin Porn began as a photographic blog shared just...

Take a volleyball. Shrink it down and tie a patch of its net to a trampoline frame. No, not a big trampoline that your mama says will crack your skull open if you fall off, one of those little round ones people use to...

Guerilla Furniture Design author Will Holman believes you should never design anything you can't actually make (attn: Triton human gills, Zero Helicopter, 60% of all crowdfunding projects). The problem with that ethos...

What makes Blitzball the ultimate in backyard baseball? I mean, in addition to the allusion to Final Fantasy? Curves and distance, say its creators. Times two. Check out the video and you won't just see Blitzballs fly...

The army men you played with as a kid? It's now even more justifiable to continue dinking around with them as an adult thanks to Silver Army Men, a collection of, yep, your favorite fearless action figures rendered in...

Call it a nightcap. Goodnight Brew: A Parody for Beer People traces the after-hour activities of a bear, a few otters, a wort hog, and a hops wildebeest--you know, a brewery's typical staff--as they demonstrate how to...

While the HC1's base price doesn't make me a Happier Camper, if my mama, or my sugar mama, were to purchase one on my behalf I would very happily camp around our country's best national parks and nude beaches all summer...

Cassandra Reeder isn't just so geeky that she geeks out cooking dishes inspired by Star Wars, Legend of Zelda, and Doctor Who in her free time, she's so geeky that she started a blog about it, and has now released an...

It's not quite a mile high, and the activity doesn't offer quite the same line of pleasure, but adventuresome foodies can still enjoy panoramic views and an orgasmic culinary experience dangling a hundred feet in the...

You've seen Saber Forge's custom made lightsabers around here before. But now the company is taking to Kickstarter to give you the opportunity to do the custom making yourself. Their Adaptive Saber Parts (ASP) are an...

While author William Gurstelle might use the word "castle" figuratively in his how-to book's title, he definitely means us to take the "defending" part at face value. The manual's full title is Defending Your Castle:...

Well, they're not polyhedral so these oversized dice probably won't add much to your roleplaying game night, but when the next big backyard Bunco fest or yooge Yahtzee extravaganza rolls around, the giant rollers will...

Goblin Paintball agrees with Arsenal Firearms: Why get a pistol with one barrel when you can get one with two. In Goblin's case, the double barrel pistol is the Deuce, an air cartridge issue that can launch a terrible...

You could kayak or canoe for exercise. Orrrr you could let the wind do most of the work for you--and save all the cash you were going to drop on a sailboat--with the Serenity Upwind kayak & canoe sail rig. The compact...

Ethan Oakes specializes in woodworking and weapon designs. Here you see both of his specialties in action with the Oakes Design line of war hammers. Some are made of hard woods, such as oak, and deemed battle-ready, while...