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Natural disaster survival gear, bug out bags, and prepper kits got overshadowed by Kim Jong Un nuclear preparedness packages for a few months there. At least for me. But now I'm back to hedging my bets on facing an earthquake...

Sure, King Corn will skewer and secure your buttery, juice-spurting corn on the cob so you don't get your hands dirty. But the porcelain gorilla might also bite your face off when you lean in to take a bite. I think I'll...

RolliCool's COOL 208 portable air conditioner teams up with Amazon's Alexa to help those of us getting all hot 'n' bothered this summer chill the F out. At least from a degrees of heat perspective. For the stuff that...

CRKT keeps your folding knives acting sharp and your keychain looking sharp with their new Knife Maintenance Tool. The EDC tool for your EDC tools contains both a tungsten carbide field sharpener and ceramic honing edge...

I'm writing about these Palm Leaf compostable disposable plates and bowls from personal experience with them. The personal, awesome experience of being able throw a pile of the biodegradable fallen Indian Areca palm leaf...

The Glass Tank looks less like a wine tank than it does a wine bladder. A wine bladder that, sticking straight up, is as happy to see you as you are to see it at 5:00 on a Friday...

Evapolar's evaLIGHT personal air conditioner and I wish you a Happy First Day of Summer, and welcome you to Air Conditioning season. While my favorite 3 months of the year, summer does have its drawbacks: sweaty brows;...

If you're shopping for a gift for a teen, this clear shower curtain / shower curtain liner with touchscreen-interactive phone and tablet pockets should put a smile on their face. And light up their YouTube- and Netflix-viewing...

King of the Jungle, at your illumination service. The Lion X Light in his formidable Mufasa pose will awe all who see him guarding your living room or, better, your cubicle at the office. Whatever, HR, all these other...

Oh, Ferdinand, what have you gotten yourself into into yourself this time? The Charging Bull Liquor Decanter enters my radar less than a month away from the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, which most of us know for its...

Just when you think it's Mother F**king Pencil Time, Pencil Dice step in and say, "No. It's mother f**king dice time." Six sides on a die, six sides on the hexagonal prisms o' wood. It's a match made in Yahtzee and Bunco...

I wonder whether a bathmat with built-in slippers or walking on a wet bathroom floor gives you higher odds of biting it after you step out of the shower or bathtub. I'll take my chances with Paolo Ulian's Mat Walk. It...

While I think "Levoop" is a pretty dumb name for an adjustable measuring scoop with a built-in ingredient-leveling tool, I'd still be happy to own and use a Levoop to portion out my protein powder. My wife could use it...

Like your drill enough to use it to power scrub your toilet and shower tile? The Drill Brush cleaning kit includes a trio of brushes you might recognize from under the sink and next to the john, but instead of plastic...

Need a superhero in your life? The Heroshelf can't swoop in to save you from a burning building, or even help you move the old couch down to the basement. But it can guard your keys, phone, and wallet, saving you from...

This digital shower thermometer attaches to most standard 1/2" hoses to give all the Mama, Papa, and Baby Bears out there the perfect temperature setting for the most perfect part of their day. It's pretty cheap too...

The Craighill Desk Knife would sure be a fancy partner for the chewed up Bic on my desktop. Inspired by the Japanese kiridashi knife, this multi-use cutting tool should look mighty nice living on your desk display, and...

Phrenology, the study of the shape of the human cranium and localized mental faculties, is generally considered a 19th-century quack science. But I mean, if we can bring the argument that Earth is flat back into 21st-century...

When a Cuckoo Block bird pops out on the hour, instead of tweeting his stale old tune, he belts out some J-Lo:...

The Atlas of the Etched Globe Liquor Decanter has it even worse than the Atlas of Greek mythology. The latter may have been cursed with the task of holding up the skies for eternity, but this one has to carry the weight...

Pours is so sure it's the most excellent wine and spirits decanter you'll ever use that it doesn't even wait until after it pours your glass of Bordeaux or whiskey to take a bow. It just incorporates the gesture into...

Mixed media artist and "gun dog mom" Rachel Lambert pours a love of hunting and fishing into her gunpowder art series. The pieces largely feature natural subjects, such as fish and game, but Lambert also forms etchings...

A sous vide machine is one of my best gift picks for anyone you know who likes to cook, and especially for anyone you know who likes to cook for you...

if Industries isn't just clever enough to design and 3D print a Wolverine-themed steak knife holder, they're responsible enough to point out that actually buying and using a Wolverine-themed steak knife holder is kind...