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  Hot Sauce Cookbook: How To Make Your Own Fiery Condiment

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  You love hot sauce.  And when someone has grown to love hot sauce as much as you do, it’s inevitable: you’ll eventually want to make your own because all the crappy spicy dressings in the stores just don’t tingle your taste buds the way you like.  The Hot Sauce Cookbook is exactly what you need to get started on the path. Written by Robb Walsh, it’s billed as a “definitive guide to the world’s most beloved condiment.”  Filled with recipes [...]

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  The Windcatcher Will Change How Inflatable Stuff Works

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  Inflatable stuff, from giant couches to blow-up waterparks, are awesome.  And if they can have the same superpowers as the Windcatcher Air Pad, they will likely be even more awesome. Created by Portland-based Ryan Frayne, it’s an inflatable mattress that’s designed for blowing up by simply puffing into it.  Yep, no pumps necessary.  You don’t have to blow into it till you’re red in the face and your jaws hurt, either — just three puffs of air and the thing [...]

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  Porsche Tabletop Clock

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  You love cars so much, you count cars passing by in your head to get sleepy.  And when you sleep, you dream of nothing but cars, too, like Lamborghinis drowning in the bathtub, Ferraris running naked in public, and Porsches flying over mountainous landscapes.  If this describes your nightly experiences, then we can’t imagine a more appropriate bedside companion than this Porsche Tabletop Clock. Clad in the likeness of a speedometer straight out of a Porsche 911, both the case [...]

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  Cooltower Candle Melts Down Like A Nuclear Plant In 18 Hours

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    That miniature nuclear plant you have set up in the hobby room sure looks fun.  Know what would make it more fun, though?  Enacting a live nuclear meltdown on the scene.  While a couple of firecrackers will probably help on that end, we’re thinking this Cooltower Candle will make a fine addition to your catastrophic nuclear collapse. Created by Maykel Roovers (the same dude who built those awesome miniature nuclear plant building blocks), it’s a candle cast in the [...]

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  Portland Press Turns The Mason Jar Into A Coffee Maker

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  You already drink your morning coffee off a Mason jar for whatever reason, might as well make your coffee on it, too.  That’s right, you can turn the iconic molded glass jar into your new favorite coffee maker with the Portland Press. No, we’re not talking about settling for instant coffee to satiate your caffeine fix.   Designed by Bucket, this is a functional albeit small French press designed to be used with the humble Mason jar, effectively turning it into [...]

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  Riviera Valet Tray Brings Retro Beach Resort Feel To Your Digs

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  Sometimes, it’s the small touches that make the decor.  If you’re trying to give your room the retro island resort feel, this Riviera Valet Tray should replace that Stretchy Bowl for holding all the stuff you dump out of your pockets as soon as you get in the door. Made by May Furniture Co. as part of their Spartan colletion, it’s a butler tray inspired by the ones parked right by the front door of your room at the hotel [...]

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  Cinematographics Murals Bring Movie Graphics To Your Walls

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  Unless you’re a teenager or a movie buff, movie-themed decals just seem a little too unsophisticated for adorning your home’s walls.  Still, I can’t help but gush over just how pretty these Cinematographics Wall Murals are. Made by Pixers, the collection consists of high-quality decals, each one based on a popular film.  Available in a variety of custom sizes from small to huge, the adhesive murals can cover up entire walls in any part of your digs, whether you plaster [...]

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  620 Chair Program: The Awesome 60s-Era Modular Sofa Returns

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  Back in the 60s, Dieter Rams designed a modular seating furniture called the 620 Chair Program, which allowed you to expand a single-person armchair into a sofa with an infinite amount of seats.  It was awesome then and, as it turns out, it’s still awesome now that they decided to revive it. Made by high-end furniture outfit Vitsoe (stylized as Vitsœ), the piece starts out as a single person armchair with a low backrest.  From there, it can be fitted [...]

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  Satechi Touch USB LED Lamp Turns Any Bottle Into A Beautiful Desk Lamp

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  Turning a bottle into the body of a desk lamp probably isn’t the most original idea.  We’re pretty sure we’ve seen it done a few times in the past, especially among folks who like upcycling erstwhile trash items.  The Satechi Touch USB LED Lamp, however, lets you use empty bottles for the same purpose without much work, allowing you to turn any bottle into a lamp body. A lighting unit cut in the likeness of a lamp shade, you simply [...]

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  Cool Invention Of The Day – Glowing Plant Illuminates Your Garden Without Lights Or Electricity

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  Apparently, you can now bioengineer a plant to glow like alien flora species.  And it’s awesome as heck.  Finally, you can turn your garden into a scene straight out of an alien movie with these creepy-but-real Glowing Plants. Billed as “the first step in creating sustainable natural lighting,” these are real plants fashioned in the laboratory using synthetic biology and Genome Compiler’s software.  Real, as in you receive them as seeds that you can plant in a pot, in the [...]

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  Look Ma No Keys! Kevo Bluetooth Enabled Deadbolt Lock Opens With Just A Touch

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  We’ve seen add-ons for locks, such as the Lockitron, that allow you to control them via smartphone.  But why opt for a retrofit solution when a lock with built-in smart features is available?  That’s exactly the case with the Kevo. Made by Kwikset, it’s a smart deadbolt with a Bluetooth 4.0 radio built-in that allows it to communicate with your smartphone.  Just install it in place of your existing locks and you’ve got yourself a smart locking system that doesn’t [...]

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  Pin Pres Children’s Shelf Uses Push Pins For Unlimited Design Options

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    I know the Pin Pres is designed as a reconfigurable children’s shelf.  It makes a great space to stash their toys, it’s easy to rearrange, and it makes for endless hours of kiddie fun.  Still, I want one for myself. Created by OOO My Design, the children’s furniture is comprised of a board packed with built-in push pins that go through to the other side.  Kids can line up the shelves themselves or, more likely, they can just push [...]

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  Automaxx Klamp Boasts Auto-Adjust Technology

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  If you spend a lot of time in the workshop, locking clamps should be part of your toolset.  How else are you going to keep those slabs of wood in place when your hands are busy hammering, warhammering and otherwise doing whatever you do in the shed?  And while there’s a healthy selection of clamping tools in the market, we’re really quite impressed with these Automaxx Klamps. Made by Kreg Tool, these clamps come with auto-adjusting technology that allows it [...]

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  12X Magnification Vanity Mirror

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  Popping zits is always done better in front of a mirror.  Doing so lets you see what you’re squeezing on.  That way, you can get the best leverage, helping you minimize the pain while maximizing efficiency with every squeeze.  Or something like that.  While popping zits is never fun, you can make it just a little more entertaining by doing the deed in front of this 12X Magnification Vanity Mirror. That’s right, everything you see in the mirror gets magnified [...]

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  BBQ Dragon Readies Your Charcoal Grill 4X Faster

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  The more convenient the grill, the less it’s able to produce that smoky flavor in your favorite barbecue dishes.  As such, charcoal grills remain a popular option among the grilling faithful.  If you’d like to spare yourself some of the usual hassles that come when cooking on your Fold Flat Grill, though, the BBQ Dragon can help. By far, the biggest problem with charcoal grills is just how darn long they can take to start up.  It’s not uncommon, in [...]

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  Library Wallpaper Turns Your Living Room Into An Old-School Study

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  There was a time when homes had walls lined by volumes upon volumes of books. And you miss that.  Well, bring it back without blowing stacks of cash buying actual books you’ll probably never crack open with this Library Wallpaper. Measuring 19.2 x 10.2 feet (w x h), it’s a theme wallpaper that turns your wall into a literal end-to-end bookcase filled with bound printed matter. Each book on the wallpaper is unique, giving you a legit-looking fake collection that [...]

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  Beach7 AirLounge XL Is A Party-Sized Inflatable Couch

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  Inflatable furniture is far from what can be construed as classy (even if they look really classy like the Blofield Inflatables).  The domain of the sophisticated, it definitely isn’t.  So that picture of the Beach7 AirLounge XL with the nicely-dressed party of folks drinking cocktails probably won’t be your reality.  However, that doesn’t take away from the sheer awesomeness of this thing. A round-shaped sofa, it comes in two parts: a huge outer couch and an inner couch that can [...]

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  Countertop Crispy Crust Pizza Maker Bakes Like A Brick Oven

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  You love oven-style pizzas, but don’t actually own a proper oven.  In fact, your cramped digs doesn’t really have any space for one.  All you have to spare is a couple of square feet of countertop.  No fear, the Breville Crispy Crust Pizza Maker is here. A dedicated countertop appliance for baking pizza, it claims to reproduce the classic taste and crispy crusts of pies cooked inside a brick oven.  That way, you can work your pizza-making skills at home [...]

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  MoModul Creates Unique Modular Cabinets

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  We’ve seen plenty of modular cabinets and storage systems before, such as Muunto’s wall-mounted units and the Quirky Crate.  The MoModul joins that list, bringing a very contemporary style that makes it ideal for many modern interiors. Designed by Belgium-based Xavier Coenen, the system can be used to design unique-looking cabinets and shelves, with geometric patterns that shake up the traditional boxy dimensions of freestanding storage furniture.  Just connect the individual modules together to form your desired configurations and you’ve [...]

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