Spending all your gaming time on your ipad these days? You’ve conceded that reading classic novels and updating your blog are losing ground on your iPad to do list. Now you’ve got the perfect accessory to make your point. The iCade is a geek friendly retro gaming console and iPad dock. The [...]

Remember Alfie’s Christmas gift from aunt Clara in the move A Christmas Story? Now you can have your own bunny pjs. From Aunt Clara’s Creations comes the most authentic recreation of the pink nightmare Ralphie was forced to wear on Christmas morning. The suits feature adjustable ears & matching pink bunny slippers. Paired [...]

Featuring David Sedaris’s unique blend of hilarity and heart, this new collection of keen-eyed animal-themed tales is entertaining as always.  Kill two birds with one stone by supporting the NPR fall funding drive and get the new Sedaris novel. Though the characters may not be human, the situations in these stories bear an uncanny resemblance [...]

Coat hangers. Sliced bread. Bottled water. These simple yet successful inventions are among the 101 chronicled in Anthony Rubino Jr.’s cleverly funny Why Didn’t I Think of That?. This 224-page book looks at the complexity behind these common goods, while offering up tons of questionably useful trivia and imparting some possibly needed advice to future [...]

The Chariot Skates are definitely the future of recreational skating. Not only do they glide like inline skates but they also have angle mobility and maneuverability similar to the sensation of cross country skiing. What makes these skates revolutionary is the ability to tackle rough terrain like gravel roads, dirt paths and downhill [...]

“Symbology” or “the use of symbols.”  can be a muse which translates many different cultures and a strong design tool. These bookends by “New York” based Eric Janssen are beautiful, playful and “reasonably priced” to own. Made by MERLO-T in Switzerland. Go see it Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

The Vancouver Olympics are only a few weeks away and for those of us who didn’t make the luge team here’s a serious sled for the next snow day. This Alpine Racing Sled is made for real, the real deal, extreme mountain sledding. It’s an incredible feat of German engineering featuring an aircraft grade [...]

I‘m not sure how ol’ F.L.W. would have thought about this new offering from Lego’s. I’m sure he would have first wanted to know where his check was. This kit includes all the bits and pieces need to replicate Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1934 masterpiece Fallingwater®. This is one of several architectural masterpieces available [...]

SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance. From the team that brought us Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have returned with the follow up SuperFreakonomics. The original Freakonomics changed the way we look at the world.   SuperFreakonamics threatens to be  even more surprising, funnier, [...]