Though you should probably use it for something a little more James Bond than turning a lamp on and off like in the image above, the Secret Passageway Switch is a hidden, book-operated power switch that you can hook up for any purpose. They’re available for just $50, a bargain I’m sure you’ll agree. Revolving bookcase sold separately.
Architects are cool, there’s no two ways about it. And not even just because Ted Mosby’s an architect, though that certainly helps too. So why not learn to write like one; worst comes to the worst, you could then pretend to be one when picking up girls, drawing board and all. That, or actually design a few buildings then get them built.
A collaboration between undef and Joshua Noble, Receipt Racer somehow looks almost as fun as some next-gen platformers, or at least those iOS. And there’s no impossibly frustrating touchscreen controls! A win, for sure.
Filmed, edited and directed by Ty Evans, it makes you a little sick how good these two kids are at skating. Mark our words, when the fixee craze is over (though that might still be for some time yet), it’ll be back to these four wheels.
Six word stories have gone a little viral of late, though SWSED (Six Work Story Every Day) have been collated a bunch for quite a while. And coupled with some sumptuous illustrations, they’re even more compelling.
If you’re really hoping to save $401k in a piggy bank, then you have me impressed, but I somewhat doubt that much currency will fit in this offering. For everyone else, you can scrall something else on its hefty better. Ladies & Gentlemen Studio’s Chalk-It-To-Me has even got a little swirly tail too, from a limited run of just 100 editions.
Manufactured by Edinburgh-based The Eleven Forty Company their Good Versus Evil table football table features a hand-crafted, lacquer-finished maple wood cabinet, toughened frosted UV etched glass pitch, 6 balls (3 different types for different game play), but more importantly, an XI on XI match-up that pits Santa, Bobby Moore, Flash Gordon, Christopher Robin, and God against Lucifer, Jack The Ripper, Vlad The Impaler and Hitler. Only 20 of them are available, so I’d snap one up fast (for £17,400) if you want to take part in the ultimate football face-off.
If there’s been something missing from the ITTF World Tour, it’s been carbon fiber bats. Primed to take table tennis by storm, Donic Schildkröt’s CarboTec 100 table tennis paddle is made from, you guessed it, carbon fiber, employing ultra-versatile and super lighweight material to help you knock up faster shots and better control. Though they might be overkill for pretty much 100% of ping pong matches you’ll play in a lifetime.
Making a mockery of the tiny pool table at your local pub, the Brunswick Gold Crown V pool table ($10,000) is one of the classiest ball players around. The fifth in the series, the retro styling features a rest, er, rest, with tighter pockets and longer rails to match pro-level regulations. Then pop a Table Tennis Conversion Top on it for just another $330, bring a own cooler and fix a big screen TV your the wall and you have the perfect playden.
I can’t drive, but if I could, I know I’d be bad at parking. Luckily for everyone I’d automotively offend Jack Spade’s Nice Parking Cards exist. Gloriously sarcastic, the 25 cards come in a black, letterpressed box and will rifle only $20 for the pleasure. They’re the perfect stocking filler too, maybe we should have posted this at Christmas…
