Some Austrian engineers with too much time on their hands hooked up some copper coils to a heat to a heat pump on an exercise bike. On one side you have the coils warming things up, and the other, it cools them down. Just think of it this way, you do a little biking in the morning to warm up your coffee, then a little biking in the evening and reward yourself with a beer.

Or you could just leave the beer in the fridge, yeah, that works too.

Original Story: TreeHugger

Have guys out there become overly jealous of women’s pantyhose that they need their own, male version of the pantyhose? Maybe it’s a desire to be fashion-forward or attempt to copy the tights/stockings with skirt look that has been especially popular in the past year. Or maybe it’s just a desire to wear shorts year round, but need a base layer to stay warm, and long-underwear is so outdated.

Either way, e-Mancipate is on a mission to build acceptance of the male pantyhose as a regular clothing item. The mantyhose come in all different colors (including pink and other flesh colors) and even some with patterns - like the one in the picture that makes it look like you have leg tats.

I hear to get them to fit correctly, you have to remove your balls.

Original Story: The Frisky

It’s true, a party can break out at just about any time. Usually you need a couple of key ingredients: people, music and booze. The booze is more than likely luke-warm bottled/canned beers, or people sharing oral herpes through a bottle of vodka. Well, kiss those herpes goodbye! Evolution’s Mobile Bar is here to save the day!

As the picture shows, this bar has everything you need: martini glass holders, a place for napkins and straws, another place for your lemons and limes, oh and ice! Even better, this full-scale bar can break down to the size of a carry-on suitcase. The only problem with that is, where does all that alcohol, mixers and glasses go? Maybe next time someone is throwing an impromptu party, you can tell them you’re bringing the bar, but everyone else needs to bring the contents for said bar…ridiculous.

The Evolution Mobile Bar is available for $1900 at KegWorks, at that price room temperature beer and herpes bottle is looking much better.

Original Story: Boing Boing Gadgets

A watch with a scale sounds cool and all but who would need the ability to weigh up to 300 grams to the accuracy of 0.1 grams on their wrist? I mean 300 grams is barely more than half a pound (.661 to be exact) and I don’t generally find myself in situations where I need to know the weight of something that is less than half a pound.

Fuck, you might as well just call this thing DrugWatchScale. At only $17.90 I can see these things spreading amongst the purveyors of slightly less than legal substances. No need to take up pocket space with one of those digital scales that is the size of your wallet, now all the convenience can be strapped right to your wrist.

via Engadget

City Official #1: Shit Jim, these heavy ass beer kegs are beating the shit out of our sidewalks.
City Official #2: What do you want to do, get rid of the kegs?
City Official #1: Actually I was thinking about installing a rubber sidewalk.
City Official #2: Brilliant!

Ames, Iowa home to Iowa State University has installed rubber sidewalks in a section of town where beer distributors unload hundreds of kegs each week for the local bars. The heavy kegs were constantly cracking the concrete sidewalk so the city installed the rubber pavers that are made out of recycled tires. One city official tested out the rubber pavers with a sledgehammer and found that he couldn’t even put a dent in them. To top it off the rubber pavers are environmentally friendly by using 675 tires that would have otherwise ended up in a landfill.

Original Story: KTVO 3

I have never really been a huge fan of Black & Tans, call me what you will, but that’s how I roll. For those of you who are Black & Tan fans, there is Brütül (pronounced: brew tool). Brütül created a specialized “turtle” for the perfect pouring of Black & Tans, as well as other layered beers. The Black & Tan Turtle sits a-top your pint glass with the shell lowered below the rim of the glass, essentially softening the pour of the beer into the glass, creating the perfect layering with minimal foam. As their slogan goes, “Foam Follows Function.”

The Black & Tan Turtles retail for $11.95, or you can get the special Black & Tan Turtle Kit for $37.45, all available here.

Original Post: Boing Boing Gadgets

At first look, I thought this guy was just using his razor-holder to outline his goatee. But this is actually the GoateeSaver and yes, the name says it all, it saves your goatee. The contraption has a mouth piece to hold it in place, and the width and angle of the GoateeSaver is fully adjustable. You can watch an introductory video here.

Despite being a blogger, I am not a huge fan of facial hair (for a number of reasons, primarily because I would like to keep my day job), but I could see how people might use something like this to keep their goatee on point. Or you could use it as some sort of mask for Halloween, possibly if you want to be Shredder from TMNT.

Original post: Gizmodo (with a hilarious title)

Everyone has run into at least one situation where a phone call is required but you would rather punch yourself in the face than actually talk to the person. Maybe you are in a rush and you need to call that one buddy who can’t have a phone conversation that lasts less than thirty minutes. Maybe you want to leave your boss a message letting him know that you won’t be coming in without actually talking to him. Maybe you need to call the girl that you woke up next to last weekend but you really want to avoid the awkward phone conversation.

For those awkward situations and many more Slydial is here to help. The service couldn’t be more genius. Basically Slydail allows you to go straight to someone’s voicemail without having to sweat through the four or five rings it would normally take. The whole process is pretty simple. From any mobile or landline phone dial 267-SLYDIAL (267-759-3425) and then at the voice prompt enter the phone number that you would like to leave a voicemail for. At that point you will be sent directly to that person’s voicemail.

Of couse nothing in life is free. So when you ring up Slydial you will either have to listen to a short advertisement or cough up $0.15 per call. If you are a professional people dodger Slydial does offer subscription plans.

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This beer handle looks like genius in the form of plastic. The handle snugly clips onto the top and bottom of your beer can allowing you to keep a firm grip on your favorite beverage at all times. In the summer it can help you hang on to your ice cold can of beer that is covered in condensation and when tailgating in the fall it will prevent the cold beer from making your fingers even colder. As long as you have the physical dexterity to pick up a coffee mug you should have no problem grabbing your beer. At only $9.88 you can afford to buy a few and protect your house from that one friend that always drops his beer anytime someone bumps into him.

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Printed T-shirts are usually the default attire for summer, everyone has their go-to lazy evening/weekend BBQ shirt that’s have some clever saying on it, sports/university team, or brewery logo printed on it. My default shirts include Georgetown Brewing Manny’s Pale Ale and I’m Kind Of A Big Deal. Well, here’s another one that might have to enter the repertoire: Alcohol - Is It In You? A clever take off of the Gatorade logo and slogan. Good chance these guys are going to be sued soon, so get ‘em while they last!

To answer the question: Alcohol will be in me in about three hours! Enjoy your weekend and you can buy this shirt at ShowtimeTees.com

Neatorama has a great list of the top 10 most ridiculous anti-terroism patents. Some of them, like the Biohazard Suit with Built-In Toilet, just boggle the mind. What kind of ass clown thinks that adding a built-in toilet to a bio-hazard suit is going to do anyone any good. If you are afraid of chemical or biological weapons chances are you are going to have shit yourself long before you managed to get the suit on.

One of my favorites is U.S. Patent 6844817, Aircraft anti-terrorism security system, by Wolfgang Gleine. Issued Jan 18, 2005.

The only thing this brilliant invention is missing is sharks with frickin’ laser beams on their foreheads. If this trap door opened up and just dropped the would be terrorists out of the bottom of the plane I might be able to get behind it but without that is just becomes a rumpus room for the captain that gets stage fright in the cockpit or a flying drunk tank depending on the flight.

Neatorama via Boing Boing

Today marks Bill Gates’ last day as a full-time employee at Microsoft. The richest nerd around has been with the company for more than 30 years and is now changing his focus to the Bill Gates Foundation.

Even though Microsoft has given Gates so much, and will probably continue to go about its ways by ruling the software industry with an iron fist, wouldn’t it be funny to see Gates go out with a nice “Fuck You” to his fellow Microsofties? I’m not talking about a debilitating software crisis like Y2K, but maybe just some small inconvenience virus. Just something that’s going to remind everyone who’s top dog. Like every time someone types “B” it auto-fills with “Bill” and “G” auto-fills with “Gates.” You gates the idea.

We will always remember, and thank, Gates for giving us the headache that is PowerPoint. I hate that damn program!

Check out Lupe Fiasco’s “Outty 5000” from the Revenge of the Nerds Mixtape.

Yup, it was only a couple of days ago that it officially became summer. Surprisingly, up here in the great Pacific Northwest, the weather is actually looking and feeling like summer too!

To mark the start of the new season, Gizmodo put together the 10 Gadgets for Air Conditioned Summer Survival. The list includes stuff like an air conditioned bed, special ice cream scooper, ice sauna and big wave trampoline.

However, my favorite on the list is the USB Air Conditioned Shirt. This will come in perfect for the working man who has a window that gets blasted by the afternoon sun. Just plug this bad boy into your computer’s USB drive and enjoy the cool breeze as the rest of the office bakes! Only two drawbacks: First, the $169 price tag is a bit steep for a work shirt, and second, the shirt only comes in a short sleeve variety. Apparently that’s because it’s made in Japan and they are targeting people like Dwight Schrute.

Now I just need to find a USB battery pack and take this thing out to the bars and clubs to keep me from pitting out! Those places get hot as balls!

Original post: Gizmodo

There are certain games made for guys just sitting around and drinking. Air hockey might be the most dangerous, if you lose your focus and put your fingers over the rail, that disc/puck is going to get you. Well, if you fancy yourself a decent air hockey player, now you have a worthy opponent.

The guys at NuVation won an award over the weekend at some nerd technology convention/ summit/ expo/ whatever. They designed a robot that is pretty effing awesome at air hockey. It doesn’t look that great on the offensive attack, but it’s going to be harder than hell to get one by robot. Watch the video for the details and nerd-speak to understand how they did it.

Original post: Gizmodo

Do you love the taste of bacon? Of course you do, who the fuck doesn’t? Is the two minutes it takes for your Sonicare to run too long to go without the sweet taste of bacon? Now you can improve your oral hygiene while enjoying the delicious taste of fresh crispy bacon. Fuck cinnamon or mint. Those are sissy flavors. Slap down $4.95 and get floss fit for a real man.

Product Page: Archie McPhee via Boing Boing Gadgets