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If you work in an office with a graphic designer, chances are he or she has the swankiest desk layout in the whole cubicle farm. From our experience, the same usually goes for their houses. The RGB light is built with design nerds in mind, representing the basic elements of the visible light spectrum. It's very clearly European, which further adds to the impressiveness factor it'll add to your crib, which is currently being lit by one of those light bulbs in an orange cage that are meant to go under a car hood. There's no pricing currently available, but you can bet it's going to set you back a lot of Euros if you can actually get one. But hey, if you want to trick people into thinking you're sophisticated, you're going to have to pay the price.
Pet Pooch Power System
By Fresno
Dogs are great. They're loyal, fun and they aren't stupid cats. But, the downside is that they crap all over the place and it's your job as a responsible owner to pick it up. The Pet Pooch Power System means to take the bending over and that awful feeling of warm poop through a thin plastic bag right out of the equation. It's literally a vacuum designed to suck the crap up off of your lawn or the sidewalk. The built-in battery can dispose of up to 150 piles (depending on the kind of dog you have and how much fiber it has been getting) before it needs a charge. You'll have to buy some bag refills if you want your $100 crap sucker to keep working. Or just have a kid. They're great for this kind of thing.
iLuve iMM178 Vibe Alarm Clock
By Fresno
Despite its decidedly, ahem, adult-sounding name, the iLuv is actually designed to get you out of bed rather than keep you in it. It's based around a normal iPod alarm clock. Plug in your iPod Touch (or iPhone) and you can wake up to your own music. The cool part comes in when you start using the bed-shaker. It's attached by a cord to the radio and shakes vigorously when it's time to get up. It's harder to sleep through than the normal sound alarm and a little less jarring at the same time. It will set you back $89, which isn't cheap for an alarm clock, but that might help curb your urge to throw it across the room every time it goes off.
If your girl happens to live far away, pictures can be a great gift. But, Sending her a 10.2-inch LDC display that hooks up to their wireless network and displays updated versions of the photos you keep online is a lot better. The DreamScreen is a versatile little panel, playing nice with online services like Pandora, Facebook and Snapfish. The high-res screen makes your pictures look a lot better than they already are and the handy remote makes navigation super simple. The 10.2-inch model costs $199, but if you want your mug displayed bigger in her room, you can fork over an extra $50 and get her the 13.3-inch version. Just be careful what kind of photos you upload if you want to hang onto her until next V-day.
We should start off by saying that the ChiliBed has one of the worst names we have ever heard. It sounds like something that happens after your Super Bowl party while you're asleep and drunk. But, the actual product seems like a pretty great idea. Water is channeled through coils within the mattress. The temperature of the water affects how the bed feels. You can make the water as hot as 118-degrees or as cold as 48-degrees, so you'll be comfortable sleeping without the need for a lot of heat or air conditioning. The product isn't actually available yet, making its debut on March 1st, so don't go throwing out that AC unit just yet. Also, we should reiterate that it has nothing to do with the delicious, red kind of chili made with meat and beans.
From: Crunchgear
From: Crunchgear
Le Creuset 6 Piece Classic Set
By Fresno
The ingredients are the most important element when you're trying to make a killer meal at your house, but even the best meat and produce won't come out tasting gourmet if you're cooking them in pans you bought at the dollar store. Le Creuset cookware is made from enameled cast iron, which means it's meant to last forever, getting better with every use. This starter set has all the essentials, including a 5.5 qt Round French Oven with lid, a 2.25 qt Sacier Pan with lid, a 10.75 Square Skillet Grill and an 8" x 11.75" Roaster. It's everything you need to cook like you're one of the main characters from that Julie and Julia movie.
Giving your girl coal on the most romantic day of the year might sound like a bad idea, but this isn't the same stuff Santa has been cramming into your stocking ever since you stole that candy bar when you were 11. These ashy-looking sticks are made in Japan and are incredibly interesting to look at. The outside is ashy, while the ends, where they were cut, are shiny and marbled. Each stick has millions of "micro-cavities" which absorb moisture when it's humid and then re-release it when it gets dry. They also act as a fantastic, unscented air freshener, by absorbing all the stink out of the air. Once it stops working, you can "recharge" it by simply sitting it in the sun. One bundle will run you $20, but you'll get to spend all that time explaining the gift, which will make you sound like you really put a lot of thought into it.
We have already expressed our discontent with lame, pre-made flower arrangements, which is what makes the Aerogarden's self-growing flower garden seem so much cooler. She'll just stick in the six seed pods, pour in some water, plug it in and watch as the flowers spring to life inside her own house. Once the flowers die, she can pick up one of the many other kinds of seed packs and start growing vegetables or herbs without even having to go outside. It runs extremely quietly and produces plants faster than that lazy old had, Mother Nature can. $99 gets you the Aerogarden, as well as the flower seed kit. Extra seed kits cost about $20 a piece.
Flowers can be a totally lame gift for V-day if you're just going to order up some cheesy, themed arrangement with a firetruck-shaped vase and a card that says, "You set my heart on fire" or some other cheesy slogan that they stole from one of those little candy hearts. If you're going to go the flower route, opt for an interesting vase like this 10-inch porcelain piece of art. It's designed to give the illusion that it's traveling at a high rate of speed. It's cool looking, it's different and it probably won't end up thrown in the garbage once the flowers inside of it die and the gross water spills all over her living room floor. $160.
Yankee Stadium Seat
By Fresno
If you're a baseball fan, you probably have strong feeligns about the New York Yankees in one way or another. But, there's no denying the fact that a lot of history went down in the old Yankee Stadium. Each one of these $750 seats has a genuine back and bottom from a seat taken out of the stadium before the Bronx gave it the business with a wrecking ball and some explosives. The arms are made from cast iron, so you'll just need a beef hot dog and a whole pile of yelling, belligerent fans to get the full experience.
Zero Edge Aquariums
By Fresno
We always said that, if we became super villains, we would get a giant fish tank to put in our office so our enemies would know we meant business. We're tweaking that little now and opting for one of these "high definition" aquariums. These aquariums have no top and the water runs down the sides of the glass into hidden drains. From there it's recirculated back into the tank. The result is a glass-like sheet of water on the outside of your tank that makes everything inside look incredible. It's also quiet, energy efficient and a heck of a lot cooler than that old 2-liter bottle you've been keeping your fish in. $1,299 and up.
Frozen Smiles Ice Cube Tray
By Stuff Staff
Break the ice at your New Year's party by chilling your guests' drinks with a tray full of denture-shaped cubes. Just hide them before Grandma comes over to avoid any embarrassment or confusion. $6
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