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Go from the bike, to the boardroom, to the bar, to the ball in Outlier OG 4 Season Cycling Pants ($180). Featuring a European-style medium lean cut, the OG 4 Season is made from a high-tech fabric that employs microscopic spikes to ward off water and grease, making them self cleaning, and both breathe and stretch, leaving you comfortable as... [More]
Few things go better with a great bottle of wine than an assortment of equally-tasty cheeses — which don't always cut so well with typical kitchen knifes. Enter the Albertini Cheese Knife Set ($70), a pack of three hand-honed, forged stainless steel knifes that are made specifically for creamy, soft, and hard cheeses, letting you cut portions that look as... [More]
Turn your ordinary E27 or GU10 lightbulb socket into a source of clean light with the Philips Master LED Bulb ($TBA). Available in warm and cool white, each bulb is rated for 45,000 hours of use — 45 times longer than incandescent, 25 times longer than halogen, and 10 times longer than fluorescent — and offers an energy savings of... [More]
Flapjack lovers, rejoice. Now you can make fresh, 97% fat-free pancakes in as little as 30 seconds using the ChefStack Automatic Pancake Machine ($3,500). This microwave-sized wonder uses no-mess batter pouches to crank out stack after stack of four- inch diameter pancakes, and doesn't even require supervision, letting you cook up breakfast for you and your crew while you get... [More]
Upgrade your outdoor cleaning setup with the Bon-Aire Original Ultimate Hose Nozzle ($24). Made with aluminum, stainless steel, fiberglass, and hard rubber, the rugged Bon-Aire features five available spray patterns to handle nearly any type of job, from car washing to plant care, a two-way shut off, and no-nonsense looks.... [More]
Looking for a tasteful mat that can withstand serious punishment? Look no further than the Chilewich Bound Mat ($375-$600). The Sandy Chilewich-designed floor coverings are made from her company's pliant, proprietary vinyl called plynyl, which allows the mats to be soft, washable and stain resistant, impervious to spills and suitable to virtually any space.... [More]
Need a boost in your libido, or just want to freshen your breath before getting fresh? Try Sexlets Gum ($12). This chewy male supplement is packed with ingredients like yohimbe bark, orchic powder, royal jelly, damiana leaves, vitamin E, and more, all of which should leave you ready to go harder, better, longer, and stronger than usual.... [More]
Auto-Tune may be dead, but you wouldn't know it listening to LP by Discovery ($4/Amazon MP3). A collaboration between Rostam Batmanglij of Vampire Weekend and Wes Miles of Ra Ra Riot, LP is an undeniably catchy effort, with unrepentantly sweet synth pop mixed with a little Auto-Tune R&B for good measure. Turn it up, hop in the pool, and bask... [More]
Yes, Jack White produced the album, and plays the drums, as well as lending a vocal here and there, but make no mistake: Horehound by The Dead Weather ($10) is no White Stripes album. Featuring Alison Mosshart of the The Kills on lead vocals, The Raconteurs' Jack Lawrence on bass, and Queens Of The Stone Age member Dean Fertita on... [More]
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters ($10; 9/09) is the next Jane Austen classic to get gore'd up. The follow-up to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the re-imagined book is upgraded with "all-new scenes of giant lobsters, rampaging octopi, two-headed sea serpents, and other biological monstrosities." Awesome.... [More]
Been holding off on buying Sony's latest gaming console, or just looking for a solid, network-capable Blu-ray player? Say hello to the PS3 Slim ($300; September 2009). As the name suggests, the revised console takes up 32 percent less space and uses 34 percent less power than its comparatively gargantuan predecessor, while still offering HDMI and optical digital audio output,... [More]
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