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HONORARY DOGGLER: MODhair


When funky Rome-based hair salon MODhair needed a new card, they wanted something edgy, engaging, but above all fun. Run your thumb over the teeth of this comb and it plays a wee bit of Aqualung. How fun is that? NOTE: Cardonizer, a blog devoted to buisness cards, just stole my morning. It’s very much worth a poke around.

LINK: Cardonizer.

GET: Surprise Me

If you’re anything like me, sitting down to blog sometimes requires, er, a bit of encouragement. Enter the new WordPress plug-in “Surprise Me”. Every time you push publish, a new surprise (read: video of a guy dunking over the competition or other bit of awesomeness) pops up to congratulate you on another job well done. Fun, right? PSFK has the story of it’s creation after the jump… you might notice some familiar names. Well done.

LINK: Surpriseme via PSFK.

GET: Winscape

Prepare to have your brain turned inside out along with your wallet. Winscape takes two flat screens, a mac to run the software, and some sensors to tell where in the room you’re standing and adjust accordingly. Why? “Because waking up in the same place every day is boring.” Fun, right? Even better, in July they’re releasing some code work and widgetry so you can basically build it yourself using your existing TV. Got. To. Get. One.

LINK: Winscape via Uncrate.

GET: The 16 Million Color Lamp

Ever considered getting a red light for the bedroom? Why settle for just red when you could get 16 million different colors all from one lamp. Spin the wheel and watch the rainbow, it’s endless.

LINK: Hammacher.

GET: Pet Chalet

Cages and boxes are so passe. Get your pet a chalet. These cardboard wonders of high society come flat packed and have cardboard rugs and trophy heads. WARNING: This is meant to be your pet’s second home – a little hideaway they can run off to from time to time to escape the pressures of everyday living – not a full time living space. How fun is that?

LINK: Elsewares via Uncrate.

GET: Customized Chocolate Bars


With over 10 billion possibilities, the chocolate bar of your dreams is now within reach (after shipping and handling, of course). I’m going for it. I’ll let you know what it tastes like after my bar is shipped and handled. Fun.

LINK: Createmychocolate via Joshspear.

GET: Ferris Bueller’s Car


Well, Cameron’s Dad’s car really, but this the car. The actual car from the movie. Amazingly, it’s not a Farrarri, it’s a replica, and I have no idea what £30,000 – £40,000 translates into in dollars (an arm and a leg probably), but no single vehicle has ever represented freedom so perfectly. Check the complete details after the jump and, if you wind up making the buy, give me a ride sometime; We’ll cut school together. Yup.

LINK: Bonhams.

GET: The Pet High Chair


you treat ‘em like kids, right? You might as well have ‘em at the table. Hell, if you’re a dual dog owner, you could get a matching set and let the duo dine like civilized folks. Hammacher Schlemmer thinks of everything. How fun is that?

LINK: Hammacher.

GET: Mr. SuperMen T-Shirts

Mr. Men, re-imagined as super heroes, and pressed onto shirts. There’s 82 characters in all (check ‘em out after the jump) and several made it onto the Ts for your wearing delight. Yup.

LINK: Redbubble via Bite.

DOWNLOAD: Auto-Smiley

Brace yourself, this free app for your desktop lets the computer sense when you’re smiling and automatically adds the right emoticon to whatever program you’re working in. How fun is that? The F.A.T. gang strikes again.

LINK: F.A.T.