Gifts for Geeks III
Wednesday, December 14, 2005 at 10:22AM Poop Carrier for Dogs
The Poopsadaisy—“Let your dog carry the load.”—is a strap on sack so Fido can carry his own leavings on those long walks in the back country where there are no trash cans for miles. While I can’t really imagine the niche of dog-owner that might enjoy this—perhaps the sort that doesn’t want to share ANYTHING with ANYBODY precious bodily solids included?—I’m sure the praise you get for sticking a bag of dung on your dog’s back will be worth the mental illness you suffer.
Enjoy your favorite faces and their precious voices with each passing hour! Personalize this wall clock with photos and custom recordings for each hour. Record a grandchild’s first words or a close friend’s greeting. (If no message is recorded, clock will announce the hour instead.) Ideal for school pictures, weddings, or grandparents! Light sensor deactivates sound when room is dark.
Everyone at the party had a digital photo taken and then went into a room to record a message for our friends. They’ll love hearing all of their old friends’ voices every hour on the hour in their new apartment!
Bugzooka
Spiders up in the corners of the ceiling. Mosquitoes lurking on the wall by the light. Flies on the windowpane. They're hard to hit, and when you do, they squish. So don't even try to hit them...
The Bugzooka looks and sounds (and is priced) like a kids' toy but it has highly evolved efficiency. No batteries. Just cock the bellows on your hip, point the extendable end to within an inch or two of the offending insect, thumb the trigger, and FWOOP!, insect magically gone. Stroll the country house--- thirty spiders, fwoopety-fwoop, all gone in five minutes.
The bugs are sucked in good condition into a chamber on the end of the Bugzooka where they can be studied by a child (probably male) or released humanely. If you really don't care to see the bugs up close, the kit includes a smoked-plastic version of the capture chamber. Now that's nuance.
-- Stewart Brand
Bugzooka
$30
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