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Cardboard Jet Gas Blaster

Cardboard Jet Gas Blaster

The S is back with another really cool looking cardboard weapon. The laser-cut blaster looks like something straight out of a sci-fi first-person shooter, and fires projectiles by igniting small bursts of butane gas stored in water bottles hidden inside its ringed cardboard cylinders.

LEGO Sand Drawing Machine

LEGO Sand Drawing Machine

We’ve seen machines that can draw patterns in sand, but this is the first time we’ve spotted one that was built using LEGO Technic components.  Brick Machines created this sand art machine with a magnetic assembly that moves along a set of custom aluminum rails using corkscrew gears driven by a Mindstorms controller and tech from PyBricks,

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Mount Gay Rum PX Sherry Cask

Mount Gay Rum PX Sherry Cask
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For 2023’s special release, master blender Trudiann Branker crafted Mount Gay Rum PX Sherry Cask from pot and column still rums that were aged in American whiskey casks for 20 years. Barbados’ tropical heat and humidity worked like magic, especially while the rum spent an extra year in Pedro Ximenez Sherry wine casks.

MicroSend Magnets

MicroSend Magnets
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Celebrate your love for rock climbing with this set of mini magnetic holds you can stick on your fridge, filing cabinet, or side of your ride. Map out your climbing route or use it to document your adventures with photos. Includes 15 mini holds, five mini quickdraws, and three feet of skinny climbing rope.

Heart Rate Drum Machine

Heart Rate Drum Machine

For the 2023 YouTube Makers Secret Santa, Sam from Look Ma No Computer drew Ali Spagnola’s name out of the gift-giving hat. Given her passion for music and fitness, he got to work building a unique drum machine that changes rhythm based on her heartbeat. Sam received a similarly awesome gift from engineer James Bruton.

Belle de Brillet Liqueur

Belle de Brillet Liqueur

Created by the Maison Brillet House in France’s Anjou region, Belle de Brillet is a pear and cognac liqueur that combines the intense fruitiness of Williams pear eaux-de-vie with the delicate complexity of Cognac eaux-de-vie to create an exceptional gold-medal winner at a low ABV. 100% natural ingredients.

Bare Barrel Home Bartender Set

Bare Barrel Home Bartender Set
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This 14-piece bartending set includes all the tools you need to make great cocktails. It includes a stainless steel shaker, a double jigger, two strainers, ice tongs, three pourers, a corkscrew, a muddler, 35 recipe cards, and a mixing spoon, all set into a modern bamboo organizer. Available in five color combinations.

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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (Teaser)

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (Teaser)

Eddie Murphy returns to the role of Detective Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, as he teams up with his daughter to take down an evil conspiracy. Joseph Gordon-Levitt joins the cast as Foley’s new partner, while Rosewood and Taggart (Judge Reinhold and John Ashton) are back on duty for the action-comedy sequel. Coming to Netflix Summer 2024.

Playing Piano on a Bass

Playing Piano on a Bass

When is a bass not a bass? When it’s a piano, of course. Musician Charles Berthoud demonstrates what that sounds like with a fingerstyle bass rendition of Scott Joplin’s ragtime classic The Entertainer, incorporating some insane flourishes.

The Home Bartender: Third Eidtion

The Home Bartender: Third Eidtion
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Want to fix a drink but don’t know what to make? Shane Carley’s book The Home Bartender offers recipes for more than 200 cocktails, all of which can be made with four ingredients or less. In addition to classics like Cosmos and Old Fashioneds, you’ll get lots of new and creative cocktail ideas.

DJ Cummerbund: Rebel Navidad

DJ Cummerbund: Rebel Navidad

In the midnight hour, I want to wish you a merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart. DJ Cummerbund has done it again, mashing up Billy Idol’s hit Rebel Yell with José Feliciano’s seasonal classic Feliz Navidad. With special guest appearances by Rob Zombie, Wham!, and Rush, it’s sure to bring joy to your holiday festivities.

Miles Davis and the Search for the Sound

Miles Davis and the Search for the Sound
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Packed with biographical insight, the graphic novel Miles Davis and the Search for the Sound is also jazz for the eyes. Author/cartoonist Dave Chisholm — a Jazz Trumpet doctorate recipient from the Eastman School of Music — takes readers on a visual journey through Davis’ dynamic evolution from childhood through his mastery of jazz improvisation.

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Tony Hawk: Tapes You Leave Behind

Tony Hawk: Tapes You Leave Behind

Thrasher and Tony Hawk looks back on his game-changing skateboarding career by pulling off a mix of classic and new tricks while reminding us you’re never too old to have fun. He’s joined for his video finalé by members of the 1980’s best skate team, the Bones Brigade. The track is All Stood Still by the woefully underappreciated Ultravox.

Giant d20

Giant d20
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Etsy shop Fever Dream Supreme makes this giant-size d20 for Dungeons and Dragons players. Each 10-inch, 5-pound die is handcrafted from whitewood and hot-branded numbers on its 20 sides. It makes a great display piece or a hidden storage box if you opt for the removable panel. Available with or without stain or numbers.

Paper Voodoo

Paper Voodoo
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Does somebody in your life need a blessing or a curse? Grab a sheet of Knock Knock’s Paper Voodoo! Simply fill in your desired outcome and rationale, how you’d like your spell delivered, and draw black or white pins in the recommended regions on your subject’s avatar.

Playing 111 Instruments in 111 Seconds

Playing 111 Instruments in 111 Seconds

Luke from Instrument Maniac bests his 91 instrument performance, with 20 additional ways to play music. This, the snippets connect into a single song rather than just playing the same lick repeatedly. For a real challenge, try naming as many instruments as you can with your eyes closed.

Velcro Glow Patch

Velcro Glow Patch
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GlowDaddy’s Velcro glow-in-the-dark cards can be used alone or attached to the hook-and-loop panels found on tactical bags. Each is precision cut from HyperGlow luminescent material, which can glow brightly for hours after exposure to direct sunlight or a UV light source. The card measures 3.37″ L x 2.1″ W x 0.12″ thick.

LEGO Creator Retro Camera

LEGO Creator Retro Camera
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This awesome new LEGO Creator series kit is just under 20 bucks and makes a great gift for photographers. The 261-piece set offers three building options: a 35 mm camera with film cartridges, a camcorder, or a mini television. The only thing wrong with it is that it won’t ship until right after Christmas.

Jazz Drummer Improvs Nirvana’s “In Bloom”

Jazz Drummer Improvs Nirvana’s “In Bloom”

We enjoy watching Drumeo’s series, where they ask musicians to create the drum track for a song they’ve never heard. In this session, they challenged Julliard jazz professor Ulysses Owens Jr. to perform the Nirvana song In Bloom. Ulysses’ interpretation both touches on the original and adds some new flourishes compared to Dave Grohl’s original.

Ken Block’s Electrikhana Two

Ken Block’s Electrikhana Two

Ken Block was one of the greatest rally drivers ever. Shortly before his tragic death, Block and team Hoonigan visited Mexico City, where they filmed what would become the final installment of the Electrikhana series. The footage has since been edited and released, bringing us one last ride along with Ken in his AWD electric Audi S1 Hoonitron.

Carol & The End of the World (Trailer)

Carol & The End of the World (Trailer)

In the animated mini-series Carol & The End of the World, Earth stands on the brink of mass extinction. While most people start living out their dreams before the end, one perfectly average woman finds herself lost in the chaos. From Rick & Morty and Community writer Dan Guterman. Coming to Netflix 12.15.2023.

Tools: A Visual Exploration

Tools: A Visual Exploration
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Tools: A Visual Exploration of Implements and Devices in the Workshop is a wondrous guidebook filled with stories and explanations of 118 different kinds of tools. Author Theodore Gray and photographer Nick Mann teamed up to create the 256-page hardcover edition, which includes a pull-out Periodic Table of Tools poster.

Wakeskating BASE Jump

Wakeskating BASE Jump

Well, here’s a stunt you don’t see every day. Watch as Red Bull athlete Brian Grubb wakeskates across a Dubai rooftop swimming pool, goes flying off a ramp, then deploys a parachute for an epic BASE jump from 964 feet up. They used a customized drone to pull him across the pool since there was no room for a boat.

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