Awesome Living

Bottle openers can be found on all sorts of gadgets these days, but you still never have one when you need one. Brett Stern’s guidebook offers numerous ways to pop open a cold one without an officially-sanctioned opener.

Lay’s turned to its fans to crowdsource a new potato chip flavor. We’ve tasted the four finalists: Bacon Mac & Cheese, Mango Salsa, Wasabi Ginger, and the surprisingly delicious Cappuccino. Sadly, the mango salsa tastes like bath gel.

While this cinematic is devoid of gameplay, it does set up the story, in which we’ll find out what makes Heihachi tick, and the Mishima clan’s story will come to an end. The game will feature guest character designers, and one-on-one play.

This ingenious multi-tool for the garden solves the problem of lost tools, and saves money by combining garden shears, a spade, knife, saw, rake and weeder in one. It’s even got a bottle opener for when it’s Miller Time.

This beautiful fowty 16oz. cup is made from medical-grade and durable stainless steel. For each Tall Boy Pint Cup sold, MiiR will provide one person in need with clean water for one year.

It’s not the first comb and bottle opener we’ve seen, but the Man Comb does have a stainless steel case. A magnetic catch keeps the comb in place whether it’s open or closed. Note: you don’t need a hipster beard to use a comb.

Located in Berlin, Germany, this innovative apartment building does away with traditional garage spaces – offering drive-in elevators which bring your vehicle directly outside your living space for ease of access. (Thanks Joe!)

Invented by Harvard student John McCallum, Spray Cake is a cake batter mixture that comes in a spray can. You can even microwave the batter to turn it into a cake in as little as 30 seconds. More at The Boston Globe.

Recently funded on Kickstarter, the OneBowl would make a great sidekick for the noodle-fueled student or the lazy bachelor. It’s a bowl and a strainer in one and comes with a lid as well. It’s dishwasher- and microwave-safe.

The Stage is a wall-mounted shelf that doubles as a charging station. It has a dock for tablets and a foam-rubber-lined drawer that can discreetly store a power strip along with your other devices. Available in walnut or oak.

A titanium multitool that’s the size of an American military dog tag. It has a universal closed wrench, a bottle opener, a 0.25″ bit driver and a battery bay driver. It also comes with a ball chain pendant.

Designed to look like Walt and Jesse’s bullet-riddled Winnebago, this pillow is the ultimate accessory for anyone in ABQ. Sadly, it doesn’t look like Meninos is selling it in the U.S., though you could send some thugs to rough them up.

This rustic and rusty steel fireplace on wheels not only looks great, it keeps smoke from billowing into your eyes like an open pit, blocking wind and channeling smoke through its chimney. Measures 74″H x 28″W x 28″D. Gas log kit optional.

The Well Done! grill encourages your friends to share the cooking duties while sitting at the table. The low-profile charcoal grill lets up to six people cook their own meals at once. Just don’t light your sleeves on fire.

Answering the proverbial question “is the glass half-empty or half-full?” with “it’s totally full,” this split glass measures 287mL – which is actually 0.606539 U.S. pints, or .50528 imperial pints, but those didn’t roll off the tongue as well.

True to its name, Hummingbird Hammock’s main product is an 8’x15′ sheet of ripstop nylon that has a capacity of 1000lb. It can probably carry six adults at once. You might not want to make it sway though.

The Swash Express Clothing Care System uses a scented solution and a heater to remove odors and light wrinkles from clothes. It can cut your dry cleaning costs and preserve your clothes from the wear and tear of washing.

Human Crafted’s wooden perforated board takes the workshop staple indoors. The board is available in three sizes and comes with 2.5ft. of bungee cord. The shop also has hooks, loops and posts for the board.

Like the Ostrich pillows, Huzi’s Infinity Pillow lets you be comfortable almost anywhere, in exchange for looking like the dorky king of slackers. Seriously, no sane person can claim that the people at 0:42 in the video are stylish.

A pair of chopsticks that fold and snap into one pen-sized stick. PenstiX is made of silicon and stainless steel and is easy to disassemble and clean. It also has an optional rubber clasp as well as stylus tips. Skip to 0:45.

Mustard’s amusing 9-inch ceramic plates let you make fun of wild animals without the risk of them chewing your limbs off. Available in lion, gorilla, giraffe and panda bear designs. Dishwasher and microwave safe too. Woot!

We’ve teamed up with Dr. Beasley’s and our sister site 95Octane to give away a year’s worth of leather care products for keeping your car’s interior, furniture, shoes, and jackets looking good as new. Enter by 7/15/14.

While the vast majority of wall clocks use hands which rotate around a center point, designer Karl Dierenbach’s clever and minimal ChronoDisc tells time using two easy-to-read pointers which spin on an off-center orbit.