Awesome Gifts

A set of four stainless steel shot glasses that can be stacked and tucked into a leather case. Restoration Hardware’s solution for impromptu drinking sessions with your buddies.

A 15″ tall, 1 sq.ft. ottoman that looks like an eye-popping stack of 100 dollar bills. It would be worth $3 million if it were made of real cash, but you won’t have to pay anywhere near that amount because it’s actually made of resin.

Camera lens mugs are nothing new, but this one from Claybox has a cool trick up its sleeve. The mug extends or retracts like a real lens when you rotate its zoom ring. If you’re more of a Nikon fan, get this mug instead.

A leather belt with a tobacco pipe built into its buckle. The pipe is secured by a pair of magnets. It is rustproof, double-barrelled and is made of nickel-plated aluminum. Now where to put that lighter?

The Vamp Verza amplifier might be an audiophile’s best friend. It can be used on mobile devices as well as PCs, and can also be used as a USB sound card. It has optical out, USB and micro-USB ports.

The Annoy-a-Tron and the EvilTron randomly make noises, while the Phantom Keystroker messes with mice and keyboards. You’ll need the $10 discount to pay for your post-beatdown hospitalization.

A remote-controlled blimp that uses a normal latex balloon as its airbag. The gondola has a ballast and three motors with propellers. Tape a pin on the balloon and you can have blimp dogfights.

A can of spray-on non-flammable liquid that temporarily renders paper translucent, letting you see what’s underneath. The effect lasts up to 30 seconds and leaves no mark. Video demo here.

A store that only sells “goods that do good.” The brands that make the items on The Union Co. donate part of their profits to their various causes. Your purchase helps improve other people’s lives.

The first Roku to have a motion controller for games, dual-band Wi-Fi, an Ethernet port, a USB port. It also comes with the new streamlined Roku user interface and Angry Birds Space pre-installed.

A neat mirror that reflects whatever is in front of it as it really is, as opposed to showing a mirror image. It’s actually made of two normal mirrors placed at right angles. Cheaper version here.

Custom bike shop Classified Moto puts some of its surplus parts to good use by turning them into lamps. The parts come from 70s and 80s Japanese motorcycles and still bear dings and dents from use.

This comfy 78″ x 78″ nylon replica of the classic Scrabble board will be worth more than 50 points to fans of the board game. It’s a shame it doesn’t come with furry tiles. Suppose you could try these.

Part of Knock Knock’s silly educational line, this set of 50 flashcards will teach you the “tricky tongue of today’s youth”, accompanied by illustrations in the style of old magazines and children’s books.

Display your lens-shaped mug, lens-shaped thermos, and lens-shaped shot glass under the DSLR Paparazzi, a varnished wooden lamp made by Monoculo Shop. Lens hood is removable/reversible.

Suck UK has found a clever use for hampers, letting you use your dirty clothes to practice your jabs, hooks and uppercuts. Or you can just use it as a cool knapsack.

Show your girl you seriously love her with this hankie when you take her out this Valentine’s Day that actually blocks cell signals. Includes a dark Mexican chocolate bar for extra Brownie points.

Does it surprise anyone that the United States flag is a perfect spatula head? This was made to be drenched in barbecue sauce and sizzling fat. Designed by NJ native Jacob Riley-Wasserman.

Designed by Form Us With Love, the Cord Lamp turns the aesthetically disruptive part of a lamp into its main attraction. Made of a textile cord and a steel tube. A smaller version is also available.

Made by Set Editions, Tiebreakers are a set of three wood chips each containing phrases that will settle petty arguments – who pays, who says sorry or who does whatever needs to be done.

Etsy seller Michael Bancroft makes replicas of actual signs with badly mistranslated English phrases, including this infamous Chinese sign about a lawn that needs a good night’s sleep.

Affordable gifts that are still worthy of the moneyed Leica fan. These limited-edition coffee mugs sell for $35 and are based on Leica’s Noctilux-M 50 and Summarit-S 70 lenses. Call Leica USA to order.

You don’t have to be a scout of any kind to earn the right to rock these badges from Demerit Wear. The patches have an adhesive backing that stick not just on fabric but on other surfaces as well.