Fine Living

Japan, land of the Anime & Manga, the bullet train, ninjas, efficient cars, technology, rice, sushi, and crazy sex dolls has a new cute little invention for us. Well, sort of, as it’s only available in Japan for the time being.

The cute little gadget is called the Twimal by toy maker Takara Tomy and will be available for sale on March 31^st. I know all the Twitter addicts in North America will be dying to get their hands on this one. The Twimal (short for Twitter Animal) is a ‘pet animal’ that will read your tweets for you. It is connected to your computer via a USB cable and is able to read the tweets, replies, tweets from other users, and up to three hash tags. There are two different Twimals to choose from each with a different voice.  This Twitter Animal currently only works with Windows OS. Check out the promotional video below (in Japanese).

A little while ago, we showed you guys the Super Tough iPad Extreme Sleeve b G-Form which was able to protect an iPad even with a 12-pound bowling ball being dropped on it. After many customer requests, the company is now offering the Extreme Sleeve for laptops.

The G-Form Extreme Sleeve for laptops is specifically made for laptops measuring 11”, 13”, and 15”. As with all of G-Form products, RPT-Reactive Protection Technology is being used. This soft, lightweight, flexible, and water-resistant Extreme Sleeve can be put into a backpack, bag, or suitcase for additional protection from impact. The Extreme Sleeve for laptops is available in black and yellow.

Having a chainsaw is one hell of a handy tool to have around the house. A motorized chainsaw is obviously not for everyone. And your standard saw is a good alternative to the motorized chainsaw but it’s still not compact enough. The solution is the Pocket Chainsaw.

The Pocket Chainsaw is perfect for hacking things up such as tree limbs that are getting in the way of the drive way or perhaps the perfect accessory for a camping trip. What makes the Pocket Chainsaw so ideal is the size and its capabilities. It’s small enough to transport in your pocket yet large enough for the job. You could say it’s a grower! 😉

Tired of people trying to have a peak at what you’re looking at on your computer monitor?  I currently don’t have that problem but did have it when I used to work in an office and every time someone visited me in my cubicle, while talking to me, they’d always try to read MY emails or whatever was on the screen.  A user at instructables.com has come up with a very nice solution for this problem, although I wouldn’t recommend doing this to your work computer.

Instructables user dimovi took a regular monitor and turned it into a “Privacy Monitor” that displays a white screen to everyone except those wearing special glasses.  So what do you need to turn your monitor into the one pictured above?  Check out the instructions below:

We really like normal stuff that looks like weapons; we also really like normal stuff that looks like guns. Finally, we can round out the threatening nature of our everyday lives with this killer machete ruler by Pale Horse Design. I feel like keeping this laser engraved bad boy on the edge of your desk would really cut down on the amount of assholes wandering into your office asking about TPS reports.

I haven’t used a stapler in a long time, back in the day I used to be a low level office clerk and I had to staple and un-staple documents for the bosses on a daily basis (yes, life sucked back then).  The stapling part wasn’t that hard, it was the un-stapling that was annoying.

Well, if you hate un-stapling as much as I do, here’s a neat little staple-less stapler that doesn’t use any of those annoying sharp staples.  Instead, it punches a small hole in the paper and makes a butterfly fold, see video below.