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Living on old farm land does have some perks most notably a distinct lack of large trees producing lots of leaves to deal with. So I see a product entitled Bear Claw Scoops and I think it clearly has to be something cool. However it seems that lots of vendors have come up with the idea that people picking up leaves need bigger hands. Whatever, none had a cooler sounding name. A pair of Bear Claw Scoops are available from Plow & Hearth for $10. |
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Designed by Dzine, the Fibre Optic Twilight Umbrellas endeavor to brighten an otherwise stormy and dreary day. The first of this pair of umbrellas is the Starlight Umbrella which utilizes blue fibre optics that can be set to twinkling or statically on or off. The other, linked below, is the Spectrum Starlight Umbrella which only can be set to phase through the colors or have the fibre optics turned off. Both umbrellas require three AAA batteries that are not included. Both umbrellas are available for about $41 from either iWantOneOfThose or Crazy About Gadgets in .uk. |
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It never fails. Once the temperature drops below roughly 50 degrees, my truck starts attacking me. Should I dare touch unclothed skin to the body of the truck, I am in for quite a shocking experience. As there are many other “victims” of static electricity out there, numerous solutions have been introduced. Pictured and linked below is the Antistatic KeyChain from appropriately named StopZap that has a light bulb that lights up when it receives the static charge and the object is clear to touch. It is available directly from StopZap for $10. Brando’s car section has a variety of key chains that serve the same purpose including one that features Hello Kitty that sells for $14 and doesn’t even include an all clear light. |
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Rather then get an relatively mundane umbrella with a light saber handle, why not get an umbrella with a mundane handle and an illuminated shaft? Given that the product page for the Light Saber Umbrella is in Korean embeded in images that Google cannot translate, there is only so much information I can glean, but there are plenty of pretty pictures. The umbrella measures 84 cm (33″) or 94cm (37″) if you count the handle and there is also a smaller kid size. The umbrella comes in the three colors pictured, red umbrella/shaft, blue umbrella shaft and black umbrella/white shaft and is lit by three LEDs. The Light Saber Umbrella is available in at least Korea for $42. |
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Speaking of more expensive yet simpler umbrellas, we have the Darth Vader’s Lightsaber Umbrella. Supposedly made available by Master Replicas though their site has no mention of the product, this umbrella features an “authentic” light saber handle and a red nylon sleeve so it looks like a “real” light saber when not in use. The Darth Vader’s Lightsaber Umbrella is available “in limited quanties” in two styles which have different artwork on the umbrella. Style A has artwork of Darth Vader amidst rivers of burning lava and style B has art of Darth Vader preparing for battle. You can either get this umbrella and its fancy handle directly from Entertainment Earth or their Amazon store for $99. |
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NASA’s Cassini spacecraft observed the first hurricane-like storm with a well-developed eye that has been seen on another planet. The storm is approximately 8,000 km (5,000 miles) in diameter or 2/3s the diameter of Earth. A three hour observation session noted that the winds were blowing around Saturn’s south pole at 550 km or 350 miles per hour. For contrast, the largest tropical cyclone on record is Typhoon Tip which was recorded as being 2,170 km (1,350 miles) wide and shares the tropical cyclone wind speed record with Typhoon Keith, Hurricane Camille and Hurricane Allen with maximum sustained winds of 305 km/h (190 mph). The largest wind gust on record for Earth is claimed by the Mount Washington observatory in New Hampshire with winds clocked in at 231 mph on April 10, 1934. Saturn’s storm is about a quarter of the size of the great red spot of Jupiter though. |
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