Abiding Finally in 1080p
The Dude would surely approve of the leisurely 10+ years it’s taken the Cohen Brothers to release their cult-classic on Blu-ray. Based on what’s included in the newly announced, limited edition version ($21), however, — the extended patience from fans will be paid back in full. For starters, the studio announced that the film has [...]
InAudible Melodies
This one isn’t just for the audiophiles. Remastered by Bernie Grundman from the original analog tapes with high-end tube gear, Jack Johnson’s debut album (and still one of our all time favorites) is now available in uncompressed 16bit/48kHz high-resolution download formats, or 180 gram AAA vinyl, which also includes a download card for all the [...]
Everything but the kitchen sink
Maybe it’s just the inner Mario Grylls or Alton Stroud in you but when you’re in the great outdoors preparing an evening meal can be a total pain when all you have are craggy rocks and splintery stumps. REI’s solution? The Camp Kitchen ($119). For about the cost of getting that SUV to the camp [...]
Putting the Axe in Relax
Zombie games are a dime a dozen, but Dead Island ($60) has a few intriguing tweaks worth paying attention to. The most obvious is its tropical paradise setting on the fictional South Pacific island of Banoi. Here, the flagship Royal Palms Resort serves as the ultimate vacation spot, until a contagious outbreak transforms most of [...]
Not so Woolly Mammoth
There’s off-road, and then there’s OFF-ROAD. The Russian built Trecol 39295 takes it to an altogether different level. The insane six-wheeler enables you to drive over logs, insanely rocky terrain, deep water (with optional outboard motor) and even people. Okay, back up now. Yes, you can do that, too. The Trecol just happens to have [...]
A peek of what's to come?
While you were busy BBQ’n with friends and family yesterday, Asus decided to tease the world with the Padfone. Hard facts really aren’t available at this point, but as the picture and videos below illustrate, the main draw of the padfone is its unique tablet shell. We do know the device will run some form [...]
Balsa Boeing
Just because you haven’t thought about a balsa wood plane in 20 years doesn’t mean they don’t exist. Look around and you’ll still find the light flyers at local hobby shops or, in this case, the web. Like you, things have grown up a bit and though the wooden flyers are still available in those [...]
Mobile Office
The Bugatti Grand Prix Desk by Luzzo Bespoke brings the the driving commute all the way into your office. Birthed from over 3000 hours of CAD, the desk is meticulously crafted to reflect Bugatti’s heritage by the UK interior design firm. The design neatly adopts a larger version of the Winfield carburetor synchronization quadrants from [...]
To tout the whopping 200 megapixel capture capabilities of the new H4D-200MS ($45,000), Hasselblad put the uber shooter in the hands of a few prominent photographers including famous still-object shooter Jonathan Beer. One especially stunning capture is a Rolex photographed using the multi-shot feature, which merges six 50 megapixel shots into one mind-bogglingly immense 200 [...]
Because dad grooms too
Collaborating with man on the street Scott Schuman of The Sartorialist, Kiehl’s has put together a limited edition dopp kit ($86) just in time for that one day dad kinda expects a halfway decent gift. The simple kit includes the necessities, face wash, moisturizer, eye de-puffer, no-shine lip balm, soap scrub and of course a [...]
The green fairy, made in America
After decades of misinformation and smear campaigns that resulted in absinthe’s being outlawed in the United States since 1915, it was reintroduced to the market in 2007. Slow adoption has since sped up, and these days absinthe can be found in liquor stores and bars across the country. There’s even an American-made product courtesy of [...]
Identified Grill-like Object
Call it our inner pyro, but just because its warmer doesn’t mean we can’t light up an evening fire. What looks like an overly ambitious metal worker’s off-hour project, the Weber Fireplace ($159) takes a porcelain enameled lid and bowl with some heavy-gauge steel to create a clever, well priced outdoor fire. And when you’re [...]
Macht Schnell
Russian tuner, TOPCAR has done something sinister to the already fast-selling Porsche family sedan with their stealthy Porsche Panamera Stingray GTR. The car certainly takes on a far more aggressive look that we feel is more consistent with the rear greenhouse of the Panamera, largely by giving it a beautiful matte black paint job, more [...]
Brew A-Ha
The cigarette companies were slapped year’s ago for using illustrations in their ads on the grounds that it created young smokers in training. Still, those dirty peddlers were on to something. Beer Craft: A Simple Guide to Making Great Beer ($12) takes full advantage of the beauty and appeal of illustration to walk would-be brewers [...]
