Don’t Throw Away That Water Bottle Just Yet

If you do a fair share of traveling you probably know that staying hydrated is important. Outside of Las Vegas, you’re probably not staying in any hotels that take room humidity into factor, an important part of better sleep and avoiding dry/flaky skin.

The Air-O-Swiss Travel Ultrasonic Humidifier allows you to bring along a high quality Swiss humidifier wherever you go by just adding your own water bottle. It uses high-frequency vibrations to generate a micro-fine cool mist that is blown into the room. It’s transcontinental AC adapter and exchangeable plugs ensure you’ll be able to use it in any country.

Editor’s Note: Also works great in the office.

Cost: $60

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Throw Down Anytime, Anywhere

A man’s college years are crucial testing grounds for good and bad ideas. Hindsight shows downing six shots of whiskey and streaking the dean’s lawn was a bad idea. Kissing your best friend’s girl afterwards probably was too. On the other hand, filling cups with beer and tossing ping pong balls in them, now that was brilliant.

That’s why the guys over at Pong A Long created the 8 foot portable beer pong table. This 8 foot regulation sized table collapses to become a 2×2 briefcase perfect for toting to your next party or event. So you’ll never miss an opportunity to brush up on your game.

We gave ours a thorough testing at the Far Hills Downs Steeple Chase a couple of weeks back and were pleased as punch. It did reveal though that Patrick’s skills have clearly faded since his school days in the 1940’s.

Next year’s tailgating will prove if an old dog can learn new tricks. Check out a shot of our own table after the jump.

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Dessert has a New Dress Code

The next time a female house guest develops a craving for late night sweets, serve it on one of these guaranteed charmers.

Made of fine china, each plate is printed with a bow tie in various states of knot-assembly and perfectly captures the haberdashery look only Ralph Lauren could pull off. Hint: the steps for tying are the same for untying. So if your guest is a quick study, she’ll get the hint in no time. It’ll only help your case if chocolates are involved as well.

Editor’s Note: Since this is fine china, make sure you wash with care. Having them licked clean doesn’t count.

Cost: $75

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Never Take A Knife To A Gun Fight

The last thing my leaves ever saw.

Leaves. In my yard. Everydamnwhere.

To make matters worse, rain was bearing down on my position from the West. Such a tempest was sure to whip the unruly fronds that littered my property into an unrecoverable mess. Thus, I made the fatal mistake of setting out with only my two bare hands and a rake that I’m pretty sure was manufactured sometime before I was born. As you can imagine, it took hours of arduous effort to bring that amorphous allergic amalgam under control. Even at that, the leaves were merely contained; they are corralled in the back corner of my yard into a mass of approximately 576 cubic feet (yes, I calculated it) and threatening a jailbreak at any moment.

After this traumatic episode, I equipped myself with the proper armament for this annual chore. One could do much worse than the Stihl SH 86 C-E Shredder Vacuum Blower. If you’ve never had the pleasure of wielding a Stihl power tool, let me tell you that Stihl is a purveyor of fine-tuned beastly contraptions.

Of course, they offer a full line of both handheld and backpack blowers, but I’d choose the SH 86 C-E for its ability to vacuum and destroy those airborne invaders that find residency on my lawn, roof, and driveway.

The Stihl SH 86 C-E boasts a 14 to 1 mulching ratio, perfect for significantly reducing the size of my leaf collection (repeat: 576 cubic feet). Throw in the fact that it easily converts to a handheld blower generating up to 190 mph of air velocity, and you’ve got yourself a very versatile wingman in the war on yard waste. Take it from me; you don’t want to go it alone.

Cost: $270

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Another Reason Why We Love HermanMiller

According to über design firm HermanMiller, the ethos behind the Sense desk is that you need a desk that makes it easier to mirror the changes you encounter every day in work life. Sounds reasonable.

What I can say is that the Sense is an innovative desk with gorgeous lines I would be comfortable working at both work and home. The myriad of adaptabilities the Sense desk allow you to expand the desk to a massive multi-user workstation or just a simple one-person work surface.

Cost: $949 @ Herman Miller Sense

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Paper Basket?

Recycled paper as a storage basket. Clever.

The Paperwork Recycled Storage Basket from Mocha comes with a purposed design: to banish clutter. Not a new concept, I know.

Rather, the unique premise of this storage basket comes from the fact that it’s made from recycled rolls of magazines, something I come into contact far more than the average joe. Nice to see that those recycled glossies are making their way into something useful. It’s also a perfect gift for that friend who needs a little nudge towards recycling.

Cost: $45 @ Mocha