Wonderland

Powerglove Oven Mitt

About once every six months I see something that makes me want to actually blog it instead of just-tweeting, because it's that marvellous.

Behold: the Powerglove Oven Mitt. Or maybe ... THE POWERGLOVEN.

I'm getting two, KAPOWA!

PlayStation backpack

Pretty swoofy. Looks laptop-ready. Would wear.

32 quid. Not bad! 

Reversible Nintendo backpack also pretty nifty.

 

Nerd Culture 3D-printed rings

Found on Shapeways. Requires a bit of home-painting if you get the white nylon version, but a stainless steel version would cost a pretty reasonable 25eu. I'm quite tempted by that.

Star Trek feeding set, with flashing lights

It's almost worth having another kid for.

Augh! So good. Over at thinkgeek. You can't shove it in the laundry of course - wipedown only, so I wonder how long it'd be useable for, in practice. Baby food is like wet cement.

Trek onesie

First post of many in the run-up to holiday season... the Trek Onesie. 

Beautiful. From Thinkgeek. Where else. $16.

Noby Noby Boy hat & scarf

You'd have to be a pretty dedicated Noby Noby fan to wear this brave and lovely hat. But then again, Takahashi fans are usually Pretty Dedicated.

 

Definitely for massive brownie points at the next videogame con you go to.

Link cossie for babies

Hallowe'en is fast approaching, and I can't knit, so this beautiful outfit is out of the question, sadly.

Has anyone ever seen a Link outfit for toddlers? The kid is made for a Windwaker outfit.

See? 

While on a theme: hand-sewn and embroidered Link slippers!

And a Windwaker cake. (Old but glorious). O gosh.

Back from sickness

It's day 7 of our holiday. Day 1 was travelling; day two was meet-n-greet with the fam, followed by a bit of a nap-collapse, and Days 3-6 were WorldCon for him, and the pukebucket for me - and I never, ever get sick. Strep throat plus normal flu (how did I manage to get normal flu? Brilliant!), PLUS a severe reaction to this horrible new giant antibiotic "Bioxin". Disgusting horse-pill that you take once a day. The course cost me $100 (!!!) and of course, you don't get a refund if it makes you puke every 15 mins (which it did). 59 vomits later, I'm on amoxycillin ($25) and it's time to head back to Toronto.

So here's a teeshirt that made me laugh.

 

Thinkgeek, of course!

FPS gaming vest

I know this is old, I remember seeing previews of it a while ago, but Thinkgeek are now selling them (under "computer accessories", heh) and the description of what it does is just so FREAKY.

Eight pneumatic impact hammers stitched into the vest pound you where you were hit - four front and four back - giving you the authentic (though less bloody) feel of the hit. Wearing the vest makes you feel more like you're in the game, and could even improve your gamerscore!

That I doubt very much. Pneumatic hammers! Owies.

Custom WoW guild hats

They're not pretty. But they are personalised.

You can get your guild tabard on a teeshirt too, with a load of guff around the edge. Again, not pretty. But someone, somewhere will figure out how to get your guild image on a tee of your tabard colour choice sooner or later.

(Thanks guildies!)