If you want an iPhone/iPod dock that looks cool, for men, here’s what you need.
Each model is built out of a solid block of aluminum, and they’re based on the exhaust manifold of a car engine. It’s called iXoost, which comes from the English pronunciation of the word “exhaust”. They feature several speakers, including a 140W subwoofer.
I haven’t heard one of these, but I would like to — unless I have to pay for it. The starting price is $6200. I think it looks awesome, but I suspect the WAF (Wife Approval Factor) would be considerably less than favorable.
You can find more info at the iXoost website, and you can even customize your own on this page.
There are now candles with scents aimed at men, who might not be interested in collections like “Water Inspirations” or “Citrus Passions”.
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Man Town™ – Escape to the man cave with this masculine blend of spices, woods and musk.
First Down™ – This combination of orange, patchouli, vetiver and leather is as exciting as game day.
Riding Mower™ – Hot sun. Cool breeze. And the intensely summery scent of freshly cut grass.
2 x 4™ – The warm, unmistakable scent of freshly planed wood and sawdust evokes a sense of confidence and quality.
Apparently this is for real, even though it sounds like a parody. They cost $27.99 each. I’m no marketing expert, but men typically don’t buy candles to start with, and that seems like a high price to gain entry into this market (if such a niche exists).
I don’t have any review samples, but let’s consider the candles anyway, just based on the descriptions. I’m not sure I’d want one that smells like a man cave. Let’s think about this logically. If a man is single, his bachelor pad may already smell like a “man cave”. And if he’s single, he likely isn’t buying candles. If a man is married, he probably already has several years’ supply of candles at his house, and his wife likely would not approve of these smells anyway.
There is a nice aroma of a freshly-mowed yard, but I’m not sure I’d want that in the house. Plus, you get that every week or so anyway from mowing the yard.
Some guys might like the 2×4 scent, but I doubt it evokes “a sense of confidence”. I don’t know about the First Down scent, either, but I’m fairly certain a candle won’t be “as exciting as game day”. That’s some marketing malarkey! But this is no review, because I haven’t tried them. Nor do I plan to, because I’m married and I never buy candles anyway. But if you have experience with these, let us know.
In the last post we talked about creating an explosion on the Moon. The story ended with us lamenting the lack of funds to do such things. It would cost millions of dollars just to create one explosion on the Moon, which is quite extravagant and wasteful. So one of our resident genii (geniuses) suggested we build an “inator” that would accomplish this goal and be self-funding. Why didn’t NASA think of that?
So we’re gonna build a giant solar-powered space laser. Who hasn’t dreamed of carving their name into the moon with a giant space laser? Not only could you customize the moon’s appearance — and sell advertising spots on it for large sums of money — but there would be many potential uses for a space laser, some of which would pay lucratively.
Burninating the countryside…
One obvious application is trying to takeover the world with it, like a classic James Bond villain. (I think Cobra of G.I. Joe has tried that, too.) But hopefully owning a giant space laser wouldn’t turn you evil. (It takes a certain mentality to be a mad scientist / evil genius. It’s not for everyone. And that’s a good thing.)
You could use it for good also. Here’s a few ideas:
* If someone needed to destroy a building but an explosion is too dangerous, you could melt it down with your space laser.
* If you’re camping and you don’t want to wait on a campfire to cook your food, use your giant laser — that is, if you can program it to the right power level.
* Of course there are obvious military applications.
* If someone wants to install a moat around their house, using a laser would be a lot easier than digging it out manually.
* If you can set it to “stun”, you could use it to deter bullies, thieves, neighborhood pets who poop in your yard, etc. This would also be great for practical jokes.
* If you could somehow make it look like lightning, have the remote for that functionality setup to fire whenever you say your name dramatically. There are plenty of catch-phrases that could also be applied to.
* Use it to rid the world of evil pickles.
* You could protect the Earth from asteroids, meteors, and space junk (debris). You could also make this into a real-life Asteroids game, which would be awesome.
I’m sure there are many other practical (or not-so-practical) applications. I’d like to hear your ideas, so feel free to leave a comment.
I saw where somebody searched for “explosion on the moon” and found this blog, which we have talked about so that’s not surprising. But I was curious if there was a specific explosion that someone is searching for info about. So I did a quick search and found several links about asteroids / meteorites crashing into the Moon, which has happened countless times. But then I saw a link where NASA was planning to trigger a massive explosion on the moon to search for ice.
NASA is preparing to launch the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, which will fly a Centaur rocket booster into the moon, triggering a six-mile-high explosion that scientists hope will confirm whether water is frozen in the perpetual darkness of craters near the moon’s south pole.
Flying a rocket into the moon at 5,600 mph to create an explosion is cool! Where do I get that kind of job?
Actually, since nobody owns the moon, technically it wouldn’t be against the law to create your own explosions on the moon, right? Of course, that would require money and technology we don’t yet possess, but we can dream, right? 🙂
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