We all have power bricks laying around, from our laptop chargers to the gargantuan Xbox 360 brick. We usually try and hide them but truth be told if there were a way to harness all that excess heat, it would be a lot cheaper than running the heater. That’s were the Sweet Home feet warmers come in. Each slipper comes with a slot perfect for any standard power brick. It does look awkward and a better solution may have been USB powered slippers but that’s way these feet warmers are just concept.

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It was only a matter of time before somebody decided to capitalize on all the broken plasma and LCD screens from inept Wii-mote slinging hooligans. Sure, Nintendo may have recalled and reissued better wrists straps but for those who think wrist straps are for weenies, I give you the Safety Shield. Big enough to fit up to a 46″ screen, strong enough to withstand a flying projectile.

No price yet and the manufacturer has a questionable website but it’s an idea long over due.

It’s chic to be a geek nowadays but damn if the competition ain’t hard. Seems there’s one too many geeks in any given office and as the old adage says - there’s only room for one.

Claim your throne by showing others how cool you are speedily sliding across your office in these carpet skates. They fit right over your shoes and the “super-mega high-zoot ultra-slidey plastic” will have you zipping across the floor like a speed skater. One size fits all and only $15.99.

[Via Gearfuse]

Altogether now. . . AWWWWWW! It’s he/she/it adorable?!?! And look it even comes with a little chain to strap onto your purse or man-bag. Just too precious I tells ya but wait, this baby seal is more than meets the eye. It hides something sinister in its bum and if you have and semblance of decency, you will not hit the jump to find out what it is (go ahead, you know you want to).

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[Mon Apr 16 04:42:03 2007]Cameron, out of character, ‘Sorry Rob, this is kind of a long title, but it was so epic’
[Mon Apr 16 04:42:36 2007]Admin shouts, ‘Cameron, your account has been banned, you pulpy tulip’
[Mon Apr 16 04:42:56 2007]Cameron, out of character, ‘I like that. Tulip is much better than mongoloid’
[Mon Apr 16 04:43:09 2007]Fansy shouts, ‘I’m Fansy the Famous Bard!’

Behold! The mighty Zune 2 concept photoshop from Zune Groove!

This Zune 2 looks pretty nifty. From what the picture suggests, it’s got wireless headphones (probably via Bluetooth), fresh controls, and sleek flash storage that allows for smaller form factor and longer-lasting battery life. These should be in the next Zune, since they are excellent features. While exact details of the Zune 2 are still unknown, hopefully Microsoft will add technological upgrades like what is displayed in the picture.

NextLust readers: What kind of stuff would you like in the Zune 2? [Also, extra points if you get any movie reference in this post without using Google]

The Rubik’s Cube, being one of the most universally recognized puzzles ever made, needs no introduction. Created by Hungarian sculptor Professor Ernő Rubik in 1974, the aptly named Rubik’s Cube burst into the scene. For over 30 years people have cringed in frustration while playing with the rotating block, hoping it will miraculously solve itself. To this day people are still defeated by the same toys while others, specifically that one guy at your office everyone hates, seem to be able to spin them into submission while not even paying attention.

The Rubik’s Cube itself has gone through more than a few changes and variants in the past years. You can see the many incarnations of the cube below, from small 4 x 4 cubes on keychains to larger and far deadlier models such as the Professor’s cube and the ominously named Rubik’s Revenge.

Recently the people behind the infamous cube have decided to revamp the device for the 90’s 2007. Rubik’s has made a teaser site for a new product called the Rubik’s Revolution. The site boasts some of the creepiest disembodied hand work since The Addams Family and offers a few glimpses of the new cube on the block. First looks show promise as the cube has been shined up and sports a nice looking almost holographic exterior. The middle panel on every side of the device also lights up it’s respective color.

Sounds cool right? Well here’s the kicker, the toy is completely immobile. No spinning, no sliding, matching blocks up. Instead, the cube has six light games built into it. Ranging from a version of “Simon” to a game where you simply turn the cube over and over until you find the lit side, then press the button and look again. In all fairness the games do appear to be pretty fun, but having the device branded as a Rubik’s Cube while ditching the normal puzzle feature for a light game gimmick doesn’t seem right somehow. Initial reports put the toy at being a very reasonable twenty dollars though, so at least the price is right.

Depending on your opinion of the original, this could be a nice new toy in the vein on Bop It or Simon, but I’m fairly sure somewhere, Ernő Rubik is rolling over in his blocky, rotating grave. If he’s even dead that is. Either way, be sure to visit the site here, and take a look around. But for God’s sake don’t click the Rubik’s Rap unless you want to re-live the days of Hamster Dance. The Rubik’s Revolution is set to drop at your favorite toy retailer later this year.

 Comedians these days. In my day if you wanted a fresh joke you had to work for it. You took the bus upstate to Ithaca. Back then Marty Sheffield knew all the swell jokes. Jokes that’d make you laugh so hard it’d give you the fantods. Yes sir, he knew his onions. But he required all comers to rub his feet with olive oil and Gold Bond before he’d even deign tell you a joke. Even then he’d probably tell you one you already knew, which meant you’d have to come back next quarter moon and repeat the whole process. And God help you if he told you the same joke two times in a row. Nowadays you just pull the Jokemaster II out of its sheath, press a button, and faster than you can say Jack Robinson you got yourself a new joke, mister. How do you like them apples?

 OK, so none of that’s true. Cataloging jokes was pretty much taken care of with the invention of the printing press. But books, I mean, honestly. Who reads them anymore? When we want a new joke nowadays, we’d better kick down 30 bones for a gadget that will give one to us and is bigger than our cell phone. And who better to provide the jokes than Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling? Known as “The Man of a Thousand Jokes” (to me), Martling has spent his career painstakingly indexing every joke known to man. You may also know him from his work as lead writer of the Howard Stern show, so count on a lot of the jokes being along the lines of “Baba-booie baba-booie! Midget stripper tits! LOL”

Perhaps you’re thinking, “Why should I care about a joke-telling gadget?” Fair deuce, but just listen to some of the extra features it includes: a high-resolution touch-screen interface, built-in WiFi, Google Maps accessibility, push e-mail support from Yahoo, coverflow integration, and…oh wait, nevermind. This just tells you new jokes. It’ll probably make a good gift for your grandpa who likes to tell jokes and doesn’t trust any gadget unless it requires two AA batteries. Check out the website for a whole lineup of joke-telling devices from “The Joke Man”. It also may be the only place in the world outside my diary you can read the phrase, “Press the left eye, and out come more than 15 of the grossest fart, poop, and burp sounds ever.”

A prize to whoever comes up with the best punchline to the joke in the picture.