Hasta La Gadget!

I am a huge fan of the animated show Archer. I am so incredibly bitter that the fourth season is not on Netflix yet. I started my Archer experience late and blew through the first three seasons in a caffeine-induced binge weekend. I am recording the fifth season, but I refuse to watch until I can see the fourth. I know I could buy digital downloads or Blu-ray, but I am cheap.

ThinkGeek has a new shirt that is perfect for Archer fans. It has a picture of Sterling Archer on the front screaming “LAAAAAAAANA!”

If you have watched the show, you know how this works, “Lana. LANA! LAAAAAAAANA!”, then she replies, ” WHAT?!” to which Archer often simply says “Danger Zone.”  You can pick one up for $19.99 at ThinkGeek.

I always thought it was “LANAAAAAAAAA!”

Tattoos don’t have the same stigma as they once did but we’re still a bit away from having body art painted on the sleeves of politicians or on the necks of princesses. I wish they were though. These photoshopped images of famous people covered in tattoos are so great that I wish it was real life. How hilarious would it be to see Spock covered in ink? Or to have the regal Jackie O tatted up? It would be awesome.

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Instructables Community Manager and avid maker Mike Warren figured out a way to work on his gaming skills while walking his dog. He gutted a broken Xbox 360 controller and turned it into a large but somewhat practical dog leash.

I say the mod is somewhat practical because Mike replaced one of the gamepad’s rumble motors with a poop bag dispenser.

Check out Mike’s Instructables page to see how he did it. An Instructables commenter suggested hacking the controller’s buttons so that they trigger sound effects, or perhaps make your dog’s collar light up.

[via Neatorama]

From ThinkGeek’s Radiant Farms – the fictional ranch that brought you Canned Unicorn Meat – comes another yummy mythical meal. With, Canned Dragon Meat you’ll get “100% of your daily value of havoc, terror, inferno, destruction, magic, and rage.”

Actually each can contains a stuffed severed dragon head. It’s already slightly charred, so you don’t need to go Dracarys on it. You can order Canned Dragon Meat from ThinkGeek for $10 (USD).

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Here’s another way to capitalize on social media: make snack foods inspired by social media elements like emoticons and hashtags. That’s what Birds Eye Foods UK did with their latest offering called Mashtags.

It’s essentially a potato snack with its chips (can you still call them chips?) in the shame of smiley faces, asterisks, at symbols, hearts, and of course, hashtags.

Birds Eye brand manager Pete Johnson explained: “Social media is all about conversation and we’re confident Mashtags will resonate across various groups of people. We’re constantly looking for ways to innovate and inspire consumers and hope that Mashtags will get people talking around the table and help to make mealtimes more enjoyable.”

It’s a fun idea, but it feels like a novelty at best. What do you think?

[via C|NET]