Hasta La Gadget!

It’s got to be hard sell bird watching to this latest generation of short attention span having thrill seekers. A California-based wildlife photographer is offering a way, through the sort of gadget that we likely won’t be seeing during CES this week.

Doyle Doss’s Doss Products is offering up the Eye 2 Eye, a mask with a built-in humming bird feeder between its eye holes. Pour some sugar water in there, and the hummingbirds will hopefully start queuing up feed. Extreme.

“Hummingbirds are the alcoholics of the bird world,” Doss told AOL. “You can’t get between them and the bottle. They are ferocious when it comes to getting that sugar water. We try to make the mask as attractive as possible, but once they realize there’s food in there, that’s all they’re thinking about.”

The photographer reportedly got the idea for the device after a humming bird was attracted to his red beard, roughly 30 years ago. “That moment was magical for me,” said Doss, “and I wanted to share that experience with others.”

Doss built the device around a safety face shield, painting it red for the full beard effect. He has sold more than 400 Eye 2 Eye masks at $80 a pop.

Frankly, I’m a little bummed that I found out about this after Christmas. It would have made my holiday shopping a whole lot easier. A company in France has introduced to the world what can only be described as the Rolls Royce of condoms.

“There [is] always a need for quality, good taste and beautiful objects,” Count Gil de Bizemont, the VP of The Original Condom Co. told the press in an interview. Yep, that’s “Count.” He and his fellow co-founder describe themselves as “French aristocrats.”

Forget diamond rings–show her you care with a really expensive rubber. Bizemont again, “It is sexy to care about yourself and to want to pamper and provide yourself with the very best.”

The fancy pants condoms ship in suede-lined packages that were inspired by jewelry boxes. They run three for $13.50 and six for $20 with the box. You can also pick up singles for $2 each. You can pick them up online now, and come January, they’ll be available via luxury retailers and hotels.

A Florida woman accidentally strangled herself on Christmas Eve while attempting to relieve some pain with an electric neck massager. Michelle Ferrari-Gegerson, a 37-year-old physician residing in a suburb of Fort Lauderdale, was discovered lying unconscious on her bedroom floor by her husband. She was wrapping presents.

By the time paramedics came, Ferrari-Gegerson was declared dead. According to investigators, the cord of the electric massager had gotten tangled in her necklace, strangling her.

Police will not release the name of the massager used until the investigation is complete.