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Winding Down: Jaime King Is the Jewel In the Crown

Sin City’s Jamie King is a queen in our book. [Horny Oyster]

Stick to your thoughts with Message Tape. [Uncrate]

Stick on eyes let you doze off at work or on that late subway ride. [Neatorama]

Lipstick knife is sharp and sweet. [Nerd Approved]

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Japanese Siphon Bar Brews Zen Coffee For $20K

Behold the one and only halogen-powered siphon bar in the United States. The owner of the Blue Bottle Cafe in San Francisco imported the device from Japan’s Ueshima Coffee Company at a cost of over $20 grand (no news on how much Blue Bottle charges per cup). Each globe brews one cup at a time and requires a brewmaster to carefully turn the coffee grounds with a bamboo paddle to create a siphon of water vapor into the pot. The true story here? If you ever feel like hunting coffee nerds for sport, you know where to start looking.

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Cubans Crazier Than Peruvians, But Not As Much As Saudi Arabians

Last week we took a glimpse at the Bomberos of Peru and thought they were hardcore. But then this short clip surfaced of some crazy Cubans skitching in the rain with nothing more than their feet on wet roads, forcing us to reconsider the road warrior title. That was, until we remembered just how loony these guys were in their sandals. No contest!

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Bomberos In Peru Take Skitching To All New Levels

We’re sorry, but not even the fastest street luge or downhill longboard race has got anything on these road warriors:

In Perú, kids called Bomberos (firemen) hitch rides on homemade karts to the top of a 1,000 meter mountain, and then ride back down with the help of gravity, delivering food, drinks, and spare parts to broken and stranded trucks.

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Winding Down: Letting It All Hang Out

Pam Anderson doing what she does best: showing her breasts in Vegas. [Hollywood Tuna]

A truly puzzling but retro cool subwoofer. [Gearfuse]

Being able to pop one of these limited edition white gold bottles of Dom without flinching is our New Year’s resolution. [Bornrich]

You sick of your dog chewing your prized possessions? Affix a cell phone on vibrate around its collar and call when naughty. [Afflicted Yard]

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The Most Horrifying Movie Trailer of the Year For Men

A couple months ago this trailer hit the YouTubes and sent every man running for the hills. At first we thought the Onion was getting into the business of movie making, but then read up and realized this was going to be an actual theatrical release in 2008. It’s called Teeth and it explores the worst collective nightmare of all MANkind: vagina dentata. If you didn’t have the great pleasure of viewing it then, we rehash it now for year ending purposes. Coming January 18!

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Winding Down: Freakishly Titillating

Abi Titmuss looks sexy no matter what, but what’s with the eerie child molester lookalike in the background? [Horny Oyster]

Further proof that the suburbs suck. [Core77]

Karl Lagerfeld eats? Cake? [Likecool]

Buffalo flash drive is perfect for backing up and storing all your porn. [Engadget]

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Stuntman Flips His Lid, Hopefully Truck Too

We don’t care what you have planned for New Year’s Eve, chances are it’s not as crazy as this. In an act of sheer lunacy that would even make Evel Knievel proud—God rest his soul—thrill seeker Rhys Millen plans on executing a backflip in his off-road racing truck. He’ll be driving off of a specially built jump that, assuming everything goes right, should send him into flip mode. Besides having balls made of solid steel, this jump will require perfect timing. This ‘Red Bull Experiment’ will be attempted during ESPN’s No Limits broadcast on New Year’s Eve. Although Red Bull has gotten us to do some crazy shit, at least we had a good excuse, ours had vodka in it.

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Power Up With Super Mario’s Energy Drink

With Super Mario Bros. holding so much cultural cache for 80’s babies and older school hardcore gamers alike, it’s no wonder that everyone’s favorite fearless plumber got molested and tapped for an energy drink. Plus with gamers needing a substance to keep awake after spending ungodly hours in front of their LCD’s who better to rely on then a speed freak icon like Mario. The man who can singlehandedly whip King Koopa’s ass is now the face of a new “blue-raspberry” flavored energy drink. With mushroom in hand, the Red Bull sized can, carries the implicit warning “Product not intended for children,” but judging by the kid friendly graphics, they can’t be all that concerned. We ain’t! $2.95, www.gkworld.com

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On A Wing and A Prayer

Yeah this dude looks freaking ridiculous! But what else can you expect from a guy who plans on jumping from a helicopter, rocking this tight fitted Batman-like perversion? This wing suit, that mimics the natural aeronautics of a flying squirrel, offers freakishly insane thrill seekers with an alternative to base jumping and boring ol’ free-falling. Instead of just dropping out of the sky and eventually pulling a rip cord, these guys attempt to glide fly back to a snowy mountainside runway. Sure it sounds absolutely insane, but we’ll have to admit, after watching this video of the “Flying Dude,” we’re thoroughly convinced this is about as ballsy as it gets, even when rocking a full length, skin tight skirt.

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