[UPDATE: 7/30/07] Here’s the Southwest version.

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Along the lines of sticking “i” in front of everything and calling it a product, Sea to Summit have a clear winner! No $hit! It is a camping trowel for the fancy die hard color oriented camper. Hollow handle for other such vital camping items like your drugs or mini-vodka bottle.

• Lightweight & compact; weighs only 3.5 ounces (99 grams)
• Handle collapses to fit inside the shovel blade; to open push handle to full size and lock into place with a spring-loaded button lock
• Approximate length at full size 9.75 inches; collapsed length 5.5 inches
• A handy hollow handle for storing useful items like toilet tissue, hand sanitizer or lighter
• Handle has a comfortable, full-size grip for easier and more efficient digging
• Made of a super-strong, ultra light 6066 – T6 aluminum alloy
• Hard anodized blade to Rockwell C 70
• Available in four fun colors
• Comes with its own stuff sack
• Designed to support Leave No Trace practices

Leave no trace camping is a good thing, but the second you say ” Hey guys, iPood!” you body will be found all beaten and bloody at the side of the trail.

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Not really, but Hersheys is suing the California maker of these spoof cannabis candies, 40 year old Kenneth Affolter from Lafayette. That’s right, they’re suing for TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT. Professor Feldman of UCSF law school has this to say: “Does the customer really believe Hershey is making marijuana-laced candy? I don’t think so. But now you’re associating illegal drugs with the Hershey mark. You’re thinking about bad things, illegal things, things that will harm your body when you think of the Hershey mark, and that is terribly damaging to the company and its mark.”

(Via ABC News)

Click the read more link to see more images of the “infringing” products…

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May 19th-20th (last weekend) was the 2007 Make: Magazine “Maker Faire”. It was a spectacular event: steam-powered robots, battery-powered motorcycles, tinfoil hats, human-powered carnival rides, a life-sized version of the game “mouse trap,” and lots of explosions.
Below is a video I put together for Blogadilla, and below below are some nice shots of the event by our own Blogadilla photographer, Garry. [click on photos to enlarge]

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Greensulate – growable, moldable (no pun intended) home insulation made from living mushroom fiber (mycelia). Cheap and green. Live like a Smurf.

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