Swiss Army Keyring Hack

Keys are total chaos. Little chunks of oddly shaped metal free to do what they will on a circular piece of metal which every person has an urge to put dumb chachkies onto. It's madness. Do not fret though because with some tools and knowledge, or a friend with tools and knowledge, there is a better way.

What if you had a swiss army style knife which instead of housing what the Swiss need to fight their numerous enemies, but all your essential keys housed in a locked down and organized way. The Neistat Brothers, who I guess have or had a show on HBO, give a quick and dirty overview of how your swiss army keyring is hacked together.



I would like to do this myself, but the landlord would be pissed over me mutilating all my keys and making all those copies would be kinda spendy. Oh well, it's still cool as hell.

[Reddit via HackADay]

#MusicMonday - Necrophagist Clarinet Cover

I'm always intrigued when people take a type of music and turn it on it's head. Be it country stars covering pop songs to Weird Al turning whatever he wants into a polka it's a great great exploration of music.

In this video we have YouTuber Caleb Canatheviphth taking the Necrophagist song 'Foul Body Autopsy' and blasting it out on his clarinet.

Discolor Tyre Tells You When You Need New Rubber

How many times have you seen an improvement on an existing product and thought to yourself "How have we been using this product up until now without this improvement?". It may be twice as shocking if the improvement is a major safety upgrade. Well, we may be looking at one of those improvements now.

Tires wear out. That is a fact, but what if that inevitability actually let you know what kind of shape your tires are in? What if the tire let you know that it needed to go live on a farm upstate with your old dog Mr. Plugs? Yanko Design posted a concept that does just that.

The concept is that tires could be made with a thin layer of brightly colored material so that when the normal material wears down it exposes it giving you a warning that you need new tires. It's so simple it's brilliant.

At this stage it is a concept from people who don't make tires. It'll probably take time to reach the desk of someone that does and, after all the testing need to make sure they can be safely made -- it could take awhile.

I'd say it's better than using coins, but that's just me.

[Yanko Design via The Awesomer]

Coke Syrup Races Are A Thing

If you are totally confused at the title of this post I can relate. It was about a year ago that I heard the term 'Coke syrup race' and could not understand how the words worked together, but in time I learned and wished these races happened closer to me.

All the races I've read up on have been inside big buildings with concrete floors and if you have driven on concrete you know it can be slick without warning. So how do you take a slick surface like that and make it race ready? From the name I assume you take the syrup for Coke that fountain machines use and put a layer of it on the floor.

You can see the difference between the non-syrup floor and the glistening layer of syrup in the below photo from the 'A Day of Thunder on Syrup' Facebook page.

Now that you know what this is all about how about some racing? Let's go on board with YouTube user Mordirt as we take a ride on a racing lawn mower.



Okay, that was four wheels. How about we join FTW Co. and taste the insanity of two wheels in their coverage of 'Battle at the Barn IV'.


Looks like too much fun to be legal. Be sure to look up if your area has any races like this and go -- for me.

Collective Cables Bring Style To Your Setup

When people talk about setting up a new PC or desk for their PC you'll often hear about 'cable management' which is just a sneaky code phrase for hiding all their cables. I get that making it look like your PC can run with out the need of cables looks cool and futuristic, because that is the future, but why not embrace cables now while we still have them.

Eastern Collective is on the right track in paying homage to cables with their line of woven cloth covered accessory cables. They offer micro USB, lighting, apple 30 pin, and AUX cables for items like cameras, iPods, and iPhones and so on. The cables come in a great range of bright colors and patterns. They also offer longer cables which are labeled as XXL.

While I love that these cables are available I can see they are shooting for the 'cable managed' crowd that want their device cables to look good because they are not so easy to 'mange' but I would love to see Eastern Collective veer off into HDMI, DVI, and VGA. You know, the cables people tend to 'manage'.

The cost ranges from about $13 to about $28 depending on the connection type and how long it is.

Check the cables out at the Eastern Collective shop!

Collective Cables [Cool Material]

MTN DEW Cupcakes With MTN DEW Frosting!

I love cupcakes and citrus flavored pop so putting them together is a super no brainer. The Geeky Hostess whipped these up to eat during a movie marathon to stay awake, but I'm sure they are just as good to recreationally.

While I love the idea I don't love the pop used, MTN DEW (commonly known as Mountain Dew) but surely substituting MTN DEW for a far superior pop like Mello Yello would work just as good. Good news I'd say.

Get the recipe here!

Mountain Dew Cupcakes [The Geekt Hostess via Geekologie]

Graffiti Cocktail Shaker, Why Go Out And Paint When You Can Stay In And Drink

If you are the type to come home and fix yourself a 'night-time beverage' or are always playing party host why have a cocktail shaker that looks like you stole it from your parents basement bar. Get something that looks 'fun'.

The Graffiti Cocktail Shaker looks like a giant can of spray paint with a spray nozzle cover for when you shake and a large red cover for when it's not in use. It even has a label that looks like a spay paint can, but it lists drink recipes.

You can get one from Amazon for just $15.18.

Graffiti Cocktail Shaker [Geek Alerts]

Pirate Sword Letter Opener

If you really liked the Pirate Skull Door Knocker from yesterday and think you might want to just make people think you're a pirate from now on here is a little letter opener that would also make a great decoration.

This 9 and half inch long letter opener comes with the handy stand shown. This would make for a handy conversation starter with questions from your guests like "When did you decide to become a pirate?" or 'Your gums are bleeding, do you have scurvy?".

You can get your land lubbin' letter opener at Heavenly Swords for $17.99.

Pirate Sword Letter Opener with Stand [Geek Alerts]

Get Some Quirky Crates To Organize Your Stuff

Not too long ago I looked at the space I inhabit and realised that everything was a mess and I needed to reorganise. I ended up going thermonuclear and just got industrial shelving, but had I known that these were coming I may have paused and rethought things.



These are currently known as crates, but as we speak Quirky is crowd sourcing a name and other and other aspects of the product. Alongside being able to stack the 'crates' there will be accessories like hooks, metal casters, drawers, and more to make the most of the space.

Right now there is a countdown on the Quirky website until the 'crate' comes to a store near me. Can't wait to see the price which will frankly be the make or break aspect of this product.

Building Block Storage Bins Finally Put Your Lego Skills To Good Use [Gizmodo]