Oru: The Origami Kayak
The kayak is one of those particularly inconvenient vehicles: speeds like a bullet through the water, but completely unwieldy outside of it. Well, the Oru was created to answer just that issue and features a completely foldable design that collapses a full-sized kayak into a small case that ways just over 10kgs. Get ahead of the game and pre-order yours here.
A Bad Lip Reading of the Hunger Games
Apparently the Hunger Games is a movie about some books that the kids are all atwitter about these days. All we know is that this video from the always hilarious BLR is exceptionally hilarious. Don’t worry if you haven’t seen the movie already, it spoils nothing, unless you count the fact that the phrase “fudge puddles” isn’t included in the actual movie. Check out more of their stuff here.
Manly Art: The Films of William James Murray
You might not know him as William James Murray, but the movie star-turned-party crasher is probably your hero. The folks over at DKNG Studios just created this limited edition poster featuring all of his films as minimal icons from Ghostbusters, to Groundhog Day to some film with a bloody banjo, they’re all accounted for. Hurry up and get one of the 200 prints here before they’re all gone.
Revolver, Meet Screwdriver: The Worx Semi-Automatic Screw Driver
Your screwdriver should be something like your right hand, and who wouldn’t want a supercharged, semi-automatic right hand? The Worx Semi-Automatic Screw Driver comes with two slide action rapid reload cartridges that hold six bits a piece, letting you switch from drilling a pilot hole to Philips to flat head without losing a single bit. Now answer one question screw, are you feeling lucky…?
“Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.” Bill Shankly, Man Since 1913
The BRANDiD boys are big Liverpool Fans, so today we’re paying tribute to a truly great man. Our greatest manager, a football visionary and a man of the people died on this day 31 years ago. Shanks, You’ll Never Walk Alone.
Manly Art: Street Ghosts by Paolo Cirio
Being immortalised by a Google Maps truck must be a special kind of honor, knowing that, whenever someone googles your city, you’ll be right there in some blurry, creepy form until the end of time or civilization or until the Google Hive Mind begins erasing any vestige of humanity from its data banks. How much cooler is it then, that artist Paolo Cirio has begun going around the world and wheatpasting Google Maps “ghosts” in their real world locations. Check out the awesomely creepy project here.
Manfographics: Star Wars Explained
There’s something about The Star Wars series that puts it squarely on the intersection between “manly” and “nerdy.” Truly though, the “nerdy” can keep the uninitiated (read: girlfriends and wives) from getting in the game. Thankfully, these infographics from Portuguese designer Murera should help you distinguish your Wookies from your Jawas and make some type of sense of all those Galactic Senate hearings.
Just kidding, that sh*t made no sense to anyone.
I’m really lucky to have friends that live in NYC. And for the next couple of days I’m staying in the heart of the city at easily the most ballin’ pad ever. Here’s a video of the view from the balcony to make you jealous!
Hitler Finds Out About Apple’s new iOS6 Maps
If you upgraded to iOS6 this past week, you probably feel the Fuhrer’s pain.
More Car Porn: Bentley Continental GT3 Concept Racer:
British racing is back! For the first time since their historic sixth Le Mans victory in 2003, Bentley is looking to return to the racetrack with their Continental GT3 Concept Racer. Re-tooling their iconic Continental GT Speed coupe, with the adoption of a rear-wheel drive chassis, state-of-the-art motorsport hardware and a comprehensive aerodynamic package. Even if Bentley don’t find themselves lapping the competition on the track in 2013, they’ll definitely have one of the coolest cars on the track, #BWAM.
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