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The Mac Mini is a fantastic computer for day-to-day use or as a media center box for your TV. Problem is, that anodized aluminum finish can look dull sitting next to all your other gadgets surrounding your television. Spice it up a little with a paint job from Computer Choppers. For a whopping $200, they’ll gladly dye your Mac Mini in one of many color options the company offers. While it’s an expensive mod, costing a third of the computer’s original purchase price, the ability the customize your Mac to your style is an attractive offer to some. I’m so getting the pink one when I get my tax return back.

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Yet another watch from Tokyo Flash that requires a mathematical formula just to tell time. This is no joke. Telling time on a watch modeled after my bitchin’ 10 pack of abs shouldn’t be a problem so long as you remember what each color of the transitioning LEDs represents.

Named the Kisai Tenmetsu, this Tokyo Flash watch joins the club of mold breaking designs. Made of aluminum and finished with a soft alumite coating, this is one watch that will have strangers asking you for the time. It’s a damn shame you won’t have a response. The Kisai Tenmetsu is available in silver or black for $257.

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What better way for a father and son to spend the Thanksgiving weekend together than to build a robot out of a tin can and an Arduino. As far as robots go, this little autonomous aluminum can seeks out light and moves in the direction of it. The creator cleverly refers to this as a “flashlight leash.”

With an Arduino, a light sensor and a lower power DC motor, making your own light-seeking robot shouldn’t be too difficult of a task. With your kid helping you, who knows what you could accomplish?

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I’m no stranger to furniture made from recyclables. After all, I write about it all the time and I just so happen to sit on my ass for the same duration. Upon seeing Ryan Frank’s design, pictured above, I immediately thought of how comfortable it would be to pass gas while sitting in it. Well, more comfortable than doing so in a chair made from a tire or a wooden stump.

I mean, this thing is made entirely of used plastic bags. The seat itself is made from recycled aluminum, but the plastic bags are what give the chair character. Break wind while sitting in this thing and you’ll float away in more ways than one.

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With and without CleanBBQ

Do you think anyone wants to eat off of your grill if there’s blackened beef parts etched onto the grilling surface? Hell no. CleanBBQ offers aluminum grill linings which provide a clean surface every time you fire up the grill for some meat charring.

Aside from the fact that it will look a whole hell of a lot better, you don’t have to worry about cleaning the grill anymore. Just replace the liner and you’re good to go on to your next BBQ adventure. — Andrew Dobrow

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Laptop cooling pads are nothing new. They all seem to do the same thing in just a slightly different way. In this case, there really is something to differentiate itself from the competition. The Jetart NP7600W Aluminum Notebook Cooler has two 2,300RPM cooling fans as well as four USB ports. This works on multiple levels. Say you just bought an ultra-portable laptop, chances are that it doesn’t have too many USB ports, this can solve that problem. Or if you are using your laptop as a desktop replacement, you know they can get very hot at times. The NP7600 costs $60. $60 is well worth keeping your ability to have babies, isn’t it men? — Nik Gomez

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