The pinball: it must go on. This is a video from the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle where barcade Add-A-Ball-Amusements has installed foot pedals on its pinball machines so players can play the games hands-free as a coronavirus precaution (and be able to double-fist cold ones in the process). The concept

These are a few photographs from a shop in Japan where the owner had glass panels installed in the ceiling so the shop’s resident cats can watch shoppers, and vice-versa. A great idea, but are we sure the rest of those drop panels can support the weight of those cats?

This is a short video of Canadian man John Nordquist showing off the loophole he found after his wife told him he couldn’t go boating and he’s not welcome back home if his boat leaves the dock. His solution? Take the floating dock with him like a true lunatic. No

This is a video of the UK’s Royal Navy receiving a demonstration from Gravity Industries showing how their jetpacks could be used to board ocean vessels, in this case the HMS Dasher. Admittedly, not a bad use for a jetpack. Maybe not as good of a use as flying into

This is the $12 Magic Tap, a battery operated automatic drink dispenser “with a universal cap that fits most containers” so you can dispense milk or juice or anything else from a large-mouth bottle with the press of your glass against its lever. That way you don’t even have to

This is what appears to be a legit video from Huntsville, Alabama (my old stomping grounds!) of a forklift operator dropping a pallet load of mulch onto a trailer and absolutely wrecking that poor bastard. What the hell was the endgame here? Is that what he was trying to do?

This is the already incredibly funded (~$700,000!) Kickstarter campaign for the STOIC standing mat, a modular standing mat “inspired by nature to stretch, strengthen and massage your feet during your workday.” Honestly, it looks like it was inspired by making me just want to sit down. Stoic has interchangeable footpads

This is the $120 Aberlite Pro Professional Beard and Hair Straightener, what’s being advertised as the world’s first professional beard straightener. *checking cobwebs in wallet* Cool, cool, but what if I told you I’ll have to take my chances with an unprofessional beard straightener? The Aberlite Pro uses a comb