This fiendishly small device features six creepy sound choices perfect for frightening your “friends” and co-workers. Simply choose your favorite sound (or use the random mode), place it in a dark hiding spot and watch the madness begin. Perfectly suitable for dorm, office and home use. Or try putting it in someone’s car – that gets them every time.

Among the sounds available include some unsettling creaking, unidentifiable scratching sounds, gasping last breaths, a sinister child laughing and an eerie whisper of “Hey, can you hear me?” – turn on the Random Mode if you’re going to have some real fun. Retailing for $9.99 each, it will be able to last for slightly more than a month of continuous use.

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So I guess it is no surprise that Japanese novelist Koji Suzuki has chosen to print his novel on toilet paper. Actually, I’m not certain whether Mr. Suzuki made the choice, or if the publicity department at his publishing house was really itching for a new marketing idea.

I honestly don’t think that Koji Suzuki needs any fancy gimmick to sell his works. If you never heard of this author, then you might have heard of a 2002 horror movie called The Ring. Yes, he wrote the book that the Gore Verbinski movie is based on. By the way, that movie was a remake of a Japanese movie Ringu.

His latest work, Drop, another horror story, is in skull scroll format. You won’t need a special e-book reader from Amazon to read its unique format, because you probably have the device right next to your toilet seat.

Now is the time of Coolest Gadgets when we make jokes about the product. For example, here is a review of Drop: “This story is so bad, that it isn’t worth wiping my butt with it. And believe me, I did.” Or how about: “The last time I ate three burritos, I went through three chapters of Drop. Of course, I wasn’t reading it”.

Come on, it is a novel written on toilet paper! The jokes ought to write themselves. Give it a try if you don’t believe me, and leave it with us on the comments.

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Professor X and the Emotiv Headset
Sure, Chuck might be one of the more powerful telepaths out there in the universe, but that doesn’t mean he can’t engage in some hard hitting PC gaming from time to time. After all, running a school full of misfits can be quite stressful, what more where his students boast some rather unusual abilities. The Emotive headset relies on reading electrical activity generated by the brain to control the character on a screen, and we hope the device is hardy enough to withstand those supercharged thoughts from Professor X. There’s one major drawback to this though – if I had a Danger Room to play around with, I’d much prefer that over some pansy Emotiv headset, as you won’t get any Playboy Mansion program running on the latter while the former has that and any Playmate of my choice.

The Beast and the Men’s Extended Reach Body Hair Groomer
The classic blue Beast, or rather, Dr. Hank McCoy, could make do with the Men’s Extended Reach Body Hair Groomer. The 3″ extension will come in handy if Hank wants to go bald all over, although we don’t know just how fast his above average regenerative qualities will see all that hair growing back in double quick time. Hank will need to be nimble though, as this device uses an 8-hour charge to be fully juiced up only to offer a rather poor return of 28 minutes’ of action. We suggest Hank get a lawnmower instead.

Iron Man and the Energizer Solar Battery Charger
Tony Stark ought to be smart enough to make his Iron Man suit powered by some sort of mini nuclear reactor, but what if Murphy’s Law kicks in and all he can rely on is the sun? Certainly he won’t go wrong with the Energizer Solar Battery Charger, although Mr. Stark himself will need to make some much needed modification to this device in order for it to pick up enough power to juice his entire suit that is dangerously low on power. We would like to think that this exoskeleton has been infused with nigh indestructible, highly efficient solar panels, but that’s a pipe dream at this point in time. Something to look forward to in the future.

Incredible Hulk and the Panasonic Toughbook
It can be a pretty tough day for Dr. Bruce Banner when he’s in the laboratory, and having the strength of the Savage Hulk certainly won’t do if he acts out his human emotion by slamming hard on the table, or worse, his notebook. While nary a single notebook out in the market is able to withstand the Hulk’s anger, it is only logical for us to select the latest Panasonic Toughbook as that’s just about the toughest notebook out there in the market. If the chassis does not survive, perhaps, just perhaps, data on the hard drive or solid state drive might. Don’t mess with the good green doctor, that’s about the best advice we can give.

Daredevil and the Braille Keyboard
Matt Murdock might be a masked hero at night, ridding Hell’s Kitchen of scum with ease, but place him in front of a regular keyboard for the first time in his life and watch him fumble as his superhuman abilities fail him. Others might argue that his sense of touch allows him to “feel” which character is printed, but why not let him work on something more familiar like the Braille Keyboard? After all, that makes so much more sense. I’m starting to wonder just how many cases Matt Murdock solves each month – he seems to be living the life of Daredevil much more often that that of a brilliant lawyer, which leaves me scratching my head on how he manages to pay off his bills each month.

Kratos and the Double Erection Keeper
Imagine being able to do the bidding of deities, taking down hordes of evil creatures and enemies all by yourself, slaughtering them without a shred of fear within, only to fail miserably while doing the horizontal hokey-pokey with a couple of hot chicks? That’s Kratos for you – the God of War who seems to act like a groping teen at his first attempt. The Double Erection Keeper ensures he is able to last a whole lot longer, after all, having saved beauties from certain death and not being able to satisfy them shortly afterwards? It is a real shame, perhaps Aphrodite should have given Kratos a pointer or two so that he doesn’t have to resort to using such a gizmo.

These are only half a dozen examples, and there are many others running through my head. I’m pretty sure you’ll be able to contribute a fair bit of hilarious ones including Wolverine being a really poor spokesperson for Band Aid or Cyclops and his pair of Oakley Thump MP3 sunglasses. Hope this post lifts up a fair bit of your Monday blues amidst more news of economic woes and a general downward spiral all across the globe.

To protect themselves from copyrights, The Simpsons called the Apple store a “Mapple store”, substituted “My” for every “i” on the most well-known Apple products, and even had an appearance by Steve Mobs (do I need to explain the joke here?).

Since a picture says a thousand words, I definitely invite readers to check out a clip of the episode (“Mypods and Broomsticks”) after the jump. What the clip doesn’t show is when Lisa gets her first MyPod bill that is over $1,000.

Most of the other jokes from the clip should ring with familiarity with Apple iPod (Mapple Mypod) owners. Also when the Comic-Book Guy runs up to the giant screen of Steve Mobs and hurls a sledgehammer is a clear reference to Apple’s “1984” ad that you can watch here.

Granted, the entire episode, which you can view here on Hulu, is not about Mypods, Mapple, or Steve Mobs, as it is more of a secondary plotline. The actual plotline is about Bart making a Muslim friend and Homer suspecting that this new friend’s parents are terrorists. This subtle commentary on post 9/11 intolerance seems a little too late, but their Mapple satire seems timely. Who knows when satirizing Apple will become dated?

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This t-shirt was clearly designed for people who feel their undiscovered artistic talent needed showing off to the world. Whilst wearing this may make you feel like a walking billboard, it certainly should be cost-effective; no need to buy any more of those witty slogan t-shirts, when you can just write your own ones on yourself. The T-Sketch contains a battery pack which, when switched on, lights-up the screen on the front of the t-shirt and your message or drawing is brought to glowing life. Whatever you’re feeling, get it on your chest.

Powered by a couple of AA batteries, there is the usual care instructions for such a delicate shirt including NOT ironing the plastic and remembering to disconnect the battery pack whenever you want to wash it. The T-Sketch illuminating T-shirt will retail for £24.99 in small, medium and large sizes.

The premise of this show is exactly what the title suggests. The rules of the show is that a contestant is given his choice of three beautiful women, and he can take two of these women on a date. Eventually, he chooses one beautiful woman to spend the evening with, but there is one final choice after that.

The contestant is told that he can either go on a romantic getaway with his final choice, or take home a new gadget, presumably to keep. Like Let’s Make a Deal, the contestant will have no idea what’s in the box until they are willing to bet all.

I wonder what the purpose of this show is, to show whether a man will choose the temporary comfort of a warm lady or the permanent pleasure of a cold gadget? We shall see in a few weeks the results of this experiment, assuming these contestants are real people and this isn’t Quiz Show all over again.

I would think that most of the men would chose a beautiful woman over a thing, but how different is this from say, prostitution? Since this reality/dating show is airing on Playboy, I would imagine that they will want to show more sex scenes than The Bachelor.

Can you imagine what would happen if the contestant wasted a romantic weekend, only to earn a gadget that the contestant already has?

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When Apple announced Cocoa Touch, a special set of API’s for building iPhone and iPod Touch applications, at their special SDK event earlier this year, developers were instantly bitten by the iPhone dev bug. You could literally watch the drool run down their lips in anticipation of their chance to play around with the iPhone SDK (software development kit.)

The iPhone has the software development community all up in arms and foaming from the mouth. Enough so, that we’re confident that a healthy amount of these developers would love a t-shirt which can sum up their feelings in one foul swoop. Enter the “I am Cuckoo for Cocoa Touch” T-shirt available from Zazzle. The official uniform for displaying your Cocoa Touch fanaticism.

The T-Shirt is available in a wide variety of color variations and styles, all the way up to 6XL for you very physically inactive developers. Proclaim your love of iPhone application development to the world. Let everyone know that you are an Apple nerd and not afraid to admit it!

You can grab your very own “I am Cuckoo for Cocoa Touch” T-Shirt from Zazzle for $19.95 in your choice of black, brown, dark grey, deep forest, maroon, or navy blue. For all of you 6XL’ers, they say black is the most thinning color. Just a helpful hint from your friends here at CG.

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The victim will then pick up the pen, and, without even a nub of conscious motion, their thumb will immediately migrate to depress the top of the pen in hopes of discovering a fine new writing instrument. Instead, as they depress, they will complete a circuit that creates a small magnetic field, which then simulates an alternating current and provides relatively high voltage to the depression point on the thumb. It all happens in a split second, as will the screech and instant profanity, but the office memories will last a lifetime…

It would be cooler if this pen actually contained some ink to write, but nevertheless it is the perfect “welcoming” trick for any new person to the office. $5.99 for some quick laughs (at other people’s expense) sounds like a pretty good bargain.

The Sno-Baller turns out huge numbers of snowballs in seconds, so gloves stay drier and hands warmer, and you can fire away without running out — crucial in family and neighborhood snowball fights! Snow Block Maker forms perfect-sized chunks for snow forts and walls, and also works in sand at the beach. Injection-molded high-impact plastic.

Strangely enough, the product page can’t seem to load at the moment. Still, this sounds like an unfair advantage if you happen to indulge yourself in snowball fights.

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But what if you could give a crap about Valentine’s Day? Is there a “Bah Humbug” phrase for the anti-Valentine crowd? Or are you newly single and have a lot of angst for anything to do with this sickeningly sweet holiday? Well, have I got the thing for you.

Think Geek is selling Despair, Inc.’s (the creator of the fantastic Demotivators) Bittersweets. They have three different “themes”: Dejected, Dysfunctional, and Dumped. Reminiscent of the traditional candy hearts, these Bittersweets don’t have cutesy sayings like “BE MINE” or “LUV U”, but more sinister platitudes like “RATHER DRINK” and “TRADIN YOU IN”. Here’s the full list of each set:

Dejected sayings include:
I MISS MY EX | PEAKED AT 17 | MAIL ORDER | TABLE FOR 1 | I CRY ON Q | U C MY BLOG? | LOSS LEADER | A FINE WHINE | MOMMY ISSUES | DIGNITY FREE | DORK MAGNET | PURE NAUSEA | WE HAD PLANS | MAIL ORDER | SETTLE 4LESS | I’M HOT INSIDE

Dysfunctional sayings include:
ANNULMENT | I BEEN CREEPIN | HE CAN LISTEN | GAME ON TV | CALL A 900# | P.S. I LUV ME | DO MY DISHES | BOOTY INFL8N | PAROLE IS UP! | AWFUL INLAWS | SUB PRIME | I WANT HALF | RETURN 2 PIT | NO FIX 4 DUMB | RATHER DRINK | MUTUAL DISGUST

Dumped sayings include:
I GOT SOBER | HE FIT U FAT | U LEFT SEATUP | USED U 4 FUN | JUST A FRIEND | BACK 2 KENNEL | DORKA PHOBIC | U HAVE A BLOG | RUSSIAN BRIDE | CELEB8 THX2U | DOG IS CUTER | TRADIN YOU IN | FORGET WE MET | KISS A FROG | SHE IS 22! | HE HAS A JOB

Each heart-shaped tin contains at least 37 of the (I’m assuming) sweet-tasting Bittersweets for $9.99. If you buy 2 or more of the tins, you also get 20% off – so collect them all!

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Some of you might be thinking that this some antiquated attire, but that is actually the USB Muumuu. Allow me to explain what the USB is, with an antiquated communication that lovers on a budget used to use.

When I was in college, I had a friend who had a boyfriend who lived far away. Well, it wasn’t too far away, but it was far enough to be long distance. Well, as you know, long distance calls are expensive, so one of them used to call, then promptly put the phone down, so the phone would ring once. Then the other would call, then hang up quickly, returning the one-ring with another one-ring.

I have no idea how this “one-ringer” tradition started between them, but I bring it up because that is what the USB Moo Moo is: an updated version of the one-ringer.

You see, you have this Cow toy that you push a button, and it sends a Moo through the Internet to your special someone. Assuming that this person has a USB Moo Moo on the other end, they can Moo back.

Yes, I suppose an Instant Messenger program could do the same thing. To be honest, I don’t know a price on this thing, but you could look into it for a late Christmas gift, maybe.

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Recent weekend stats have shown that National Treasure: Book of Secrets has surpassed its predecessor.

As a gadget blogger, I was amazed at the amount of cool gadgets displayed in this film, and would like to review several of them at once. None of these contain any spoilers to the film.

The Resolute Desk Collection: Made after some ship that I have never heard of before I saw this movie, the drawers in this desk are specially numbered so that something special will be revealed when the proper code is entered. Perfect for when you’ve got something to hide, and you don’t think anyone would have the nerve to crack open the desk to find it.

The President’s Book Vault: Even though the President has given you the location in the Library of Congress for this ultra secret book that has been passed down from president to president, you should probably keep it locked in the shelf itself. Who would think of looking for it where it would actually belong? Comes with old-school dialing lock mechanism.

The Big Balance Platform: If you have some lost treasure, and you need some deadly trap to guard it, what better than a Big Balance Platform? The Big Balance Platform cannot hold everybody in the raiding party, and thus some perhaps all members will fall off the edge to their death. Unless they figure out basic physics principles and shift their weight around.

Anyway, I have no availability date or price on those things, but hey, they’ve been around for quite a while.

This bowling game allows you to roll strikes, spares, and gutter balls on a desk or table. Players use the ramp to aim and hurl the steel ball down the lane; the ramp slides across the width of the lane to provide the necessary ball-release angles for picking up the dreaded seven-ten split. The solid oak lane has target arrows that provide a visual guide, and the pins are easy to set up, yet offer a stern challenge to both novice and seasoned tabletop bowlers.

The Bowling Game is available from Hammacher for $39.95.

Voice Changer Professional Version

In case you want to make the old-school phone call pranks to friends, you got better chances to be successful if your voice isn’t recognizable.

To achieve the desired effect, use the Professional Voice Changer in which you can adjust the pitch to make the voice sound go higher, or lower.

It plugs into your phone so you do not have to hold it over the phone’s mouthpiece.

Installs in seconds by plugging into the handset and base of any single line phone. Will not work on multiline phone systems.

The Voice Changer is available at Amazon for $35.

Remote Control Middle Finger

The middle finger can be used in plenty of different occasions, be it with friends at home, on the office with the buddies, and also onyour car to express your “gratitude” to other drivers.

The wireless remote control has a range of 50 feet (15 meters) and in order to work, just press the button and watch the middle finger rise up.

Give someone the finger with the push of a button. Remote-control allows finger to magically rise up and flip ‘em the bird!

It costs $28 at PrankPlace.

The Remote-Controlled Tarantula

Do you have friends that suffer from Arachnophobia? Also known as being very afraid of spiders? If the answer was yes, and for some odd reason you want to scare them to death, maybe the Remote-Controlled Tarantula is exactly what you need.

To make it similar to a real spider, it even is a bit hairy. You will need a couple of AA batteries to get the prank done right: 2 batteries for the remote control, and another 2 for the tarantula.

This remote-control tarantula scurries across flat surfaces like an actual arachnid, moving forwards, backwards, and rotates 360. The spider’s eight legs move independently and the eyes light up, allowing you to frighten unsuspecting arachnophobes day or night.

Priced at $25 on Hammacher.

Sound Activated Revolting Giant Rat Caught In A Trap

This can be an excellent prank because most people hate rats, and this is a giant one that measures 12-inches long, not counting with the tail and face.

To give a more dramatic feeling, there is blood on its head, and to bring in the realism, the rat’s body will shake anytime someone goes near it.

His head appears to be caught in a huge rat trap, and his body will quiver and shake when someone comes near, and a sound is detected. This will scare the pants off anyone who comes close!

The giant rat is priced at $20.

Remote Control Office Prankster

If you’re the type of person that likes to annoy others on the office during the working hours, you probably already know the existence of this special calculator that works in combination with a small sound device.

Basically the calculator works as a remote control, and every time you press a button, the sound device (which is suppose to be placed near a co-worker) will playback a sound. You can either record your own sounds, or pick from the following: orgasm, fart, burp, modem, fly, or wolf whistle.

Just place the sound device under or near you colleagues’ desk and set off the sounds by pressing the relevant number on your remote control calculator. This RC device used infrared technology, and does required a line of sight between the remote and speaker.

Available at PrankPlace for $20.

Toilet Monster

The Toilet Monster (aka Bog Monster) is a favorite item among the pranksters, most probably because the victims aren’t expecting to view a monster when they open the lift. Surprise is the best element in this case.

He attaches to the inside of the toilet bowl by suction cups. As the unsuspecting person goes to use the bathroom, they’ll scream as they lift the lid and are greeted by the Toilet Monster!

Not recommended for the elderly or those with a weak heart!

It costs $18.

Spider of Doom

The final prank effect after using this spider, should be the same as the previous tarantula, but the working mode is different.

The Doom is activated by sound, it comes all the way down from the ceiling and you don’t even need to use a remote control.

Scare your guests with this sound activated Spider of Doom!

When a noise is made, this spider quickly drops down from the ceiling! Then, it will slowly climb back up to the top with its creepy legs moving up and down as it climbs. When it reaches the top, it will patiently wait for it’s next prey!

You just need $17 to have a Spider of Doom.

Golf Ball Prank Set

There are two types of players in the world: honest, and cheaters. If you belong to the second group, these Joke Golf Balls will please you, a lot. In this set there are 4 different kinds of golf balls, that will make sure that your opponent always misses the target.

The Explorer is one of the balls, that instead of actually working as a normal one, it will turn itself into dust after the golf club hit.

If you’re down by a few strokes and looking for an outrageous way to get back in the game or just in the mood for a gag, swap your opponent’s ball for one of these trick golf balls and watch their game take a sudden and hilarious nosedive!

Available at Amazon for $13.

Shocking Candy Bar

This sort of shocking gadgets are also a favorite that all prankster know, but this one comes in a different shape – a candy bar.

Most people like chocolate and will probably fall into it, I imagine a 67% success rate.

These shocking pranks do not just give a wimpy little static cling shock, they give a real zap. Its guaranteed to scare the pants off of anyone who is unlucky enough to fall for these hilarious pranks.

Try to pick up this tempting chocolate bar and the victim gets a powerful ZAP!

Priced at $10.

Prank Memo Sticky Notes

Think of the Prank Memo Sticky Notes as a way to really scare office co-workers. The pack comes with 50 different notes, and as you can see by the image on the right, which has a “Kill Boss” message, they are all very original.

Each Sticky Note mentions something that you wouldn’t want your office mates to read or know about – which is why they are perfect to leave on unsuspecting coworkers desks. And they look handwritten to add to the verisimilitude of the prank.

Just stick it on someone’s monitor and mention to the office gossip that you saw a juicy note.

The Prank Yellow Sticky Notes only cost $6.

Good thing the tissues are handy cause this guy might startle the snot out of you if you’re not paying attention! Motion-activated tissue box cover will make one of six funny noises, such as the sound of a nose being blown, one loooong sneeze, or three short sneezes in succession. On/off switch located on top inner rim. Uses 2 AA batteries.

The Sneezing Tissue Box ought to fit most standard square-style tissue boxes with its 6.5″ x 6″ x 5″ measurements.

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Dammit George, you picked up the phone again!