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SHAKE YA TAILFEATHA....
Is it a StairMaster... or a bike?! Think of the 3G Stepper as the coolest, hippest,
fastest workout to hit Planet Earth. Designed by 3G Bikes founder Gary Silva,
whose parents owned a bike shop in his native Argentina, the Stepper is more
of a hybrid between an elliptical machine and a bike, but certainly not your
grandfather’s boring stationary bike. It rides like a bicycle but is propelled by the
vertical motion of your feet on two narrow, skateboard-like decks positioned on
either side of the frame. What this means is that your entire body gets worked.
The Stepper comes in two adult models, the Hammer and the Work It for men
and women, respectively, and two kids models, the Junior and the Spyder, for
kids ages 5 to 8-year-olds and 9 to 13-year-olds. The best part: you can practice
your wheelies at any age. Prices range from USD 199 to 649. 3gbikes.com
CROSSWORD PUZZLES, THE NEW WALLPAPER
This 91,000 square crossword puzzle could practically cover the floor of your
first dorm room. At seven by seven square feet, it breaks the 1996 Guinness
record for the world’s largest crossword puzzle. If you get stumped, which
you will, its novella-length clue book stretches 100 pages. And if the idea of
standing in front of your wall pondering impossible clues sounds dizzying,
the puzzle also folds up for tabletop-sized solving. The only thing you need is
a pencil. With a big eraser. USD 30. hammacher.com
WHAT’S HIS FACE?
It may look like a phone resurrected from the 80s – transparent plastic,
Kool-Aid colors – but it took 20 years of thinking to come up with this no-
brainer. Ronsonic’s TeleFace phone allows photos to do the dialing. Each
handset contains five miniature windows that can store photos or important
illustrations. Say, a pic of your mom, or maybe a slice of pizza. Each window is
connected to a programmable button that will dial the specific phone number.
So, press the picture of the grey haired lady and it’ll call your mom. Press the
pizza slice and your pepperoni guy at your favorite pizza place will answer. At
your service, folks. USD 30. ronsonic.com
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