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Butterfingered Sea Captains Need These Floating Boat Tools
7:00AM Jack Loftus | Yar! Where be my pliers and braided cable cutters? Avast! There they be, bobbin’ in the surf, next to me floatin’ massage chair! More »
Gadgets
Lightning Round: Plastic Surgeon Package Opener
6:50AM Jason Chen | The Gadget: The Plastic Surgeon, a cutting tool to open those plastic blister packs that dominate retail packaging. It’s shaped sort of like an old-school can opener (the non-turning kind), and is designed to rip the tip off of clamshell packs by slicing all the way around. The Price: $US8.95 The Verdict: Fantastic. More »
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OpenIt Promises to Shred Evil Plastic Shell Packaging
12:30PM Matt Buchanan | The days of cut hands and busted scissors at the hands of the ubiquitous no-one’s-getting-the-merchandise-locked-inside-this-sarcophagus plastic anti-theft packaging might be at end courtesy of OpenIt, which are like short pruning shears with orange plier handles, allowing you to cut your way through the shell by brute force. There’s also a retractable box-cutter built into the handle—supposedly designed in a way you won’t accidentally slice your hand open while freeing an Xbox 360 controller from its confines. It comes in four different colours, and at $11, it’s cheaper than re-appropriating a Craftsman Handi-Cut or the like. [OpenIt via core77] More »
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