While I think Randall Munroe takes things, or, more precisely, thing explaining, too far when he "un-jargons" words such as smartphone ("hand computer"), helicopter ("plane with turning wings"), and microwave ("food-heating...

Vargo's take on their Titanium Pocket Cleats is that the compact, folding crampons are aces at improving speed and traction on runs and ultralight hiking trips through the snow. But given the level to which hell froze...

Want to be a culinary MacGyver? It might not be as admirable or lucrative as righting the world's wrongs, but I bet becoming a master of cooking steaks and making vanilla ice cream by hand will at least get you laid just...

Tesla Coil Lighters are just one of your options if you're looking for a flameless, wind-proof lighter, but I think they're the cleverest looking. Simple, industrial exteriors with flip-tops that expose nifty arced coils...

Winter isn't just coming, winter is imminent. Once again, all the joys of turkey and Christmas and ski season are about to clash with all the nuisances (and sometimes horrors, right Boston?) of extended darkness, frigid...

Yes, it's one more piece of equipment to store in the kitchen, but at least a manual coffee grinder is way smaller and way less in need of an outlet than its electric counterpart. This ceramic burr hand cranker from Cozyna...

Here's a little lighter that's a little off the beaten scorched path. Its look is a little vintage and a little steampunk. Its functionality is a little like a Zippo and a little like the kerosene lamps my grandma kept...

I'm choppin' some wood, splittin' some kindlin', buildin' a fire...naw. I'm really just sitting at my keyboard eating some turkey & gravy potato chips. Yeah, I couldn't believe they were real when I saw the bag either...

Shark's RAW Blank may not be as attention-grabbing as the Batman motorcycle helmet, but: 1) the stylized muzzle and LP-looking side discs will still turn some heads; and 2) for the sake of your credibility as a rider...