Here is my wish list, if anyone wants to get me any of these for Christmas/Birthday then... who am I kidding I don't know anyone even remotely generous ;-P
Stuff here ranges from cheap and amusing to expensive but worth it to ridiculously expensive shut up now don't be silly
Some of it I have had or tried, some of it I dream of and plan to get, some of it I dream of and will never get!
:-(
A lot of it was lifted and found from UnCrate:
Lotus Elise - £15,000-£20,000
Affordable Super-car, sparse interior small engine but It's small size and low weight mean it handles as good as any car ever could and can keep up with cars 10x It's price.
I absolutely plan on getting one of these when I have the expendable income for it!
If I had the money I would get
McLaren MP4 - $500,000?
Lamborghini Reventon - $1,000,000?
More Lamborgini goodness, they are all pretty damn sexy:
BMW GTR - unpurchaseable
Mustang - £40,000?
In particular id have the Roush handling package
Tesla
Aston Martin DB9
Amalgam Fine Model Cars - $4,300-$4,700
I don't fancy my chances at every affording a real Reventon... I can't even afford an Amalgam model of one *sigh*
Polaris Rush
JetSki - though id have to have a nice beach house and warm weather to go with it
AirBoard - $14,000
Suzuki QuadRacer R450 Limited Edition - $8200
Fanatec Porsche Force Feedback Wheel for PC/PS3/Xbox
Nothing can substitute the real thing but this is really the next best thing.
I have one and they are amazing pieces of kit if you can spare the cash and you really enjoy real racing games/sims on ALL platforms.
3 Screen setup + Motion Rig Chair + The Above Wheel = Goodness
What they use for F1 testing £130,000
And those are not cushiony springy hydraulics, they are mechanical rams... beware of the rumble strips BEWARE!
Tumbleweed Tiny Houses - $40,000
216+ Nikel plated neodymium magnets - £32
You have to see them in use/action to understand why they are cool
Dosh - wallet
Ties - £25
Leather Jacket
Gap's (RED) leather motocross jacket
Phillips - 16 Million Color Lamp - $200
Link: www.hammacher.com --- 78722
Mathmos Airswitch tc - Red - £43-50
Link: www.mathmos.com
Link: www.inspiredbylight.co.uk
Link: www.glow.co.uk
Link: www.storeinvasion.co.uk --- mathmos-tc-red
Brighten Airswitch by raising your hand vertically upwards directly above the lamp. Dim by moving your
hand vertically down towards the lamp. Movements should be slow and purposeful.
Mathmos Aduki Ni Light
They come in several colors
Red -> Blue
Green -> Red
Green - > Blue
White
It's like a weird twisted chrome stone that's chrome while ff. and light up when on then fade beaten It's two colors, and you can pause It's color too if you want.
It doesn't emit much light and it says it runs for 7 hours or so without charging. Not sure if it can run while being plugged in at same time.
Link: www.mathmos.com
One I bought for Tasha, It's quite cool and entirely useless, after applying a few sticky pads to the base to cushion it and allow you to turn it on and off by tilting it.
Lavalamp - $32.50
Link: www.locomolife.com
Plasma Globes... childish yes perhaps along with lava lamps a rather dated novelty item of kids bedrooms... but I don't care, they are still cool! especially when they are made of metal and not cheap injection mold plastic rubbish.
Blue Lightning 12" Plasma Globe - $2400 - only 275 made
Contact Wayne Strattman with Strattman Design in Boston.. $600 for shipping
Link: www.youtube.com
Link: www.youtube.com
designed by Bill Parker with extremely active blue lightning. This was made and sold by his studio in the early 1980s as a Light Sculpture called "Modern Frequencies".
And a green one
Link: www.youtube.com
Texan Artist 'Tim Walker' in 1988
Link: www.youtube.com
Plasma Tubes - $1,525.00 + $300 power supply
Link: www.strattman.com
Link: www.youtube.com
Link: www.youtube.com
30" Plasma Ball for $11,088.00
Link: www.strattman.com
And my plasma globe is bigger than your plasma globe:
Alessi Silver Tea/Coffee Tower - £20,000, $33,500
There's little reason for anyone to pay more than 30 grand for a coffee and tea set, but the amount becomes slightly more tolerable when It's an unquestionable work of art, and the (£20,000; roughly $33,500)
Vaja Cases - $80
Wanted this my my regular original iPhone (I still don't have the 3G one, I'll wait for Apples next big thing and skip that) but couldn't reason with the price of a case that probably needs protecting itself.. but it;s so yummy.. I'm still tempted to get one if it wasn't for the postage cost!
Another thing that pout me off was trying to work out what color it was, as they are built custom to order and you can pick from a range of colors.
I think the red shown below is the 'Ruby Wine' and the stripe might be 'Peach Champagne' or 'Birch' I think id go with birch to be on the safe side as it should just be an off white color and not pinkish or peach.
Black Card - $100,000 min spend
If you spend the money It's a good deal of extras like 24/7 concierge service and reserved seating for Black Card holders at certain venues and events.
For example If I had this card I could phone a number on the back and give them a link to this wish list and tell them I want everything on the list delivered asap at the best price you can find, and they would go off and do that all for me no matter how obscure and rare the item, because lets face it if I had this card id be far to busy enjoying myself to spend time on amazon and google anymore.
Intel SSD
Fast fast fast storage
I actually have one and it was just about worth the price which is very high still as of writing
But applications now open instantly and booting the computer happens in mere seconds.
Pool Table
Before you say glass would make the balls slide, It's a special coated glass and is just like felt but see thru so beat that. Does look kinda sterile and clunky though, I could easily see ways to make a glass table look much cooler!
Coool Pool Table - $200,000 (not including table.. puff)
Video of it in action:
Watch this and skip half way, augmented pool
It looks at your cue and shows you where the balls will go by drawing the trajectory lines it thinks they will take!!
It's not quite spot on, but what a great idea for learning the game
:-)
or cheating
or cheating ;-)
Silkwood Traders
Link: www.silkwoodtraders.com
They do; do other colors too, but I personally like the red
:-)
Heres my one holding a ridiculously overly heavy bottle of Russian Standard vodka
Twist Cocktail Shaker - $145
Charcoal Water Pitcher - $85
Darn Tough Socks - $15-$25
Colour Changing Shower Head.. lame but cool!
I think it only snaps from one color to the next though, it doesn't fade so *thumbs down*
No batteries required, powered by water pressure I believe... though I've seen a few different manufacturers of it including ones for taps.
Apple iPad - $500
Oh I have no idea what id do with it besides stroke it all day, but it is lust enducing stuff!
Apple Mac Pro
I already have one, but that doesn't stop me wanting more of them! Especially once they start coming out with the 12 Core model soon: 3ghz*12=nerd boner, and I can actually use all those cores too.. bonus!
Apple iMac
I don't need or would have any use for one, but they are so damn gorgeous and self contained... and 27" display... ooh
Apple Magic Mouse
I have no use for it as I need at least 3 buttons and it only has 2, but It's so damn sleek and minimalist
Touch sensitive surface lets you perform basic gestures on the surface too... very cool
Apple iPhone
I already have one of the first generations, but I'm feeling the need for the new one more and more for simple things such as the camera taking so long to open and take pictures, which is greatly speeded up by the faster new model. But I can't bare to spare with the cash for a new one, not unless someone will buy my old one!
Will most likely be being the next big update to the iPhone whenever that surfaces
Logitech MX Performance Mouse - £80
This is the mouse I actually want to upgrade from my existing Logitech MX1000 which is amazing apart from the middle button breaks on all of them!!!
I'm having second thoughts about this mouse especially given the horrendous price, it substitutes a lithium battery for a swappable NiMH one (shorter life span) and you are advised to not charge it till It's almost ran out! And when you do need to charge it you have to fiddle with a usb cable and plug it in, only bonus is you can use it once It's ran out, but with my old mouse It's only ever ran out on my a handful of times in It's long life and that's just cus I was stupid, the battery life on my MX1000 is outstanding. It also lacks buttons my MX1000 has such as the two buttons on top but it does gain a thumb rest button which is very cool... If I had a choice I just wish I could get a reliable MX1000 instead!
Wacom Intuos 4 Bluetooth Wireless edition (Medium Sized) - £360
ooh shiny.. ooh wireless... ooh OLED dynamic descriptions of hotkey assignments ooohooohhh... price
:-(
I do actually want this, my current tablet is small old and scratched, definitely keeping my eye out for a 2nd hand deal... but ebay is such a shit, everything always sells for way above retail! too many retards
Wacom Cintiq - Pen Tablet with built in 21" LCD screen - $2000
Holy shit, expensive, would be very cool but totally unjustifiably expensive, id really have to be a good pen artist to warrant this baby, I'd love to try one for a day.
Powerball Neon White Pro Signature - £18
Cus they look fun and It's round.
Powerball is the world's most powerful hand gyroscope, generating speeds of over 16,000 rpm! Simply by starting up the Powerball in your hand and rotating your wrist faster you can develop incredible speeds
Zeo Personal Sleep Coach - $400
The system consists of a headband with a SoftWave sensor to accurately track your unique sleep patterns, and a bedside display that shows the time, a graph showing your pattern of sleep phases from the night before, a "ZQ" single-digit representation of the quantity, quality, and depth of your sleep, a count of how long you actually slept and how long it took you to fall asleep, and more. For even more information, pop the SD card out of the display and into your computer to upload your data to Zeo's website, where you can get an even more detailed look at your sleeping patterns, and see personalized tips for getting your best night's rest.
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
I will be pre-ordering this as soon as It's available, I have waited half my life for the sequel! Nerd Boner!!!
Best prices I've seen so far, great selection too
These guys sell online
But the prices are a rip off and delivery is very expensive naturally, but they are very comprehensive.. they have almost everything...
Good prices, shows drinks from other supermarkets, Sainsbury's has some good stuff well priced.
Malibu - Coconut Rum - £12
Personal Favorite with Coke, I usually get cheap knockoff versions that taste the same when mixed anyway
Though some knockoffs taste of gone off milk, but not all do thankfully
Baileys - £15 (1 Litre) - £12 (70cl)
Favorite of mine, always keep one around, Coffee Flavor version is excellent also. Can never have too much baileys in stock, makes for an interest Horlicks or Coffee too.
Disaronno Amaretto - £10 or 2 for £18 (500ml)
Tastes great with Coke, nice sweet almondy flavour
Sainsbury's Brandy Alexander - £5 (700ml)
Well first off it has my name in it so It's already excellent, really cheap, tastes really nice but buy two as they disappear fast
:-P
Pimms No.1 - £19 (1L) - £13 (70cl)
Great as a pitcher with fresh fruit and lemonade
Great mixed with hot apple juice too
And they do a brandy based Pimms: no.3
PIMMS No 3 - Winter - £14.25 - 70cl
This is a brandy based version of Pimms
Great mixed with hot apple juice, if that sounds retarded to you, try it, it warms your heart for sure
:-)
AMARULA - £11.25 - 70cl
Want it - Just got it, quite nice
GRAND MARNIER - Cordon Rouge - £21.25 - 70cl - %40
Want it, never tried it
GIFFARD - Poire William Liqueur - £16 - 70cl - 25% vol.
Want it
Poire William Liqueur 30% vol 70cl Bartender range - £17.25 - £18.50
Link: www.drinkfinder.co.uk --- ShowDetails.asp
Just got it, very strong taste on It's own, have yet to experiment with it, unmistakably pear flavored
STONES - Ginger Wine - £4.70 - 70cl - from Tesco or Asda
Want to try it
DE KUYPER - Sour Apple - £10 - 50cl
De Kuyper Sour Rhubarb Liqueur 15% vol 50cl - £11.35
Link: www.drinkfinder.co.uk --- showdetails.asp
Pear Brandy - Can't find it anywhere!
PEra segnana - Can't find it anywhere!
De Kuyper Cherry Brandy Liqueur (500ml) £10.30 - £13 70cl - 24% or 20?
This stuff is superb, tastes great with coke.
Id like to get some other flavors of brandy liqueurs too, not sure about apricot though..
And in order or appearance some more Cherry Brandies!
Never tried these but would like to:
BOLS - Cherry Brandy - £12 - 50cl - 24%
BRAMLEY AND GAGE - Cherry Brandy - £12 - 30cl
GABRIEL BOUDIER - 'Bartender Range' Cherry Brandy - £17 - 70cl
GIFFARD - Cherry Brandy - £14 - 70cl
GRANTS MORELLA - Cherry Brandy - £22 50cl
LEJAY LAGOUTE - Cherry Brandy - £12 - 50cl
VOLARE - Cherry Brandy - £13 - 70cl - 24%
CHERRY MARNIER - £15 - 70cl
Just got it, t is essentially a cherry brandy, very deep more complex flavor to it, not overly sugary sweet like perhaps the De Kuyper one, both have meritsI
BOLS - Creme de Bananes - £12 (50cl) - £16 (70cl) - 25%
Never tried it, would like to
Bombay Sapphire Distilled London Dry Gin (1L) 40% vol. £17-£23
Stolichnaya Vanil Vodka - £15.50 (70cl) - 37.5%
Just got it, very smooth taste can't taste the vodka in it at all really
Teichenne Coffee Liqueur - £12
I want this pretty badly to mix White Russians, I can never find the coffee one!
Teichenne Green Apple Schnapps 20% vol 70cl - £11
Want it
Kahlua Liqueur (700ml) - £14
Great in white russians
Danzka Vodka - £17
Great vodka had it a few times, but I dare say the Russian Standard below is better especially for the price
RUSSIAN STANDARD - Original - £10 - £14 - 70cl
Very very nice vodka, cool bottle too, seriously great taste and the price at the moment is outstanding
RUSSIAN STANDARD - Imperia - £30 - 70cl - 40%
Want to try
Russky Standart Imperia has an unsurpassed taste as the liquid tops out in clarity and velvet smoothness.
I saw one of these
Sourz - Apple - £26
Good for Shots
Aftershock - Black - £23
Good for shots, though I haven't tried this flavor it sounds interesting
Cranberry spiced liqueur shooter
AVA TAHITI - Moorea Coco - £20
Coconut Liqueur
Looks interesting haven't tried it
Snow Queen Vodka - £63
Never had, the price makes me curious
Roberto Cavalli Vodka - £100
Definitely never had, price makes me very curious
SEBOR - The Beautiful = Absinthe - 55% vol. Half a metre tall
Fancy bottle,curious if it tastes any better than the horrid cheap shit I\'m used to.
LA FEE - XS Absinthe Suisse - £50
Again curious how much better it tastes than the typical stuff.
CLAZE AZUL - tequila - Ultra - £2500
The price makes me hella curious what could make something worth that.
I knew of £10,000 bottles of Whiskey and such, but not Tequila?
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Ah ok I think It's the limited edition and craft of the bottle, they only made 100, normally it is indeed the best tequila but retails for about $100 in It's standard bottle.
Liquor Chocolates are always a good thing even the cheap ones
:-D
Hotelchocolat
Link: www.hotelchocolat.co.uk
Has some great stuff, really really nice tasting.
And they have a tasting club you can join where you get unusual different chocolates delivered every month to rate if you wish, or just scoff them all.
EZ Grill - $10
Link: www.ezgrill.com
Meatball Grill Basket
Link: www.williams-sonoma.com
Why are peppers called peppers?
Columbus thought he had found the plant that produces black pepper when he landed in North America and thought he was in India. That's why we call them "peppers."
Is eating chilli bad for you?
There is no evidence that eating too much chilli is unhealthy, or that it causes ulcers. In fact, capsaicin is used in anti-inflammatory creams to treat ailments like arthritis and shingles.
Can you get desensitised to eating chilli?
Yes. Tests have showed that with successive exposure to equal concentrations of capsaicin, the sensation of pungency decreases.
How do I get rid of the burning feeling?
If you burn your mouth with chilli, drinking water will do no good because capsaicin is not soluble in water. (It's like trying to wash away grease with water) Fat will do the trick - and that means drinking milk, eating yoghurt, ice cream or even peanut butter.
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Can be purchased from sites like:
Link: www.funkypepper.co.uk
Link: www.hot-headz.com
Link: www.chilliworld.com
Link: www.scorchio.co.uk
Link: www.chilefoundry.co.uk
What makes peppers spicy is the capsaicin, and anyone who regularly has spicy food will have noticed over time you become desensitised to the spiciness. But no worry there is ALWAYS something spicier round the corner. Spicyness is scientifically measured in 'scovilles' and it ranges all the way unto 16,000,000 for pure undiluted capsaicin crystals.
For example
Jalape'f1o Pepper is 2,500-8,000 scoville
Cayenne Pepper, Tabasco pepper is 30,000-50,000
Habanero chili, African Birdseye is 100,000-350,000
Law Enforcement Grade pepper spray is 5,000,000'965,300,000 (ouch)
Big list of products with position on the scoville scale:
Link: www.chilliworld.com --- Scoville_Scale.asp
There seems to be a lot of 'collectors' items and and limited edition crap, like spicy sauce is on the same level as fine wines or aged whiskey or something...
I like stuff that is of quality and has good/refined flavour, I don't mind paying more for it, and If it has a novel interesting/stylish bottle then that's a bonus I might even pay a few more £ for, but do I care if It's numbered and limited edition? no! silly bottles with skulls on and warning signs etc etc... lame
There is no shortage of hot sauces:
And a big tip when dealing with spiciness, if you over do it, just swish a glass of milk around your mouth (more full fat the better),
it disengages the capsaicin from your mouth and spiciness will quickly fade, water and other drinks will do nothing if not make it feel worse
:-)
I heard honey works too.
I have to frown on all the macho bullshit associated with some of them with crappy 'skulls' and danger signs on them, theres nothing inherently clever or difficult about making something spicy at all, it' can be as simple as adding more capsaicin! but that will not make it taste nice!
For example:
Blair's Original Death Sauce
Just looking at it you can tell It's not going to be exactly gourmet, I'll quote a review
"Absolutely awful. Maybe not as disgusting as the Mega Death sauce, but still bad. It's got a strong and offending chemical smell and flavor. I would not recommend this to anyone."
This 'Blair' guy must be a dickhead and all the people who collect his stuff are even bigger dick heads buying into pseudo exclusivity and limited edition crap.
I might change my mind if some of them actually turn out to taste nice, but I don't dig the marketing angle or the product design.
Oh brilliant just found a review by Jeremy Clarkson, well I say review, an incident involving him and some Insanity Sauce:
"Even now, the following morning, I feel weak, shell-shocked, like I may die at any moment. And all I'd ingested was a drop."
He brings up another wonderful point I too have been going on about the past few days especially regarding earning labels and how everything has now; so we take no warning and don't really know when something actually really is dangerous.
CaJohns - Eve Krakatoa 200 ml - £16
Well interesting looking bottle for sure, wonder what it tastes like though?
Made by CaJohns they look more serious about sauces and actual flavour than just being retarded like the above Blairs
CaJohn's - Gourmet Chipotle Hot Sauce - £6
More CaJohn's from
Link: www.scorchio.co.uk
I have tried the Fatali Fire one and It's pretty damn hot, unusual taste, reminds me of nandos peri peri but not as sweet
CaJohn's - Frostbite Hot Sauce - £7
Vinegar, Water, Salt, Aquaresin of Capsicum
The world's first white hot sauce and the first sauce that sparkles and shimmers when you shake it. Use Frostbite in any beverage to add heat without changing the flavor or color!
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Sounds fairly bland I guess, for drinks? just use to add heat? a lot of heat.
Pain is Good Batch #114 Jamaican Hot Sauce - £5 each
I have the Jamaican and Lousiana style bottles, and they have lots of flavor and plenty of spice, very BBQ'y
Interesting packaging, and they look like they are interesting and varied flavours and variety.
Review:
"Now I am biased, I just love Juans stuff and this sauce does'nt disappoint. Maybe because I like pain or maybe because this sauce has TASTE it is up there with my favourites like da bomb and blairs 4am.
Enjoy the jerk flavour before the heat sneaks up on you
:-)
this suace is ideal for girlies who like to experiment as well as blokes who think they can handle it hot."Mad Dog 357 Ghost Pepper Hot sauce - £7
Link: www.scorchio.co.uk --- ghost-pepper-sauce-p-909
Ok I got this one, and I rubbed my finger round the rim and put it on my tongue and it burned like crazy, this stuff is very hot! has a deep burning sensation at first starting in the throat, I can't say it has a nice taste, It's unusual, and it often makes me hiccup uncontrollably!
Other Review: OK, I was expecting this to blow my head off yet it did not. However, the flavour is simply amazing and the heat levels are just right to allow that flavour to really jump out at you!! Well done to Mad Dog again overall!!!
Dave's Gourmet Ghost Pepper Naga Jolokia Hot Sauce - £7.50
Review: WOWWEEEE!!! This stuff is HOT! This is a beautiful sauce though. It's pure genius in a bottle. And you know what? It tastes GREAT!
Link: www.scorchio.co.uk --- daves-gourmet-ghost-pepper-naga-jolokia-sauce-p-947
Nitro Naga Chilli Jam - £4 Exclusive to
Link: www.scorchio.co.uk --- nitro-naga-chilli-p-748
I have this one and It's pretty interesting, It's easy to spread It's not thick like jam, taste very sweet/sugary but has a big deep spicy kick to it.
Baron Blazing Hot Sauce - £2
Link: www.chilliworld.com --- SP6.asp
Review: Best sauce I've tasted. Great taste, but won't kill you. Great for chili, tacco's, hec I like it so much I might try on my breakfast cereal!
Windmill Hot Pepper Sauce - £2 - Mustard based
Link: www.chilliworld.com --- SP6.asp
Review: with all these rave reviews can't believe it took me so long to try it... all these people can't be wrong and there not... great stuff
El Yucateco Red Habanero Pepper Sauce - 5,790 Scoville - £4
Looks good, recommended by a friend, they do hotter ones too.
El Yucateco range from - £22
Link: www.scorchio.co.uk
I have the green haberneo one and It's pretty vile looking stuff, very spicy.. not sure what to do with it yet, it doesn't really add any special flavor other than the flavor of the pepper, which I think is the whole point of it
:-)
Magma Sauce 500,000 Scoville
Magma Hot Sauce looks exactly like a lava lamp only the floating firey ingredient will burn hippie right out of your tongue! In a sea of heat rests Oleoresin of Capsicum, aka the fire!! When you tilt the bottle from side to side it looks like a retro lava lamp.
Tabasco Sauces - £2.25
rates in at 2,140 Scoville for comparisons
I find it quite sweet generally just adding a nice zing.
TABASCO'ae Chipotle Pepper Sauce - £4.25
Nandos Hot Peri-Peri Sauce
One of my current favourite, It tastes great in heinz tomato soup, or indeed almost anything you add it to. And they do milder versions and a black extra hot one.
I'm starting to get used to It's heat now and it tastes mostly sweet and still very nice, but I'm looking for spicier sauces now.
Reggae Reggae Sauce
nice BBQ flavoured spicy sauce I use sometimes
Pickapeppa Original Sauce - £2
Cholula Salsa Picante Hot Sauce - £2.45
They have a few varieties you can get 3 for £7.25
Bacon everything anything.. seriously I'm dead curious!
Bacon Vodka, No, that's not a typo. Bakon Vodka ($30) is a new premium-quality potato vodka infused with a savory bacon flavor. For use in a bloody mary for example
Link: bakonvodka.com
Bacon popcorn
Bacon Bourbon Caramel Corn
Bacon Jam - $17
Mo's Bacon Chocolate Chip Pancake Mix - $14
Baconaise
Bacon Soap - $6
J&D's Bacon Lip Balm - $13
Bacon Floss
Mmmvelopes
Bacon Salt
Tactical Canned Bacon - $16
