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Hazel graduated with a BS degree in Chemical Engineering, although she secretly wanted to major in journalism. Thank God she never stopped writing because as luck and a whole lot of work would have it, a couple of tech blogs took her on, more came a-knocking, and now she's got the best of both worlds: crunching numbers throughout the day while writing about all sorts of crazy gear at night. Find her on Twitter @gigadgetry and check out her portfolio at HazelChua.com.

Flippin’ Paperclips: Flip Your Boss the Bird

By Hazel Chua | June 17, 2013 @ 7:00 am

So you hate your job and you hate your boss. Who doesn't? You can't exactly flip your boss the bird every time he chews you out or berates you for something you didn't do. Or can you?

These flippin' paperclips let you give your boss or anyone who dares cross your path the finger. And since you're a smart dude who wants to keep his job and keep his friends, you'll do it covertly by way of paperclip.

More Realistic Company Slogans That Speak the Truth

By Hazel Chua | June 14, 2013 @ 1:00 pm

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Companies and their PR people are great at coming up with catchphrases and slogans that puffs up their corporate images. If they spent that much time and money on creating good and novel products, then everything would be well and good. But they don't, and this has resulted in a lot of frustration and disgruntled customers.

So when Redditor Mrguest posed this question on the forum: 'If companies had realistic slogans what would they be?', thousands of creative minds and pissed-off consumers responded.

The best of the best of these more realistic slogans were turned into images by BuzzFeed for everyone's viewing pleasure. I agree with the one for RadioShack the most. What about you?

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Every Dude Needs One: Burger King Hands-free Whopper Holder (VIDEO)

By Hazel Chua | June 14, 2013 @ 11:00 am

Freeing Up Your Hands to Do Better Things

Getting the munchies while you're doing something important, like playing video games, for example, sucks. I mean, you can hit 'pause' while you order a pizza or a burger, but then you'd have to stop playing completely once the food arrives because there's no way you can make your roommate feed you while you play.

The solution is to go hands-free--at least, when it comes to eating your burgers anyway.

Star Trek Wine Boldly Goes Where No Wine Has Gone Before

By Hazel Chua | June 14, 2013 @ 7:00 am

Fancy drinking wine that has Spock's signature of approval all over it? Okay, maybe not his signature, but maybe his face and some other Star Trek-related imagery then. Before you scoff and shake your head because you think this is another post about awesome but commercially unavailable bottles of wine, we've got a bit of good news for you: these actually exist.

This series of Star Trek-themed wines was specially made by Vinasa Winery in Sonoma, California. There are three designs available, each of which commemorate three different episodes from the original series: 'The City on the Edge of Forever', 'Mirror Mirror', and 'The Trouble with Tribbles'.

The Story of ‘Iron Man’ Animated in 60 Seconds (VIDEO)

By Hazel Chua | June 13, 2013 @ 1:00 pm

Well, That Was Short

Iron Man 3 was awesome. If you still haven't gotten over it, then here's one more Tony Stark-related clip to tide you over before the release of Avengers 2 or Iron Man 4, whichever comes first.

CineFix recently debuted a series called 8-Bit Cinema where they animate popular movie titles in a retro 8-bit theme and basically retell the entire plot in a minute or two. The pilot episode features the first Iron Man movie in the series, which was released last 2008.

Watch a pixelized version of Iron Man rise from near-death to stop Stane's evil plans from being realized. Enjoy!

Kegzie is a Beer Koozie That Looks Like a Keg

By Hazel Chua | June 13, 2013 @ 11:00 am

What better way to keep that can of booze cool than a beer koozie that looks like a keg? It's called the Kegzie Beverage Cooler and t's being touted as the 'smallest keg on the planet.' It looks like its decently made, we'll give it that, and the fact that it looks like a miniature koozie is a huge plus.

Now if only it could somehow store as much booze as a full keg...

Because You’re Bored: Dancing Robot iPhone Stand

By Hazel Chua | June 13, 2013 @ 7:00 am

Now you can turn anyone into a hyperactive Overly Attached Girlfriend, albeit a miniature robotic version of her, anyway. These Dancing Robot iPhone Stands are going to be made available in Japan soon and coupled with its app, you'll be able to capture anyone's face and make them dance for your entertainment.

So they won't really be dancing with their actual bodies or anything, but you will be able to see their face morph into all sorts of odd and funny expressions while the tiny dancing stand does its thing.