Having to eat on the run is common for a lot of us. One of the main inconveniences is not always having the silverware. Credit Card Cutlery is a utensil set the size of a business card that’s perfect for those times where you don’t want to eat a meal with your hands. You get a little fork, spoon and the set also comes with a little ‘just add water’ moist towelette to keep you fresh and clean. It will also fit perfectly in your purse, messenger bag, backpack, or George Costanza-sized wallet.

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After Oprah endorsed açai — the Amazonian berry that’s making a sensation on the grocery aisles and likely in your tummies in your part of the world right now — it was only inevitable that cachaça, the Brazilian rum made from sugar cane and the main happiness ingredient in a caipirinha cocktail, would follow. Brazilian cachaça maker Sagatiba is one of the first companies making a pointed foray into the U.S. market and are bringing the contagious fever that is Brazilian culture with it: art, music, fashion and even culinary. I want to point you to their website, which gets two superb street artists on board, Flip and Bruno 9li, starring in their own short movies about their work. They’re super insightful, inspiring, and as a marketing strategy, seem like the authority on Brazilian culture within their market. Sagatiba might have hit it on the head. As great as the whole idea is, am I the only one who finds it curious that a street artist would lend his name to an alcohol company? Are these artists any different than, say, an Inc. partnering with another Co.? Is this a new proposal that Brazil is opening for other artists? Send in your comments.

Dude. Your table has balls. And why not? It was created for Red Bull DJs after all. Designed by Canadian creatives Cocoon, the table ventilates toasty laptops, sports plenty of space for an audiophile’s vinyl records, plus room to store giant CD booklets. And if you look underneath you’ll see a phallic cutout through which you can feed your laptop cord. Red Bull, Cocoon’s just given you wings.

via DesignBoom

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The 2006 Sensuous LP, the fifth album by Japanese one-man-studio-army Cornelius, was a highly developed contribution to a style of music that is hard to name. Between the smooth harmonies and the once obsolete sythesizer patches dispersed throughout the record, the listener’s mind begs for a visual to enhance the experience. If you’ve ever been to a live Cornelius show, you know that the most memorable moments occur on the video screen, dishing out an array of images perfectly in sync with the music. Now we’ve got the opportunity to capture the experience at home with the Sensuous/Sensurround CD+DVD set. Just watch the video for Sleep Warm and get addicted.

Leaves are falling, pumpkins are carving, and the annual college music fest, CMJ, is just starting to rock here in New York. All of this segues adequately into telling you that our musical compatriots over at InSound are offering a free poster! This Built to Spill “Time Trap” original, part of Jason Munn’s Insound 20, is up for grabs exclusively at JoshSpear.com. All you have to do is enter for a chance to win. Maybe you’re back at school and need a new dorm poster to counteract your roommate’s “John Belushi in ‘College’ sweater” print. Maybe you just lost your job on Wall St. and just want to win something! Maybe your just like clicking links. All of these are valid reasons to enter. Winners will be announced right here next Tuesday.

Okay, easy questions: Do you like Absolut Vodka? What about masquerade balls? Well you are going to love this. Absolut is throwing one of their amazing parties for their new Masquerade product in London and we have a couple priority passes to give out for each day. As you can imagine, the demand for these first come first serve nights are high, but we’ve managed to scored some. The event is in East London October 24th through 27th (that’s Friday through Monday) and we can give away two pairs of passes (2 x 2) for each day.

In order to get your hands on the passes, we are going to make this simple. First one to comment the day they want to go (i.e. “Friday”) gets the passes for that day. Note, the party takes place in London, so if you aren’t in London this weekend don’t bother. The winner receives two passes to the event, no expenses. Details will be emailed to the winner. If you don’t win you can still get in, just show up early.

The House of Masquerade
68-72 Redchurch Street
Shoreditch, London E2 7DP
5-11pm, October 24th through 27th