Gizmodo: matches

Match Candles Make Lighting Each Cigarette Feel Like Your Birthday

Mark Wilson — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:40:00 EST

They aren't carton-lit like real matches, but these match candles ($6 for 4 packs) are one way to up the ante on that Zippo-lighter guy we all know who thinks he's so cool. (The other is lung cancer.) [Yanko]

Giant Bear Claw Matches Should Be Classified as Lethal Weaponry

Mark Wilson — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:20:00 EDT

Some people can start a fire with green two twigs in a monsoon, but others among us prefer to do things the easy way.

These KM Firelighters are essentially gigantic matches—so big, in fact, that the kindling is built right in. I can't imagine the fireball and plume of smoke these things emit when scraped against your rough, expendable surface of choice—seriously, each match is so large that you can count the tree rings—but I can appreciate the four, Crayola-like colors sure to tempt children into horrible coloring disasters.

Boxes of 20 go for about $3 apiece. [KM Match & Lighters via Red Ferret]

Bruce Lee Plays With Fire In Nokia Viral Ad

Elaine Chow — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:00:00 EST

Can't get enough of Bruce Lee secret training videos, even if they happen to just be viral ads for Nokia's Lee-themed N95? Me neither! Following last week's awesome ping pong battle, here's a new clip where a dude playing the Master of Jeet Kune Do lights freakin' matches with his nunchucks! [Youtube]

A Pocket Birthday is the Saddest Party Ever

Sean Fallon — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:40:00 EDT

Hey, it's your birthday! To celebrate this momentous occasion I got the pocket birthday kit complete with four candles, matches and a base. Why are you crying? What do you mean you don't have any friends? I'm here with the pocket birthday dude! This is supposed to be a happy time. Available for about $6 (which is ridiculous). [Design3000 via 7Gadgets]

How to Make a Bottle Rocket Out of Matchsticks and Foil

Brian Lam — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:30:26 EST

Hey, this is a little random, but if you're bored visiting relatives with no gadgets to fiddle with, here's a tutorial for making a a bottle rocket out of matches and foil. Beats helping with the cooking. [Instructables 1 and 2 and Youtube]

Lucifer Hates Wasting Time With Inefficient Matches

Adam Frucci — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:00:00 EDT

Think lighting a match takes too much time and effort? You're not alone, apparently. Rather than going through the excruciating motions of taking a match out of a matchbox and striking it on the side, the Lucifer holds matches and strikes them as you take them out.

To use it, you just turn it upside down and the bottom of a match will pop out. Grab the match and pull, and voila: you've got a lit match in your hands. Now the only hard part is figuring out what to do with the three seconds you just saved. –Adam Frucci

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