The end of July and the beginning of the last month of summer must be properly celebrated! And my idea is to give you a top 10 of the most fun and possibly useful drinking gadgets. A toast: for a wonderful summer!

1.Ice Jacket Instant Wine Chiller - there’s nothing like a stylish Ice Jacket to keep your wine nice and cool. This cute little thing will chill your wine in 5 minutes and keep it cool for 3 hours. All you have to remember is to put it in the freezer and then wrap the Velcro closure around your favorite bottle of wine.

How much under $29.99?
Some: $12.99 on Amazon.

2. ShotCarver - shot glasses are boring, especially during the summer. Why not make it more fun and make your own shot glasses? I bet you’ve never thought you can drink out of your favorite fruit. :wink, wink: Your bar party will look so much better!

How much under $29.99?
Some: $12.98 on Amazon.

Via Coolest-gadgets.

3. Ice Luge – remember how good and careless life was in college? You can still have that, at least for one night. This awesome Ice Luge is just the thing to make a great party and to turn those years back. I bet you wish you had this in college!

How much under $29.99?
A little: $22.99 on Amazon.

4. Gravity Entertaining Shot Set – 6 acrylic shot glasses with magnetic bottoms and a metal serving tray make you look like the coolest bartender ever! And you don’t even have to go to a bar. You’ll never spill a drink. ;)

How much under $29.99?
A little: $25 on Amazon.

Via Drinkingstuff.

5. Strawz - mixing cocktails in a glass is too old fashioned for some people. No, I won’t suggest pouring it into your mouth, but I will suggest Strawz. You can shape your own insanely convoluted drinking system and drink from several glasses (or bottles) at once. And you can use it for juice and entertaining your kids too.

How much under $29.99?
A lot: $9.99 on Amazon.

Via Coolest-gadgets.

6. Remote Control Beer Pager - time to get to the heavy stuff. Beer, that is. If you’re the forgetful kind (and we all are after a bigger or smaller amount of beer), you’ll need this: this pager has a remote activation up to 60 feet so you’ll never lose your beer. Again. The beer holder also keeps your beverage cold and makes all kinds of crazy noises and lights up, so you can find it even in the most crowded party.

How much under $29.99?
A little: $21.95 on Amazon.

Via Drinkingstuff.

7. Wall Clock With Hidden Safe – fine liquor and expensive wine are not meant to sit on a shelf or be drunk at an undeserving occasion. So you’ll need a safe place to put them. This is the perfect hideout and might be the cheapest safe ever.

How much under $29.99?
Some: $12.33 on Amazon.

Via Drinkingstuff.

8. Beer Can Belt – ah, the beer can belt, every man’s wet, cold, quenching dreams. Carry your beer around at the cost of looking a redneck. It’s your chance to take, but the boys won’t mind.

How much under $29.99?
A little: $27.95 on Amazon.

9. Shot Gun – this is the shot gun to bring at a party! The producers call it the “supremely infantile pump-action dispenser” and they’re so right! Just fill the bottle cartridge with the drink of choice and shooting around shots!

How much under $29.99?
A little: $23.51 on Firebox.

Via Coolest-gadgets.

10. AlcoholOmeter Glasses – should you complain to a friend that you’ve had too much to drink last night and should he ask you “How much?”, now there’s a way to calculate! Whoever said that wine or beer gives you headaches was wrong. It’s the damn math! But these glasses will help you monitor how much booze you poured into your system the previous night. If you can keep track, that is.

How much under $29.99?
Some: $14.10 on Firebox.

Via Coolest-gadgets.

Drink at your own cost. These glasses are worthy of your favorite poison, aren’t they? Chilled, mixed and put in a 10 oz. Polluted Glass, shaped like a 55-gallon barrel with etched radioactive sign, your drink will taste so much better! Or not. Either way, they look so much better than your usual glasses.

A shot of poison coming right up! Would you like shaken or stirred?

How much under $29.99?
Some: $13.54 on Amazon.

Via Neatoshop.

There a “Life of the party” position you might want to fill in and I have just the thing to get you through the interview. Behold [drums] the BeerBot Bottle Opening Shirt!

This crafty invention has been conceived after much pondering and after careful experiments conducted by experienced physicians worldwide. They have managed to attach a bottle opening robot to a black T-shirt! Evrika! All that’s left for you to do is place bottle into the robot’s hand, tilt SLIGHTLY and the bottle opens. And mind this: turn it inside out when putting it in your washing machine if you don’t want to lose your precious T-shirt.

How much under $29.99?
Some: $19.99 on Thinkgeek.

Cocktails are sexy, fashionable and they make you not only look good, but feel good too. I’ve recently discovered the Lynchburg Lemonade and I must say it climbed to the top of my list, right on top of the Tequila Sunrise. I don’t know how to make either of them yet, but with this Jigger Cube I just might learn how to.

This fancy little aluminum cast thingy has 6 sides and each one measures a different amount of liquid, so you can get those quantities just right. In fact, it’s so fancy that it was the Winner of the 2007 Good Design Award by Chicago Museum of Architecture and Design. And it comes with a booklet with 20 popular cocktail recipes, so even beginners like me can work their way around the bar.

How much under $29.99?
A little: $23.69 on Amazon.

Via Bookofjoe.

If you call yourself a chemist and you’re renowned as a connoisseur of the fine art of mixing beverages (and I’m not talking about cranberry juice and apple juice), than you might want to put this next item on your birthday wishlist.

I’m sure you already have the perfect place on your bar for the Test Tube Shot Set. It looks pretty awesome and I bet your friends won’t mind trying out your little experiments out of these pretty colorful test tubes. The perfect gift for a young man on a quest for life’s true purpose. :))

How much under $29.99?
A lot: $14 on Urbanoutfitters.

Via Urbanoutfitters.

Having too much on your hands can be a problem. People seem to have trouble filling their free time and when they can’t, they come up with things like the Toilet Mug.

Now, except for your dog and/or cat, who the heck would drink out of a toilet shaped mug? Really now… I am at loss for word for this one.

How much under $29.99?
Some: $13.87 on Amazon.

Via Urbanoutfitters.

Friday is Top 10 day. So if you’re working late (like I am) and spend most of the day in your office (which we all do), you need to improve your work environment so that it gives you all the comfort and relaxation you need in order to be efficient and creative. Here’s a fine selection of gizmos, gadgets and other things that can make our office a place we love to be in.

1. Decorative Sticky Tape – not your usual cute, cuddly, colorful decorative scotch tape, but certainly pretty and quite fancy I might add. It’ll add a personal touch to your envelopes, gifts and other wrap needing stuff.

How much under $29.99?
A lot: $9 on Coxandcox.
Via Bookfishjoe.

2. Paper Pencils – a set of fancy, environment friendly pencils to go with your desk and your eco-friendly attitude. Made from 100% recycled paper. Cool? Very!

How much under $29.99?
A lot: $9.50 on Uponafold.
Via Bookfishjoe.

3. Wave of Light Dolphin - there’s nothing like having a soothing, relaxing object on your desk so that you can turn your eyes to it whenever they feel sore or when you feel like your head is about to pop. This little lamp combines lights, sound and movement and they say it can kind of hypnotize you. It even moves like the ocean’s waves. Do you love it or do you love it?

How much under $29.99?
A little: $28.37 on Amazon.
Via Officefreaks.

4. Suck UK Door stop - I hate people who slam the door open or closed when they come into or leave a room. The sound is annoying and it can scare you if you’re really focused on something. So I have a solution for you! These door stoppers will not only stop doors, but maybe also prevent anyone from entering, since they are pretty cool and exclamatory.

How much under $29.99?
A lot: $7.34 on Amazon.

5. Ceramic Swear Bank - we all hate meetings and most of us come out swearing. So this got me thinking and I came up with an idea to get you rich: you can make you office a swear are and cash in for every curse word that your colleagues utter.
How much under $29.99?
Some: $12.95 on Amazon.
Via Freshtrend.

6. Grass Charging Station – this will add a very nice touch to your desk and it’ll help you keep all your gadgets charged and ready to go at any time. Don’t worry, it works with any small device with a charging cable and it has a special compartment for hiding all the wiring.

How much under $29.99?
A little: $25 on Amazon.
Via Freshtrend.

7. Explosion Notepads – if you’re trying to make a statement and your coworkers just won’t get it, because punctuation is not particularly relevant to them, try these instead. If it still doesn’t work, try shouting. :))

How much under $29.99?
A lot: $2.95 on Patinastores.
Via Freshtrend.

8. Another possibly annoying thing about your colleagues (and maybe even about your boss) is that they always ask to borrow a pen and they always forget to return it. It’s like an unwritten rule of the office. The worst part is that they usually take away your favorite pen. Although we don’t use them much these days, we can’t say we still don’t get a bit attached to our office stuff. In my case, it’s a thing I have inherited from grad school. Well, no worries, use a Bank Pen and you’re safe. They’ll never steal your favorite pen again.

How much under $29.99?
A lot: $2.07 on Amazon.
Via Bookfishjoe.

9. Monkey Picked Tea – looking for a relaxing and energizing drink? How about a cup of tea made out of leaves picked directly by the gentle hands of… monkeys? Yes, you read correctly. Here’s a little something about the product: “Legend has it that Buddhist monks trained monkeys to harvest the leaves from the top of wild tea trees.” I wonder why I haven’t seen this on Discovery yet. How Zen is that? :)

How much under $29.99?
Some: $14.99 on Amazon.

10. Whatever Wall Clock - not in the mood for deadlines? Neither is this clock. It’ll melt away hours and make you forget all about your long to do list. Who needs chores on a Friday afternoon? Have a great weekend!

How much under $29.99?
Some: $15.95 on Amazon.
Via Officefreaks.

So you’re on Facebook. What do you do when you’re on Facebook? You post pictures, you share and (drums) you play. But you don’t just play any game, you play Farmville. If you’re part of the frenzy and you’re not ashamed to admit it, embrace your passion for online farming and pick that cabbage like you’re never done it before (and chances are you haven’t)!
If you’re craving for a real farm of your own, you can have it! On your kitchen table for starters, with the Farmville Land Coasters. They are a tiny bit expensive, but what’s a few more bucks over those you invested in your Facebook based farm?

How much under $29.99?
A little: $24.99 on Meninos.

Via Craziestgadgets.

Most coffee drinkers are not morning persons. That’s a fact. Another fact is that when you wake up in the morning, all you want is to crawl to the coffee maker and drink your sweet, black poison. But, the horror! You have to stir it so all the sugar won’t be left at the bottom, unmelted.
Even the laziest coffee drinkers have a chance. It seems they were not alone in their sorrow, because someone invented the Self Stirring Lazy Mug. Yes, it stirs its own contents, so you can sleep on the kitchen table while everything is being prepared by robots. Not so far from SF movies, are we?

How much under $29.99?
Some: $18.95 on Amazon.

Via CoolestGizmo.

I rarely drink alcohol, but I enjoy a good glass of wine once in a while, since I was born in a region known for its refined wine production. Although it’s not customary around here to serve wine glasses (you have to buy the entire bottle if you go to a restaurant), this might actually fill a void in the market.

The Disposable Wine Glass looks quite elegant, in its tulip shaped form, it’s perfectly sealed to keep the flavor of the wine intact and you it’s fully recyclable. How cute is that? You can take with you on a picnic and o romantic dinner in the park.

How much under $29.99?
A lot: $3.40 on Wineinnovationsltd.

Via Geekologie.