Is an iPhone application a gadget? I think they answer is yes. Let’s go with it.

Today’s “gadget” is the Bad Decision Blocker . It blocks you from making calls or emails to certain people on your contact list during a set amount of time. Basically, it prevents you from “drunk dialing” your boss, your ex-boyfriend, or your mom when your judgment has been impaired from too much liquor or candy.

It only costs $.99, which may explain why their 7 minute long “infomercial” for the Bad Decision Blocker looks like a c+ high school video project.

Watch the video, after the jump!

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A wise raisin once said, “books, check ‘em out.” Increasingly, this raisin’s advice is being carried out in digital form. Samsung has announced the Papyrus E-book reader, a touch screen device that not only reads e-books, but also includes a memo pad, scheduler, calendar, world clock, calculator, and contact list. The Papyrus expected to cost about $300, which is less $60 less than Amazon’s Kindle E-Book reader, but $300 more than a library card.

Our distant blog cousins over a at Engadget have(slightly) more information if you want to learn more.

Does your iPod nano or iPod touch lack a microphone? They answer is probably “yes,” but if you want to turn your music device into a tiny voice recorder, and you demand cuteness, now there’s the ThumbTacks™ micro-microphone.

The manufacturer claims that this tiny mic is the best in it’s category. Are there other mics even in this category? You can pick one up for only $12.99.

(via Cult Of Mac)

Have you ever been out to a romantic dinner, and when you go to share a smile with your date, you instead share what looks like a whole cabbage plant stuck between your incisors? Those days are over with the SMILE! Plate, a small plate with a mirror built right in. Just sneak a peak to make sure your teeth are looking their best. However, if you are dining with really ugly people with delicate self-esteem, you might want to avoid this product.

(via Unqiue Daily)

Apple has unveiled the new iPod Shuffle today, marking one step closer to manufacturing the world’s smallest and easy-to-lose-est mp3 player EVER.

The $79 audio player is about half the size of the current Shuffle and features the player controls on the headset cord–which explains why this looks like a piece of metal that fell out of your computer.

And for those of you who have 1,000 unidentifiable songs to store, the new gadget includes VoiceOver that sounds like a robot voice telling you which artist, song and album is currently playing.

So when does too small become too small for practical use?

Candy: it’s not just for your mouth anymore. If you are tired of your ipod’s stock white earphones, check out these candy inspired earbuds, which, sadly are not edible. They come in Reese’s Pieces, Double Bubble, and Sour Apple “flavors.” Cnet says “more comfortable than the stock set that came with your player.”

You can learn more about them here.

Besides a touchscreen and 3G functionality, the Samsung Memoir’s main drawing point is a  8 megapixel camera. But is the camera as good as it sounds? And how about the rest of the phone? Our friends over at Engadget Mobile (distant relatives of our blog family) got their hands on a Memoir, and have a very extensive review, complete with video, that you can read here.

Bottom line: Don’t plan on taking your wedding pictures on this thing.

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Vinyl hasn’t been the dominant audio format for decades, but records are still popular among the “cool” and the “old.” But how no matter how cool you are, you still can’t go jogging with a turntable, or jam out in your car to a vinyl record…until now.

Actually, the turntable player with a USB connection has been around for a while. However, the Ion Audio Portable USB Turntable will only set you back $50. Just plug the record player into your computer via USB, use the included software, and before long, you have the hipster cred of owning LPs, with the practicality of digital mp3 music.

That price is only for today, and only on Woot, so act now.

Are you pumped for the big game? If not, maybe some of our favorite posts from the week will get you excited.

• Eric The Trainer returns, with three new episodes.
• Alyson Hannigan’s Fetus Makes Her Crave Flesh.
• The O.C.’s Mischa Barton shares a birthday kiss…with a girl.
• PETA makes an ad too hot for the Super Bowl.
• Lauren Graham: on broadway and on television.