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7/15/2011 11:07 am
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Jennifer Still

If you’re anything like me, not only are you a late 20-something with a love of afternoon naps, you also probably have interests in the geekier end of the spectrum and think that it’d be pretty cool to be a wizard. I can’t count how many times I’ve tried to liven up a conversation with the question, “What’s your favourite Harry Potter spell?” only to meet generally blank stares.

In any case, you may not be able to produce your own Patronus charm, but our friends at ThinkGeek are doing us one better by allowing you to control your TV via wand!

The wand – which looks as good as any you’d see at Ollivanders – learns up to thirteen commands from your normal TV remote, each of which are executable by various flicks and twists. In addition, you can apparently program this thing to work with any appliance which uses a remote control, including DVD players or stereos.

Grab yours over at ThinkGeek and watch a demo of the magic TV wand below:

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7/15/2011 11:07 am
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Jennifer Still has an overwhelming fondness for iced coffee, good music and early bedtimes. She never smiles in pictures and rarely changes out of pyjamas during the weekdays. Or the weekends. She is the managing editor at HelloGiggles and Evil Beet Gossip and is also an entertainment reporter for DigitalSpy. You can follow her Tumblr at stilljennifer.com, on Twitter at @jenniferlstill or email her here.

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    I LOVE this! I have said “lumos” in frustration in the dark before. Episky is awesome just as a word. It always makes me feel a little bit better to see how many smart/funny/non-basement-dwelling people have Harry Potter spells memorized and ranked by preference…I’m not alone.

    Ashlie Elizabeth | 7/18/2011 11:07 am

  2. I will definitely be investing in this awesome bit of muggle-magic! FI my friends and I have had the “favorite spell” conversation, mine would have to be waddiwasi or riktusempra… one is fun to say and the other is like a tickle attack that you cannot see coming- amazing.

    Kelly Vogel | 7/17/2011 11:07 am

  3. I actually found myself shouting “ACCIO KEYS!” in my apartment in a moment of reparations last week…

    Dana DeRuyck | 7/16/2011 05:07 pm

    • *facepalm* Really, autocorrect? “Reparations” instead of “desperation”? I know I spelled it wrong, but not THAT wrong. Sigh…

      Dana DeRuyck | 7/16/2011 05:07 pm

  4. Guys, guys, guys…my sister totally HAS this! And it rocks! I play with her volume and laugh and laugh and laugh.

    Melissa K. Nodurft | 7/16/2011 05:07 pm

  5. THIS IS SO COOL OMG

    Dani Schwam | 7/16/2011 02:07 pm

  6. How many Galleons for it?????!!! I want (scratch that, I NEED) one!! // My fave spells are Accio and Alohomora (I’m a lazy couch potato and I always lose my keys)

    Maria Jose Rojas | 7/15/2011 09:07 pm

    • Better head to Gringott’s and make a withdraw! Also, I can’t believe I forgot about Accio! That spell speaks to the truest nature of my soul (laziness, as you pointed out!)

      Jennifer Still | 7/16/2011 04:07 am

  7. So awesome! The geek part of my brain just exploded.

    Catherine Bruno | 7/15/2011 02:07 pm

  8. OMG I NEED THIS. Accio remote wand. NOW.

    Bridget Carroll | 7/15/2011 01:07 pm

  9. I love Think Geek. And Harry Potter. Also, for the record, Episkey and Sectumsempra are MY fave HP spells.

    Mandie Mohrlock | 7/15/2011 12:07 pm

  10. ooooohhh! so much better than a regular wand!!!!

    Laura Mendez | 7/15/2011 12:07 pm

  11. This is the best one I’ve ever seen (non-London people, the Oyster card is a card you use for buses, you just touch it to the scanner) http://boingboing.net/submit/2011/02/london-oyster-card-wizard.html

    Vicky Teinaki | 7/15/2011 12:07 pm

  12. They’re geniuses!

    Diana Vargas | 7/15/2011 12:07 pm

  13. I have wanted one of these for a while!!

    Megan Valentine | 7/15/2011 11:07 am

  14. This is CRAZINESS.

    Jenna Buckle | 7/15/2011 11:07 am

  15. omg that is so cool !!!

    Laura E | 7/15/2011 11:07 am
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