There are all these tips for making boiled eggs that peel easily, but nothing ever seems to work for me. Every egg I boil is so hard to peel that I lose half of the egg white trying to get the shell off. I’ve given up and just started buying pre-boiled, pre-peeled eggs from the […]
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There are lots of ways to protect your valuables in your home, from wall safes to small lock boxes to ziplock bags in the freezer. I’ve seen hollowed out books and fake canned veggies used as small safes, but I’ve never seen a hairbrush used as a safe. You could even take the hairbrush with
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Why settle for one of those plain USB plug-in sticks for your car’s cigarette lighter when you could instead plug in a warp core from The Enterprise? The Star Trek TNG Warp Core USB charger plugs into the car’s 12V power port and sits in a cup holder. (The passenger can hold their own drink!)
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I suffer from cold feet. They get so cold that sometimes a night sleeping under a couple of blankets isn’t enough to warm them up. I need the Ultra-Plush Foot Warmer for those days when my feet are so cold that nothing seems to warm them. The Ultra-Plus warmer plugs into an AC outlet, and
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Granola bars are available everywhere, but sometimes it seems they aren’t really different than candy bars. If you like granola bars but you want more control over the ingredients, make your own with the Tescoma Granola Bar Press. The press is made from food-grade silicone and BPA-free plastics, so you won’t worry about adding any
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Levenger says this picnic basket is inspired by pioneer wagons, hence the name. It has a durable canvas exterior, a water-resistant polyester lining, and faux leather trim. The Pioneer Canvas Picnic Basket measures 20″ x 12.75″ x 11.5″ and weighs 11 pounds. It has a double lid, two storage pockets on the front, and a water-resistant
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The Nookmark Bookmark is described as a reinvention of a traditional bookmark, but I’m not sure how they went from a piece of paper slipped between the pages of a book to this wooden triangular support. The Nookmark “follows the shape of an open book”, and you lay an open book over the apex of
Nookmark – for when a normal bookmark just won’t do Read More
These letters from Letterjoy are a perfect gift for the amateur historian in your life. With a subscription to Letterjoy, you receive a facsimile of an actual letter from an historic figure each week. The letter will arrive in the mail, just as the original had. Each month will have a theme, such as WWII
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We always travel with our dog, Teddy, and it’s a bit like traveling with a small child. He doesn’t need exactly the same items as a toddler would, but he does have his booster seat, crate, leash, and other items. Food is always a problem too. Normally he eats frozen raw foods, but we take
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Nest has finally added a smart door lock to their connected-home lineup. Nest says: “Yale knows secure locks. Nest knows the connected home. Together, we’ve made a tamper‑proof, key‑free deadbolt that connects to the Nest app.” Our local Best Buy had one of the Nest x Yale locks in stock, but it was the wrong
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Over the years, there’s been a lot of discussion of how to get spreadable butter here on The Gadgeteer. We’ve examined heated knives, water-immersion chambers, and even electric butter dishes. This Butterie dish keeps it simple by just keeping the butter covered and sitting on the kitchen counter. Butterie is made of 95% BPA-free plastic and
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Barbie has been around for years, and she’s had hundreds of jobs and thousands of outfits and accessories. Today, she has fancy remote-controlled cars and multi-level houses, but back in the day, her accessories were simple and required using your imagination. Mattel has harkened back to a simpler time with the reintroduction of the 1962
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Giving yourself a manicure or pedicure at home doesn’t have a lot of tech associated with it, but it certainly does have some gadgets. In addition to scissors, clippers, files, and other little tools to keep our nails trimmed, some of us like to add polishes to our arsenal. Going to the salon can be
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Sure, there are plenty of games apps for iPhone, but do you find yourself pining for the old 8-bit, grayscale days of gaming? Your classic Gameboy may not work anymore, but the Wanle case for iPhone will give you a fix of old-style gaming, complete with buttons for tactile feedback missing on a touchscreen. The
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This version of Mjolnir might not be able to level mountains, but you’ll be able to build a level table with it. The Marvel Thor Hammer Tool Set is contained in a molded case that’s a replica of Marvel’s version of Thor’s hammer. The kit weighs 5.5 pounds, and it measures 15″ tall x 9″ wide
By Odin’s beard, this toolkit is for only the worthiest handyman Read More
You’ve seen those 3D-printed moon lamps, like the one The Gadgeteer featured last year. Those lamps are available in various sizes and come with a wooden stand for display in your room. Just like the bigger versions, the moon on this keychain is also 3D-printed to accurately represent the surface of Earth’s moon, and it’s
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We are still working on smartening up our house, and we decided we wanted to finally get a video doorbell. We had actually ordered a Ring doorbell, but I’m going to return that. We decided we’d stick with the Nest system once we realized their video doorbell was available for purchase, because we already have
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Are you tired of those traditional, green rubber-pipe garden hoses that get kinked up so badly water won’t pass through or spring so many leaks your yard looks like a water feature? Replace that old hose with a Bernini Pro Series hose and you won’t have to deal with kinks again. The Bernini hose is
There’s nothing kinky about the Bernini Pro Series garden hose Read More
If you use your tablet as your cookbook or for watching cooking videos while you work in the kitchen, have you found a safe place for it while you work? If you need a new cutting board, you should check out this bamboo board that has a built-in stand for most tablets 10″ and smaller.
Keep your tablet close at hand but out of the mix with this cutting board Read More
The folks at Tokyoflash Japan are back with another of their animated watches. The Radar LED watch has the appearance of those sweeping screens on a radar or sonar screen. The watch has two modes of displaying the time: sweeping mode, which highlights three points in turn to indicate the hour and minutes; and flashing mode,
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