When I was living in college dorms and in my first rental apartments, I had a lot of posters I decorated with that I really liked. I didn’t want to damage them with tape on the corners nor holes from thumbtacks, and there were rules about damaging the walls, so I had to get creative […]
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I used to have a popcorn maker similar to the Whirley Stainless-Steel Induction Popcorn Maker, but it wouldn’t work on our induction cooktop when we upgraded. We had to resort to microwave popcorn because I wouldn’t allow my husband to shake one of our cast iron pans on the new cooktop. With the old popper, shaking
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While I’ve never been a fan of baseball, I’ve always been a fan of the white leather and red lacing look of a baseball. Apparently, I’m not the only one who likes the color combination, because I’ve seen a lot of leather goods made with that combination. There’s an Etsy shop, BaseballWatches, that offers a
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Chargers for MacBooks have permanently-attached cables that can be hard to roll up and control for neat transport. The chargers used to have little flip-out wings that were designed to wind the thin cable around without stressing the attachment point, but those wings are missing from the chargers now. Even when they were there, they
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The Kronos 6752 Lift Desk from BDI allows you to sit or stand, just as you’d expect from an adjustable-height desk. Kronos is a little different from other standing desks I’ve seen, though, because it adds a shelf to keep your desktop organized. And its motorized adjustment makes going from standing to sitting and back
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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
Nest x Yale smart door lock is finally available for purchase Read More