NEWS – I thought we had our tea-making process under control here, but Adagio Teas can streamline the process even more with their new VelociTEA kettle. You just add water to the kettle, choose the perfect temperature for brewing the variety of tea, put the leaves in the dishwasher-safe brew basket, then press the button […]
Adagio Teas simplifies making a pot of tea with the VelociTEA kettle Read More
ARTICLE – It’s another year almost over, and it’s time to admit you still haven’t started music lessons for your child or yourself. Let’s look at some gift ideas for getting started learning to play an instrument like the rock god you know you must be! Squier Mini Strat by Fender While this may look
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ARTICLE – It’s that time of the year, when Christmas decorations are already up in many towns and cities, when radio stations have already switched to 24/7 Christmas music programming, and when you have to start coming up with gift ideas for the people in your life. Well, luckily for you, The Gadgeteer has some
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NEWS – Wondering what to give your favorite scientist for Christmas this year? No matter if they are chemists, biologists, engineers, or mathematicians, you’ll find something in their field at the Boutique Academia website. As a mathematician herself, Maile Urbancic, founder and CEO of Boutique Academia, says this about her jewelry: “When I started my business,
Your (anatomically correct) heart is a perfect gift for your favorite scientist Read More
NEWS – The Courant Catch:3 is a wireless charging station with a tray to hold your other EDC pocket stuff that is on Oprah Winfrey’s Favorite Things list this year. You can see why it’s on the list: it’s useful, and it’s beautiful! The Catch:3 is made of premium pebble-grain Italian leather and high-grade matte
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NEWS – I know that geese have down that are used in making pillows, but I never knew that bison had down, did you? Apparently bison down can be used to make warm, cushy, and durable yarn when combined with merino wool. This yarn incorporates 18% nylon and 2% spandex with the 56% merino wool and 24% bison
How do you get down off a bison? It apparently involves socks… Read More
NEWS – My husband can make perfect rice on the stovetop, but I always seem to end up with rice “soup” unless I use a rice cooker. The problem with the big rice-cooking appliance is that we don’t eat rice very often, but we need to set aside a lot of precious cabinet space in
Make perfect rice in your microwave with Sistema Read More
NEWS – Well, it’s not just like the home fridge, because it’s not activated by opening the door. The StarBright Cooler Light has LED bulbs and a rechargeable battery. You turn it on and toss it into your Yeti, Coleman, RTIC, or other coolers of any size. It’s not mounted to your cooler. It lays
Now your cooler can have an interior light, just like your home fridge Read More
NEWS – This ultra-slim wallet is barely bigger than the credit and ID cards it’s designed to carry. The YaYwallets are made of durable polyester woven elastic. The smooth edges are double-stitched for strength with bonded, fray-resistant nylon thread for smooth edges that protect your pockets or bag. The wallet is designed to take up only
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NEWS – Most vacuum brush attachments have a single suction point and solid bristles. This Universal Vacuum Attachment has 30 tube “bristles”, and each is a 7″-long hollow suction tube. The tubes are flexible, so they bend and fit easily into corners or into small spaces. The brush does a better job cleaning, because the
Forget fiber optics. Try the fiber vacuum brush attachment with your vac. Read More
NEWS – These pens would be a perfect gift for the budding spy or secret agent in your family. The pens are filled with ink that’s only visible under UV light. Luckily, the pens’ caps have a UV light source in them, so the message can be quickly decoded as soon as it’s passed over.
The perfect invisible ink pens for your spy vs. spy games Read More
NEWS – The gifting season is upon us, and it can be difficult to find nice gifts for the guys on our gift lists. You don’t always know what to give them, so it often seems that ties and socks become the fallback position. Sometimes, practical gifts like that are seen as impersonal and given
Add a personal video message to your gifts from the London Sock Company Read More
NEWS – With the crazy prices Apple’s putting on the 2018 iPad Pro models, you’re going to want a case to protect it from everyday life. Of course, you can count on Otterbox to create strong, protective cases, and of course, they have new Defender Series cases for both the 12.9″ and the 11″ iPad
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NEWS – When my daughter was born 23 years ago, one of the first things we bought for her room was a Diaper Genie. Unlike normal garbage cans, the Diaper Genie had canisters of plastic bag material inside that would twist around each diaper as you disposed of it to reduce the smell of the
NEWS – Back in 2012, John Walker & Sons produced 60 bottles of a limited-edition whisky to honor the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s ascension to the throne. That whisky was bottled in a beautiful lead crystal decanter with a sterling silver collar set with a half-carat diamond. The decanter was diamond shaped, similar
Give the gift of a diamond – decanter, that is Read More
NEWS – Have you ever heard the expression that cooking is an art, but baking is a science? It simply means that you can still get good results when cooking even with slight variations in ingredients. Baking, however, gives the best results when you have precise amounts of the ingredients. Accurate amounts are so important
NEWS – The SmartHalo Connected Bike System performs a lot of functions in a small package. It connects to your handlebars, much like those old-fashioned bells. It’s only 0.8″ x 3.6″ x 2.4″, so it doesn’t interfere with using your bike. That tiny package adds a lot of functionality without a lot of distractions. Installation
NEWS – Candles add a lot of beauty to your home, but they can be messy – dripping wax everywhere. And since they are consumed when used, they can be quite expensive to use and replace. You can switch to those fake, battery-powered candles to prevent getting melted wax everywhere, but those are expensive
These Lucid Candles burn forever Read More
NEWS – Kids aren’t the only ones who can look forward to opening a new door on the Christmas Advent calendar to find a treat now. Last year, Aldi markets offered a calendar with a small bottle of wine for each day in the countdown to Christmas. That calendar was available only in the UK,
Thanks to Aldi, Advent calendars aren’t just for kids anymore! I’ll drink to that! Read More
NEWS – Forget fuzzy bunnies and sweet lullabies! Give your new baby a crib mobile that’s going to introduce them to the finer things in life – guitars and rock music! I think the Rock On Guitar Mobile must have been what the boys in Greta Van Fleet saw hanging over their cribs, to instill
Add the “rock” to Rock-a-bye, Baby with this crib mobile Read More