News, reviews and articles about home and kitchen products.
So you have the espresso machine, portable hand pump, stovetop brewer, demitasse cups, thermometer, all forms of sweetener, and a refrigerator full of milk. But something still appears to be missing: a worthy bean for all those new toys and accessories. (By the way, check out the Related Links at the bottom of this post […]
Arömo “Bounce” espresso bean review Read More
I don’t consider myself a true photographer, but I love taking pictures and every so often I manage to snap one that I’m really proud of… like the one above, which I captured last year on a vacation to Lake Michigan. When London based Photo-Canvas.com asked if I would be interested in reviewing their photo
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Unless I’m in the car, I don’t listen to terrestrial, broadcast radio anymore. At work I have satellite radio, and at home it’s an iPod in a dock. I haven’t had a dedicated “AM/FM” radio in ages, but since I live in earthquake country (San Francisco Bay Area), I’m overdue. Thank goodness the Eton FRX3
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Last month I posted a review of the Click & Grow Smartpot flowerpot and had a positive experience with it except for one important thing… Trying to grow a plant in Southern Indiana during the winter months, even with an auto watering flowerpot, just doesn’t work that well due to short sunlight hours. The folks
Click & Grow Smartpot flowerpots get even smarter Read More
Tired of pesky rings when you set your coffee mug down on your desk and forget to use a coaster? The Floating Mug Co. has set out to make a mug that is a coaster and coffee mug all in one. Modeled after a banana holder, the Floating Mug is simply a coffee mug that hovers
Say goodbye to mug rings with the Floating Mug Read More
We told you about the Personal Urban Weather Station from Netatmo last year. This weather station comes with indoor and outdoor sensors that monitor temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, sound levels, and indoor CO2 levels. The collected data is sent to your mobile device, so you can monitor current conditions where you live – not the
The title of this article is Cree‘s slogan for their newly released LED light bulbs. These bulbs look like the normal incandescent bulbs we’re used to seeing, so your light fixtures will look like they have normal bulbs in them. Cree says their “innovative bulb is illuminated by Cree LED Filament Tower™ Technology and provides
Cree’s new LED light bulb is the best thing since the invention of the light bulb Read More
If you’re a coffee person, chances are you’ve owned a Krups product over the years. They run the gamut in small appliance product offerings from toasters and blenders to juicers, panini presses, and high end pump espresso machines. It was a Krups drip coffee machine that got me through my college years, and although I
Krups XP1000 Solo Steam Espresso Machine review Read More
If you use your tablet in your kitchen while making recipes, watching cooking lessons, or just listening to music, you are aware of the challenges of using it while keeping it protected. Williams-Sonoma offers three items in their Smart Tools line which they have designed to make it easy to use your tablet in a
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Any cook worth his/her sea salt knows that weighing ingredients results in better, more consistent food. It’s a pain, though, to have to drag out your digital kitchen scale, tare the cup, measure the ingredients, then start again for the next ingredient. With the Taylor Digital Scale & Measuring Cup from Williams-Sonoma, you won’t need
Taylor Digital Scale & Measuring Cup simplifies cooking Read More
“If a picture speaks a thousand words… Aluminyze leaves you speechless!” announced the Aluminyze website. It is precisely what you think: your photos are printed on a sheet of aluminum. Huh? Why? Aluminyze says that their aluminum prints are durable, beautiful, and make great gifts. I had a corner of my office that needed some
Aluminyze Photo Printing review Read More
I saw the HoodiePillow Pillowcase pitched on ABC’s Shark Tank last Friday and thought the idea of a hood built into a pillow was a pretty silly idea. I still do. But the same company has another product that isn’t so silly and one that I would even use. It’s their Travel HoodiePillow. It’s a
HoodiePillows = Hoodie – Jacket + Pillow Read More
Gadget loving gardeners now have another way to keep their thumbs a nice shade of Green. Remember the Koubachi WiFi Plant Sensor that I reviewed a few months ago (see link below in Related Posts section)? That device sent notifications to your email and smartphone alerting you when your plant required watering. The Click & Grow Smartpot
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If you can’t drag yourself away from LEGO sets, even to eat, then you need this Build-On Brick Mug from ThinkGeek. It’s a mug that is compatible with LEGO™, PixelBlocks, Mega Bloks, KRE-O, and K’NEX Bricks™. $19.99 will buy you the mug, but be aware that bricks aren’t included. The mug can hold 12 ounces
Build-On Brick Mug is the perfect coffee cup for your favorite LEGO brickmaster Read More
When I purchased my current house, it came with a professionally-installed security system. I never used it because there is a monthly fee to monitor the premises, which I’m not willing to pay. Recently I heard about Oplink Security and their Triple Shield Home system which can be self installed and has an option that doesn’t
Oplink Mobile Interactive Security System review Read More
I usually try my best not to make fun of products that I think are stupid because it’s almost like telling someone their baby is ugly. That sentiment flew out that window this morning when I received an email from the graphic designer who has created a new Kickstarter project for a product she calls
Belly Jewel – Adds bling to… wait for it… pillows Read More
Face it. The force of magnetism is simply amazing, and magnets are useful and fun. We use them to hold up everything from grocery lists to our kids’ artwork. But many magnets are just plain wimpy—either they are poorly constructed and fall apart or the force of their magnetic field is too weak to be
Tired of wimpy magnets? Try Strong Like Bull Magnets Read More
The Smart LED Desk Lamp from Satechi is the ultimate in energy-efficient desk lighting. It uses a bank of LEDs that use only 1/8th the energy used by an incandescent bulb and less than half that of a fluorescent bulb. A touch panel toggles the lamp through four brightness levels: study mode (brightest, bluest light),
Energy-efficient LED desk lamp from Satechi brightens your space and charges your devices Read More
We live in a world now where the advancements in tablet devices allows them to replace the home PC. The problem with this new trend is that home wireless networking has not kept up with the influx of these tablet devices, and most routers still require a wired PC for setup and administration. The Almond+,
I will admit, when I saw Janet’s news item a few weeks ago for Balls of Steel, I probably giggled. Then when I visited the official website, ripe with double entendres, it was clear that that was the point. Balls of Steel‘s main objective is to create a community providing support, hope, and maybe even
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