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Protect Your Small Business with Norton Internet Security Products from Symantec

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This post brought to you by Norton Small Business by Symantec. All opinions are 100% mine. When I surf the Internet or read email, I always try to avoid places and situations that could be dangerous – I never open emails with attachments from people I don’t know, I never click on random links in […]

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Mix Up Your Potent Potables in the Chemistry Cocktail Set

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The holiday season is upon us, and that means parties with families and friends.  Why not use the Chemistry Cocktail Set from ThinkGeek to show everyone that your heart belongs to the lab.  You’ll get an Erlenmeyer flask with glass stirring rod, a reaction vessel shaker, four test-tube shot glasses, and a metal rack to

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Keep your Wine Perfectly Chilled with the Corkcicle

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This is for all the winos wine aficionados in the audience… The Corkcicle is an ingenious product that will keep your open wine at just the right temperature. It is less messy than a bucket of ice and can be reused over and over. It’s basically a fake icicle that you freeze in your freezer

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Keep your Espresso Secrets Safe with the Fingerprin​t Recognitio​n Philips Saeco Xelsis Digi​tal ID Espresso Machine

The Philips Saeco Xelsis Digital ID is a stainless steel high end automatic espresso/coffee machine that can brew espressos, American coffees, cappuccinos and more. Instead of pressing buttons to create your favorite drink, which would obviously take entirely too much effort, you can scan your fingerprint and it will recall your user profile. Up to 6 users can save

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Oregon Scientific WMR86 Backyard Pro Wireless Weather Station Review

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Do you check the local weather on your smartphone or computer before you leave for the day?  Or maybe you turn on the TV to watch a meteorologist’s broadcast. Have you ever wondered why weather people called meteorologist’s? They don’t study meteors… 🙂 Anyway, most of us like to know what it’s like outside so

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Reduce Your Lighting Costs with Samsung LED Bulbs

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Samsung has introduced three new LED light bulbs that will help you in your efforts to reduce your daily energy consumption.  There are three different styles with different light output available.  Costs vary from about $17 to about $60 per bulb, depending on style.  Each bulb promises to deliver 20X the lifespan of a halogen

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Softbrew Coffee Maker Makes a Less Bitter Cup of Coffee

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Many people say that the French press coffee maker is the perfect equipment to make perfectly brewed coffee.  Many other people think that coffee made in the French press is too bitter and has a lot of sediment in it.  The Softbrew Coffee Maker from ThinkGeek helps you get the rich flavor of the French

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Automatic Wine Preserver from Thumbs Up

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What do you do if you’ve opened a bottle of wine but didn’t finish it?  Thumbs Up, a UK-based company, has the answer to that question with their Automatic Wine Preserver.  This battery-operated device fits over the bottle opening; press a button, and the Wine Preserver automatically pumps out up to 75% of the air

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Epson Introduces LabelWorks Label Printers

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Bring a little pizazz to your organization system with labels printed with these new label printers from Epson.  You can create professional looking labels using the 14 fonts, 75 frames, and more than 300 symbols included with these LabelWorks printers.  They also use significantly smaller lead margins for up to 60% less margin waste.  Epson

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EdgeStar Deluxe Mini Kegerator & Draft Beer Dispenser

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We aren’t beer drinkers here at the Cloninger house, but this cute Deluxe Mini Kegerator and Draft Beer Dispenser from EdgeStar makes me wish Sprite Zero came in 5-liter mini kegs.  It may be small, but the Mini Kegerator uses DraughtKeg™ carbonator pressure technology so you’ll get a “pub-quality pour” every time.  It has precise temperature

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Lark wants to change the way you sleep and wake up

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The problem with alarm clocks is that they wake you up in the middle of a dream, and not just you, but also all the people at your place. Furthermore, alarm clocks don’t know if you are already awake or not, and therefore they don’t know when to stop the alarm and when to continue

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OBi100 VoIP Telephone Adapter and Voice Service Bridge Review

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Just when I thought I’d gotten a handle on the best deal in VOIP offerings, along comes Obihai with the OBI 100 VOIP telephone adapter.  In conjunction with a Google Voice account, they claim unlimited calling to POTS users in the USA.  Frankly, I didn’t believe it, so I received one of their devices and have been

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Epson Debuts New Small-in-One Printer

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Epson is introducing a new, smaller printer for home printing, scanning, and copying.  The Epson Stylus NX430 Small-in-One printer has a small footprint but a large set of features.  The NX430 has a 2.5″ color screen, and it has built-in memory card slots so you can print without needing a PC.  It comes with Epson

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