SmartMeasure Cup now available

Food

smart-measure-cupLove spending time in the kitchen? The SmartMeasure Cup ought to be your cup of tea (no pun intended), where it is pretty much self-explanatory.

The first digital measuring cup and scale combination. The unit measures in weight and volume as the recipe dictates.The 3890 digitally weighs dry ingredients as well as liquid ingredients. Preprogrammed to convert weight to

Solar Blinds store sunlight to use as power

Technology

Solar blindsOne of the problems with solar power is the sun. Yeah, it’s got this thing, where it just isn’t out all day, you know?

Okay, that was a bad intro, but you know what I’m talking about. I’m sure that you have seen all those solar-powered chargers before, but they are a lot like those electric screwdrivers that take an hour to charger for only five minutes worth of use. Not only that, you have to put the charger in some place out in the sun.

Use Tea to Infuse Your Hot Chocolate with Flavor [Tea]

Food

If you want to flavor your next cup of hot chocolate without pre-made mixes, throw in a tea bag or two and infuse it with flavor.

Photo by Just SallyRye.

Over at cooking and dining centered blog TheKitchn, they've been experimenting with using flavored tea to add a twist to hot chocolate—similar to our experiment on doing the same thing with coffee.

Downsized Products 2009 — Part 2

Business

The parade of downsized items continues with the category that reputedly created the concept of shrinking products — candy bars. An alert Mouse Print* reader  noticed that his favorite “king size” Snickers bar was now nearly half an ounce lighter. Souring the shelves of candy sellers, we were able to find both the old and the new products.

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Read on for even more changes from Mouse Print

Top ten things not to forget on a trip

Travel

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SuitcasesWe all usually try to travel light, but when you succeed, do you feel a little nervous? I do. If I can lift my suitcase without grunting, I'm fairly certain I've forgotten something. Here's a list of the Top ten things not to forget on a trip -- hopefully both you and I can remember to check it next time we're about to head out of town!

1. Cell Phone Charger.
They've started carrying universal chargers (with multiple heads) at places like Walgreens, but that's $15 to $20 you really shouldn't have to spend.

Radically Lower Your Insurance Rates by Shopping Around [Saving Money]

Business

Insurance is an expensive but necessary financial burden—no insurance is more expensive than building a brand new house out of pocket, for instance. Minimize the costs of insurance by playing the field. Photo by Wonderlane.

When it comes to things like car and home insurance, most of us haven't put our time in when it comes to comparison shopping. Many people have the same home insurance company their parents had or the one the bank or Realtor recommended when they were getting ready to buy a home.

How to: What Do You Buy and Stock in Your First Kitchen

Food

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Photos by Rich Hein/Sun-Times

We're always looking for a great article and advice on what to tell first time kitchen owners to put in their kitchen. What knives do you really need? What pots and pans will give your friends kitchen envy? Well this article at the Chicago Sun Times does the trick and provides insights into these and other questions of kitchen stocking.

Some highlights include:

Audio-Technica AT-LP60-USB LP-to-Digital Turntable System

Technology

altp60usbMost young people these days already own a portable media player or digital audio player of sorts, and many of them grew up weaned on an iPod, moving on with each new iteration that Cupertino releases each year or so. Well, we’re not quite sure whether they have heard of a turntable before, and what are their impressions of it, but just in case some of you think that turntables belong to just DJ decks at night clubs, you’re dead wrong.

Shave Cream News - Who would have thought?

Grooming

Maybe it is because we are a men's skin care and grooming site, or maybe the world has gone crazy about shaving cream.  It seems everywhere we look, someone is talking about shaving cream.  Here is our quick list to get you up into the know.

The Automatic Odor Remediator

Environment

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There is never a shortage of air fresheners out there that perfume the air, at least temporarily.  However, none really last.  Then you can have something that sprays the air on a regular basis, but those are just air fresheners on a timer really.  Well this does things a little differently, it’s more like the devices you’d find in casinos and the nicer hotels out there.  It does things a little more subtly and the clean scent sticks around far longer, which is definitely a plus if you have indoor pets.