Got a room in your house that’s always warmer than the others in summer, and always colder than the rest in the winter?
Yeah, so do I.
You need this register vent booster. I just ordered mine, and can’t wait to install it.
The idea is so simple, I can’t believe I haven’t [...]

Continue reading " Register Vent Booster Fan "

Earlier this year I called your attention to the excellent semi-automatic Rancilio Silvia espresso machine.
But as much as I like the more authentic espresso, I almost enjoy the wondrous automatic systems as much…. and probably more when I’m feeling feeling especially lazy.
In the past few days since having a DeLonghi ESAM6600 Esclusivo Gran Dama espresso [...]

Continue reading " DeLonghi ESAM6600 Gran Dama Digital Super-Automatic Espresso Machine "

CorkPops Cork Popper is by far the coolest way to open a bottle of wine. The handheld device punctures the cork and uses the pressure from a C02 cartridge to effortless lift the cork out of place.
It’s also priced in line with most moderate wine openers, at around $27 shipped from myGearStore (via Amazon).
Each cartridge [...]

Continue reading " CorkPops Cork Popper: Pops corks! "

We’re of a fan of any need in the kitchen that can be accomplished with a gadget that resembles a toy car, even if we just discovered the first one: the Chef’n Garlic Zoom.
This clever slicer and dicer converts whole garlic bulbs to finely chopped garlic in a matter of seconds, just load it with [...]

Continue reading " Chef’n Garlic Zoom: Go, garlic, go! "

Snowpeak makes excellent gear for campers, and cutlery is no exception. While ultra light-weight titanium sporks are cool and all, we prefer to chow down with the Backpacking Chopsticks, which will also impress the waitress at your neighborhood sushi bar.
These chopsticks are cool for multiple reasons:the wooden ends unscrew and are stored in the hollow [...]

Continue reading " Snowpeak Collapsable Chopsticks: A better use of baseball bats "

A strainer? Are you kidding me?
Wait, wait—a $60 strainer?
Be cool, fellow geek, here’s why we’re featuring this: it’s so simple yet so smart, every geek can appreciate it.
Designed by Boje Estermann at the European design firm Normann-Copenhagen, this rubber strainer (with a stainless steel bottom) is capable of collapsing to a fraction of its height, [...]

Continue reading " Normann Copenhagen strainer: water drains out, cleverness stays in "

The problem with wine is that if all you have are standard 750 mL bottles, you either have to be prepared to down a good four glasses or put a cork in it and let it sit for the night… or two, or three… or whenever you remember you have an opened bottle and feel [...]

Continue reading " Vacuum Wine Saver: Preserve wine, preserve your wallet "

There are sexier espresso machines on the market, especially in the $600 price range, but the Rancilio Silivia is the benchmark by which everything else is measured.
Silivia is a semi-automatic espresso machine, so if you’re looking for something that you can set and forget or you don’t have the patience to learn how to pull [...]

Continue reading " Rancilio Silvia Espresso Machine: Put Starbucks to shame "

Bodum’s Pavina, Canteen, Assam, and Bistro series of glasses are the closest you’ll get to drinking out of a work of art, assuming you don’t own a medieval chalice or something.
These sleek glasses feature two mouth-blown layers that create the illusion of the liquid being suspended in the glass. But it’s not just a cheap [...]

Continue reading " Bodum Pavina & Canteen Glasses: Double the blow, double the cool "