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Tag Archives: Household

The Tuft of Grass Pet Feeder Is A Canine Gluttony Fix

By David Ponce on 12/17/12 • Leave a comment!

Although it’s easy to make fun of, dogs eating their food too fast is somewhat of an actual problem. An article on the Internet on this topic says: “Your dog can choke, swallow so much air that they vomit or even develop bloat, which can be life threatening.” It’s not on the same level as, say, doggie cancer, but if you’ve noticed your dog pukes often after eating, this could be the reason. The Green by Northmate feeder slows him down a bit, by making him chase his dry food pellets from in between the “blades of grass.” Just scatter his portion on the feeder, and watch as he licks, pokes and prods until every last bit is devoured, only in a much longer timeframe than usual.

It’s $36, and if you’re wondering what it looks like in action, we’ve included a video after the break.

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Minecraft Light-Up Redstone Ore

By David Ponce on 11/27/12 • Leave a comment!

Big Minecraft fan? If you wish you could build in real life any of the things you’ve assembled in the game, but are sad that you can’t, you can always buy little things like the above Minecraft Light-Up Redstone Ore to cheer yourself up. It’s a simple touch-based night light that has three settings, low, medium and high. Internal LEDs will provide the photons, while 2 AA batteries the power. It’s made by ThinkGeek and at $25, is a simple gift for any Minecraft aficionado out there.

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Fresh Paper Keeps Your Produce From Spoiling For Longer

By David Ponce on 11/26/12 • Leave a comment!

It’s estimated that up to a quarter of the world’s produce is lost to spoilage. That’s awful. But there are many products on the market designed to help delay the inevitable decomposition to set in. Of these, FreshPaper is one of the more interesting ones. It’s a piece of paper infused with edible organic ingredients that, when placed underneath fruit or veggies, is said to help slow down decay by up to two to four times the regular period. These ingredients “inhibit bacterial and fungal growth, as well as enzymes that cause over-ripening.” There is no zeolite, no sodium permanganate, no charcoal, and absolutely no plastic, unlike other products on the market. One of the ingredients, fenugreek, imparts the FreshPaper with a Maple-like scent, which is also indicative that the paper is still effective. When it doesn’t smell anymore, toss it out and use a new one. Each sheet is 5″ x 5″ and is enough to keep a bowl of produce fresh.

The Holiday Crate pictured above contains 10 packs of 8 sheets, and costs $65. If you can do without the decorative crate, the same amount of FreshPaper costs $43. With the Holiday feasts just around the corner, this might make a pretty decent stocking stuffer.

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Whimsical LED Balloon Light Is Perfect For… Whimsical Settings?

By David Ponce on 11/09/12 • 1 Comment

We’re not terribly creative, so we can’t suggest the ideal places where the above product would be perfect. Parties? That seems too obvious. But the Balloon Lamp, which is designed by Kouichi Okamoto, just looks like it would be perfect somewhere, if only we could think of where that is. Powered by a high-intensity LED light, you can just hang it anywhere you want with the included hook. Two regular balloons are included, but you’re of course free to use your own, of any color. The two Li-Ion batteries included provide up to 100 hours of illumination, so it’ll last through whatever event you end up using it on, though it’s probably not the best solution as permanent lighting for the home.

Whimsy doesn’t come cheap though: a set of two will set you back $77.

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Space Efficient: Laundry Caddy

By David Ponce on 11/08/12 • Leave a comment!

That image is doing our work for us. It’s a laundry caddy. Small enough to nestle between the washer and dryer, it’s the perfect place to keep your detergents and other… things that people who aren’t sloths use in their homes to keep stuff clean. I… I just call the laundry service and they pick my clothes up, clean then, fold them, and deliver them back to me. It’s a good service, albeit a little unnecessary, but the guilt I feel every time is equaled only by my unwillingness to actually do any house work.

I’ll probably grow up one day, and when I do, I’ll think about spending $50 on the Laundry Caddy.

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This Is A $40,000 Fridge

By David Ponce on 11/07/12 • 2 Comments

For the same amount of money that buys a pretty nice car, you can get a fridge instead. Of course, when fully decked out at $40,500 the Meneghini La Cambusa refrigerator does a few more things than to keep the turkey frozen until Thanksgiving. Looking nothing like a fridge, the modular design lets you customize the various options to your heart’s content. With the “all-dressed” option, aside from a gigantic fridge and freezer compartment, you get “space for a coffee maker, a fitted pantry or a double pantry, an ice-maker, a microwave oven, a steam oven and multi-function oven.” The exterior surface is “treated in 3 aniline colours (ebony effect, pomegranat and colonial), [and is an] ash dyed aged oak or a lacquered ash in various Ral and Woodcolor Sayerlack colours.” We… don’t understand what any of that means, but hey, solid wood doors! The La Cambusa is 8ft. across and a little over 7ft. tall, and heaven knows just how heavy.

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Portal Companion Cube Ice… Cubes

By David Ponce on 11/01/12 • Leave a comment!

Last time we featured something Portal related you guys didn’t seem to much care. That’s ok, we understand. So of course, we try again. How about some ice cubes? Like the companion cubes in the game, only with 100% more ice… A tray makes 10 of these, and costs $13.

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The Prepara Herb Mini-Savor Keeps Things Fresh A Little Longer

By David Ponce on 10/30/12 • Leave a comment!

We’ll be honest, the last time we bought some herbs for cooking, we ended up throwing most of them out after five days. Why? Well, watching cooking shows convinced us “fresh is best”, so instead of buying the easily kept dried herbs, we bought the live ones. Used them in the recipe once and then… just put them in the fridge. You can guess the rest. Had we bought the above Prepara Herb-Savor, it would have given us a three week window in which to think of another meal to make. The little herbs would have had their bases soaking in fresh water, all the while looking like we had some futuristic space pods in the fridge. And that’s a win for everyone.

Made from BPA-free plastic, the Prepara Herb-Savour is $15 for 1 and $30 for three.

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Ninja Star Fridge Magnets

By David Ponce on 10/23/12 • Leave a comment!

This is as old as the world… if the world was magically created in 2008. Still, we stumbled on them, and thought you’d like them. Not going to spend much time on it. Hit the jump for another pic and purchase info.

$17.

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