Rich Tong's Tips, Tricks and Traps
(Ok, post election but still stressed, so more posts of random junk.) But if you want to round out your kitchen, Cooks Illustrated (subscription required) has some great recommendations: Mercer’s Culinary MercerGuard Cut Glove. So this is a thin glove that keeps you from cutting yourself accidentally. Great for mandolines in particular but also for…
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Beware of theses guys at “Mobile sidewalk”:http://www.mobilesidewalk.com/ a buddy of mine, Brian, told me about them, I browsed their site and then they asked me for my mobile number. Little did I realize that they would start charging me $10/month via T-mobile for a service I never used. Amazing that folks can get away with…
Another in a set of clever ideasInflight Power Recharger Cables Finally you can power your handheld device while in-flight from your coach passenger seat! What it does is take the power that comes out of the headphone jack and converts it into a USB power outlet. So you can charge your cell phone or your…
Perfect gift for the road warrior that has everything. This is a mouse that slips into the PC Card slot of a laptop (who uses those anymore anyway), then it uses Bluetooth to connect to the laptop. For all of us who suffer while using a touch pad but would rather have a mouse. $70…
!http://a1472.g.akamaitech.net/f/1472/124/4h/img.ebags.com/is/image/im5/50645_1_1?&op_sharpen=1&qlt=80,1&hei=249&wid=249!:http://www.ebags.com/eagle_creek/0_50_transformer/product_detail/index.cfm?modelid=50645. I wish I had this right now. It is a very small transformer that takes 220 and makes it 110V. Everything I own *except* for my Philips Ultrasonic toothbrush is 120-220V. Philips, get a clue. Otherwise, get this $15 thing. If you buy two from eBags, you even get free shipping. Eagle Creek 0-50…
Jabra JX10 Bluetooth Headset Review | Everything Treo o get the Jabra JX10 into pairing mode, there is a tiny button on the back of the headset. Initiating pairing mode on the Jabra JX10 was easy enough. This thing doesn’t work like any other bluetooth headset I’ve had. Normally you hold the ON button to…
Sonicare Registration. These are really great toothbrushes, if you read the fine print, you’ll see that this online registration gets you some coupons. Just make sure to opt out of getting email spam from Philips. With a few mouse clicks, you can register your Sonicare toothbrush right now and receive by email $27.99 worth of…