I take at least two daily showers and have problems with cotton towels getting damp, smelly, and yucky because they can’t dry quickly enough in the hours between. I recently… Read the rest of the article: Astonishingly absorbent towel

I bought this USB charging unit because I have a lousy sense of direction. I get lost in buildings and in cities, even ones I’m familiar with. My iPhone’s GPS… Read the rest of the article: Mophie Juice Pack Powerstation Duo: All day charger for mobile gadgets

I go somewhere on a plane at least twice a month. For over ten years I’ve used a Briggs & Riley roller carry-on, and I’ve been fairly happy with it.… Read the rest of the article: Skooba Laptop Weekender Travel Bag – a carry-on bag for gadget lovers

I am horrifically allergic to poison oak. I am also an avid mountain biker in northern California. This not a good combination. I have tried all the soaps and wipes,… Read the rest of the article: Poison oak and poison ivy skin barrier: Invisible Glove

Huck towels are durable low-lint cotton towels canonically used for wiping down surgical instruments after sterilization, but they are useful for many other tasks where a clean strong towel is… Read the rest of the article: Recycled surgical towels are awesome

With three cats in the house, fur gets all over our furniture and clothes. I didn’t want to make a dozen Monkey Couch Guardians, so I bought a Love Glove… Read the rest of the article: The Love Glove

This book could be titled “How and Why You Should Do Everything Possible to Avoid Getting Into a Fight.” The authors (both martial artists who’ve been around the block a… Read the rest of the article: How to Win a Fight – A guide to avoiding and surviving violence

I’ve used it three years. Keep it in my desk and use it much more frequently than my socket set. I always have the right size wrench handy in a… Read the rest of the article: Dogbone Wrench – handier than a socket set

No need to buy charcoal lighter fluid (or “boy scout water” as they call it in my home state of Colorado) or self-starting charcoal briquets. Just put two crumpled sheets… Read the rest of the article: The best way to start a charcoal barbecue

I cannot say enough about this key-shaped USB flash drive. The first model I purchased I owned for several years. It was only 2GB and I still have it on… Read the rest of the article: Rugged tiny USB flash drive fits on a key ring

My 10-year-old daughter and her friends love playing with the Fort Magic kit. It’s a box of PVC pipes and connecters, along with clips to attach sheets or tarps. You… Read the rest of the article: Fun backyard fort building kit for kids: Fort Magic

The Cuttlebug is a non-electronic die-cutting and embossing tool for paper crafts. It’s lightweight, easy to use, and able to use embossing folders and dies from most manufacturers. I am… Read the rest of the article: Cuttlebug: Inexpensive embosser and die cutter for crafters

Frixion erasable pens are hugely popular in Japan, but relatively unknown in the States. I didn’t even hear about them myself until 2012, though the product has existed for 5+… Read the rest of the article: Frixion erasable pen uses heat to make the writing disappear

[Video Link] I ordered and received my Bug-A-Salt gun late last fall, pretty late in the fly season to really get to put it to serious use. Well, early spring… Read the rest of the article: Bug-A-Salt: shoot pesky flies with a pinch of table salt

I’ve used this tool for about 10 years and it’s still going strong. It’s probably the best garlic press in the world. It’s constructed very robustly from stainless steel; it… Read the rest of the article: Kuhn Rikon Epicurean Garlic Press handles unpeeled cloves and ginger

My cats have picked up the habit of chewing on laptop power cords. They’ve bitten clean through them at least ten times. I got tired of repairing the cords, so… Read the rest of the article: Protect power cords from cable-gnawing cats

For the past few years I’ve been using an Apple Time Capsule as my WiFi router. The range was awful but I kept trying to boost it with Airport Express… Read the rest of the article: WiFi router with impressive range: ASUS RT-N66U

This book is radical. It tries to persuade teenagers to drop out of high school — in order to “get a real life and education” as its subtitle says. This… Read the rest of the article: The Teenage Liberation Handbook

"Follow your passion" is the dogmatic advice for building a career. But it is woefully incomplete and even misleading for some people. Better advice is “Become so good they can’t… Read the rest of the article: So Good They Can't Ignore You – become expert in something, and the passion will follow

I’m tempted to say that this tool is a life changer, but I’m prone to exaggeration, so I’ll just say it’s a game changer. The game being that by mid-day… Read the rest of the article: Blendtec Home Blender: powerful home blender can chop, juice, grind grain, and more