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please please let this get copied for $10 when the patent runs out, so my grandchildren never have to ask me why we can put a man on jupiter but still can't make a quiet floor fan.

Mordazy -- some people can get away with just that. Other people need all that and more. I'm in the "other people" group -- but for my fingers, not my wrists. I have small hands, and t...

I toss rolled oats in my coffee cup at work, then fill the cup from the office hot water dispenser. In 5 minutes they are soft enough to eat; add some raisins and sunflower seeds, eat while sorting...

Dude. After developing some nasty RSI in college, my employment is entirely dependent on the Kinesis Advantage. It has a normal key arrangement, but dipped into "bowls" -- so you touch-type as norm...

Stop making pesto? Are you nuts? Buy another freezer!!!

I assume bending your neck back is ergonomically worse than looking to the side. Neither is good...but I think the side glance is less likely to make you sore...

I have both a cast iron and an enamel. I find the cast iron to be more non-stick and easier to clean (heat it stove top, pour a little water in and the instant sizzle with a little rubbing frees an...

lay it on top of warm brie and serve it on crackers.

I recommend marrying someone who isn't afraid of spiders. My non-phobic spouse is the best spider-dealing-with gadget in the world.

The Kinesis Advantage is AMAZING. Combined with an Evoluent Vertical Mouse and a switch to Dvorak, the level of crippling-pain-I-can't-work-any-more I used to reach in 3-4 daily hours on a computer...

An old hand-me-down mortar and pestle from a food chemist's lab. After washing it a zillion times, I use it to crush notes and/or relieve stress.

We have the Lodge one. It's my second favorite cooking device -- second only to a century-old "chicken fryer" -- aka a cast iron lidded pot that my great-grandmother-in-law apparently used to fry s...

That's....about half the time I keep things. I'd love to see the statistical difference in the chance of food poisoning over time....eg, at twice the recommended time have we gone from a one in a m...