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Grilled Cheese Made in the Toaster Is a Mom’s Dream Come True (VIDEO)

Posted by Adriana Velez
on May 15, 2012 at 11:11 AM

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This is the greatest invention since sliced bread: A bag that lets you cook a grilled cheese sandwich in your toaster. Toastabags. At long last, my dream has come true!

Haven't you always wanted to be able to just pop a cheese sandwich in the toaster? But you can't, of course, because then the cheese would melt inside the toaster and wreck it. You just can't do that.

But now you can. Check it out. Toastabags are the answer to EVERYTHING, I tell you. Behold the genius.

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Food & Party

Sponsored Post: Lysol Revolutionizes Kitchen Cleaning With the New Lysol® No-Touch® Kitchen System

Posted on May 1, 2012 at 6:29 AM

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The following is a sponsored post from Lysol.

The kitchen is the heart of the home where families spend the most time together, and a clean kitchen means a healthy home. The NEW Lysol® No-Touch® Kitchen System is a whole new way to keep your kitchen clean. With an innovative hands-free dispenser and powerful multi-purpose formula for dishes, surfaces, and hands, this cleaning breakthrough will change the way you clean your kitchen.

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Food & Party Say What!?

$4,600 Chocolate Printer Will Leave You Craving More (and Broke)

Posted by Adriana Velez
on Apr 11, 2012 at 1:18 PM

choc creatorHoly truffles, check out this amazing 3D chocolate laser printer that prints out ... stuff! In chocolate! And it only costs $4,600! Wow, like ... that's something you could only do with your hand and a three-dollar pastry bag.

I'm trying to figure out what's awesome about this gadget, aptly named the Choc Creator. You could print out chocolates while watching Real Housewives, I guess. But think of all the chocolate you could buy with that $4,600. Yes. I think that is something I would like to spend the next five minutes thinking about. Let's do that.

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Big Kid Mom Moment

5 Ways Video Games Keep Parents Sane

Posted by Jeanne Sager
on Apr 1, 2012 at 10:00 AM

wiiWhen you marry a video gamer, you realize you will probably raise video gaming kids. It's inevitable. What you don't realize?

One day you will realize that those video game consoles taking up space underneath your TV are the best friends you can always count on. Learn to use them wisely, and those gadgets and gizmos can make you a saner,  nicer, kinder parent. Seriously. Just look at the evidence:

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Technology Style Savvy

Fashion Accessories Only a Geek Could Love

Posted by Maressa Brown
on Mar 29, 2012 at 6:03 PM

cassette tape walletsCassette Wallets by Marcella Foschi ($39, designboom.com)The first time I heard about "upcycling," it was in reference to a guy going to look for a used, antique diamond that he could turn into a pretty, eco-conscious engagement ring for his girlfriend. It's a really cool concept -- making something old new again in a special way. Apparently, diamonds aren't the only items being upcycled and re-worn these days, either. You can do it with tech gadgets, especially hilarious ones from the late '80s, early '90s. (CompuServe hard-disk, VHS tape, anyone?)

Artists are taking these relics and reworking them as, get this, accessories! So you can carry around your old cassette tapes as a wallet or put keys from a crappy old green-screen computer in your hair as a barrette. Ha, talk about geek chic!

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Technology Say What!?

Newborn Parenting Lesson: Babies Need Gadgets Too

Posted by John Biggs
on Mar 28, 2012 at 1:50 PM

The latest addition to the Gadget Dad family, Guthrie, was born on March 8, and the wife and I have spent the past few weeks brushing up on our neonatal parenting skills. Aside from the obvious stuff - remembering where we put him, changing him once a day or two, and avoiding habanero jack cheese in his diet for the first four days - we've discovered that in the three years since we last had a little one, a lot has changed in the world of parental gadgets.

For example, when our first son was born six years ago, we had a the Quinny Buzz, a self-expanding pneumatic stroller that looked like something out of Wall-E. Now that stroller has been supplanted by City Minis, Bugaboos of all description, and one of the most amazing strollers I've seen to date. Read on for the gadgets that have made this birth happier and at least more gadget-rich.

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Technology This Just In

Are You Really Ready for the iPad 3?

Posted by John Biggs
on Mar 1, 2012 at 7:00 PM


It seems like only last year that the iPad 2 was the hottest device on the market, with lines around the block and folks with wallets at the ready to pick up Apple's latest device. In fact it was last year and, like clockwork, Apple is about to release a brand new iPad for us all to salivate over/yell about. 

That's right: Here comes the iPad 3.

Apple will be announcing their newest iPad at an event in San Francisco next Wednesday and here's what you need to know about it. To be clear, these are mostly rumors right now, but it's better to be forewarned and forearmed before you go rocketing down to the Apple store on March 7th.

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Technology OMG

'Back to the Future' Hoverboard That Really Hovers Is Finally Here! (VIDEO)

Posted by Maressa Brown
on Feb 24, 2012 at 2:13 PM

hoverboard created by nils guadagninThose of us who grew up on Marty McFly, Doc Brown, and flying DeLoreans are increasingly lamenting the absence of certain "futuristic" gadgets. Months are flying by, and before you know it, it will be 2015. We want our Hoverboards, goshdarnit! Mattel will be taking pre-orders soon for a Back to the Future Hoverboard to-scale replica ... but it won't actually hover, so what good is that?!

That's exactly what French artist Nils Guadagnin thought to himself, and then decided to go ahead and create the first fully functional Hoverboard that appears to seamlessly blend science with fun to make our wildest movie magic dream ACTUALLY come true. I swear, no exaggerations!

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Technology Rant

Arianna Huffington's BlackBerry Didn't Belong at Fashion Week

Posted by Maressa Brown
on Feb 16, 2012 at 3:53 PM

blackberryIt's New York Fashion Week, people, and you know what that means ... The glitterati are out in droves, mugging for the cams and gluing their eyes to the latest and greatest designs to trot the runway. Some of them are even making headlines for their own spectacles -- like Arianna Huffington, who appeared to be spending the majority of her time in the front rows of Nanette Lepore and Ports 1961 shows looking not at the clothes, but at ... you guessed it, her BlackBerry!

The media mogul is the ultimate woman about town, so I understand she likely had very important business to conduct, but it still sort of stinks that she missed all those lovely fashions traipsing across her field of vision in order to deal with emails, BBMs, or what have you. Sadly, though, Huffington seems to have simply caught a bug affecting many, many Americans today.

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Technology Tech Talk

Gadgets & Games Can Make or Break Your Relationship

Posted by Maressa Brown
on Feb 15, 2012 at 5:22 PM

woman on a laptopNo one ever said marriage was easy, but it seems like it's gotten even more difficult in the Internet age. Especially for people who like to play online role playing games (RPGs) ... You know, like World of Warcraft or even SIMS. Turns out spending a significant portion of your free time in a fictional online world isn't exactly doing your relationship any wonders ... drrr.

A study from Brigham Young University found that 75 percent of spouses married to people who play role-playing games online wish that their gaming guru sweeties spent less time playing and more time working on the relationship. BUT -- in couples where both spouses were gaming nerds into RPGs, 76 percent thought that gaming had a positive effect for their marriage. Well, yeah!

This isn't only true for partners who play online or regular video games. It extends to all manner of gadgets, web habits, and cellphones.

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