Month: November, 2006
Here’s hoping that your heater lasts throughout the winter, but if for some reason you are stuck without heat follow these steps to maximize your interior temperature. The first and most important item being “close the windows and seal the doors”.
I use my electric kettle every day and I found myself wondering that since green tea is best steeped in water that is just below boiling, why couldn’t somebody made an electric kettle that doesn’t quite boil. The answer is, of course, somebody already does.
Picture books aren’t just for kids. Charlotte and Peter Fiell’s 1000 Chairs (Taschen Publishing) covers the history of chairs over the last 150 years. This book is a furniture maker’s inspirational dream. Whether your style is Eames or easy, plastic or plush, there is something to inspire all. Personally, I have my eye on the MDF chairs.
At my very first job, I had to ensure that proper OSHA warnings were applied in context–not always an easy task, as the images and words often seemed at odds with each other. Is there anyone out there who has not mentally rewritten those signs at least once? Well, here is your chance to do it for real. I’ve been having a laugh riot making my own warnings and announcements at Online-Sign.com
Afraid you’re going to be given the honor of carving the Thanksgiving turkey? Here is a list of turky carving videos to help you out:
I’m not a big fan of pumpkin pie — there I said it! — but I always feel a need to serve pumpkin in some guise for Thanksgiving. Here’s a way to use pumpkin (or any other squash or combination of squash), to make an amazing base for a soup or for stuffing into ravioli or for any other sort of savory thing. And yes, it does make a fantastic pie.
