Stuff I Want But Don’t Need — Surround projector TV, Multitool, Power monitor

Monday, July 7th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

Mitsubishi Ultra Thin Frame Premium Flat Panel TV with Integrated Sound Projector » Coolest Gadgets — cool. I have a discrete sound projector in one room and have been ... Read more..

Radon in granite countertops

Saturday, May 17th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Egad 2. I am sure I’ve never had our countertops tested. Read more..

Flash is the worst web technology ever

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

We are planning some remodelling and trying to exchange ideas with our designers. I know that the people who design websites for all the furniture industry mean well, and ... Read more..

Disturbing Wiring

Sunday, March 30th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Dark Roasted Blend: Disturbing Wiring, Part 4 — we have 5 miles of Cat5 in our house, I can relate Read more..

Stairbookcase

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Thrill of the (book <em>and</em> stair) case — cool Read more..

Cable Storage

Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Like many people I have a mess of extra cables — displays, ethernet, usb, sound/speaker of many flavors, firewire, etc etc etc. I used to just keep them ... Read more..

Running HDMI over cat5

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

eHomeUpgrade | Honeywell Introduces HDMI to Cat5 Converter — maybe the wireless HDMI stuff people are talking about will render this useless, but with 5 miles of cat5e in my ... Read more..

Stuff I Want But Do Not Need — household edition

Friday, November 9th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Ping Pong Door ? Coolest Gadgets — just a concept now I guess. Another concept — mobile phone/tv remote combo. I love this idea. Not sure I like this ... Read more..

Home Owner’s Club

Sunday, November 4th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Home Owners Club — wonder if this is worth joining Read more..

Need a wireless doorbell/intercom

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

quick scan of google results – * Westinghouse 5 Channel Wireless Home Intercom System with Doorbell * Radio shack unit with telephony interface * Westinghouse or on amazon (savage customer reviews) * Doorbell fon ... Read more..

Stuff I Want But Do Not Need — Kitchen edition

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

MoCo Loco: Finding Cheska — awesome looking placesettings. Ice cream scoops that in theory stay warm and thus scoop better Wine ratchet. OK opening wine bottles is not that big a ... Read more..

Environmental Home Center

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Environmental Home Center, Seattle, green building materials. — “We are your most complete source for green building materials—simply the highest-quality choices with the added benefit of being healthy and resource-efficient” Nice ... Read more..

Five Plants That Repel Mosquitoes

Friday, August 17th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Five Plants That Repel Mosquitoes — not a big deal here in Seattle but good to know. Read more..

Stuff I Want But Do Not Need

Saturday, July 14th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

French Ranges - Lacanche Stoves — beautiful ranges Pioneer music tap — in the sonos, slimdevice space d3o shock responding polymer — absolutely no need for this but it is cool Van Hoy ... Read more..

Select Comfort Beds

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Considering a SelectComfort bed — The Fool on SCSS — recent consumer complaints — SCSS financial info Read more..

More stuff I don’t need but want — June 1st

Friday, June 1st, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Unclutterer: Under stairs storage: brilliant — simple but brilliant Scuttling spider robot — who wouldn’t want one of these? freaking awesome. the scourge of pets everywhere. Hydrodynamic building set — ... Read more..

Products I Want But Do Not Need

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Cymat: Home — metallic foams. Because they just look cool. The resin coated version would be a cool desktop. Intensity vacuum. The folding-up-ness is nice. Kraft paper sofas. ... Read more..

Alternatives to water softeners

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

Hate the feel of softened water. Didn’t really understand the chemistry of water softening until I poked around a little tonight — how does a water softener work, wikipedia ... Read more..

Great bookshelves

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

Roche-Bobois > Contemporary & Modern European Furniture - French Country Furniture — ok their website is a broken disaster, but if you search for the legend bookcase in the contemporary ... Read more..

Vintage Porch Gliders

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Vintage Porch gliders — a childhood memory. Read more..