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Old-School Candlestrip Goes New School in Look
Power outlets have become such a big part of our lives that there's really no use in trying to ignore or disguise them — why not embrace the look of a power outlet, or appreciate the mess of cords that power your life?
That's the idea behind the Candlestrip, too — long, tapered candles that can be fired up without a cord — but you "plug" them into the base that holds them. What an innovative design that also happens to be ironic, clever, and yes, pretty.
3D Cubic Switchplate: Love It or Leave It?
Outlets are usually a source of stress — there's rarely enough of them in your place to feed your gadgets, and they've definitely never been high on any scale of pleasing aesthetic home tech. You could change all that with these 3D Cubic Switchplates ($9), which embrace the utilitarian nature of the outlets and light switches by framing them and making them look a lot cooler. (It worked for cords!)
Of course, I think most people would prefer to camouflage the outlet, especially when it's got cords coming out of its face.
The Hang On Outlet Holds Your Loose Cords Securely
Since I love uncommon ways to keep power cords stowed away that are still aesthetically pleasing within your home's decor, I was all eyes when I came across this simplistic cord holder. The Hang On Outlet, designed by Paulo Oh, has created this user-friendly cord holder that makes unplugged cords look neat and tidy.
Casa Link: Stop Electrical Outlet Drafts
Re-nest has a green tip about how to stop drafts coming from your electrical outlets. Wherever you live, it's likely that you do have air infiltration in your home, and foam outlet and switch sealers are the corks, per se, to making your home airtight. Unless you want to breathe dusty outlet air day in and day out, I highly suggest you check out this green tip.Source
The JackPC Socket Is A Jack Of All Trades
This is definitely a must-have gadget for all the die-hard geeks out there.
Featured on Engadget and TechEBlog the JackPC Socket is the mack daddy of all wall sockets. With a 500-MHz AMD RISC CPU, 128MB of memory, 64MB of flash memory, a VGA connector and Internet Explorer 6.0, it's basically a condensed version of what you see on the back of a CPU.
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Eubiq's Unique Power Outlet Track
In older homes and buildings it can get really tiresome trying to maneuver your workstations near sparse power outlets. I feel like I'm the queen of power outlets and multi power plug dividers, so I was pleased to read Eubiq's has designed a system with moveable power outlets on tracks to help rectify this problem. Featured on coolest gadgets, the tracks devices come with multiple outlets along the maximum 3.6 meter that you can adjust to your liking.
Do You Shop Outlet Malls?
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Do You Shop Outlet Malls?
For sure; I love scoring the hidden treasures they have.
I've gone a couple times, but the chaos is kind of a turn-off.
Do You Like Designer Outlet Stores?
If I have a free Saturday, I love to go to an outlet village to hunt down a bargain. I am a particularly big fan of Bicester Village where I have previously got a great deal on pieces by Luella, Mulberry and Calvin Klein.
There are other places around the country with great offers including the Clarks village in Somerset, Cheshire Oaks near Liverpool and McArthur Glen in York.
Eco-Friendly Outlet Banishes Power Vampires For Good
Vampire power month may be over (how appropriate that it was in October, no?), but that doesn't mean I'm going to stop trying to find ways to reduce our electric bills! We are living in a digital world, which means nearly everything needs to be juiced up to work. I've already got my laptop working overtime at the office and at home, so you can imagine that I'm a pretty powerful energy vampire on my own.
Kristen Wants to Quit Smoking, Do It Too!
Kristen Stewart made the first step in kicking her cigarette habit — admitting to Entertainment Weekly that she's ready to give it up, saying, "I'm going to stop smoking. I'm not such a good smoker, anyway. It's not in my bones.
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