The hardest part about this doormat, “which side is up?”

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Well, if you live in a cool area like San Francisco, you won’t need air conditioning all year round but if you do live in a hot area, you can bring some extra air conditioning with the DeLonghi portable air conditioner.  Now, air conditioning just got easier.

Of course, if it doesn’t get too hot, you do have the air conditioning chair add-on, which works on much cheaper.

Features:

• 11,000-BTU portable air conditioner with independent pump dehumidifier
• 3M Filtrete air filter attracts and captures tiny microparticles of pollen and dust
• Electronic control panel with LED display; LCD remote control; adjustable thermostat
• Boost, Sleep, and Smart fan modes; 24-hour timer; caster wheels for portability
• Measures 16-1/7 by 19-1/2 by 37 inches

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Now is the time to add/replace your outdoor garden lights with something that’s solar.

Why?

Why are you spending money on electricity that you can get free?

Save earth and get some of these solar powered landscraping lights pleez.

You can get bunch of them over at Chinavasion here.

Honestly, I have been studying the art of cooking french fries for the last 6 months or so.  The best french fries actually came from a frozen french fry company but this potato chopper will let you make fresh french fries just like the ones from In-N-Out.  (Well, so provided that you have an oil pan and the right heat for it)

I might seriously get one soon though.  (maybe they will send me a sample?  <– this always works)

via 7gadgets

Having a hard time finding a great lasting gift for your kids or yourself?  Here’s electric fireflies that glow in the night to soothe your ever-lasting romantic nights with your loved ones.  Whether that’s your kid or your wife, we will leave that up to you but do play nice in bed.

Fireflies are becoming increasingly rare in Japan and around the world, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t still enjoy their beautiful lights without collecting them in jars! Denshi Hotaru (Electric Fireflies) from Sunnoda are realistic LED light creations in a real Japanese-style bamboo cage with vegetation included. They flicker and glow just like the real thing, and are a stylish accessory to any room or patio.

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Although still barely a concept, it might not be too hard to come up with your own BBQ table that embeds the grill as part of the table.  Actually, I’ve seen these concept grill tables in life over in Korea.  All the Korean BBQ restaurants there got these about 20 years ago.  Well, talk about a new concept when it’s been beat to death in another country more than a decade ago.

But yes, it never hurts to make one for us consumers.

via thedesignblog

This is one of those gadgets, “why didn’t they think of this before?”.  The power tap device called CheckTap can be programmed via your PC through a USB cable to control and also schedule which and when your devices are on/off.

This gadget supposedly could save your home/office a whole lotta electricity, so long as you can “program” it.  I do assume that most people will be able to program this thing but do have my doubts that over 50% of population will probably be stuck trying to program it.  Maybe they can actually make a “smarter” device that you don’t have to program for the future and gadget-lovers like me.

via inhabitat

Here’s a visually appealing DIY cassette tape lamp if you want to recycle your old outdated cassette into something useful and doesn’t take up extra space in your home.

The designers make each lamp from dozens of individual cassette tapes, arranged into visually appealing patterns. Not only do they look cool as a sculptural piece, they cast dramatic shadows onto surrounding surfaces.

via technabob

Do you need a floating shoerack?  Here’s how to make your own shoe rack out of IKEA Stripa!

I really like the J-Me metal shoe rack that works in the same way as this one, but I want a few of these and the J-Me ones cost 50 GBP each. Home made ones I’ve seen made with planks and shelf brackets all look a bit ugly, but using a few of these pre-shaped Ikea shelves is more aesthetically pleasing, uses fewer components, and costs about 8 GBP.

via instructables