Stabilicers: An equipment review

Running (or walking) outside in the winter can be both difficult and dangerous. When the ground is slick, it can be easy to lose your footing and difficult to change directions if necessary. If you enjoy running across frozen lakes and ponds (as I do) then you have to...

Egg Sandwiches

I was reading on the Cigar Jack’s Website about the Egg and Muffin Toaster gadget, and thinking, wow, that is a waste of money. It is actually quite easy to make one of those perfectly round eggs that are just the right size for an english muffin; here’s...

Bike Lights without Batteries

Unplugged Living, a website about living off of the grid and reducing energy wastage, has an article about bicycle lights that do not require batteries. They are located in the pedal, and they use the kinetic energy of the pedaling motion to charge a capacitor which...

Captains of Crush grippers for strength training

Chris D. over at Strength News has just received his Captains of Crush Trainer Gripper by IronMind Enterprises and seems well pleased with them. They are basically the same as grippers you would buy at a sporting goods store, except that they require a lot more effort...