Archive for the ‘Offbeat’ Category
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Kurt Systems: High-Tech Horse Trainer
I was reading the latest issue of POPULAR SCIENCE and saw this new high-tech horse training system developed by a Turkish man. The story behind this invention is that Mehmet Kurt developed this device after his own horse died…
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Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
No, I am not Tropical Storm Danny!
You can follow and track Tropical Storm Danny live using this cool Google Maps based viewer @ ABC13.com KTRK Houston.
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Friday, June 5th, 2009
American Waste: The Story Of A Home Depot / Thomasville Outdoor Patio Set That Came Damaged
We just took delivery of an outdoor patio set which we love except for one little part came defective. The seat frame (”Part C”) came split as shown in the photo. As I’m a DIYer, I…
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
Dry Soda Co. – Cucumber Soda
So I was a bit late to the game earlier this week when I blogged about the Vanilla Bean and Juniper Berry as being Dry Soda’s newest flavors. Today I got the chance to taste Dry Soda’s real…
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
Dry Soda Co. – New Flavor, Vanilla Bean!
I’ve enjoyed Dry Soda Co. pretty much since their beginnings back in 2005. Recently, while I was at Whole Foods purchasing supplies for the beverage center, I noticed that Dry Soda released two new flavors, Vanilla Bean and Juniper…
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Pepsi Natural & Mexican Coca-Cola (Coke)
I don’t drink much cola these days, my beverage of choice for the last year has been straight tea — I drink about 4-5 cups of it a day. However, when I do drink cola it has to…
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
POLL: Has The Economy Affected You?
I just installed a new poll system and thought I’d run a poll to gauge how the current state of the economy has affected readers of Mavromatic. If there isn’t a poll answer that best fits, enter it in the…
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
City Boy Starts Farmin’ — Farm Automation?
I’ve been known to joke about getting out of technology and start a farm. But joking wasn’t my buddy Ron — you might know him from the Ron & Don Show on 710 Kiro News Radio — he’s actually bought some land (9.4 acres of it) in Maple Valley, WA and is building himself a farm. He started a blog chronicling his adventures so we can all live vicariously through him. His latest post is on building a horse shelter.
I’ll try to get him to automate the farm… Ron, how ’bout some security cameras, automated gates, egg sensors, proximity sensors, or GPS on livestock for realtime tracking?
- City Boy Starts Farmin’ [blogspot]
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
Best Fruit On The Planet?
Mangos! Ever since our Honeymoon to Brazil, my wife and I have developed an intense love for mangos — we’d eat them every morning. In the summertime, we try to eat them daily but they are hard to find at times and the prices are all over the board. However, last week I found out that our local Costco carries them in nine packs so I went bonkers and stocked up (total of 27 mangos). We’ve been eating mangos everyday for weeks! The tool that makes eating them quick and easy (’cause we all know it’s a pain to cut mangos) is made by OXO. Their Mango Splitter is one of the best kitchen tools I have ever used and a must for mango eaters. At $12 it’s a no brainer… get your very own OXO Mango Splitter
from Amazon.com now and stock up on mangos from Costco!
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
Green & Organic Vodkas
I’ve been on this organic/natural kick lately so when I went to the liquor store I wanted to check out what types of organic libations existed. After checking all the sections, I only noticed that two Vodka’s are going after the “Green” & “Organic” trends.
360 Vodka is going after the folks that are trying to reduce their carbon footprint. The Earth Friendly Distilling Co uses American Grain and recycled materials for their bottle and labels/packaging. Of course, they are also claim that their vodka is finely crafted since it’s “quadruple distilled and five times filtered”.
If you are on the Organic craze (like me) then the Eco-chic Square One is for you. They claim to be the first certified organic 100% American rye vodka and environmentally friendly.
Let me know if anyone has had these before… I’d love to know how they compare to the standards, like Grey Goose and Ketel One.
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