Got a minute? Because that’s all it will take to enter this great giveaway. I will send five lucky winners a 2 GB MP3 player that includes a thumb drive and voice recorder (earbuds included). I will randomly select five people from the comments in this post. This contest is open to anyone, anywhere in the world and it won’t cos

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Every year, the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, in Ithaca, New York, holds an open house that is both entertaining and educational. There are many exhibits, seminars and hands on activities that will delight, amaze and amuse people of all ages. Even if you are not interested in pursuing a veterinary medicine

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In this day and age, recycling is hot and what better way is there to recycle an old iMac monitor then removing it's contents and making it into a luxurious and cozy cat bed! Your local landfill and feline friend will thank you, and it's a responsible way to recycle that monitor. If you are handy with computer stuff, remove t

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Salads can get pretty boring, and this time of year is when we try and grow as much of our salad bowl as we can, right here in our back yard. So we have salad every night with dinner. Even though the garden timing doesn't always go according to plan we have ways to spruce up a salad and give it that extra zing to ease the sala

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We don't all have the luxury of Olympic size swimming pools and when swimming laps for exercise, if your pool is average size, you will spend a lot of time just changing direction. This nifty device makes an adjustable current to swim against so that you can swim in a straight line for as long as you want. It's easy to set u

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I am an avid supporter of recycling and eco-friendly products so this recycled wooden spool chair caught my eye. We used to play on these things as kids and make neat stackable forts. A furniture designer has taken what would ordinarily be resigned to the dump heap and made an attractive piece of furniture out of these spools.

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These innovative paper plates made from recycled material contain no chemical fillers or additives and are made from leaves and water. Unlike traditional paper plates, these plates do not leech chemicals into hot food and can be tossed into the compost pile, as they are biodegradable and will compost in about three months. Not

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This new Polaroid mobile POGO printer is a snap to use. Believe it or not printing photos with this printer requires no ink! The high tech printer paper has the dyes embedded in it and the printer activates the dye by heat pulse. You connect to your camera via USB or to your Bluetooth enabled wireless phone and print away. The

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I was fortunate enough to get a birds eye view (pun intended) of the construction of an Orioles nest. The odd thing about this nest was the placement of it. It was precariously perched on the outermost limb of a tree that was thrashing about in the wind and was overhanging a precipitous drop to the lake below. The literature sa

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With oil prices sky high it's time to pay even closer attention to home budgets. Not too long ago we replaced 95% of our interior lighting with compact fluorescent lighting. Now LED lighting, which made it's name in Christmas decorative lighting, is becoming more mainstream in home interior and exterior lighting. We owe it to

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With the warmer temperatures finally here in Upstate New York I realize that the boating season is on the horizon. We have been trying to decide when to put our boat in the water. I am very much into eco-friendly living and I came across this great boat design. It's powered by solar charged batteries and you can also power it

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This Ferrari Testarosa go-kart would make the perfect gift for the child who complains of wanting more. At around $25,000 only a select few of us can afford such a toy but it sure is fun looking and dreaming. Imagine a go-kart with working retractable headlights, a CD stereo system, hydraulic brakes, and adjustable seats that r

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In today's world you can never be too careful. Carrying personal protection is not a bad idea but often it is too big and cumbersome. This device combines convenient size with a disguise. No one will know you are packing a 350,00 volt stun gun disguised as a lipstick! This stun gun also will not kill anyone so you have no worr

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Folks this is an incredible video. The geniuses that designed and programmed this computerized robotic dog are to be commended. It amazes me how the dog regains it's footing after it loses its balance. And the way it negotiates the rocks is truly incredible. Now I ask you, if we can do things like this, why can't we design ca

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If you have a pond you know that geese can be a problem. It's not that I mind them floating around the pond. I don't. It's when they come out to dig up my grass and poop on the banks of the pond that I get annoyed, especially when I sink a bare foot in the squishy stuff! A border collie would work, but I no longer have one.

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