Hasta La Ideas

Ever since one of our second cousins held a brief teaching job in Yellowknife (62°27’ N – 114°22’ W) in the seventies, we have been wanting to go there ourselves. Just because of the coolness of the name. (We’ll tell you about our trip to Muckle Flugga another time). Canada actually has lots of cool names; we have previously visited Moose Jaw and Medicine Hat, just to mention a couple. The reason we discovered our honoured visitor from Yellowknife, is the interesting Who’s Amung Us service, thet we have had on the site for a while now. With it, you can see what visitors are reading, and with the map, where they come from. As you can see, most of our visitors come from Europe and North America, but we are very happy to see the little stars pop up Asia, Australia and Latin America, too. If you have a blog or website of your own, you could find Who’s Amung Us worth a closer look.brbr

Travel can have its perils. Imagined or real. A good alarm may help you sleep better at night. This doorstop not only stops a door from opening (providing it opens into the room), but it is also promised to make a frightful noise (125 dB) when the wedge is depressed. There is also a movement sensor with adjustable sensitivity to activate the alarm if tampered with, and an on/off switch to keep it from going off in your luggage. USD 15:- at Stunster.brbr

Checking a baby’s temperature is no easy thing. But with either of these new thermometers the job might be a little easier. The first one (A) is made to measure temperature outside of the body. You place the sensor against baby’s forehead, and the results can be read on the display in a couple of seconds. The thermometer measures from 35,0 to 42,2°C. Available at Clas Ohlson for SEK 198:- (about USD 30:-). The other (B) is made to measure temperature inside the mouth and it is cleverly hidden inside a pacifier. It makes its measurements in two minutes. From Dosis, and available at Clas Ohlson, for SEK 98:- (about USD 15:-).brbr

We have written about miniature flashlights like this one twice before, the first one in May 2005, more than three years ago. But we still think the idea is so neat and useful, we are not ashamed to post on this one, too. However, there is a clear trail of evolution, here. The first and the second ones both had two LEDs. This one has three. The first one was USD 24:95, the second was about USD 18:-, and the newest kid on the block will hopefully be under USD 10:- when Kikkerland (website down today) starts shipping them in October.brbr