Hasta La Ideas

This LED equipped pen is meant for pilots who may have to take notes during flights in the dark. Why they did not use a more night vision friendly red LED, we don’t know. The ink and the light in the pen can be used individually, so you can use it as a daylight pen or just as a flashlight if you like. It’s called the Pilot’s Pen, and it’s USD 20:- on Amazon.brbr

Making textile from bamboo does not seem to be any more strange than making clothes from wood. Yes, they do. The wood fiber is called viscose, and the fabric is very soft and nice to wear. Bamboo fiber is made in much the same way as viscose, but the bamboo has a lot of other nice properties, besides being soft. Here are some of them. Bamboo fiber absorbs perspiration and will not stick to your skin. It’s great ability to breath makes bamboo garments particularly comfortable in hot temperatures. They are also warm in cold weather. Bamboo is also naturally anti-bacterial and this makes bamboo clothing stay fresh and odor free longer. It is also anti-static, UV protecting and anti fungal. Bamboo is also considered environmentally friendly since it grows like wildfire, and does not require green thumbs to cultivate. To add to this, bamboo grows in many Third World countries that could well use the additional export revenue. We have a couple of bamboo (and bamboo-cotton mix) t-shirts and they really are comfortable. The only draw-back seems to be that they wrinkle very easily.brbr

The material used in these heat insulating emergency blankets is said to have been developed by NASA, to be used as heat insulation during space expeditions. But it can be put to a lot of other good uses besides space travel. At the scene of a car accident, for instance, you can often see injured or shocked people wrapped in blankets like these to preserve their body temperature. In less serious situations, the blanket is very handy when camping, and it makes an excellent sleeping bag liner. Made from water proof, wind proof and highly reflective (90 percent of body heat is reflected) Mylar fiber, they have one more interesting feature. They are just USD 5:- for a 4-pack on Amazon.brbr

Fellow blogger Anna Sattler on DIY Life have written a list of fifteen unusual and smart ways to use aluminum foil. The post is not new, but we like it just the same. We’ll give you our three favorites; for the rest, please visit DIY Life. 1. Sharpen scissors by cutting through some seven layers of foil. 2. Clean guck from the grill by rolling a foil ball and scrub. 3. Prevent static electricity build up in your clothes by putting a ball of rolled up foil in the dryer.brbr

Don’t know if you’ve got a pet or not, but we have a cat that’s allergic to almost anything on this Earth. It will sport a rash as soon as it’s fed the wrong kind of food. Now we know pretty much how to handle this, but we would have been happy to have some help in the beginning. We think we would have been helped by this book – The ultimate pet food guide – by Liz Palinka. We just wish we’d known about it a bit sooner… Available on Amazon- at USD 11:96.brbr