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My high-tech pellet smoker has taught me a good deal about barbecue

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American barbecue is an certainly delectable tradition, and I realize why it is so beloved. It’s a delicacies that ought be celebrated, and when it is at its peak, barbecue is an complete masterpiece. But past the food stuff alone, barbecue is exclusive due to the fact it’s a cooking ability you can hone in your individual backyard, completely different from your kitchen area, absent from it all. With time and some patience, the payoff is superb.

Standard barbecue at dwelling can be accomplished a multitude of ways. You are generally seeking for any way to prepare dinner a piece of meat at comparatively small heat for extensive intervals of time. I’m conversing about 200-250 levels Fahrenheit, for wherever from 45 minutes (for things like seafood) all the way up to 16 several hours (for significant hunks of meat like brisket). This cooking approach ensures you

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Nicky Chicca by — August 3, 2021 in My Tech High
Latest High-Tech, Hands-Free Shoes From KIZIK: Prague And Vegas

Hands-free shoes were in the headlines in a big way this spring with the release of Nike’s GO FlyEase sneakers. Demand far outstripped supply of the $120 sneakers, resulting in immediate sellouts and re-sellers charging $400 for a pair. This might be a good time to remind you about KIZIK, the Utah-based shoe brand that offers a wide range of hands-free shoes. KIZIK shoes are based on technology developed by owner HandsFree Labs — which also licensed the technology to Nike. 

I’ve written about KIZIK’s shoes previously (most recently last March), but the company continues to refine its product and release new styles. It has reported a tenfold year-over-year sales increase, showing just how popular handsfree shoes are. KIZIK won me over with the combination of convenience and style incorporated in its shoes and its latest releases — the Vegas and Prague — show that they just

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Nicky Chicca by — July 27, 2021 in My Tech High
The best high-tech gear for babies

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Planning to bring home a new baby is like planning for a tiny cyclone to live in your house. You’re not sure when it will arrive or how much bedlam will come with it. All you can do is stock up on supplies and batten down the hatches. And when it comes to babies, there are so, so many supplies, from the obvious (diapers, a crib) to the unexpected (snot suckers, no-scratch mittens). Fortunately, babies need very little in the way of gadgets, but the devices you do need in your nursery have to be reliable, simple to use, and effective. Here’s a collection of items that proved themselves useful — and

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Nicky Chicca by — July 9, 2021 in My Tech High
Gerald W. Blakeley Jr., visionary developer of Boston’s ‘high-tech freeway,’ dies at 100

“I got up with a yellow pad and went into the toilet so I wouldn’t wake my spouse and wrote seven internet pages of notes,” he recalled in a 2001 World job interview about the inspiration that led him to grow to be a revolutionary developer of industrial parks alongside Route 128.

Mr. Blakeley, whose legacy as 1 of Larger Boston’s most considerable builders included serving as a mentor to all those who adopted him into the enterprise, was 100 when he died Friday in his Osterville property.

“Jerry in no way observed a trouble that he couldn’t flip into an option,” the developer Don Chiofaro reported in an job interview.

Among the Mr. Blakeley’s very long-ago thoughts was to create industrial parks that appeared like the prep faculty and school campuses from which high-tech engineers were rising, rather than the New England factories and mills of previous.

By generating

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Nicky Chicca by — July 7, 2021 in My Tech High
Is This High-Tech Tool the Dyson of At-Home Hair Removal?

When I met with CurrentBody, I was excited to learn about their new offerings for two reasons: they stock more selections for at-home beauty devices than anyone else in the world, and they’re always looking for the latest, greatest technology and bringing new innovations to the U.S. market. 

Right now, CurrentBody’s offerings include devices they’ve dubbed “A-Beauty,” or high-tech tools from Asian countries like China and Japan, where technological strides are being made across all industries, including beauty. One of those innovations is JOVS Venus Pro Exclusively for CurrentBody Skin ($380), an at-home IPL device that is designed for use anywhere on the body with individual face, bikini, arm, underarm and leg attachments that make it easy to figure out just how to treat each area of the body. 

In the past, I’ve been wary of at-home IPL devices as I’ve heard from many experts that results are difficult

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Nicky Chicca by — July 1, 2021 in My Tech High