Atlas Pasta Machine
If you love to cook and if you love pasta, you will definitely love having an Atlas pasta machine. Your pasta will be fresh every time and you will be surprised at the difference it will make in the taste.
A simple recipe includes flour, eggs and salt. You simply combine the three ingredients and work them with a fork until the mixture can no longer be stirred. At that point, you will need to work the flour with your hands. This is a simplified version and you will want to experiment with your own recipes. Of course, recipes (and pictures) come with every Atlas pasta machine so it will be quite easy to follow one of theirs as well.
Atlas is well known for manufacturing the best electric pasta machines that are available. They make both a manual (hand crank) version and an electric version. They come in several different colors so they will easily fit in with any kitchen décor. Before you purchase either machine, you will need to decide what features are the most important to you, if you prefer making pasta the old fashioned way and how much you want to spend. If time is an issue for you, you will want to purchase an electric Atlas pasta machine as it is capable of churning out a lot of pasta in a short amount of time with minimal effort on your part, and the machine will do the kneading for you.
However, if you enjoy the fun of kneading your own dough and turning the handle and watching the noodles churn out, then the manual Atlas pasta machine will work best for you. If you have children, they will enjoy watching and joining in the fun of making their own homemade pasta. If price is an issue, the manual machine will cost you approximately eighty dollars while the electric machine will cost you approximately one hundred ninety dollars.
An Atlas pasta machine is becoming a common appliance in many households as more and more people realize how much fun it is to make their own pasta – not to mention how much more fresh it tastes. Many professional chefs use the manual and the electric machines and they know a great cooking machine when they use one. A nice feature of the Atlas machines is the ability to change the thickness of the dough sheet. You can make round or flat noodles and you can also control the noodle size by rotating the dial for a total of nine different positions. These are sturdy machines that are made to last. Marcato makes the Atlas pasta machine and they have been in business for more than sixty year and every machine is made in Italy.
If you are in the market for a pasta maker, you really cannot go wrong with a Marcato Atlas pasta machine. The only problem you may find that you have with their pasta makers is that you and your family will want to have pasta for dinner every night of the week!
Sugru
Sugru is a soft moldable material that reminds me of Fimo clay. But unlike Fimo, it does not have to be heated to cure. It air drys and is rubbery and sticks to anything. I used it to make a new button for my utility knife when the plastic one broke. I made bumpers for my cell phone. I put some on my tools so they would not roll off the table. I am still discovering ways to use the product.
-- Philip Lipton
This stuff comes in tiny pouches of different primary colors. You knead a bit with your hands until soft, then you apply it where you would like an additional grip, or stop, or section of repair. It's pretty sticky, can be worked like clay, but dries into a hard rubber. The photo shows a paring knife handle that was falling apart from years of dishwasher use. I coated the outside with Sugru and it now it feels great and is dishwasher proof. See Sugru's website for other ways it can be used.
-- KK
Sugru Smart Hacks Packs
~$17 (£11) for 12 5g-sachets a mixture of colous
~$9 (£6) for 6 smart 5g-sachets a single color
(global shipping is cheap!)
Manufactured by and available from Sugru
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Archos announces five new Android tablets from $100 to $350
Samsung’s Galaxy Tab wasn’t the only Android tablet to pop up at Berlin’s IFA show this week: Archos also decided to enter the tablet market with not one but five different slates, including the shining star of their line-up: a 10.1-incher that costs only $300.
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HP lists Photosmart eStation C510 printer with detachable e-reading touchscreen — is this the Zeus?
Now, we don't have any confirmation that the two are one and the same, but we just caught wind of a very intriguing printer on HP's website. The Photosmart eStation C510 is listed for $399.99 and, in addition to usual ink-plastering duties, has a detachable wireless 7-inch TouchSmart control panel for browsing content, printing (of course), and "brows[ing] the latest e-book bestsellers or old favorites." It all sounds well and good, and if you ask us, it rings a very eerily similar chord as the eStation Zeen / Zeus from early August. If so, that'd make this touchscreen an Android 2.1 tablet with "significant" Nook integration for e-reading. Guess we'll just have to wait and see what's under the hood, software-wise. What say ye, HP, how about throwing us a press release yonder?
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