My love of Gtech products has been well documented here on Dork Adore. So I approached their latest model upgrades with some trepidation. What happens if the love affair ends here? It would sully our years of happiness before. I wasn’t sure I was ready to end it. But I needn’t have worried. … [Read more...]
Rubik’s Cube Light up your life!
Hello beloved friends/colleagues/family physicians! Aren’t you tired of your various geometrically-inclined puzzles going unseen in the dark recesses of your lair/mind? Do you yearn for the day that the postman will look past you to the glorious cube glowing on your mantelpiece and collapse in a … [Read more...]
Pac-ing light
For the next stop on my trendy light-feature tour – which appears to be happening at the moment and features Light Stax and the Floating Light – I am looking at the officially licensed Pac-Man Ghost Lamp. As you might expect from a ghost-themed item, the lamp is super lightweight (get it? … [Read more...]
The Floating Light make-your-own lamp
The Floating Light from SUCK UK is a rechargeable, waterproof light that you can plop into a glass of water to instantly amp up the ambience. I really shouldn’t get this excited over a tiny light, but I can’t help it! It’s just so… nifty. For one thing, it’s remarkably bright – like, … [Read more...]
Death to Flowers! Why send floral tributes when you can send inflatable flamingo drinks holders?
Hayfever! Fear of your own mortality! A lack of vases! Oh my! This is both the first draft for Dorothy’s Lions and Tigers and Bears Wizard of Oz ditty, and a list of great reasons why you might not want to send a dear friend some flowers. But what’s the alternative? Luckily, Death to Flowers … [Read more...]
Pawsome news for pet lovers! The subscription box service for pets
Welcome to the world of Purrfectbox and Pawsomebox, the monthly subscription service for your pets! We recently mentioned both boxes on our ‘best Christmas gift subscription boxes’ list, and I have since been fortunate enough to try out both of these. UPDATE! Enter our competition to win one of … [Read more...]
Come on baby light my fire – candles with a hidden surprise
As we mentioned in the ‘house and home’ edition of our Dork Adore Christmas gift guide, concealing a jewel in a vat of scented wax adds an element of anticipation to the otherwise underappreciated art of setting things on fire. I know this from experience. I recently got to test out one … [Read more...]
Amp up your garden’s creep factor – zombie garden gnomes for Halloween
When you hear the words "garden gnome", the first things that come to mind are (probably) pointy hats, fishing rod, reassuring smile, big white beard and so on. The sweet and innocent things you'd find decorating your nan's backyard, in between the plants. Probably the last thing that comes to … [Read more...]
Hack your cooking skills with this molecular gastronomy kit
If you're an avid viewer of shows like Masterchef and Top Chef, you will have heard about molecular gastronomy. And if you're not familiar with it, it's basically food geekery on an entirely new level. Molecular gastronomy is a sub-discipline of food science, which aims to investigate the physical … [Read more...]
Mopp vs Hassle.com: Which is the best home cleaning service?
It’s the start of the cleaning wars! This may not mean much to you but if, like me, you live in a rental property that’s so white even the stairs are painted white –with a TODDLER – then you’ll be excited to know that home cleaning is getting a digital makeover. In the last couple of years both … [Read more...]
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