We had some incredible Pasta while being here in Palermo but I wonder what Italians would say about this way of cooking pasta. I do love the idea of saving time and energy by cooking spaghetti this way and I will try it out TODAY! This maybe will change my pasta cooking life forever. Do you maybe have a cooking to for us? Did you find out about a similar trick which changed everything for you in the kitchen? Ok, now where is my frying pan?

Video Link: Quick Way To Cook Spaghetti

- Pastasaurus wants your SAUCE

Yes, that’s what I always wanted. We are always bringing so much stuff when we are gone for our Travel Blog. And I’m sick of paying extra overweight!

Budget airlines are crafty. They pull you in with those amazing low-cost deals and then right at the last minute, sting you with an extra charge for hold luggage. Well two can play at that game.

We’ve found an elegant solution in the form of the The Rufus Roo. Alright, perhaps ‘elegant’ isn’t the word. But it’s certainly a clever way around this stealth tax on your plane ticket. Because this forehead-slappingly simple piece of clothing lets you carry all of your luggage on your person. Ta daaa, no luggage fee! Fashionably gender-neutral, the zip-up jacket comes with two regular sized pockets and four super sized ones. So you have enough room to carry a laptop, shoes, books, T-shirts, spare pants, cuddly toys, the Special Edition Lord of the Rings DVD box set, and more. In fact, this rugged workhorse will carry an astonishing 10kg. When it comes to customs, just slip it off, pop the whole thing in one of those plastic trays and saunter through the metal detector – pitying the poor chap who has to make sense of the X-ray.

More info: Inflight Carry On Jacket

[via: gizmodo]

- Travel Guide eBook

Dude is rocking a regular bike. And the regular bike rocks him and you too.

- Sexy Samba Time

A high-tech way to trick your kids to clean up their rooms (look at poor robot, it can’t do it all by itself … can you help?).

This is the robot that picks up objects at your command and loads them onto its cargo bed, emptying contents at your preferred location. The remote drives the robot left, right, forward, and backward–with skidding sounds for stops and beeps when in reverse–allowing you to nudge it into place for picking up small, 1 oz. items such as balls, toys, or socks with its two articulated arms and hands. It can also operate autonomously using its four infrared "eyes" that seek and detect objects within its 8 – 12" sight range while it announces "Let’s get to work!" Once an object is secured, the robot’s torso pivots to deposit an object into its cargo bay; it dumps contents by vibrating to dislodge objects from the bay, adding "one step closer to a cleaner world."

More info: Clean Up Robot

- Book of Hugs

May I crush your bottle if you don’t mind!

Tired of being the smartest person in the room? Don’t you wish you could touch your fingers to your temples, think really hard, and make people’s heads explode? Oh, it would be a lovely way to rid the world of people who shouldn’t be polluting the gene pool. But alas, you haven’t quite mastered head exploding. Or even aneurysms, which is a real shame. Why don’t we start you out slowly with plastic bottles and aluminum cans?

Learn: The Plastic Bottle Crushing Trick (it’s magic)

- Crushing Auctions

Wondering where this card game is going? Free drinks at the bars or course !

- How to win at Poker

December is party season. Draw attention to yourself by performing these neat party tricks. Try to nail those tricks otherwise you will receive more attention than you have asked for.

Video Link: Cool Party Tricks

- DVDs for one Dollar

That dude should do that trick again in a Zubble ( colored soap bubble). Neat stunt there dude!

- Odd Hostels from around the World

No money for a summer vacation? I recommend DIY stop trick animation.

- Travel Cheap

That bird the best – Need to have that bird to do some street performances to earn me some extra money.

Video Link: Animals Ain’t Stupid

[Thank Daniela for the tip]

- Where can you watch Oscars online?