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GE Brings Good Things to an End - Exits the Appliance Business
Its all about gross margins. General Electric confirmed today that they are leaving the appliance business and will sell their appliance division to the highest bidder, as part of the “most active portfolio change in the history of the company.” GE, which entered the appliance business in 1907, is closing one of its [...]
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- NightMare Maytag Store Bites the Dust - Going out of Business
April 16th, 2008Does customer service really matter? We like to think that it does. Have you ever had a really bad experience with a store, and silently (or not so silently) wished that they would just go out of business? Well sometimes, the customer gets lucky. Our own NightOwl reported a while back on a nightmare experience [...]
- I sing the body electric - Linemen fly to keep your microwave humming
April 15th, 2008I realize that every job probably gets routine after a while, but some jobs probably get the juices flowing more than others. Here’s one that that keeps the juice flowing to all of us.
glumbert.com - High Power Job
So I did a bit of research, and hey its the real deal. [...]
- Finding Your Inner Guide - or at Least a PDF Manual
December 13th, 2007I recently overhead someone ask a friend: ‘how did we ever find out anything before Google?’. I gave away my internet age when I said “with altavista” and added for good measure - in a gopher guide. But nevertheless, the point stands. Google is just the greatest mindshare search tool, but its just a gateway [...]
- Finding Your Inner Guide - or at Least a PDF Manual
July 12th, 2007I recently overhead someone ask a friend: ‘how did we ever find out anything before Google?’. I gave away my internet age when I said “with altavista” and added for good measure - in a gopher guide. But nevertheless, the point stands. Google is just the greatest mindshare search tool, but [...]
- Char Broil 4 burner grill - first thoughts
July 3rd, 2007We’re working on a radio segment on grills over at TechTalk Radio and I’ve been lucky enough to test the Char-Broil Commercial Series 4 burner gas grill (Model 463268107). Here are my first impressions out of the box so to speak. This thing is shiny. And BIG. [...]
- SuperSize Me - Kitchen appliances to do a hummer proud
June 27th, 2007I was visiting a friend a few weeks ago who has recently finished a home remodel in West Los Angeles. He and his wife turned their 1500 square foot bungalow into a 4000 square foot family home. I stood in their kitchen looking at their double wide refrigerator (literally, double wide.) [...]
- Dryer Legends
June 15th, 2007Claim: Washing the lint filter in your clothes dryer can help extend the lifespan of that appliance.
Status: According to Snopes, this is True.
Ask the average person, for example, how a clothes dryer works, and you’ll probably get an “Are you kidding me?” look in return, along with a terse explanation that a dryer makes stuff [...] - Handheld Vacuum - Video Torture Test
May 18th, 2007Popular Mechanics compares with dry flour and wet kitty litter
Black & Decker 18volt Pivoting Nose Cordless Hand Vac
Dirt Devil Kone
Dyson Root 6 DC16 Handheld Vacuum Cleaner - $149 at AmazonThe impatient can order the winner. Seems like the only benefit of the conclusive loser is that you can get it in designer colors.
- Wii Roomba, You Roomba, Let’s Roomba
May 2nd, 2007Watch video of a cool Wii Roomba hack.
More very cool stuff. We approve. - Bluetooth Roomba Hacking
May 2nd, 2007Watch video of a cool Bluetooth roomba hack.
Roomba hacking website with source code.
Very cool stuff. We approve. - How to ruin your electric wall oven for under a buck
March 7th, 2007No matter how high tech our ovens, ranges and other appliances get, we’re sometimes still driven to try old fashioned fixes. I’m sure that you hate when your food overflows and spills on the bottom of the oven. You know its just gonna burn off and smoke up the joint before its [...]
- Whirlpool: If a FOOL would buy the stock, are you a fool to buy the washer?
February 12th, 2007Whirlpool announced its quarterly financial results today and Ryan Fuhrmann over at the MotleyFool seems to think that Whirlpool might just be a stock to invest in these days.
Although the company is reporting growth on overseas markets like Brazil (12%) and India (5-10%), it anticipates shrinking in its core North American [...] - Is Your Oven Giving You the Cold Shoulder?
February 2nd, 2007We had an oven repairman in our kitchen today to look over my Bosch double wall oven. We got got an oven thermometer over the holidays and the oven never seems to get within 40-50 degrees of the designated temperature.
Bosch has replaced the oven once, and this second [...] - I just gotta have that vintage appliance part
June 22nd, 2006What are you gonna do when you just have to have a Vintage 1970’s Mixmaster Governor Assembly? The great thing about the internet and search is that you can find most anything. But how do you know the information is reliable? Came across a great little site called Davesrepair.com run by Dave [...]
