If you make a lot of stir fries or just love rice in general then you have to have a good rice cooker. Rice in a pot just doesn’t cut it when you can have perfectly cooked, no hassle rice from an electric cooker.

This rice cooker was tested and rated the best in the world by the Hammacher Institute for its ease of use and quality of cooked rice.

The cooker automatically adjusts temperature and cooking time based on the type of rice being made and also ensure that all of the rice is cooked uniformly.

We were so enamored with one of our most recent BlogAd sponsors (see the far right column) that we decided to share a little more about them.

SomethingStore.com could possibly be the most unique, weird gift you could possibly give someone, or on the flip side, it could be the lamest thing in the history of the world (although we doubt it). The reason it could go either way is because you don’t exactly know what you’re giving, but you are giving something.

For just $10 they’ll send something to someone. Vague but fun. If you’re a little apprehensive give their SomethingTracker a peek and you can see some of th recent gifts that have been shipped.

One final note, SomethingStore is the first ever gift idea that falls under every single category that we cover, since well…you never know what you’re gonna get.

If you’ve ever made it out to a pool hall you’ve probably seen that guy that brings his own 4 piece cue with him.

Well now a company name TripStixx has taken that idea to chopsticks with their collapsible travel chopsticks.

This means no more of those cheap, splintery chopsticks and instead you can use your own pair of high density polycarbonate sticks for you next bowl of udon.

If you’re at all a fan of patchwork clothing then Cape Madras is the place to shop.

While J Crew tends to have a pair of two of patchwork shorts every spring season, Cape Madras has an entire collection for both men and women with all sorts of colors and styles available.

On the men’s side there are patchwork shorts, pants, blazers and shirts. For women there’s almost too many options to list, but just a quick sampling includes skirts, shorts, pants and dresses.

In case drinking shots with friends wasn’t fun enough, you can now do it with these lava lamp shot glasses.

The lava glasses have LED lights in their base that flash through red, green & blue colors and then appropriately turns off when the glass is empty.

The only bummer is that for some reason you can’t pick what color base you want, so you’ve gotta just hope that you get the color that you want.

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You may have already heard of Bluefly.com, but just in case you hadn’t we wanted to share.

Bluefly is women’s and men’s designer clothing for just a fraction of designer prices. Better yet there’s always a good sized chunk of sale items at up to 75% off.

And as an added bonus we can get you 10% off your first order of $100 or more…just use code AFF10 when you checkout.

Not a perfect fit for every house, but for the right person this fern clock would be the perfect addition to a rustic, outdoor-inspired home.

The fern clock features bronzed fern clock hands on a shesham wood backing and measures 11 inches square.

Invite the local birdies over to your house for a little snack this spring with this edible birdhouse.

The birdhouse’s frame is constructed of wood and then covered in sunflower seeds, proso millets, corn grits and other bird seeds to encourage feathered friends to swing by for a visit.

The Split Thump are the latest sunglasses from sport sunglass giant Oakley.

They’re Oakleys so they obviously look good, but they also have a built in MP3 player. In total the player stores 500 songs and has 7 hours of playtime.

Adding to the coolness, the ‘O’ on the side of the sunglasses acts as the MP3 controls. The left side of the ‘O’ for rewind, middle for play/pause and the right for fast forward. Pretty sweet if you ask us.

Mother’s Day Gift Idea

Give mom’s plants a little encouragement this spring with the Bloom Baby Bloom inspiration pots.

The ceramic pots come in a set of three and are accompanied by a ceramic tray. The set is only available in pink but that’s alright cuz moms love pink.