Comments on: Cool Tools in the Kitchen http://boingboing.net/2011/12/20/cool-tools-in-the-kitchen.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 23:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: TacoChuck http://boingboing.net/2011/12/20/cool-tools-in-the-kitchen.html#comment-1302071 TacoChuck Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135319#comment-1302071 Once they start taking money from manufacturers you are never going to know why it appeared on the CT blog or in any compilations. Lets say manufacturer A pays 5k to be in the compilation. Now when the blog has a chance to publish a review of another product by A it is probably going to get a green light because they know if they include it in another compilation, bang, another 5k. Once they start taking money from manufacturers you are never going to know why it appeared on the CT blog or in any compilations.

Lets say manufacturer A pays 5k to be in the compilation. Now when the blog has a chance to publish a review of another product by A it is probably going to get a green light because they know if they include it in another compilation, bang, another 5k.

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2011/12/20/cool-tools-in-the-kitchen.html#comment-1301978 EH Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135319#comment-1301978 I would assume an item is included because it had previously appeared on the CT blog. I would assume an item is included because it had previously appeared on the CT blog.

]]> By: Z http://boingboing.net/2011/12/20/cool-tools-in-the-kitchen.html#comment-1301800 Z Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135319#comment-1301800 So we'll have have profitsharing for our submiterated cool tools, right? So we’ll have have profitsharing for our submiterated cool tools, right?

]]> By: mccrum http://boingboing.net/2011/12/20/cool-tools-in-the-kitchen.html#comment-1301742 mccrum Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135319#comment-1301742 Just about anyone who buys magazines or watches television. Just about anyone who buys magazines or watches television.

]]> By: TacoChuck http://boingboing.net/2011/12/20/cool-tools-in-the-kitchen.html#comment-1301685 TacoChuck Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135319#comment-1301685 Not accepting money from the manufacturers is one way to help ensure no bias. Otherwise how are you going to know why an item is included, was it included because the manufacturer paid more than someone else or because it was the best tool? Not accepting money from the manufacturers is one way to help ensure no bias. Otherwise how are you going to know why an item is included, was it included because the manufacturer paid more than someone else or because it was the best tool?

]]> By: futnuh http://boingboing.net/2011/12/20/cool-tools-in-the-kitchen.html#comment-1301661 futnuh Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135319#comment-1301661 Surely a more fitting way to earn money from this collection is via the product makers, not the reader. Sure it's only $6, but who pays to read advertising? Surely a more fitting way to earn money from this collection is via the product makers, not the reader. Sure it’s only $6, but who pays to read advertising?

]]> By: Four Naught Four http://boingboing.net/2011/12/20/cool-tools-in-the-kitchen.html#comment-1301641 Four Naught Four Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135319#comment-1301641 It took me just a few minutes to browse through ~130 kitchen related gadgets on the site to find a dozen or so that might be relevant to my interests.  How could this possibly be worth $6? It took me just a few minutes to browse through ~130 kitchen related gadgets on the site to find a dozen or so that might be relevant to my interests.  How could this possibly be worth $6?

]]> By: Randy Graham http://boingboing.net/2011/12/20/cool-tools-in-the-kitchen.html#comment-1301621 Randy Graham Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=135319#comment-1301621 Heading off to buy it. Always love my Cool Tool reads, having long read the RSS feed. Only wish the ebook was available in PDF format as well as epub, but that's purely a convenience issue. Looking forward to digging into this. Heading off to buy it. Always love my Cool Tool reads, having long read the RSS feed. Only wish the ebook was available in PDF format as well as epub, but that’s purely a convenience issue. Looking forward to digging into this.

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