Tip of the Day Archive

Tip of the Day: Handmade Alpaca Blankets

John’s tip this week are these gorgeous, handmade Alpaca blankets. ‘they’re not expensive considering they’re made out of alpaca wool. They can be light or heavy. They are beautiful!’ Amazon has a large selection of brands, sizes and colors. Shop for them here! John: I wanted to do this. I should have done this tip

Tip of the Day: Kirkland Cabernet Sauvignon from Alexander Valley

John Dvorak has found another winning Costco wine buy. This time it’s the Kirkland Cabernet Sauvignon from Alexander Valley (a terrific wine growing region to visit by the way) for less than ten bucks! John: Normally, I don’t do wine tips often, but occasionally I do. I don’t do as many from Costco because, except

Tip of the Day: Learn How to Cook Basmati Rice

Basmati rice is an Outstanding Product, exclaims John Dvorak! His first pick is Pakistani Basmati rice, it’s superior and cleaner compared to Indian rice. Especially Baby Basmati. Fawn and Zebra are terrific brands if they’re from Pakistan. Remember it’s boiled rice. You boil it in a pile of water, lots of water! Shop for Pakistani

Tip of the Day: Camera Review Archive at DPReview.com

For years DPReview was the Go To for in-depth camera reviews. Despite ownership changes, the archive is still online and is useful for it’s exhausitve reviews for quaity digital cameras. John Dvorak: If anyone ever is going to buy a digital camera, a used one in particular or a new one, don’t go to the computer

Tip of the Day: Scrub Buddies Nonstick Scrubbers for Nonstick Pans

Previously, John Dvorak tipped us off to the Scrub Daddy scrubbing sponge, but now he has recommended the Scrub Buddies Nonstick Scrubber sponges. Dvorak describes it like a sponge that’s enveloped by a plastic that scrubs like a Brillo pad. It’s ideal and safe for nonstick pans that need a good scrubbing. “It’ll take off

Tip of the Day: Leather Honey Conditions Your Auto Leather

John Dvorak has an old Lexus and he has discovered that to clean and condition the leather seats, Leather Honey does an outstanding job. John explains that leather dries out and crackles but this product helps replenish the moisture in the leather so it stays supple and clean. Shop for Leather Honey on Amazon. [No

Tip of the Day: Debloat & Customize Windows With WinUtil from Chris Titus

John recommends ChrisTitus.com, a Meta Tech Nerd website for Linux users. Chris Titus is an expert on Arch Linux, but if you want the most Amazing Windows utility ever, get his WinUtil, at christitus.com/winutil-install. Dvorak loves this product because it debloats your Windows install like no other! [No Agenda #1772]

Tip of the Day: Chili Pepper Institute at New Mexico State University

Listeners and Producers of the No Agenda Show know that John Dvorak is keen on interesting chili peppers, that’s why today’s tip is this fantastic online resource from the Chili Pepper Institute at New Mexico State University. John C. Dvorak: This is a site, it’s called the “Chile Pepper Institute”, it is run out of

Tip of the Day: Scripto Torch Flame Lighter

Don’t use a wimpy BIC lighter or regular BBQ lighter to light your lighter-fluid soaked briquettes – you can burn your hand! John C. Dvorak recommends the Scripto Torch Flame Lighter. He describes it as having a jet-like flame, much more than regular bbq wand lighters. Adam: You can also do creme brulee with it!

Tip of the Day: Flux Kontext AI Image Editor

John’s latest tip is for Photoshop and graphic users called Flux Kontext AI Image Editor. It’s a little tricky finding the actual URL for the site as its engine seems to be used in other platforms. John says it does an outstanding job of converting images into different versions e.g. photo to cartoon. One site

Tip of the Day: OldVersion.com

Have an old computer or one with an old OS that doesn’t run current software? John Dvorak recommends www.OldVersion.com so you can find old versions of software that can work on your machine. Adam was stoked that WinPatrol and eDonkey2000 were still available.

Tip of the Day: Air Shim Pro XL – Inflatable Pry Bar & Leveling Tool

Got a heavy piano or appliance you have to life a couple inches off the ground? John Dvorak’s Tip of the Day is the AirShim Pro XL Inflatable Pry Bar & Leveling Tool. Just slide it under your item and pump it up! Shop for AirShim Pro XL on Amazon.

Tip of the Day: Tabasco Scorpion Sauce

John C. Dvorak is always on the hunt for a new tasty hot sauce and his latest find is Tabasco Scorpion Sauce from the famous Louisana Tabasco hot sauce company, McIhenny Co. Their Tabasco Scorpion Sauce’s heat is fueled by super-hot scorpion peppers. John: It’s just a different tip… The reason is because it comes

Tip of the Day: IrfanView Freeware Graphic Viewer

Adam proclaims you can’t criticize this outstanding tip–IrfanView freeware graphic viewer and editing software. It handles all those crazy, annoying formats and you can do a quick crop and BOOM! Download IrfanView freeware graphic viewer. [No Agenda #1764]

Tip of the Day: VidAngel.com – Skip & Mute Offensive Content in Movies & TV Shows

Show Producer Krystal Boggs sent in this tip, VidAngel.com which can have dozens of ways to filter movies and shows clean for themselves and/or their family members. John Dvorak is wary of censorship products but thinks VidAngel can be useful for the way its custom filtering allows your whole family to watch shows together. Checkout

Tip of the Day: Pheromone Moth Traps

Got Moths? John Dvorak recently suffered a moth attack on one of his Persian rugs. But he found the ideal solution is Pheromone Attractant Moth Traps! Make sure you get fresh ones and set them up in your room and within ten minutes, it’s start attracting all the moths hiding out in your house! They

Tip of the Day: Braulio the Crème de la Crème of Bitters

John and his son-in-law have been tasting many after-dinner bitters to find the best one, and the consensus is that the Italian Amaro, Braulio is the Crème de la Crème of Bitters. Shop for Braulio on Wine.com.

Tip of the Day: Wine-Searcher.com

John Dvorak has another winning wine tip, this time it’s the outstanding WineSearcher.com wine portal. It’s an easy-to-use database on wines, wineries, reviews and places to find that specific wine you always wanted to get. John: Wine-searcher.com. This is a huge, monstrous database of wines—with all the reviews and all the stores that sell the

Tip of the Day: NoAgendaFun.com

OK, it’s not an official ‘Tip of the Day’, but NoAgendaFun.com was given a shout out before at the beginning of the Tip of the Day segment in Episode #1737. NoAgendaFun.com definitely has a lot of other stuff–our books, the movies, the TV shows we talk about. It’s just, it’s fun! John was disappointed that

Tip of the Day: Muscat de Beaumes de Venise an Outstanding Sweet Wine

Before naming this week’s Tip, gave a little tour of the sweet wines of the world; Rhones, Saturernes, Trockenbeerenauslese etc. But for this week’s tip, he landed on Beaumes de Venise, an appellation of wines from the eastern central region of the southern half of the Rhône Valley. John describes it as incredibly sweet, but