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I like to grill - especially the smoky flavor produced by charcoal.
Problem: too much effort (read: I'm lazy).
Solution: Gas grills.
Problem: Gas grills lack the smoky flavor.
Solution: The smoker box (see image) and wood chips!
I haven't actually assembled the new gas grill I recently purchased, but when I do, I've got my smoker box and wood chips all set, so I'll be smoking in no time!
For various reasons* I sometimes like to shop at Amazon.com. And when I do, I sometimes want to shop only Amazon - not their many partners and storefronts. Yet Amazon doesn't make this easy to do, but there are solutions:
1) Add "Amazon" or "Amazon.com" to your search term. Not 100% effective, but works.
2) Add to the URL - Perform a regular search, then append the following text (without quotes) to the URL in the address bar: "&emi=ATVPDKIKX0DER"
3) Use a third party search engine - Outsiders have made custom search sites that do this, most notably the dedicated ISearchBetter
4) Techie Solution - If you use Firefox with the Greasemonkey extension installed (or know how to install user scripts in Opera), you can use the Amazon Prime Search Improved Beta script which removes items that do not have the tag on the search results page when you are signed in as a Prime member.
*Reasons include: free Super Saver shipping, Amazon Prime Eligible Items, etc.
Also useful:
FillerItem - enter the exact amount you need and it finds items for you. (Specify 0.01 for most selection.)
FreebieVille - list of items you can use to pad your Amazon.com order.
Amazon has a 30 day price guarantee ... but only if you "catch" them and call them on it. Use RefundPlease to watch the price of recently
purchased goods for you.