ENTREPRENEUR INNOVATION: Makeshift Weight Uses Canned Foods for Home Workouts

Stuck at home without workout equipment, yet have a pantry-full of cans during shelter in place? Enter the perfect recipe for a healthy body: MakeWeight, an innovative gadget that can act as a makeshift set of weights without breaking the bank or taking up space. Emily Fukunaga, nifty inventor obsessed with reducing waste, is a management consultant working with Fortune 50 companies streamlining businesses, and had her “aha” moment during the COVID pandemic when she found she had no weights or workout equipment in her apartment during lockdown. Pre-covid she hadn’t purchased weights due to space limitations and because she was going to the gym. In midst of quarantine, weights are impossible to find online. Her solution? Cans doubling as weights for her workout routine before eating them.

The MakeWeight device allows users to install desired weight in the form of food cans to create flexible workout equipment at home, inspiring you to exercise with what you have around the house.  Emily says, “I wanted to create a tool to help folks with this solution. As I thought more about it, even outside of COVID there is an opportunity to use it; with small apartments or budgets, you can just buy one item that allows you to adjust the weight that goes into it. I love the idea of utilizing capacity, and now people may use cans without buying separate weights. The MakeWeight currently has one product that turns cans into a dumbbell, but the idea doesn’t stop there. I would love to make it so that people can use heavier weights, different shaped items, and products for different types of workouts, like kettlebells or a bench press.”

More about Emily Fukunaga:

Management consultant by day and entrepreneur by night, Emily has a passion for tinkering and making things that help people and the planet. She worked for the last 10 years in the consumer goods and retail industry and graduated with an MBA from Columbia Business School in 2018. Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii and moving to Colorado College for school, then to Hong Kong for work, Emily currently lives in Baltimore and has worked extensively with PwC in strategy consulting.

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Noah Cyrus on Diplo’s new country album, Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley Chapter 1: Snake Oil

Diplo is taking it out of the clubs and into the country, with a new country music album that is dropping. The album includes collabs with some interesting names, such as Noah Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, Zac Brown & Danielle Bradbery, Cyrus, Peck and more. The album is called, DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY CHAPTER 1: SNAKE OIL.

Directed by longtime collaborator Brandon Dermer—who directed all the videos for this album—“On Mine” was shot at Far West Farms in Calabasas, where Cyrus grew up riding horses, and follows videos for “Do Si Do” featuring Blanco Brown and “Dance With Me” featuring Thomas Rhett and Young Thug.

Additionally, Diplo debuts a Snake Oil-themed digital board game today—play it here. Fans can roll the die and play as Diplo as he journeys west and encounters the various artists featured on the album.

Snake Oil includes double Platinum single “Heartless” with Morgan Wallen (and its alternate version with Julia Michaels, which is climbing pop radio charts), “Lonely” with Jonas Brothers, “Do Si Do” with Blanco Brown and “So Long” with Cam.

DIPLO PRESENTS THOMAS WESLEY CHAPTER 1: SNAKE OIL

Check out the Playlist

  • Intro feat. Orville Peck
  • So Long feat. Cam
  • Heartless feat. Morgan Wallen
  • Lonely with Jonas Brothers
  • Dance With Me feat. Thomas Rhett & Young Thug
  • Do Si Do feat. Blanco Brown
  • On Mine feat. Noah Cyrus
  • Real Life Stuff feat. Julia Michaels & Clever
  • Hometown feat. Zac Brown & Danielle Bradbery
  • Heartbreak feat. Ben Burgess
  • Heartless with Julia Michaels & Morgan Wallen
  • Old Town Road (Diplo Remix)

Diplo—who grew up in Daytona Beach, Florida—has long been incubating ideas for this country project, bringing it to the public for the first time at Stagecoach’s first ever Late Night dance party in 2019, where he welcomed Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus for the live debut of “Old Town Road.” Diplo also released his own remix of “Old Town Road” and appeared on stage at the 2020 Grammys for a performance of the #1 hit alongside Lil Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus, Mason Ramsey, BTS and more.

Digital Parish Fashion Week: Dior’s 2020-2021 Haute Couture Collection

Paris Fashion Week continues even without the large events this year, and a large part of it is being presented digitally. Watch here the Dior’s Autumn-Winter 2020-2021 Haute Couture Collection

 

Digital Parish Fashion Week: Viktor & Rolf’s 2020 Collection

Paris Fashion Week continues even without the large events this year, and a large part of it is being presented digitally. Take a look at Viktor & Rolf’s 2020 “CHANGE” Collection

The Seafood Brand you Have to Know includes All of Your Grilling Favorites

Mahi Mahi in a Red Wine Sauce

Fresh seafood is one of life’s pleasures, and flash frozen seafood delivered quickly to your doorstep can often be almost as good. One brand that we love is Vital Choice Wild Seafood.

Their premium sustainably-caught seafood tastes so fresh and delicious that it is hard to believe it wasn’t just caught. Not only does it taste fresh, it also looks and smells fresh. As many seafood lovers know, fish that smells fishy is often not in good condition. As far as looks, Vital Choice’s Mahi Mahi and salmon both look and feel firm — neither soggy and gray nor hard and dry — and have enticing colors that are a bit surreal.

Vital Choice GrillBox

Vital Choice has a combo package called the Limited Edition GrillBox. The GrillBox includes seasonal favorites and grilling planks — everything a seafood grill master would want — including:

  • Wild Alaskan Sockeye Salmon, boneless, skin-on
  • Sockeye Salmon Burgers, four 5-oz patties, gluten free
  • Wild Mahi Mahi, skinless, boneless
  • Wild Artisan Blue Shrimp from the Gulf of California
  • Alder Grilling planks

Salmon Fillet

The GrillBox portion sizes are perfect for long or short term storage and use. It’s not practical to want to make a serving for 1-2 people and have to thaw out an entire fish and just use half. The Vital Choice GrillBox sizes are therefore a good fit for various meals, plus don’t dominate available freezer shelf space. Fortunately, the GrillBox does come with several pieces from which to choose when it’s time for your next recipe.

Jerk Salmon and corn with cheese

Interestingly, among our reviewers the fan favorite was the Wild Mahi Mahi (dolphinfish), while the ruby red Wild Sockeye Salmon was a very close second. Once you start cooking with the Mahi Mahi, it’s clear that the sweeter but more neutrally flavored fish is much more versatile than the salmon, whose flavor is more robust and recognizable. The Mahi Mahi can be used in pasta, soups, bouillabaisse, or even in fish and chips and grilled or fried fish sandwiches. We tried the fishery raised Wild Sockeye Salmon with various marinades, jerks, and rubs, and were never disappointed.

Mahi Mahi with a batter crust

The one area for improvement with the GrillBox is possibly the addition of a larger package size of shrimp. The single packet included is great for 1-2 diners but not extendable to 3 or 4.

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About Vital Choice:

Known for high quality, sustainable seafood delivered straight to your door, Vital Choice has thoughtfully curated our version of an ultimate grilling sampler with their launch of the Limited Edition GrillBox.

Vital Choice believes that healthy, delicious food shouldn’t harm the planet. Initially focused on wild Alaskan salmon, they’ve since expanded to provide customers with sustainable seafood from around the world. Today, Vital Choice is the trusted source for fast home delivery of the world’s finest wild Alaskan seafood, whole-food supplements, and organic fare. Vital Choice foods are the purest available, always sustainably harvested from healthy, well-managed wild fisheries and organic farms.

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Your Next Porsche will be this Awesome Set of Luxury Chefs Knives

A great chef needs great tools, and the same is true for home chefs as well. If you are the kind of person who likes the finer things in life, plus a very sharp edge, then take a look at these Porsche design knives.

Inspired by F.A. Porsche, the genius behind the iconic automobiles as well as the Porsche Design line of products, these Chroma Type 301 knives are fantastic for both professionals and serious home cooks. The razor sharp Japanese Chroma Type 301 comprises the entirety of the blade, while the handles are made of an entirely different material (18/10 stainless steel) to promote durability and ease of use. A pearl button is raised on both sides of the handle to the note the demarcation line between the two area, as well as to give tactile notice for where to hold the knife.

The tactile aspects of the knife rival the visual ones. Holding it in your hand is a very pleasant experience, not just because of its shape, but also because of the various metals used.

The blade requires a special Porsche sharpener so as to not dull or damage the edge. (pictured here is the Type 301 Design by F.A. Porsche 2 Knives Set P2 + P9, 7-inch Santoku + Paring Knife). In our experience, you are going to want to get the extra gear, because this knife is SHARP! Like, don’t run it across your finger, use a piece of paper instead.

On many items in the Porsche Knife product line the handle is created with a unique wedge shape, which promotes firmer grips, greater balance, as well as the ability to display it in a way that generates envy and lust in everyone who sees it.

No, you should not have a knife just because people think it looks good. But if it works incredibly well, is super sharp, AND it looks good, then that’s a win-win-win situation.

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