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Try myfridgefood.com, which

lets you tick off a list of potential

staple foods and get recipes for

what you have on hand

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It’s a Kindle. Take your pick

of the models, spend what

you want: the Kindle is the

best. It has the largest ebook

ecosystem attached to it, it has a

great interface, and it’s easy to

transplant ebooks from other

systems onto it, though you may

run into issues with DRM.

If you’re dead set against lining

Jeff Bezos’ already bulging

pockets, you can add instead to

Japanese businessman Hiroshi

Mikitani’s comparatively piddling

$6bn fortune by buying the

Rakuten Kobo Clara HD (£110),

which has a particularly nice back

light, or the waterproof Forma

(£240), which can be used in

portrait or landscape orientations.

What should I

have for dinner?

What’s the best

ereader?

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If you’re watching your

diet, something like

eatthismuch.com can help

plan meals that fit into your diet plan

and hit your calorie goals. But GaGu

more suspects that you were gaping

wildly at a fridge full of whatever,

and were willing to wait several

weeks for him to tell you what to

cook. Try myfridgefood.com, which

lets you tick off a list of potential

staple foods and get recipes for

what you have on hand.

Alexa can do some things, too.

Try the skill Live Plan Eat both to

map out what you’re going to eat

when and to get suggestions of

accompaniments; given that it

includes recipes, it’s best used with

an Echo Show.

KARLIE REYNOLDS,

BRIGHTON

ABOVE

Even Casey

Webb might

struggle with

this one.

Actually,

When I touch probably not

my smart mug, I

get a hum in my

headphones...

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Hmm. Guru is certain he

recognises your name.

Anyway: you are an

electrical conductor, being a big

meaty sack of mostly water, which

suggests that there’s a grounding

issue somewhere along the line and

you’re conducting the hum.

It could be the computer you

have your headphones plugged

into, it could be the smart mug, it

could be the headphones. Check

for iffy connections, and make

sure your computer is plugged

into a well grounded outlet. Or just

tap the mug rhythmically and

enjoy the soothing post-modern

electronica sounds.

MATTHEW BOLTON,

BATH

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UNSOLVED MYSTERIES

Thirty years on, the reboot of

Unsolved Mysteries is a bit less

supernatural nonsense and a bit

more grisly murder, but it’s well

worth a watch if you’re hunting

around on Netflix.

ULTRA MONO

With Idles, imagine John

Spencer Blues Explosion went

to war with the Pixies, then the

remaining musicians wrote an

amazing, angry album – with

Jamie Cullum guesting!

MAD MEN

Everything up to the end of

season seven is up on Amazon

Prime Video, with full second-

screen X-Ray functionality.

Treat yourself to a rewatch, or

enjoy it for the first time.

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