REVIEW – The Yoose Alloy Mini Rechargeable Rotary Shaver is a travel shaver, and it’s small if you simply want a small shaver. But does miniaturization mean you sacrifice a close shave? Were corners cut just to get a really small shaver on the market? If the Yoose Mini Shaver measures about 2 by 2 …
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REVIEW – The EXCITRUS NitroCharge 120 Pro Magnetic Wireless Power Bank is a hand-purse sized pack of power for devices you need to charge. It has a lot of capacity and offers speed charging, plus a water resistant fabric cover. And it’s no weakling. It’s powerful enough to charge most laptop computers, as long as …
REVIEW – Oladance Open Ear Headphones are a different way to listen to audio. The speakers sit just over the ear canal instead of in the ear, or via bone conduction. This allows you to hear your audio but also environmental sounds as well. I’ll describe the fit, comfort, run-time, and audio quality of this …
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NEWS – Twitter may eliminate NWS severe weather alerts due to a new policy to control automated tweets. My National Weather Service Office sent this tweet saying Twitter has decided to ‘limit’ automated Tweets as of 3/29/2023. I encourage you to submit a comment to Twitter Support strongly suggesting they allow an exception for the …
NEWS – Two weeks ago my old but fully functional Pixel 3a XL got valued at a respectable $180 at the Google Store so I ordered a Pixel 6a. The deal is, once the phone is inspected and is found to be factory reset, powers on, and has an unbroken screen, it is predicted (not …
Phone trade-in values at the Google Store are in flux. Check yours now! Read More
NEWS – Have you ever wanted to get into fountain pens but thought they were too expensive or too inconvenient? If you’d like to dip your toe in, or your pen, you might consider the Jinhao brand of fountain pens. This brand is sold at Amazon, the famous Goulet Pen Company and other places. I …
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NEWS – 880,000 e-bikes were imported into the U.S. in 2021 according to the Light Electric Vehicle Association. Consumer Reports, Fox, and several other media sources are reporting a high incidence of lithium-ion battery fires from e-bike and electric scooter batteries. Most large battery packs contain smaller cells connected together. Consumer Reports points out if …
NEWS – My Zero-G garden hose from 2018 is still performing perfectly. I bought it myself, leave it outdoors, and it works like a champ. If this sounds like a commercial, sorry, but this mundane, ‘everybody needs one’ product has been a good one for me, so this is an uncompensated endorsement. This hose has …
NEWS – Hearing loss is no joke. I play drums. Remove the ‘r’ from drum and that’s what I’d be if I hadn’t used hearing protection the whole time I’ve played. But I also use hearing protection when I mow the yard, blow leaves, use power tools louder than a drill, and when I vacuum the …
Anyone out there need hearing protection? I SAID, ANYONE OUT THERE… Read More
ARTICLE – In 2022 I changed away from years of using a paper journal/planner book. My word processor was fountain pens. I switched to plain text journaling and scheduling. All along I used the ‘aCalendar’ app on my phone, which automatically syncs to Google Calendar. But my paper journal/planner was my complete backup to aCalendar, …
Plain text journaling – Trading in old tech for new? Read More
NEWS – The Tumbler Knife Sharpener is a can-shaped sharpener with a diamond disc surface on one end, and a stainless steel surface on the other end. The unit includes a 15° and 20° magnetic blade guide that holds the knife as you roll the ‘can’ along the knife edge. Only serrated-edge knives and scissors …
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NEWS – Make a free PocketMod so you’ll know if you need ‘em! PocketMod is a free, foldable, small notebook made from a single sheet of printer paper. Sometimes paper is just faster if you need to glance at your week, make notes during a phone call, or check a date later in the year. …
REVIEW – HiFuture FutureFit Ultra2 smartwatch does Bluetooth calling really well. But HiFuture needs to put some work into several other functions of the watch to bring it into the present. Take a look to see if the Ultra2 does enough for you to justify its relatively low price. It’s well built overall, has a …
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NEWS – Work Sharp has more than one trick up its sleeve! I reviewed the Work Sharp Mk 2 tool and knife sharpener back in the spring of 2021. The Mk 2 is still the fastest, most effective sharpener I can imagine using. It produces super sharp edges on any knives with non-serrated blades and takes …
REVIEW – The HOKOLITE Runner Bright Light is really bright for night running or riding. The main COB (chip on board) LED light modes are built into the yellow LED set which is on the larger, flat side of the light. There is a hat light built into a thin side of the light and …
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