REVIEW – I keep hearing in the media how everyone is starting to bust out of their Covid seclusion and starting to travel, and I guess I’m part of that trend since I’ve had trips to Hawaii, Washington and Montreal all in June. The trips have involved a lot of air travel, and like most […]
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REVIEW – As a band mom, I’m called upon to do a lot of things, but probably the most important one is to help fundraise for the marching band. Pre-pandemic some of the band moms tossed around the idea of making buttons to sell, but none of us had any button making experience. I thought
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REVIEW – As a crafty, gadgety kind of person, I’ve always sort of wanted a 3D printer, but I’ve never really had anything I’ve really needed to print. Basically, I lacked a project. Enter my son. He decided he wanted to make an acoustic levitator and apparently it requires printing some parts. What is an
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REVIEW – Last year I named the TORRAS COOLIFY Neck Air Conditioner the best thing I reviewed in 2021, and that wasn’t just my opinion – I had a lot of friends who tried it and bought one. So when Torras said they’d made some exciting changes and were launching the COOLIFY 2, I knew
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REVIEW – Summer is almost here and I don’t know about you, but I’ve got a ton of trips planned. As a gadgeteer, I am always looking for the perfect accessory to make travel easier, and for me it all starts with the backpack. When Julie’s offer to review the Sol E Ciel Tulum backpack
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REVIEW -During the pandemic, I think a lot of us made some upgrades to our work from home spots. For my son, that was his room, and he decided to go “all in” on strip lighting. Basically, his room looks a lot like a Las Vegas hotel room. As a surprise addition to that aesthetic,
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REVIEW – We all have things that just ring our bells. Things that you can never seem to have too many of, and once a new one arrives you can’t help but rip open the package and try it out right away. For me, it’s earbuds. I’ve had to reign myself in since I started
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ARTICLE – At the risk of sounding a bit cranky, this will include references to my workplace that are, uh, not so complimentary. I’m a college professor and while some may think that means we’re smart or something, really it just means we are experts at one tiny little sliver of stuff, and we’re pretty
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REVIEW – I like to think I’m a bit of a minimalist in the area of everyday carry. While lots of women carry tote style handbags, I prefer a wristlet or no purse at all, just a wallet and my phone in my pocket. Don’t get me wrong: I like a fancy handbag as much
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REVIEW – I’m a huge fan of e-bikes. I’ve ridden them on many occasions (usually in other cities) and I find them to be a really great way of getting around instead of a car. You get a little exercise and yet you won’t be drenched in sweat when you get to your destination. With
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REVIEW – We just rang in 2022 and I think we all know what that means: New Year resolutions to lose weight! But what if I just made better choices during the holiday season? Only a cold hard dose of reality could possibly make me do that, and it arrived on my doorstep one day
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REVIEW – As the mother of a teenager I can tell you that gift giving this holiday season is getting trickier and trickier. I’m always on the lookout for a clever gift or stocking stuffer that I think will be a winner with my kid. The GoCube 2×2 takes all the fun of a Rubik’s
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REVIEW – I know air fryers are all the rage right now, and although I never really thought I needed one, when one appeared on my doorstep I decided to give it a try. If you cook lots of frozen foods or reheat fried foods, I can definitely see the appeal! The Ultenic K10 5.3QT
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REVIEW – Last January I reviewed the Flexispot Comhar standing desk and I really liked it, but my son decided he needed it, so I gave it to him. It was just as well. That desk was hard to keep clean and I am a bit of a slob, so it wasn’t a great choice
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REVIEW – Life is too short for bad coffee. Hotels are not known for good coffee. These two facts are the reason I try to travel with my own coffee gear when I’m on vacation. I don’t need fancy coffee, I just need coffee that doesn’t suck, and I need it before I emerge from
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REVIEW – Have I been called a prepper? Guilty. I try to be super prepped for an earthquake, which is far and away the most likely natural disaster to hit Southern California. When the Oupes power station came up for review, it was one piece of equipment that was missing from my kit, and I
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REVIEW – When I’m back at work I clock a couple of miles of walking a day, so although I spend a fair amount of time sitting, I didn’t worry about the whole “sitting is the new smoking” thing. However, thanks to unlimited access to streaming services and remote working, I’m far more sedentary than
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REVIEW – Everyone in my family has traded in privacy for convenience. We all share our location with Google and each other, we have smart devices listening to us throughout our house and we don’t kid ourselves that our phones aren’t eavesdropping all the time. When the Invoxia GPS tracker came up for review, I
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REVIEW – There comes a time in a woman’s life when she thinks she might spontaneously combust for a period of 3-5 minutes, several times a day. I can attest that it isn’t pleasant, and I really wish it involved burning a lot of calories, although I don’t think it does. There is no apparent
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REVIEW – One day a few years ago my campus went into lockdown for seven hours. Nothing happened other than a bit of panic, the local police getting some practice and some very ruined trashcans, but there was a lot of turn taking at the power outlets in the room. After that experience, I try
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