News about interesting gadgets, gear, mobile technology and lifestyle products.
What do you do when you fancy a game of chess, but don’t have a chess set in your gear bag? Check your wallet instead. That’s right, the Innovo chess set is so tiny that you can store the whole thing right in the credit card slot of your wallet. It’s a 3D printed set […]
Here’s a miniature chess set that fits in your wallet Read More
I used to have a popcorn maker similar to the Whirley Stainless-Steel Induction Popcorn Maker, but it wouldn’t work on our induction cooktop when we upgraded. We had to resort to microwave popcorn because I wouldn’t allow my husband to shake one of our cast iron pans on the new cooktop. With the old popper, shaking
Stir up some tasty popcorn with the Whirley popcorn maker Read More
I wonder how many of my fellow photographers and filmmakers would join me in confessing to being a gear “bag-a-holic”? Yes, I Know!! That is my made-up word, but it adequately describes my addiction to gear bags and my quest to find the perfect one, or at least the perfect one for each event. Just
If you’ve been trying to decide which clothes that you want to take with you on your Spring Break vacation, I have the perfect pair of cargo shorts for you. They are the Angler shorts from COAST Apparel. These men’s shorts are 100% Nylon so they don’t look bad when they get wet and they
These shorts let you carry your favorite beverage hands-free Read More
While I’ve never been a fan of baseball, I’ve always been a fan of the white leather and red lacing look of a baseball. Apparently, I’m not the only one who likes the color combination, because I’ve seen a lot of leather goods made with that combination. There’s an Etsy shop, BaseballWatches, that offers a
Hit a home run with this baseball band for Apple Watch Read More
Every so often, I surf around the internet looking for that luxury photo/video accessory that I don’t really need but would be a luxury to buy. While this practice can be fun, it can sometimes reveal items that are so expensive that relative to my budget, the experience can only be described as having “champagne
The Promote Systems Promote Control puts you in complete control of your DSLR camera Read More
Chargers for MacBooks have permanently-attached cables that can be hard to roll up and control for neat transport. The chargers used to have little flip-out wings that were designed to wind the thin cable around without stressing the attachment point, but those wings are missing from the chargers now. Even when they were there, they
Tame that nest of snakes in your laptop bag with the Side Winder Read More
Is this for real? When JLab has a press release on April 1 for their Rewind Wireless Headphones, I have to wonder if it is for real or not. Nostalgic 80’s items are prevalent in many of today’s TV programs and Movies. Films like Ready Player One and Guardians of the Galaxy and TV programs like Stranger Things and
Is this April Fools or real news from JLab? Read More
Is there an app that can figure out what makes you happy, productive, and active? Hello Code’s Exist for iOS and Android thinks it can. This app gathers data from your Twitter account, email account, local weather, Google Fit, Withings, Fitbit, Instagram, Facebook, and other accounts to draw conclusions about your moods and behaviors. The app
Exist app knows if tweets, emails or working out makes you happier Read More
The Kronos 6752 Lift Desk from BDI allows you to sit or stand, just as you’d expect from an adjustable-height desk. Kronos is a little different from other standing desks I’ve seen, though, because it adds a shelf to keep your desktop organized. And its motorized adjustment makes going from standing to sitting and back
Kronos Lift Desk keeps your workspace organized at any height Read More
There are all these tips for making boiled eggs that peel easily, but nothing ever seems to work for me. Every egg I boil is so hard to peel that I lose half of the egg white trying to get the shell off. I’ve given up and just started buying pre-boiled, pre-peeled eggs from the
You’ll never peel another boiled egg again Read More
If you are a photographer like me and on a budget, and you have frequently experienced the frustration of feeling like no matter how much you spend your flash never seems to recycle fast enough, then you are not alone. Flash heads with amazingly good recycle times can cost a “ton” of money, and with
The Rotolight Neo 2 LED Light promises a bright future! Read More
There are lots of ways to protect your valuables in your home, from wall safes to small lock boxes to ziplock bags in the freezer. I’ve seen hollowed out books and fake canned veggies used as small safes, but I’ve never seen a hairbrush used as a safe. You could even take the hairbrush with
Hide your valuables in plain sight Read More
Whether the goal is to shoot smooth motion video to create great effects or to shoot time lapse photographs, videographers, cinematographers and photographers are constantly looking for the perfect slider to bring their creative ideas to life. I am always on the lookout for the same, and I own at least two relatively expensive sliders
The Hercules may just be the motion that you need Read More
Guess what I’m doing this afternoon? Working on my taxes. Let me sum up how that makes me feel in one word – ugh! I always wait until almost the last minute because… ugh! So I took a little break to make you this handy list of all the gadget news and reviews that we
Why settle for one of those plain USB plug-in sticks for your car’s cigarette lighter when you could instead plug in a warp core from The Enterprise? The Star Trek TNG Warp Core USB charger plugs into the car’s 12V power port and sits in a cup holder. (The passenger can hold their own drink!)
Charge your phone with the power of dilithium crystals! Read More
I love guacamole! Not that processed pre-made stuff, I’m talking about fresh, hand-made guacamole. The problem with fresh guac is that after a day or two it always gets that disgusting brown color. And none of those home remedies ever seems to work. Guac-Lock to the rescue The Guac-Lock is a shatter-proof, odor-proof guacamole container
Just say no to brown guacamole with Guac-Lock Read More
In today’s technology-driven environment, there are so many solutions that are offered for storage and access to our documents and data. For photographers, storage space is always a challenge, and finding the right solution with the right redundancy to mitigate the risk of losing content remains a daily challenge. Most of us in the industry
This Monument is up to the task of managing your photos Read More
I suffer from cold feet. They get so cold that sometimes a night sleeping under a couple of blankets isn’t enough to warm them up. I need the Ultra-Plush Foot Warmer for those days when my feet are so cold that nothing seems to warm them. The Ultra-Plus warmer plugs into an AC outlet, and
Keep your feet toasty warm with this heated pouch Read More
I know nothing about recording microphones and I have often wondered, “What would I use a microphone for?”, until I read about a screaming caterpillar on Curiosity. The above video was obtained from Science News. Okay, so it’s not really shouting or screaming as we know it, but apparently, the Nessus sphinx hawkmoth caterpillar makes a