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My fascination with tiny houses and micro houses continues, and I saw a home theater system in one of the small homes that would work equally well in bigger spaces. I was watching a video made by Derek Diedricksen for his Relaxshacks website in which he toured the small house built by Chris Haynes of Tiny […]
Replace your big screen TV with a tiny black box Read More
My daughter is leaving for college soon, and I reminded her of two things: 1) She’s too young to drink alcoholic beverages, and 2) never drink anything at a party or gathering unless she broke the seal on the bottle or can herself and it has never left her hand and her direct sight. Too
Protect yourself with the pd.id: Your Personal Drink ID Read More
I’m actually happy Harry Potter hasn’t officially been made into a Monopoly game, as it deserves quite a few more bells and whistles than the standard ‘opoly treatment. Lack of an official product has given fans an opportunity to fill that void with extremely creative iterations. I’ve seen impressive printable files on Pinterest over the years,
Empty your Gringotts account for this game Read More
You’ll always have a tripod when you need it if you carry a Bottle Cap Tripod in your pocket. The bottom is a stretchy, rubber socket that fits on the top of most any kind of water or soda bottle. The top is a standard tripod mount that works with any camera with a tripod
Carry a camera tripod in your pocket Read More
The Happy Sunflower Wall Lamp will add whimsy and light to your child’s room. The kit consists of a circular 10.8″ wall lamp with a face design on it and a collection of stickers to form the petals to turn the lamp into a potted sunflower. (The stickers are easily removed.) The fixture uses E14
Add a little bit of sunshine to your room with the Happy Sunflower Lamp Read More
I always like to take my journal with me when I go on vacations so I can go back later and read about the things I’ve seen and done. I usually print out a Google map with the trip route and stops and glue it to the page that starts the trip. I also glue
Record your travel adventures with the new Moleskine Voyageur notebook Read More
Many people who are integrated into the Apple ecosystem – or BORG, as I like to call it – would never think about buying a router from anyone except Apple, no matter how good or cheap another brand may be. I know, because I paid $200 for an Apple Airport Extreme. I wondered if I
Home, home on the (extended) range Read More
If your cat doesn’t do much more than lay around the house and sleep or eat, she could probably benefit from some exercise. My cat, Rio, used to get her exercise at 3:00am, dashing around the house like a crazy thing, determined to wake up everybody in the apartment building I lived in at the
A cure for the fat house cat Read More
I’ve seen one of those funny, captioned pictures you so often see on the internet with one of those big, multi-buttoned TV remotes that some one had fixed for their grandmother to use. They had taped over every button except for the power, channel up/down, and volume up/down so their less than tech-savvy family member
A minimal TV remote control for the tech phobic Read More
I’ve been a big fan of Bellroy wallets ever since reviewing their Slim Sleeve Wallet a while back. Although I’ve tried several slim/minimalist wallets, lately I’ve been leaning toward wallets with a higher level of protection, like the Waterfield Designs Finn Wallet that I’m currently using. So I was quite happy to discover that Bellroy had
Bellroy Elements Range wallets are weather & water resistant Read More
“We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. Better… stronger… faster” (cue the 6 Million Dollar Man theme). Responsive Sports has developed this exciting new sports training tool to help you improve your punching skills with the 4 ounce MMA style iPunch smart combat gloves. They have sensors incorporated
Knock ’em dead with iPunch Read More
Regardless of which eBook device or app you use or which store you purchase from, BookBub can help you obtain books at discount prices or even free. BookBub doesn’t sell books themselves. They just “simply alert you by email to fantastic limited-time offers that become available on retailers like Amazon’s Kindle store, Barnes & Noble’s
BookBub helps you build your ebook library with free or low-cost books Read More
If you visit certain Home Depot stores in California, Illinois, or New York in the next few months, you may notice something new on sale that could prevent you from having to go back there for little widgets and such: they will be stocking three models of MakerBot 3D printers in those states soon! For Gadgeteers,
MakerBot available in some Home Depot stores Read More
Not enough spaces to organize and store the essentials in your urban (or rural) assault vehicle? Maybe you’d like to keep a glass breaker, seat belt cutter, small flashlight, pen or other tools within easy reach. Check out Zulu Nylon Gear’s MOLLE Visor Panel. Designed to wrap around and adjust to your car’s sun visor, it
Turn your sun visor tactical with the MOLLE Visor Panel from Zulu Nylon Gear Read More
Most air filters are designed to clean the air in an entire room, but the Satechi USB Portable Air Purifier and Fan cleans your personal space at home or in the office. When collapsed (bottom, left image), the fan “removes ultrafine particles to provide a clean personal environment. Unpleasant odors are removed, as well as small
Breathe clean, cool air in your personal space Read More
It’s Saturday, so you know what that means, we give you a nice easy to use list of everything that we’ve posted in the last seven days. Click through to see the full list of news, reviews and articles from this past week.
Docks for Macbooks, rings that make music and more – Weekly roundup Read More
This post brought to you by Walmart. All opinions are 100% mine. Years ago when my nephew was a toddler, Teddy Ruxpin was the ultimate in animated toys. Old Teddy groaned and ground his way through a few eye movements as his lower jaw moved a bit while a cassette played. There was no interaction with Teddy;
The new Gabby doll from Chatsters™ will be your daughter’s new best friend Read More
One of the perks of being a Kindle owner and an Amazon Prime member was the one free book you were allowed to “borrow” each month. With only one free book, it could take you a long time to try out new authors you’re interested in without having to risk some of your book budget
Amazon introduces Kindle Unlimited – a subscription service for book lovers Read More
Being in the travel business, I seem to find myself on the road more and more. Packing for long trips is fairly easy: I pull out the large suitcase, pack it up, and go. Packing for a short day trips or even short tours on my longer travels can be a real hassle. I tend
You won’t need to ride the rails with the HOBOROLL Read More
The Today’s Special Value from QVC today is an 8” LePan Mini Android tablet for $99.96. Features: Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean 1.2GHz MTK M8125 Cortex A7 quad-core processor 8” (dia) capacitive multi-touch screen, 1024X768 resolution, IPS display 1GB RAM 8GB internal memory, expandable with microSD card Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS module, 3D G-sensor, E-compass Cameras: 5MP
QVC has a LePan Mini Android tablet for $100, for today only Read More