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Author Archives: Maxwell Perkins
Comply Tx Foam Earbud Tips – Ear Luxury!
If you’ve listened to great recorded audio, you won’t have forgotten it. Hearing all the instruments, the vocals, the fingers sliding on the strings, the drum and bass lines the way they were meant to sound – I can’t describe … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Gifts for Anyone
Tagged bass lines, drawback, drum and bass, ear canals, fingers, foam, memory foam, quality headphones, shape, Shure
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Fenix E21, the Best 21st Century LED Flashlight
What do you need flashlights for? Camping, looking in small spaces, seeing in the car at night, going out in the dark, living through power blackouts – when you need them, you really need them. Or do you? Is the … Continue reading
Posted in Gadgets, Gifts for Anyone, Outdoors, Tools
Tagged 21st century, camping, cells, electricity, fenix, flashlight, flashlights, power blackouts, small spaces, sweet spot
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The Beautiful Crane Suzu Bicycle Bell
While riding a tandem bicycle on a multi-use path, the ability to announce your presence is absolutely essential. Tandems are big, relatively heavy, hard to maneuver and fast, so a polite “On your left!” as you’re about to pass someone … Continue reading
Posted in Transportation
Tagged bicycle bell, crane, ears, headphones, loud ring, orientation, reverberation, suzu, tandem bicycle, tandems
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Feather Popular DE Razor … Try Wet Shaving for Under $20
The Feather Popular razor is made in Japan by the surgical steel company that makes Feather blades – the sharpest in the world. “Razor sharp” obviously only begins to describe them. I’ve been using them in my German Merkur DE … Continue reading
Posted in Gifts for Men, Grooming
Tagged blade, Fatboy, great travel, honda, mercedes benz, Merkur, plastic case, razor, razors, wet shaving
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Monoprice 8320s – Very Affordable Headphones
The Monoprice 8320 Bass Enhanced headphones have become very well known on the Internet over the last year or so for their remarkably low price and good sound. The low price, $8.40 with free shipping to be exact, created a demand for … Continue reading
Posted in Audio
Tagged amazon, bass response, free shipping, headphones, monoprice, much money, music, outer ear, tunes, twenty times
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European Toothpaste: Botot or Elgydium, Anyone?
I’ve posted before about toothpaste as luxury item. GoSmile from Sephora, the morning and evening whitening toothpaste as an alternative to the same old boring Crest and Colgate varieties that fill the shelves at your local market or big drugstore. … Continue reading
Daisy On a Bicycle Built for Two
If you frequently ride bikes with another person, maybe you should consider trying a tandem. Why? Is a tandem better than two bikes? For many people, it certainly is. Think of it as adding another motor to your bike, turning … Continue reading
Posted in Transportation
Tagged bicycle built for two, companions, cooperation, cyclists, daisy, disparity, left turn, single file, water bottles, wind resistance
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Screen in the Bedroom – Part Three: Roku
The Roku box looks almost exactly like the Apple TV from the last post and does almost the same job. The differences are quite subtle, and which one you might end up wanting to buy might be as simple as … Continue reading
Posted in Appliances, Gadgets, Video
Tagged 1080p, apple tv, game controller, line of sight, maximum bandwidth, nowhere man, open platform, private channels, rca cables, stiff wire
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Screen in the Bedroom – Part Two: AppleTV
If the TiVo from my earlier post is not for you (you don’t have cable, it’s too 20th century, it’s too big), it’s now the perfect time to pick up the 3rd generation Apple TV. The brand spanking new version was just introduced … Continue reading
Posted in Appliances, Gadgets, Video
Tagged 20th century, 3rd generation, generation apple, itunes, little apple, netflix, planned obsolescence, predecessor, video store, youtube
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