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Category Archives: Gadgets
Make A Newspaper Log for Your Fireplace – for Free
We carry things into the house, and we carry them out again. For instance, if we don’t have room (Yard? Shed? Large deck?) to store a cord or so of wood, and we have a fireplace, we might have to … Continue reading
Add Bluetooth to a Dock and Connect Almost Anything … Without Wires
Your old iPod dock was the greatest thing ever – stand up the iPod and get music that sounds quite fine and you can listen to anywhere. But then you got your new iPhone, and your iPad and then your … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Gadgets, Gifts for Anyone, Music
Tagged bose sounddock, early adopter, google, google searches, ipad, iphone, iphone 5, ipod, music, pin bluetooth
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IPad With Keyboard … Is It Still a Tablet?
I know, I know – a tablet is a portable computer without a keyboard. If you wanted a laptop, say the skeptics, why didn’t you just buy a laptop? Well, because I didn’t want another laptop. I wanted an iPad … Continue reading
Posted in Gadgets, Gifts for Anyone, Office
Tagged cylindrical case, easel stand, gadget, games, ipad, keyboard, magazines, portable computer, sized case, skeptics
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Clarisonic Face Scrubber Is the Electric Toothbrush for Your Skin
After a lifetime of youthful looks and clear skin, you look in the mirror and realize something isn’t quite right. You’re not as young as you were. Those days spent in the sun at the ocean’s edge have taken their … Continue reading
Posted in Gadgets, Gifts for Women, Grooming
Tagged 3f 3f, basking in the sun, cosmetologist, debris, dirt, excess oil, exfoliating, lifetime, pores, preventive action
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Soehnle Scale Brings Precision to the Kitchen
What’s more frustrating that not being able to find the right measuring spoon right away? You give up, and either eyeball half of the one twice as big, or use one too small and have to dump it in and … Continue reading
Posted in Appliances, Food, Gadgets, Gifts for Women
Tagged analog, eyeball, measuring cups, mid twentieth century, multiple times, no worries, pancake, soehnle digital scale, spoon, spoons
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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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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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