The Everki Atlas Business Backpack
In May, I wrote about a great new backpack, the ECBC Hercules. I liked it, and in the months subsequently, I’ve become familiar and comfortable with it, and continue to like it very much, although …
In May, I wrote about a great new backpack, the ECBC Hercules. I liked it, and in the months subsequently, I’ve become familiar and comfortable with it, and continue to like it very much, although …
Bluetooth headsets have always been problematic devices. In the early years (ie about ten years ago) they were ridiculously expensive, plagued with compatibility issues, and worked very poorly. The whole concept of Bluetooth was supposed …
On Tuesday Apple held a product launch. In years past, these have been eagerly awaited events shrouded in secrecy and filled with excitement and surprises on the day; this year most people knew that Apple …
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Good morning Happy 50th birthday this week to the lava lamp. I suspect most of us can remember its first flash of prominence, and, certainly in my case, I still have one gathering dust somewhere. …
Over the years, we’ve tested a huge number of different potential solutions to the problems we as coach class passengers all suffer on long flights – how to support our head while trying to sleep. …
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This week saw the effective end of a tablet brand that had promised – but never delivered – great things, and the enhancement of a different tablet brand that more closely matches its promises to …
It is fairly difficult to be too creative with how you promote something as seemingly generic as a jacket. But Scott Jordan, founder and inventor of the ScotteVest range of products, continues to come up …
Usually I find it hard to write positively about products that ignore my suggestions for improvements, but in this case, the product is all the finer for having ignored the suggestions I offered to the …
An iPhone/iPad App Which Is All the Better for Ignoring My Suggestions Read More »
There’s no finer luggage on the planet than that made by Briggs & Riley. Indeed, every time I proclaim this self-evident truth, I get a chorus of readers enthusiastically writing in to share their own …
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How do you travel with your laptop? Some people have it in a protective sleeve inside a full-sized rollaboard, other people have it in a slimline bag that carries the laptop and almost nothing else. …
News reports this week disclose that the merged American Airlines is projected to take in over a billion dollars a year in luggage fees. That’s assuming no further increases in luggage fees, and we both …
The traditional way to get sound from most iPod type MP3 players or iPhones has been to connect them either to headphones or via a docking station to some sort of powered speakers. Docking stations …
A Better Way to Play Music from Your Phone or Tablet Read More »