Category: Reviews
The Energy Detective: How I Monitor My Home Power for $30
Have you ever looked at your monthly utility bill and wondered exactly which appliance was the culprit behind that price spike? Was it the extra…
From Gift to Gadget: My Journey with the Meta Wayfarer (and the $500 Lens Dilemma)
I recently received a pair of Meta Wayfarer smart glasses (Gen 2) as a gift. To be honest, I hadn’t looked into them much before…
Review: Vornado Flippi V6 Personal Air Circulator Fan
Working from home for almost 3 months now due to COVID-19-induced work-from-home policy in my company, I have been sitting at my desk in a…
Review: Plantronics Voyager 5200 Bluetooth Headset
Trying to find a good noise cancelation solution for my home audio conferencing setup while working from home, I first tried the BlueParrott B550-XT (my…
Review: BlueParrott B550-XT Voice-Controlled Bluetooth Headset
After spending a fair bit of time researching for headsets that offered high-quality active noise canceling (ANC) features to improve my home office audio setup,…
Review: Black and Decker – Electromate® 400 AC/DC Portable Power Station/Jump-Starter/Compressor
Electromate-400 is a power-pack, jump-starter and air compressor, all rolled into one – a very handy device to carry in your car on road trips.
Book Review: "Blink" by Malcom Gladwell
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell This is Malcolm Gladwell‘s second book after “The Tipping Point.” In The Tipping Point, Gladwell writes…
Book Review: "Outliers" – by Malcolm Gladwell
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell This book, Malcolm Gladwell’s latest, focuses on something completely different from his earlier ones, “The Tipping Point,” and “Blink.”…
"Who You See Is What You Get."
I have been listening to the audio-book “How Doctors Think” by Dr. Jerome Groopman for the last few days. I will write a review when…
Review: "Wagner Power Tex" Texture Sprayer
Over the end-of-the-year holidays, I have been busy remodeling some rooms in my house. We recently had new flooring installed, and so all the rooms…