Group identity and commercialism
Here’s a short video log I recorded yesterday as I got to thinking about how we as humans tend to separate into groups and sub-groups and identify with them. We…
Tag: products
Here’s why should you get an advanced battery charger-analyzer
In this video, you will find out why it’s important to use a proper battery charger-analyzer and how using one helped me spot bad batteries in the batch of Ni-MH…
Should you use shoe trees?
Question: I’m learning how to properly take care of shoes, and while browsing the web late this evening, I thought about shoe horns/trees. Now in the past I’ve found them, really…
Hardware preview: ioSafe N2 NAS
ioSafe, the company famous for its line of rugged external drives that can withstand disasters such as floods, fires and even crushing weight, has come up with a new product:…
Do you know Dieter Rams?
Here is Dieter Rams, one of the giants of industrial design. I love the man’s approach to design and his clear avoidance of planned obsolescence. He is a great example of…
Three cool jacket designs
Here are three innovative jacket designs. Jacket with inflatable hood by Rahel Ritchie Not yet in production, but I think it’s very cool. It’s got a built-in pillow so you…
Reduce your waste with a toothbrush? Yes.
The Terradent toothbrush stands out from the pack of dental hygiene products out there not because of the complicated design of its head and the multitude of angled bristles, but…
Storage drops below 7 cents per gigabyte
In January of 2009, I mentioned the price of storage had just dropped below 9 cents per gigabyte. I see now that 2 TB drives are selling below $150 (they’re…
Camera review: Olympus PEN E-P2 DSLR
The nice folks at Olympus sent me a PEN E-P2 DSLR for me to review, and I got to use it for about a month. As I usually do with…
Not happy with changes to Kinder Surprise
Updated: Since I wrote this post and made the video, I have learned that Kinder Surprise and Kinder Joy are two different products and what had happened is that Kinder…
CFL vs LED rate of adoption
I think it was sometime in 1997 when my college (Middlebury) ran an energy efficiency campaign and held a few sessions for students where they could learn about new technologies,…
Hardware preview: DroboElite
Today, November 23, 2009, the new DroboElite becomes available from Data Robotics. It’s the top of the ladder when it comes to their product line: it’s the fastest, biggest, most…
