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Om Outdoor Speaker

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Need some tunes during your upcoming summer grill-fest? Of course you do. That’s why you should check out an Om outdoor speaker ($ TBD). The main thing it does is provide omnidirectional sound, once you pair it with your Bluetooth enabled stereo, laptop, or whatever. It’s also solar powered, weather … Read More

Gear Tie Dockable Twist Tie

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Try as we might, we just can’t hang everything from our garage peg board. Like our cordless drill. Or our auger. Or jerky. Anyway, now we can, with these gear tie dockable twist ties ($8). They’re flexible, wrap around pretty much anything, and come in both 12” and 24”.

Smartphones & Lazy Thinking

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We know they’re keeping you up at night, they make Halloween costumes super cool, and they’re pretty addicting, but are smartphones really making you stupider? Well, not quite—but the news isn’t great. A study published in Computers and Cognitive Behaviour has found that people who rely on their smartphones more … Read More

SnapPower Charger

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Handy things about the SnapPower Charger ($16): one, it lets you charge USB devices from any outlet in your house. Two, it fits right over your existing outlet, no wiring needed. Three, you can take it when you leave. Oh, and it’s fully funded (and then some) on Kickstarter, and … Read More

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