by Doug | Mar 8, 2015 | Past, Tech, Gadgets & Gear
Today was the first day of the 2015 International Home + Housewares Show in Chicago. Wandering the floors of McCormick Place, we discovered everything from a robotic pancake designer to a mega audio system in a picnic cooler to some awesome Keurig killers. Here are...
by Doug | Mar 5, 2015 | Past, Tech, Gadgets & Gear
I’m not a professional chef, nor have I ever claimed to be one, but I make myself a mean salad every day of the week. I’m not a knife novice by any means. When asked about testing out the new VMatter 8” Chef Knife, I was eager to give it a try. VMatter technology This...
by Doug | Mar 4, 2015 | Past, Tech, Gadgets & Gear
With spring sure to show up sooner or later, thoughts are already turning to spring parties on the patio. And what goes better with patio parties than wine? So, to get the maximum impact with your wine, I’d like to share some recent, great discoveries from the fine...
by Doug | Mar 4, 2015 | Past, Tech, Gadgets & Gear
Once you grab the neck of the Jamstik, finger a cord and strum; you’ll appreciate that you aren’t holding a toy guitar at all. Sounds, feels and strums like the real thing. So how did Jamstik do it? Jamstik First, they took a 16” plastic guitar neck and made it...
by Doug | Mar 4, 2015 | Past, Tech, Gadgets & Gear
If there ever were an instrument that was not easy to travel with, it would have to be the drums. With snare drum, toms, bass tom, kick drum, a slew of cymbals and the requisite hi-hat, that’s one heck of a lot of gear – dare we say a small SUV-full at least. So how...
by Doug | Mar 3, 2015 | Past, Tech, Gadgets & Gear
Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 technology is the latest iteration of faster charging for your devices if they are equipped with the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. If so, you can expect up to 75% faster charge times. How fast? Not all results are quite that dramatic...
