Yes, if you live in the Pacific Northwest you may have noticed it’s a bit, shall we say, completely disgusting outside. It’s enough to make you stand like a crazy person outside, shake your fist at the clouds, and tell them to take a hike (or something more colorful, whatever makes you feel better). It’s also bringing out the preachy …
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Winter can be an unpredictable time of the year, especially where I live. One minute it’s warm and we’re outside with no sweaters, the next it’s absolutely freezing. So when I asked to review Dyson AM05 Hot+Cool, there literally could not be better weather for it. Is it cold? Turn on the heat and watch it heat up your room …
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Here’s the thing about power outages. You are never quite prepared to sit in the dark. You might think you’ve got enough candles, batteries, and back up in your car for phone charging, but you’ll end up sitting and twiddling your thumbs for a lot longer than you realize. Or how about when you’re camping, and you think, “I’ll like …
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Check out my latest post on the Best Buy Plug In Blog about the Nikon D7100. It looks like it might be more camera than most people think they could handle, but that 24.1 megapixel means you’ll be able to capture the most intense photo and video of your kids for years to come. Announcement: The Newest Nikon Camera to …
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Review- Samsonite Spinner Luggage I love shopping for bags. Really, just point me in the direction of pretty much any kind of bag and I will happily spend hours looking through zippered compartments and trying out ergonomic handles. I actually like shopping for bags more than shoes, and luggage is no exception. Hard sided cases, soft sided duffel bags, and …
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I recently wrote up an overview of the Wii U for the Vancouver Province newspaper tech blog. If you’re interested in this cool new video game console, check out my article here: Will U get a Wii U? We’ve had our Wii U since Christmas, and I’ll admit that it gets left to sit and gathers dust in favour of …
Read More »Spring has sprung, at least in most places, and you know what that means? It’s time to get off your duff and get back into your exercise program. I’m a huge proponent of using Apps for Exercise. There is literally an App for everything, including situps, pushups, Pilates, Yoga, and all around strength training. But in my humble opinion, the …
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Review – Epson printers Before you become a parent, no one really shares with you how small, seemingly trivial things can become urgent in ways you never would have expected. An example? Your toddler is in full scale riot mode and he’s completely finished with the firetruck you just bribed him with so he’d sit still at the store. Your …
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Oh Canadian winter, how you deceived me one again. Right when I had just become comfortable with the level of chill and rain (I even pulled out my lined hoodie, just to stay a little warmer) you flipped the switch on me and covered me in snow. And not just any snow. Instead of the light, fluffy, isn’t it pretty, …
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In the past few years, it seems as though I barely have my jackolanterns mulched up in the yard waste when I am hit by an onslaught of toys. Toy flyers in the mailbox, on the door step, banner ads all over my computer; it is a veritable festival of toy marketing. And I’m OK with it, because I’m a …
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