Tag: Cool stuff on Amazon

This magic leaf knows what I'm planning.

I bought a pair of Columbia Bugaboot III winter boots in March 2016. Eight winters later, after years of 2–5 miles of daily walking, they’re still going. Minor cracks only now. That’s real durability.

EGO snowblower guide: plastic vs steel auger

It looks like Amazon does not let you add non-Amazon items to your wish list anymore!

Oh Amazon, you are such a tease with your “inspired by your browsing history”

Got a big head like me? Here's the helmet you should get.

Would you like to own the same vest that Matthew Broderick wore in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off?" Many online sellers offer imitation vests that come pretty close. Others, not so close.

Little People has sets for The Office, Masters of the Universe, and WWE! The princess castle will never be the same again.

For the first time ever, a Mars rover will be recording the sounds of Mars. The rover named Perseverance has two microphones. One microphone is for capturing sounds when it shoots laser beams at rocks (seriously). The other microphone will…

Bring a cheap kaleidoscope lens with you to an art museum, and you’ll be guaranteed to have an ever-changing wonderful time. You can get one for $26 on Amazon (and you’ll also get a whole array of other fun lenses).…

The arch-enemy of G.I.Joe, Cobra Commander, is bent on world domination. And now there is a pencil sharpener in the shape of his helmet. X-ACTO, the manufacturer of sharp blades, produces a pencil sharpener that looks JUST like Cobra Commander.…

Do you know those projection Christmas lights? I can’t decide if they are incredibly awesome, or incredibly lazy. I suppose it depends on how you implement the projection lights alongside other decorations. Pair it up nicely with other decorations, and…

I want to feel the paper on Amazon.

Seeing tiny snowflakes embedded in ice makes me wish I still carried my iPhone macro lens with me. This photo is a bit blurry, but you kinda get the point. The macro lens would have really zoomed in on a…

When one alternative Chicago newspaper pokes fun at another alternative Chicago newspaper, you get some fun (and I ended up finding a really cool book). January 23, 2018: the Chicago Reader retweeted an very old tweet from the Onion. April…

If you are in the market for a DSLR camera, here’s the best combination to get. I did two months of research looking at all the various DSLR cameras. My 7-year-old Nikon D80 died after 32,000 cycles. It was time…

For all the creative projects you make on your computer, you certainly want to have a good storage system. You want your storage system to be simple and easy. Not overly technical where you have to be a geek to…

The Muppets comic book (2009-2012) is EXCELLENT! If you like the Muppets, go to your nearest comic book store and pick up the compilation, “The Muppets Omnibus.” (or get it from Amazon) It’s seriously one of the best comics to…

We all know the Moon is made of cheese. Even the Chinese know because they are going to the Moon to bring back its delicious cheese. The taste is so out of this world! Why wait for the Chinese to…

You know those really cool stained glass things you can make? You drop little plastic pellets into a wire frame and then throw them into the oven, and the plastic pellets melt. When the entire thing cools down, you take…

Playskool Mr. Potato Head Spudbob Squarepants. The name is clever. Spudbob. But who in the world designed this mashup? They should have just simply kept the same Mr. Potato Head mold and just painted it yellow with some dots. The…

Base stealers in baseball are the best. Sports highlights should show ballplayers stealing bases instead of hitting home runs. The greatest base-stealer of all time, Rickey Henderson has his own autobiography from 1993, “Off Base: Confessions of a Thief.” Given…

Dick Durbin is selling American flags for a mere additional $4.05, you can have your flag flown above the U.S. Capitol. Pretty rad. However, you have to PRINT out a pdf, and MAIL it in with a CHECK. What’s a…

My setup I have nine hard drives running. Three are main external hard drives: Each of these drives has a backup drive sitting next to it. And I have a second backup sitting at another location just in case something…

Yesterday, we covered my recommendations for external hard drives, Vantec NexStar CX NST-300S2-BK for the case. And a good hard drive is a Western Digital 2 TB Caviar Green WD20EARS. Now let’s cover the details of why I picked these…

If you are looking for more hard drive space, buy an external case and the hard drive separately. Many times when a hard drive fails, it’s just the case that fails. You want to be able to easily take the…

Everyone should have an Amazon wish list. 1. It’s handy for yourself to keep track of things you want. 2. It helps keep you from making unneeded spontaneous buys. (When you see an item that interests you, put it on…

Often the cords on surge protectors are too short to reach the wall outlet. We bend the cord around the corner of a shelf creating a tight turn and causing a hazard. You might think, “Oh, it’s only a slight…

1) Warranty Every good surge protector should have a limited lifetime warranty. Some surge protectors only have a one-year warranty. What? Like who changes their surge protectors every year?! Check them once a year, yes. But buy a new one…

I’m just about to purchase a water filter. I was thinking of getting the big momma 1.13-gallon tank (Brita Ultra-Max Dispenser). The easy-to-use dispenser would be nice for filling up water bottles or cups. And it’s so monster huge, I…

One of my pink flamingoes photos has been selected to be published in a photo book: “Pink Attitude!” It was about a year ago that 10,000 Pink Flamingoes invaded Chicago. And now they’ll be part of this pink book. That’s…