by Mir | Apr 12, 2007 | Product Talk, Retail gone wrong
Lovely and alert reader Jodi wrote in after yesterday’s post about the fish tank toilet to let me know that tricking out your toilet could, in fact, be environmentally friendly. Check out these Japanese commodes. My favorite is the first one, with water being...
by Mir | Mar 12, 2007 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk
When the wind-up flashlights first started coming out, I remember thinking that they were a great idea, but too expensive. The prices have come down since then, and it’s a great item to have for emergency preparedness or in your car. (I keep one in my glove...
by Mir | Mar 5, 2007 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk
Hello! Our trip was a bit of a whirlwind, but I just wanted to remind everyone that this deal to get free shipping on Nozin is still valid. And I’ve now spent about six hours on a plane and didn’t come down with a cold. Maybe it wasn’t the Nozin, but...
by Mir | Feb 26, 2007 | Product Talk, Quick Tips
I had the nicest man come give me an estimate on my move, and he told me something that I already knew, but maybe you don’t: Don’t buy your boxes from the moving company. The don’t get them all that cheap, to begin with, and then they mark them up...
by Mir | Feb 25, 2007 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk
I’m the last person on the planet not to own an iPod, so I’m just going on what I’ve heard, here, but these iSolate earbuds are getting a fair amount of buzz around the various deal boards. Choose the orange or the blue, and after you add them to...
by Mir | Feb 22, 2007 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk
These were all the rage around Christmastime, and I sort of poo-pooed the idea because they were new (and unproven) and also, I am not generally a fan of all-in-one devices. I think it leaves too much of a possibility of one part breaking and then you’re left...