by Mir | Oct 4, 2010 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk
Oooh, look at this one: Right now Amazon has the Kensington Travel Battery Pack for iPhones and iPod Touches available via Buy.com for just $17 shipped. It looks like this is a clear-out of an old model—they’re showing a newer version available for a $70...
by Mir | Oct 4, 2010 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk
If all things geeky float your boat, keep your eye on today’s Amazon Gold Box; the featured deal is a 500 GB portable external hard drive for just $60 shipped, but the Lightning Deals today are all tech goodness, as well. In just a couple of minutes...
by Mir | Sep 30, 2010 | For the kids, Product Talk
A few months ago I finally succumbed to the Silly Bands (Silly Bandz? Silly Banzzzz?) craze, much to my children’s delight. I think I posted when there was a great deal on one of those one-sale-a-day sites, and for not much money I picked up a whole mess of...
by Mir | Sep 29, 2010 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk
Weren’t we talking about waffle makers the other day? Ah, I found it—we were. And I seem to recall a few comments about how a waffle maker can be inexpensive and still work well. In general, I’d say this is one of those appliances where you get what...
by Mir | Sep 27, 2010 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk
Alert (and pretty! don’t forget pretty!) reader Melanie shot me an email this morning to point out that Amazon has the Cuisinart HM-70 7-Speed Hand Mixer available for just under $37. While the “original” price listed is pretty inflated, that’s...
by Mir | Sep 27, 2010 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk
Been holding out for the GPS unit that’s all that, a bag of chips, and an ice cream cone? (Wait. You know that’s a metaphor, right? It would be complicated—not to mention messy—if your GPS was made of ice cream.) Today’s Amazon Gold Box...