Travel squabble-free

I love our portable DVD player so much, I wrote a haiku: Oh, movies to go! You make long trips much better. Siblings; silence. Wow. (Do you like it? Me professional writer person.) Anyway, if you have not yet discovered the unparalleled joy that one of these babies...

Replace your laptop battery for less

Today’s question comes courtesy of Kris, who asks: Any idea where to get good, cheap-ish PC laptop replacement batteries? I’ve been putting off the purchase (can’t stand the thought of paying Dell $150). I have an easy answer to this question, with...

E-readers drop in price, hooray!

Even if you’re not an Apple enthusiast, you have to be a little pleased about the iPad for a couple of reasons. First, it’s given us the best crop of immature feminine protection product jokes since junior high; and second, it put just enough of a squeeze...

The Want Not Review: Carnival Cruises

At long last I’m ready to tell you all about our big trip—we were on a Carnival Cruise for a week, seeing the western Caribbean. (Specifically: We were on the Carnival Valor.) Now, if you had asked me prior to this trip if I would ever consider going on a...

Lounge in style

Do you think I can talk my husband into the patio orbit lounger that’s in today’s Target Daily Deals? It not only allows you and your sweetie to lounge side by side, it’s got a little table for your drinks and an umbrella to keep the sun off of you....

Protecting your precious laptop

[As a quick aside: I have been seriously lacking, lately, on getting to questions that folks have mailed in. I have no excuse other than that I’m a terrible human being and also I’ve been sick and/or traveling more often than not, lately. I intend to mend...

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