Anchor your GPS

by Mir | Jan 21, 2010 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk

So you finally got that Nuvi or TomTom you’d been coveting over the holidays. Hooray! Now you’ve had it just long enough to discover that it’s really inconvenient to try to attach that suction cup thing to your windshield, or that on cold days it...

I hate to be a girl. . .

by Mir | Jan 19, 2010 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk

… but despite being quite capable (if I do say so, myself), the few times I’ve had to use jumper cables, I’ve harbored a secret phobia about blowing up my car. Really. I know it’s ridiculous. And I know what order to put the clips on in....

Get your bluetooth on

by Mir | Jan 14, 2010 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk

I adore the concept of a bluetooth headset… I simply lack the organization to keep track of something that small, and keep it charged. Oh well. Perhaps you’re more together than I am (like that’s hard…) or, indeed, you’re equally...

Netflix + Wii = BFF

by Mir | Jan 13, 2010 | Product Talk, Quick Tips

I think I may have mentioned a time or twelve that we received an HD Roku for Christmas and I love it like a third child. Quite simply, it rocks my socks off. Whereas before our cheapie Netflix subscription meant a disc would come in the mail and we’d leave it...

Print it all

by Mir | Jan 13, 2010 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk

Need a printer that handles photos as well as documents? How about today’s Amazon Gold Box deal—it’s a Canon Pixma MX860 Printer for about $100. It’s wireless, it handles printing, scanning, even faxing. Why, it probably even slices and dices!...

For your little builder/scientist

by Mir | Dec 28, 2009 | For the kids, Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk

I have to tell you, the runaway hit of Christmas morning here was the Eitech building set we gave my son, for which I paid more than I probably should’ve, but I knew he’d love it. So I’m only a little bitter that it’s currently a Lightning Deal...