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Continue reading →: Nonstick Skillets Review – Cook's Illustrated
And even if you use your nonstick pan only a couple of times a week, the Cookware Manufacturers Association concedes it isn’t built for the long term: “If you get a year to a year and a half of life out of [a new nonstick pan], we think you got…
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Continue reading →: Marriot, United, etc. what are they worth?
So with all the devaluations that have occurred, what are points really worth. In a nutshell, mile value.com explains what happened. Basically the very valuable international flights were just hammered, so values are about half what they were: Here is a quick analysis, so most people thought United was worth…
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Continue reading →: Harman Kardon Aura
The Harman Kardon Aura may look like The Jetson’s spaceship has collided with a ultra-modern kitchen blender but this quirky design housing is actually a wireless home speaker. If you’re seeking a showstopper in speaker design that is also small and compact enough to live anywhere in the home, then…
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Continue reading →: OS X Mavericks v10.9.1: Repeated prompts to unlock "Local Items" keychain
Ugh, keep getting this error. Looks like a mavericks bug: After logging in, you are repeatedly prompted to unlock the “Local Items” keychain in multiple apps. Follow these steps to prevent prompts to unlock the Local Items keychain. In Finder Select Go > Go to folder… (??G) In the window that…
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Continue reading →: UK roaming
See Donald Starchan has a good overview. The short answer is First is that you can get a sim at the airport or via any cellphone store in town. The main issue is what plan to get. You have to go through all the carriers and here was the data…
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Continue reading →: AnandTech | Battle of the 4 TB NAS Drives: WD Red and Seagate NAS HDD Face-Off
I never seem to have enough disk space. Right now most of my systems are at 2/3TB going to 3/4TB, given the cost of only getting an extra 1TB though, it might make sense just to buy more NAS enclosures. I’ll probably end up doing this when all my old…
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Continue reading →: What works, a quick review…
Been buying quite a few accessories over the last few months. Here’s a quick retrospective on what works: TwelveSouth HiRise vs Konnect. These are both nice iPhone stands. The TwelveSouth is more expensive but works better if you have a case because it doesn’t have a fixed distance it won’t work…
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Continue reading →: January shipment report: Huge DSLR shipment drop, Mirrorless doing worse in Japan. | 43 Rumors
I had no idea it was this bad. Basically dSLR, mirror less and compact cameras are all in a sales crash. No one is sure why, but it does seem as though most folks just are fine with a camera phone 🙁 1) DSLR shipment dropped down to the lowest…
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Continue reading →: Long Underwear Reviews – OutdoorGearLab
Our Editor’s Choice Award goes to the Smartwool Midweight Crew. In all honesty, it was difficult to find anything we didn’t like about this baselayer. It is durable, provides excellent breathability and temperature regulation, looks good, and is totally versatile. While more expensive than some of the other tops, it…
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Continue reading →: Headlamp Reviews – OutdoorGearLab
Latest on headlamps. A fast changing category, this review is great because they do their own realistic battery tests: Selling at an amazingly low street price of $36, the Coast HL7 blew us away with a combination of huge 128 meter beam distance, relatively light 4.4 ounce weight, and best-in-class floodlight optics.…