The name Ahmad Jamal has popped up here a couple of times. He was playing at the Newport Jazz Festival last August which was broadcast live via webcast, and then I also mentioned his Live at Pershing recording as one of few records I remember from my dad’s music collection (not that I remember him [...]
I Reviewed It, and My Father-In-Law Still Uses It: The Pro-Clip Multi-Stand for iPad 1
My Father-in-law Mark is a great guy, a good friend and an even better sport. He is also a big-time iPad-user and loves the first generation iPad we picked up for him prior to his trip to China last year. (Actually it is his second iPad. What happened to the first one? It is a long, [...]
Your AT&T iPhone Data Usage Is Unusually High? Maybe This Is Why
Image courtesy of Productivity 501 We all have iPhones in our house. For the kids and Sami, I got the lowest data plans, because they’re all on the wifi all the time. But weirdly, every month, Maggie’s phone was approaching and going over the limit. At first, after talking with the AT&T support folks, it [...]
Tokyoflash Concept UV Watch Tells When It’s “Sun Safe” to Come Out and Play
Image courtesy of Tokyoflash In the past few months we’ve seen some pretty killer designs and concepts from the Tokyoflash design team and their concept blog. The latest concept watch is designed to let you know when the Sun’s UV rays are too much for you to handle. The concept has a built-in sensor [...]
Laptop Gear Review: The Acme Made Clutch
Two years ago Judie reviewed Acme Made’s Courier laptop bag. Her conclusion I am really impressed with just about everything the ACME MADE Courier delivers. This bag is such a beauty; but it is also an amazingly light workhorse with plenty of pockets, compartments, and an impressive carrying capacity. If you are searching for a [...]
iPad Case Review: AViiQ Smart Case for iPad 2
As we’ve written previously on here on the site there is a lot to like about Apple’s Smart Covers. They are thin, they are light, they function as a two position stand, and they have the really neat automatic sleep/awake functionality built into them. At the same time, they do nothing to protect the back [...]
A Cohen-Family 4th of July Mystery Solved, Thanks to Judie and Ancestry.com
Grandpa Alex “Sandor” Cohen Judie has actively been building her family tree and discovering the various connections in her large extended family for years. It even turns out her family lineage and Kevin’s crossed paths a number of generations ago, but from what she tells me, that is fairly common when you have family lines [...]
Skooba Design Introduces the Cable Stable Mini; a Place for Everything, and Everything in Its Place!
If you are still tucking all of your loose cables and supplies into the bottomless pit that makes up your favorite bag, then you seriously ought to take a look at the new Skooba Design Cable Stable Mini. Smaller sibling to the Cable Stable DX, the Cable Stable Mini is designed “to carry a basic [...]






















