Nov 1 2021 - Give Me A Gadget

 

It is November and time to think Christmas presents.  I may be too late, given all the supply chain problems and predictions of shortages this year.  What great gadgets are there?  Here are a few. "Alpha Heater is an innovative heating technology. With PTC convection ceramic heating technology, it uses less power, making it more energy – efficient than other heating solutions. Alpha Heater comes with built-in safety features. It shuts off automatically when it gets too hot or it falls over. You can use it all day and night without worry around your kids, pets, or furniture."  It is priced at $61.88. Find more about it HERE.  There seem to be good reports on this one. What about Miracle Sheets - this is interesting.  These are antibacterial to keep you clean and cool. The special ingredient is antibacterial silver.  There are two brands - Miracle and Silvon.  You can find them on their own sites and Amazon. And Peeps - molecular technology to clean my dirty glasses. I am pretty sure I saw this one last year, so I guess it is time to follow up and get this for my unendingly dirty glasses. A patented invisible carbon formula cleans your glasses safely and easily, leaving your lenses as clear and clean as the day you first got them. Peeps™ utilises soft carbon microfibre pads to eliminate oil and fingerprints instead of smearing.   OlumiRing is an LED ring light that clips to your laptop, tablet or phone….and with the click of a single button, it creates flattering, photoshoot-worthy lighting for video calls and photography. To put it simply, OlumiRing erases shadow – making you look brighter and more like your “real self”.  I got a ring light for Zoom meetings   last year. It works. And this one - BarxBuddy - something to consider as we have "Millie's Moments of barking."  BarxBuddy uses high-pitched tones, not detectable by humans (thank goodness), that specifically target a dog's hearing to disrupts a dog's current activity with ultrasonic sound.  Point at the dog and press the button.   The update on the Betterphoto contest finalists - the picture of the grid with the footprints won second place in the techniques category.  Today it is November's Calendar.  If you would like a copy sent to you, let me know.

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Nov 23 2020 - Something Different

 

I was thinking of this in relation to Christmas vs Monty Python.  Toronto and Peel region have gone into lockdown so there will be no Christmas shopping in stores.  Toronto's Mayor asked shoppers to not flock to malls.  But they did -  it makes me think of flocks of starlings over the vineyards.   All the 'changing the way we shop' articles were written in May and June 2020.  They are too perky.  They don't seem to capture the sense of loss we've experienced.  So much is encased in shopping - meeting with our shop owners and catching up with them, the visual stimulation of the displays, checking out goods that are new and creative, things like this.  We are encouraged to experience the 25 hottest gifts of 2020 that are so going to sell out online?  Let's try. StopWatt - Genius New Tech Slashes Your Electric Bill in Half - A German-based startup company has come up with a new innovative and inexpensive gadget that helps you not only lower your electric bill, but can also increase the lifespan on expensive household appliances. Within just one month, the device would pay for itself. BarxBuddy - Ingenious Device Stops Dog Barking And Makes Dog Happy  - Thanks to painless ultrasound tones, it helps the dog to calm down. He follows like magic.  It is also ideal to protect anyone from unfriendly and aggressive dogs they meet around the world. Just owning it can save you them one of the worst experiences of their life. StankStix - Eliminate Shoe Odor and Bacteria Instead of Covering It Up - Featured on Shark Tank Photostick - Save & Protect All Of Your Photos With 1 Click! FlipFork – The 5-in-1 tool will turn anyone into a grill master. ScreenKlean - Carbon Cleaning Technology Makes Dirty, Dusty Digital Screens Crystal Clear Again. MUAMA Translator - #1 pick: This Device Lets You Speak 43 Languages At The Touch Of A Button. I find this amusing since "holidaymakers, business travellers, and employee" won't be encountering many language barriers while travelling any time soon. So I know we have COVID fatigue when these start to seem intriguing.  This picture is one of my favourites - a Floyd Elzinga sculpture with the overlay of glow stars from aTopaz filter.  He has an open house at his studio this coming Friday and Saturday.  Lots of rust to behold!

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Christmas Gadgets

These special offers are only available online!  These 19 Cool Gadgets have MILLIONS SOLD worldwide.  What are they? I've chosen just three - they are all available on Amazon in case you are inspired.  If you have one, let me know.  "FIXD Powerful Check Engine Light Diagnostics — Read and diagnose your check engine light, understand the severity of the issue, and clear that pesky light from your vehicle. FIXD translates your vehicle into simple English, empowering you to make the easy fix in many cases & saving you precious time. FIXD also saves you money by providing you with estimated repair costs up-front, allowing you to feel more confident during those trips to the mechanic. Muama Enence Voice Translation: Intelligent voice recognition technology to make cross language communication easier. Translate your speech into high quality foreign language text and transmit into voice output. Eliminate all obstacles in language communication, You can travel around the world more easily.   Peeps™ Glass Cleaners - With over 1.5 million sold, this gadget is a must have for everyone. Designed specifically for cleaning eyeglasses, sunglasses and reading glasses, Peeps is the world's safest and most tested lens cleaning technology. Peeps groundbreaking invisible carbon microfiber formula will have your glasses as clean as the day you bought them.  This is actually the same lens cleaning technology used by NASA. Then on to the Telegraph.co.uk site with just one remarkable selection:  the Combekk Thermometer Dutch Oven made from 100% recycled disused iron railway tracks. (It must have inspired my picture today.) And there are Oprah's recommendations. If you go to the Huffington Post article on her top favourite things, you get 20% off with the code OPRAH at Amazon.  Finding ourselves back at Amazon... I am organizing and consolidating photos, and Lightroom popped up with Cuba pictures.   What a contrast of colour compared to our Winter landscape now.

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