I recently moved near Seattle, where traffic is terrible but there are surprisingly many bike lanes. Unfortunately, there are also a lot of hills. For a while, I would occasionally bike to work, but the hills were intimidating and I had to re-motivate myself every morning. Around a year ago, I finally gave up and just got an e-bike.
Car side and rear-view mirrors are designed to give you a view around your car, but they typically don’t show you the two spots directly to the side of your car (the “blind spots”). Luckily, you can increase the field of view of your side mirrors by over 200% and virtually eliminate blindspots by adding aftermarket blind spot mirrors.
My girlfriend and I both replaced our mattresses this fall. Because we have different sizes of mattresses and different preferences, and neither of our first picks worked for us, I ended up trying out almost all of the popular online mattresses. I also spent some time learning about mattresses before making my second pick, so this post will be a guide to how to pick a mattress, with some specific advice regarding the mattresses we tried.
I just got my Geeksphone Revolution in the mail. Since no one else seems to have a real hands-on review, I figured I’d do a quick one myself. Unfortunately, I’m about to switch to a Sprint-based carrier, so I won’t actually get to use this phone very long …
Lifehacker recently featured a deal where you can buy a battery pack for $20 (now $28). $20 is my “not real money” limit, and when I spend the day reading at my favorite tea store, the battery on my phone tends to die. I got the battery on …
Note: I updated my Pebble review to mention that I got a replacement for my defective Pebble. The support process took longer than I would have liked, but the new Pebble works perfectly.
My roommate just moved into a new apartment about 10 miles away, and I plan to …
The first large and expensive project I backed on Kickstarter was the Pebble E-Paper Watch, which I got in black. My watch finally arrived about a week ago, so I figured I should do a review, since it gives me something to write about, and someone might find it interesting.