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Mother’s Day gift idea for the Mom who loves her car

Car-related gifts aren’t just for Dads these days!  Moms like their cars, too, and they want to keep them looking nice.  This Mother’s Day, you can help Mom spiff up her car with new custom-fit floor mats.  GGBAILEY, a Certified Women’s Business founded by women who are passionate about driving and car design, offers premium quality, custom-fit car and trunk mats with a wide variety of designs available.

They offer All-Weather Textile custom-fit car and trunk mats that protect Mom’s car from inclement weather and hide dirt, sand, snow and spills. Woven, 70oz Luxury Car Couture Mats that are available in leopard and black or red Oriental designs.  For those who prefer the traditional or vintage-style look, there’s the Classic Loop Carpet mat in beige, black, or gray 20oz carpet.  And finally, you can design a set of mats embroidered for your #1 MOM on your choice of 20oz carpet colors, edging and heelpad options.

GGBAILEY says all their car mats are “custom-fit for your vehicle make and model. Our mats are constructed with the highest quality OEM specification anti-slip automotive backing and are equipped with our patented Mat-Loc™anchoring system or factory compatible mat anchoring devices.”

Classic Loop Car Mats start at $64 for a front set, while Design Your Car Mats™ start at $70 for a front set, and Car Couture™ Mats start at $99 for a front set.  Because GGBAILEY is offering expedited shipping options, you still have time to get Mom a nice set of mats to beautify and protect her car.  Go get started at the GGBAILEY website.

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TaoTronics standing desk review

The TaoTronics Height-Adjustable Standing Desk provides great value in a space-saving vertical lift design. Whether you are looking for a boost in productivity or exploring the health benefits of standing, this desk will be a great addition to your home or office workspace.

What is it?

The TaoTronics Height-Adjustable Standing Desk is a pneumatic assisted standing desk converter that lifts and lowers smoothly to any position you need. Switching from sitting to standing is as easy as a press of a lever.

What’s in the box?

Standing desk
Keyboard shelf
Brackets, Screws and Hex Keys
User Guide

Design and features

The TaoTronics standing desk features a space-saving vertical lift design which doesn’t encroach on your floor space like some other designs that move outward when raised. Raising straight up above your normal workspace, it provides a compact and ergonomic workspace.

Supporting up to 80 lbs, the standing desk is strong enough for multiple monitors, speakers, and more. The desk also has a height range of up to 12 inches above your desk surface.


The desk’s upper surface footprint of 32 x 24 inches provides a lot of surface space for all the things you might want to have at eye level, However, this may also be a disadvantage for some people that may not have a desk that is very deep. The desk requires a 23 x 25 inch area to sit on, and the total area of the upper surface and the keyboard shelf is 32 x 33 inches.

The desk is operated by squeezing the levers on each side and pulling up or pushing down. This is somewhat of a disadvantage to an electrically operated desk, as it requires both hands to operate. The upside to this type of mechanism is that it’s much faster to operate than an electrical one.


The keyboard shelf is adjustable by simply turning a knob, and is also easily removable if you wish to use your keyboard on your desk surface or on the surface of the standing desk.

There’s also a slot in the upper desk surface, it’s for tablets and phones. That’s a pretty handy feature. There are no monitor arm mounting holes, but the frame design does allow for a clamp-style monitor arm on the back edge.


What I like

  • Large footprint
  • Option to easily remove the keyboard shelf
  • Tablet and phone slot
  • Beveled edges
  • Range of adjustment
  • 80 lb capacity
  • Excellent height range
  • Ease of assembly
  • Sturdiness

What needs to be improved

  • Lift mechanism requires two hands to operate.
  • Sometimes sticks slightly when at the lowered position.
  • No monitor holes for a monitor arm.
  • No cable routing. You’re pretty much left to yourself on figuring out where to run the cables for your computer equipment. Although a few zip ties help, it would be nice if it included some kind of cable routing solution to both make it easier and neater.

Final thoughts

With the plethora of standing desks on the market today and the various designs and mechanisms they employ, you’ll probably want to do some research to see which one would best fit your needs. That being said, you’d probably be pretty happy with this one.

Price: $249.99
Where to buy: Amazon
Source: The sample of this product was provided by TaoTronics

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Empower women by purchasing this beautiful smartphone stand

This beautiful, hand-carved smartphone stand helps empower women while you power your phone.  The stand is carved with a tree design from brown mango wood and stands 3.25″ wide x 5.75″ deep x 8″ tall.  Two holes route charging cables, and you can disassemble or fold the stand flat for easy carrying.

A group called Matr Boomie in India brings this beautiful stand to Levenger, who says: “Guided by a deep respect for Mother Nature, Matr Boomie is committed to using eco-friendly and ethically sourced materials. Each product is handcrafted to honor the traditional Indian art forms. Their efforts have provided sustainable employment and ongoing education for over 1,000 artisans throughout India.  They hope to empower women and those in marginalized communities by connecting them to global markets, alleviating poverty and promoting sustainability. They also invest in development projects, skills training, healthcare, and more. ”

The Carved Mango Wood Smart Phone Stand is $49.00 at Levenger.

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The iFootage Cobra 2 C180 Carbon Fiber Monopod is a nice addition to your photo/video gear


Staying on the subject of monopods, I found another interesting one that I think is worth mentioning, and has its own place in the photo/video gear box.

The iFootage Cobra 2 C180 Carbon Fiber Monopod is not necessarily considered a small footprint monopod for traveling or for easily attaching to a backpack, but its features are great, and it would work well on location. It does come in two sizes, but for this news story, I will be focusing on the larger one that when fully extended reaches a height of 70.9 inches, and when collapsed is still reasonably small at 27.8 inches. The leg has 4 sections and uses “buckle-like” leg locks. It can support a load up to 22 pounds, and the mounting plate includes both ¼”-20 and 3/8”-16 threaded studs to accommodate just about any tripod head. At the base of the monopod there are 3 feet that provide stability. The base has a lock, and includes a knob that allows you to adjust and apply the correct amount of friction to accommodate the weight of your camera. The base is also completely removable. The feet have a button release that either allows them to fold up completely, or at specific angles of 20, 50 or 78 degrees. Despite its size, this monopod weighs only 3 pounds. If necessary, the entire base-foot section can be removed, and the monopod can be used as low-angle minipod.

If you would like to take a closer look at the iFootage Cobra 2 C180 Carbon Fiber Monopod, you can head over to B&H photo video and check it out. You can also purchase it there for $179.

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Easily clean pet hair off of carpet with the OXO Good Grips Furlifter Carpet Rake

Pets shed a lot. Enough to make you think you could make a completely new Fido with all that fur, right? And cleaning up all that fur is the pits. It’s worse if your home has a lot of carpeting because that means you have to pull out the vacuum. If you dread this torturous task, you may want to try the Oxo Good Grips Furlifter Carpet Rake.

The Furlifter Carpet Rake is a double-sided microfiber brush that you pull across your carpet to pick up pet hair. To clean it, you pull the brush into its bin then push it out. No refills required! It stores in an upright position when retracted into its bin. Reviewers on Amazon have said that it works really well, but needs to be cleaned often, has a short handle, and you have to scoop the fur out of the bin instead of being able to just dump it out. The Oxo Good Grips Furlifter Carpet Rake is available through Amazon for $32.59.

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