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These shorts let you carry your favorite beverage hands-free

If you’ve been trying to decide which clothes that you want to take with you on your Spring Break vacation, I have the perfect pair of cargo shorts for you. They are the Angler shorts from COAST Apparel. These men’s shorts are 100% Nylon so they don’t look bad when they get wet and they dry quickly too. But the most unusual feature of the Angler shorts is the built-in koozie pocket where you can carry your favorite beverage. The Neoprene lined pocket lets you keep your hands free but your beverage cool and ready to drink. The COAST Apparel Angler Shorts are priced at $59.50 per pair are available in 5 colors and in sizes S up to XXL. Head over the COAST Apparel to order a pair.

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Hit a home run with this baseball band for Apple Watch

While I’ve never been a fan of baseball, I’ve always been a fan of the white leather and red lacing look of a baseball.  Apparently, I’m not the only one who likes the color combination, because I’ve seen a lot of leather goods made with that combination.  There’s an Etsy shop, BaseballWatches, that offers a great Apple Watch band in the white/red combination.  But best of all, their Watch bands are made with the covering of a real baseball.

The straps are handmade, one at a time, by Baseball Time, LLC in Nashville, TN.  Although they aren’t endorsed by MLB, the bands are made from the cover of an actual Major League Baseball-stamped ball.  The back of the strap is lined with a high-quality leather for comfort.

The bands are available to fit the 38mm or 42mm Apple Watch.  Both sizes are $64.00 from BaseballWatches.

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The Promote Systems Promote Control puts you in complete control of your DSLR camera


Every so often, I surf around the internet looking for that luxury photo/video accessory that I don’t really need but would be a luxury to buy. While this practice can be fun, it can sometimes reveal items that are so expensive that relative to my budget, the experience can only be described as having “champagne tastes and Pepsi pockets”.

Recently I stumbled across the reasonably priced Promote Systems Promote Control which is an advanced all-in-one remote control for DSLR cameras. This remote control claims to be highly customizable to user preferences, and to be a replacement and extension of manufacturer-specific remote controls. Its specifications include an advanced Time-Lapse mode with optional sequence start delay, the ability to perform a fully automatic, user-defined, delay for Mirror lock-up before every picture is taken, and it can automatically put the camera into Bulb mode when performing bracketed exposures longer than 30 seconds. There are also many more features which are too many to list here.

Firmware upgrades can be performed via its USB interface and a PC, and it is powered by two AA batteries or via its external AC jack. The Promote Control is stated to be compatible with digital cameras supporting PTP/MTP protocol for controlling DSLR functions via USB.

If you would like to learn more about the Promote Systems Promote Control, or if you are convinced that you are ready to pick one up, you can head over to B&H Photo Video to check it out. The base package costs a mere $329.

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Tame that nest of snakes in your laptop bag with the Side Winder

Chargers for MacBooks have permanently-attached cables that can be hard to roll up and control for neat transport.  The chargers used to have little flip-out wings that were designed to wind the thin cable around without stressing the attachment point, but those wings are missing from the chargers now.  Even when they were there, they didn’t really work well for the thick power cable, just the side with the MagSafe connector.  The folks at Fuse decided to do something to tame the nest of cable snakes with their Side Winder reel organizer for MacBook.

The Side Winder is a white plastic reel that holds the charger in the center.  Snap the Side Winder closed and reel up both cables into a neat package.  To use the charger, you pull on the ends of both cables to unwind them.  You can completely pull the cables out or just pull out the length you need to connect everything up.  When you’re ready to pack things away, Fuse says you can wind up your cables in under 5 seconds.  And the Side Winder protects your cables and prevents fraying.

The Side Winder is available in two sizes to fit either the MagSafe 1 or 2 charger or the USB-C charger.  It’s compatible with the 45W, 60W, 61W, 85W, and 87W chargers.  The normal price for the reel is $42.99, but it’s available now for $28.99 at Fuse.

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Is this April Fools or real news?

Is this for real?

When JLab has a press release on April 1 for their Rewind Wireless Headphones, I have to wonder if it is for real or not. Nostalgic 80’s items are prevalent in many of today’s TV programs and Movies. Films like Ready Player One and Guardians of the Galaxy and TV programs like Stranger Things and The Americans use 80’s nostalgia to target viewers appetite of reliving fond childhood memories. The item certainly looks like it belongs in the 80’s, with the spring steel band and foam earpads. Would anyone want to use these in this day and age if there is a possibility people will think it is the authentic article from almost 40 years ago? Then again, maybe it would be interesting to be able to relive, in some sense, the good ole’ days of strapping headphones on and listening to hiss and warble.

Modern Day Specs

Even if they look old school, these headphones come with an impressive line-up of features. The features include 12 hour play time, custom EQ settings, two colors of foam ear pads, and built-in microphones. That’s right, these babies are Bluetooth, which means you’ll need an adapter to use them to listen to your mixtapes. They (supposedly) sell for $20.00 and come with a 1-year warranty and a 30-day money-back satisfaction guarantee.

Click here to find out more info from JLab.

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