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Bring bedtime stories to life with the Moonlite clip-on projector for your smartphone

I haven’t been a kid for decades, but now I want someone to read me a bedtime story and use the Moonlite projector to do it. The Moonlight is a small clip-on projector that’s been designed for compatibility with most Android and iOS devices. It clips to your phone and uses the phone’s LED camera flash to project images from circular image disks called reels to a wall or ceiling. Is it just me, or do the story reels look like the disks used with the classic View-Master which were also called “reels”?

Classic Little Golden Book stories for infants and toddlers like the Poky Little Puppy, the Saggy Baggy Elephant are included with the Moonlight Gift Pack and additional stories can be purchased like Curious George and The Ugly Duckling. The app includes the words that you read along with sound effects to bring the story to life with the projected images.

The Moonlite is available in starter packs and gift packs that include the projector along with a selection of disks. You can also purchase story packs that just include the reels. Prices range from $6.60 for the story packs, up to $31.49 for the gift pack which includes the projector and 5 reels. Head over to Amazon to check them out.

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A gift for the Mom who loves to read and to journal

The Well-Read Women journal lets the reader record her thoughts about books she’s read, with plenty of room for favorite quotes and reflections on characters and moments.  The book has watercolor portraits of some of literature’s most beloved female characters, painted by Samantha Hahn.  And to help Mom select her next book, there’s a list of prize-winning fiction works.

The notebook is 8.5″ x 6.25″ x .75″.  It comes with a satin ribbon bookmarker to keep your place in the journal.  The Well-Read Women reader’s journal is $14.95 from UncommonGoods.

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The Cuisinart DCC-3000 Coffee-on-Demand 12-Cup Programmable Coffeemaker gets your day off to a great start


If you are anything like me, your work day has to start with a cup or two of coffee. I particularly like the French Vanilla flavor, and everyone in the office knows when I get to work in the mornings, because of the great aroma of that Folgers French Vanilla ground coffee. They have become so accustomed to the scent that I can never pretend to be at work when I am not. This custom has evolved into a responsibility on me, to make coffee for several of my co-workers every morning, and has forced me to look at coffee makers that may work better than my current one.

My research has led me to a few, and today I am looking at the Cuisinart DCC-3000 Coffee-on-Demand 12-Cup Programmable Coffeemaker. That name alone is a mouthful. This coffeemaker touts an on-demand system that dispenses one cup at a time, and up to 12 cups for each filled water reservoir. As folks grab cups of coffee, there is a gauge that shows how many cups are available, and in my case it would indicate how much closer we are to the main event fight for the last cup. A nice feature is the included charcoal water filter that makes sure that each cup of coffee tastes great, and with the programmable shutoff and the self-clean functions, it will be ready at every moment for the next brew and eventual fight.

If you would like to take a closer look at the features of this coffeemaker, or if you decide to purchase one, you can head over to Amazon and check it out. It is available for purchase for $79.34.

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Diaper bags and baby gear for dads living in the urban jungle

When my daughter was born, I bought a bunch of Disney’s The Lion King stuff for her, including a diaper bag.  It had a leafy jungle print background and an appliqué of Simba on the front.  It was cute, and it was obviously for the baby I was toting around.  I never gave the cutesy design a second thought.  Years later, I realized, while looking for news items to write about for The Gadgeteer, that some people want plain, utilitarian bags for their kid’s stuff.  I asked my husband if that cutesy bag had bothered him, but he said he never gave it a second thought, either.  It was Rachel’s bag, and he was just carrying it for her because she was too small to carry it herself.

While searching for news items a couple years ago, I found a variety of gray or neutral bags for people who didn’t like carrying colorful baby bags, but I did notice that most of them, while plain and neutral, still looked more like a lady’s tote bag than a unisex bag.  I just found some diaper bags by a company called Tactical Baby Gear that might look more at home loaded up with gear for a military campaign than they would being loaded up with bottles and diapers for a day out with the kids.

TBG Deuce 2.0 (yeah, I noticed the name, too) Tactical Diaper Bag, as described by the creator himself, “marries a typical diaper bag with rows of MOLLE webbing. This webbing allows for complete customization, as dads can swap out tactical pouches, bottle pouches, baby blowout pouches, and the top-selling “dump pouch,” which is designed for exactly what you think.”  They have the Deuce 2.0 bag (shown above), backpacks, changing pads, baby carriers, and accessories in black, coyote brown (shown), gray, and black camouflage.  Prices start at $80.00 for the Deuce 2.0.  Learn more and purchase your gear at Tactical Baby Gear.

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The Yongnuo YN-24EX TTL Macro Flash for Canon Cameras is flashy but not pricey


Once again, Yongnuo is making a difference in the photography industry with another one of their photography products. The Yongnuo YN-24EX TTL Macro Flash for Canon Cameras is a great product that works very well, and is priced less than 1/5 the cost of the Canon macro twin flash. I own this twin flash, and while it is not completely equal to its Canon counterpart, it comes in at a very close 2nd place. It is well built, quite solid, and quite durable. Since these types of gear must always be handled with care, there is no weakness in build quality when compared to Canon’s twin flash.

This twin flash fully supports Canon’s E-TTL / E-TTL II system, and also allows for the usual manual control. Just like the Canon version, it has two flash heads that mount on the front of your lens. You can control the position of each flash head for optimal lighting of the subject. There is a LED autofocus assist light built in, and “users have access to both 1st and 2nd curtain sync”. The flash also has a PC sync port, and it can be powered by 4 AA batteries or an HV power pack. Included in the box are 4 adapter rings (52mm, 58mm, 67mm, and 72mm), and a nice protective pouch good for storage and transporting.

If you would like to purchase the Yongnuo YN-24EX TTL Macro Flash for Canon Cameras, head over to Amazon or B&H Photo Video and pick one up for $171.

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