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Kevin on January 26th, 2010

In my recent post, The 8 immutable laws of traveling light, one of the 8 laws related to shoes.  The advice?  Wear shoes that can double for business casual and casual wear, and make sure they’re slip-ons. But if your travel allows for casual/sport/”adventure” shoes that lace up, there’s an alternative that will make getting [...]

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On sale at Amazon for 80% off the regular price. From the site:  Tripshell is an universal travel adapter that covers outlets over 150 countries including US, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, UK. It comes with surge protection that protects your electrical appliances safe from Spikes/Surges in foreign electricity supply. It has built in 6A [...]

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Kevin on January 7th, 2010

If you’ve ever been near a crying infant on a flight – and who hasn’t? – you may very well have invested in a pair of ear plugs.  For years I’ve carried inexpensive foam plugs in my bag, but recently I’ve been testing something better:  SilentEar earplugs.  SilentEar claims their ear plugs are the highest [...]

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Kevin on December 21st, 2009

I took delivery of the Mighty Lite shown in the video a couple of weeks ago. At $9.75, it’s a reasonable bargain, but at nearly 3 ounces, I definitely wouldn’t bring it on the road…

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Kevin on December 16th, 2009

I’d like to report that our switch from a conventional land line to ooma has been a resounding success, and that the system has far exceeded our expectations. That’s what I’d like to do. But I can’t.

ooma systemBy and large, the system has worked well. Installation took 15 minutes, we receive calls, we make calls, we don’t get a phone bill. But… we’ve had one recurring problem, and as fate would have it, it’s only affected my wife. In my mind, the system’s great. She hates it.

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Kevin on December 11th, 2009

Have a diehard traveler on your holiday shopping list? Want to get him or her something that’ll actually be used and appreciated?

If so, check out this list of killer gifts for road warriors: prices range from a few bucks to a few hundred, and there’s sure to be something here that’s in your favorite traveler’s sweet spot…

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Kevin on December 9th, 2009

Looking for a handsome, durable USB drive that you’re unlikely to misplace? Check out LaCie’s “iamaKey” USB 2.0 drives. Available in 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and 32GB capacities, the iamaKey features water and scratch resistant gold SIP technology and boasts fast transfer rates (Read mode: up to 30 MB/s; write mode: up to 10MB/s).

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