Category: 889: Mac Treat #247: Wave that Flag, Bike with Tunes, Sonos Spotlight, GARAGE SALE!

It is the 6th Anniversary of Apple’s App store and 75 million downloads and $30 billion later, Apple again has changed the technology landscape. Gone are the days that you buy software in a box with a disc (or disk). The App store changed that, and now almost all software is distributed electronically. Just think…

Beats Pill portable speakers bring the party with you, wherever you go. The Beats Pill is lightweight, portable, and completely wireless. Change tracks from your phone or take a call with the Beats Pill’s built-in microphone. New features include the ability to amplify your music and accessory charging. From now until next Friday, get a…

Behold the Turtle Shell 2.0, Outdoor Tech’s most miraculous rugged, water -resistant Bluetooth Speaker to date. We wouldn’t usually say something as cliche as ‘the best just got better…’ but it did. Based off the popular original Turtle Shell, the 2.0 brings more volume, more Hi-Fi audio, more battery life and a plethora of other…

The Buckshot features the same angular, triangle-themed design that is signature to many of the other products in the Outdoor Tech lineup. The rugged, rubberized exterior means that it’s no big deal if you drop it from time to time, and the built-in speakerphone and microphone mean that you can have hands-free calls with your…

We’re clearing out faster than ever before. Though it may not be as big as past years, this summer’s “*Garage Sale*”:http://www.smalldog.com/garagesale still has dozens (upon dozens) of items at fantastic prices. With top brands including products from Apple, Beats by Dre, LaCie, Samsung and more, there’s an extremely limited quantity of these deals priced to…

It seems like there are almost countless speaker options today, ranging from portable Bluetooth speakers to high-powered premium speakers. It can be a little overwhelming to pick the right setup, but one fact seems to ring true for everyone: we want speakers that sound good and are easy to use. That’s why I am particularly…

To reiterate: It’s summer, and time to get outside. My favorite way to get outside in the summer is pedaling — be it mountain biking, road biking, touring, cross biking, or my new favorite, bike camping. On the last ride I took with my friends across the way, we were hitting some back dirt roads…

Perhaps I should have written about this last week, during arguably the most patriotic, flag-waving day of the year, but better late than never. I have long used flags as a way to manage and organize my mail, and I’ve rounded up some helpful tips for those who also appreciate a good Mail flag. *Rename…

_Dear Friends,_ It has been a busy week for me. We had the awesome 4th of July parade in Warren featuring Prickly Mountain’s gigantic dragon, followed by the annual party at our house where I served up countless numbers of strawberry daiquiris. Grace had hip replacement surgery on Monday and someone gave her a stupid…