Nespresso Pixie

Nespresso Pixie

If you have been praying religiously for the day when you could receive coffee intravenously, unfortunately, you are still going to have to wait. During the interim however, you can thank the caffeine gods at Nespresso, because desktop coffee has arrived. The Nespresso PIXIE is not only the newest coffee machine by Nespresso, but also the smallest. Ergonomically designed, lightweight, yet sturdy and stylish with 6 available colors and two finishes, one of which that’s wonderfully christened, Electric Aluminum. However, the Swiss made PIXIE is not content with being only a good-looking single cup espresso maker. The Nespresso PIXIE is fast too, churning out perfectly tempered beverages in less than 30 seconds. Small enough to sit on your desktop, or the nightstand for that matter, the compact Nespresso PIXIE provides you with the robust coffee you crave, while not occupying too much space.

Make Scents of Wine 54 Aroma Master Kit Le Nez Du Vin

Make Scents of Wine 54 Aroma Master Kit Le Nez Du Vin

If you are looking to develop a palate more balanced and sophisticated than the than the town drunk, then look no further. The Make Scents of Wine 54 Aroma Master kit will essentially provide you with the all the tools and knowledge required to embarrass every smug restaurant sommelier you encounter overnight. The Wine 54 Aroma Master Kit, based on the book by Jean Lenoir will help you develop your wine sense through index cards, a special guide-book and of course, a barrage of aromas. You will experience fruit and floral aromas, plus deep chocolate, roasted hazelnut and other fragrances (54 in all) that will tantalize your imagination and get you ready to appreciate a tour of wine country. No matter which one it is.

Nike+ SportWatch GPS

Nike+ SportWatch GPS

April 1st marked the first official day of Nike+ SportWatch GPS availability. Revealed during the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, the new Nike+ SportWatch GPS has a tap screen and is ready to keep track of all your stats like time, distance, pace, heart rate, and calories burned. Additionally, the latest to the Nike+ lineup also tracks your run history, alerts you with run reminders in case you forget and has GPS location tracking to keep history of where you run. The Nike+ SportWatch GPS is social too, allowing you to upload your runs to Facebook and Twitter, but if you’re really badass (or just goal-oriented) you can upload and sync your data to Nikeplus, Nike’s massive online running community, where you can keep track of all your runs, get coaching, set goals and participate in challenges.

Recluse Designs Straight Razor

Recluse Designs Straight Razor

Keeping the theme of awesome craft-related things is the work of Dana DiPlacido, better known as Recluse Designs. Admittedly, Dana’s specialty is cycling accessories, but this wonderfully constructed straight razor, tells us that Dana may very well have a different calling. Even though Dana is only a student, who now is diligently carving away at attaining a degree in Jewelry and Metalsmithing, this work shows that even before receiving papers proper, a master lays dormant waiting for a full awakening.

The Amazon Kindle is dead...

The Amazon Kindle is dead…

And just like that, the most gifted, most wish listed and most talked about by Amazon, but only in a positive way item, the Kindle, is finished. Just in case you begin to think, “here we go again” let me first inform you that this is not another Amazon will be the best competitor against Apple article. Nevertheless, you can withdraw an Amazon, Apple dialog from the text. Now back to topic, which is the necessary death of Amazon’s beloved Kindle, which is definitely finished.

“How so?” one asks.

Let me first mark this by saying I pondered over the “Why Amazon Must…” article written by the ever popular Apple evangelist, MG Siegler at TechCrunch, and I do agree with MG that Amazon must and should create an Android device, but for different reasons.

So what is your reasoning behind this?

Besides the fact that these are no-brainer decisions, Amazon needs to cover their ass on the investment they have made so far on the Kindle and I don’t think any of us can make it through six months of speculative posts scattered across the Web about what essentially still to most is vaporware. But in case you require more than my unparalleled Vulcan-like reasoning dispensed as a Spider-Man Pez candy in one highly concentrated sentence, here are two thoughts that I have compiled on the matter, broken down for you to digest as if they were Gerber’s baby food.

1. Amazon has a significant investment and presence in cloud computing. An Android device, be it a smartphone or a tablet could be just the component that Amazon requires to catapult their cloud computing services to the forefront and ahead of services such as Mobile.me. (In fact, while preparing this, Amazon released a cloud based music solution for Android. So much for being too busy to press the publish button earlier this week.)

2. Today’s phones and now our tablets serve equally as doorways to consumption and items for utility, if not more. Amazon is the undisputed king of internet retail when it comes to physical goods (consumption). It should not take much to transition consumers to include and ultimately prefer making their digital purchases with Amazon as they do their physical.

Additionally I would like to highlight a point that I agree with, previously presented by Dan Frommer, in “How Amazon Could Quietly Become a Huge Tablet Player”. Dan makes several hearty vaunts on the topic but the one where he states that Amazon’s music store and video services are essentially second to only Apple is one of the strongest if not the strongest point made.

The distance from or closeness to iTunes does not matter. What does matter is that Amazon, aside from Google should be the number one destination for all things Android. To miss the opportunity to connect that to a device that could serve as a gateway to other products and services would be like failing to connect a Velcro chinstrap on your helmet before bungee jumping.

Supra Wrap Canvas Sneaker

Supra Wrap Canvas Sneaker

With spring, the dark and muted colors we’ve become accustomed to begin to fade away and the bright and vibrant colors of the new season begin to take hold. Just as nature gives you more colors to choose from so do sneaker companies, and Supra is no exception. Recently announced is the Supra Wrap, a two-piece canvas shoe that comes in all the colors of the rainbow, plus a few more, including white, grey, brown, charcoal and black. With smooth lines, and pop art colors, the Supra Wrap canvas sneaker is a simple way to accessorize and seamlessly tie together your colors from head to toe.

Shaun Leane Cufflinks

Shaun Leane Cufflinks

If the crisp, clean lines of the Knife Edge Sabre cufflinks shown on the left or the Horn & Tusk cufflinks shown on the right cannot bring the perfect balance of tophole or boss taste and subtlety to your wrist, nothing will. Created by Shaun Leane, collaborator with Alexander McQueen, the House of Givenchy, critically acclaimed, highly celebrated and considered by Sotheby’s auction house as the man who creates “antiques of the future” these cufflinks will not only look good today, but 100 years from today.

Kilgour Bespoke Suits

Kilgour Bespoke Suits

You just found out that one of your friends was struck by love somewhere between the New Year’s and March Madness and is now getting married. You’re invited to the wedding (of course) but you will need a proper suit to attend, and not anything you would wear to work or a funeral. You’re not looking to star in a Wedding Crashers sequel, but you don’t want to sit twiddling your thumbs at the wedding reception either.

Besides a quick refresher on etiquette, a bespoke Kilgour suit can do the trick and keep your evening chock full of surprises, a la the Hangover, but without the ruffies. In fact, aside from the suits worn by Daniel Craig (and others) as James Bond, the Kilgour suit worn by Cary Grant in the 1959 film North by Northwest is one of the most celebrated and talked about suits in film.

Taking almost two weeks to complete, roughly 100 hours or so, Kilgour tailors each bespoke suit to your exact specifications and measurements. Intricate details assure that you will have a suit as unique as you are and the entire process is done entirely at the Kilgour shop by one tailor on the legendary Savile Row.

Oh, you are not in London. If you are not traveling in London nor have any plans to be there anytime in the near future, you are in luck. Kilgour sends their love, skill and tradition across the Atlantic, and will have their tailors in the US during April (N.Y., Chicago, L.A. and San Francisco) and May (N.Y., DC, Dallas and Houston) for their limited spring schedule.

HTC EVO 3D

HTC EVO 3D

Announced at CTIA 2011, the Sprint bound HTC EVO 3D Android based smartphone is the latest in a recent barrage of HTC devices. Taking advantage of the newest available technology, the HTC EVO 3D has a high-resolution 4.3-inch QHD glasses-free 3D display and a dual 5-megapixel camera that allows you capture HD video in 3D as well. The newest HTC Android phone also functions as a wireless 3G/4G hotspot, has Wi-Fi, GPS, 1GB of memory and 4GB of internal storage to save your media and data (expandable to 32GB), all powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core Snapdragon chip, the HTC Sense interface and Gingerbread, the latest Google Android release. The HTC EVO 3D world tour starts later in the year and the smartphone will hit the US on the Sprint 4G network.

Radiohead King of Limbs

Radiohead King of Limbs

Taking a different approach as promised after “Hail the Thief”, Radiohead’s newest work and eighth studio album, “The King of Limbs” finds the band in a wonderful groove of ambient evening harmonies, accompanied by rumbling drums, seemingly moody bass notes and sly guitar riffs. Collectively the quirky melodies rub as you would a lamp to find a genie. Part journey to Sham-bala and part Cannabis Cup the various sounds may take several listens for some, while others may instantly find rhythm and groove. The King of Limbs is a nice extension to the already critically acclaimed works of Radiohead.




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