Category Archives: Crass Consumerism

PIREP: Telex Stratus 30XT headset

Posted on 7 September, 2011 by Mike

Back in the spring, I bought a Telex Stratus 30XT aviation headset from these guys. Not because they’d been offering the world’s greatest price or anything, but because they had the best shipping plan I could find (to Hawaii). Owing … Continue reading →

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Crass Consumerism, Hawaii-edition

Posted on 10 April, 2009 by Mike

This is really quite remarkable: Pure Komachi knives by Kai. Knife nerds will immediately recognize Kai as being the genuises behind Shun and Kershaw, probably some of the best knives in production today. Lovely Wife and I stumbled on these … Continue reading →

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Looks great; sucks ass

Posted on 12 December, 2006 by Mike

Ouch: Kahney’s review [of the Zune] is positive for pretty much one reason: he’s a Mac dweeb, and the Zune actually beats the iPod on the sole criterion–design–that is relevant to Mac dweebs. He hates most everything about the performance … Continue reading →

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