Gifts and Gadgets Archive

Portable Amps for iPhones - Sometimes you’d like more sound in the room than your iPhone can deliver. In the morning, when my wife is doing her makeup or I’m shaving, a jolt of Krishna

Portable Bluetooth Wireless Speaker for PC, Cell Phone, Tablet & MP3 Player - Ever since she turned 11, the child has had only one thing to say to me. “That is soooooo three months ago.” Last week she said something else. “I must have that.” She meant

Portable Power for your phone - A phone in the pocket for a full day is a problem --- the charge runs out fast. The solution: an AmazonBasics Portable Power Bank. This device, which is about

Portable Smartphone Compact Battery Charger - My wife’s employer insisted she have the latest iPhone --- not a terrible order, given that the company was buying it for her --- which is how the child got

Portable Speakers for your iPod -

Power to the People: Devices for the Wired Life - It takes 12 hours to travel from the church of the wilderness in Ely, Minnesota to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan, which is just across the

Prayer Candles: “Bitch Be Gone,” “Fast Cash,” “Come to Mama,” and more - When nothing else works, try prayer. Could your prayers need a boost? Consider a prayer candle. And if there's one prayer candle that's probably selling like crazy this year, it's BITCH BE GONE.

Recycled Ink Cartridges for Your Printer - I now pay $9.95 for two ink cartridges for my Hewlett-Packard printer. I used to pay Amazon.com $23.99 for two Hewlett-Packard ink cartridges filled with just enough black ink to run

Sherryl Sachs: Costume Jewelry from her “Gilded Age” collection - Here’s the first paragraph of The Times review: "Julian Fellowes chased his new series, “The Gilded Age,” for a decade. Call it his white whale. On HBO, you can watch

Shure SE115-CL Sound Isolating Earphones - Considering the quality, the Shure E3c headphones were a bargain at $160. Sadly, after five years, they died. Now I am beyond thrilled to enjoy the same quality with the

Smart Snark: Anne Taintor coffee mugs & more - When the Small Person buys a t-shirt, it expresses quintessential 14-year-old attitude. For example: National Sarcasm Society: Like we need your support. So I wasn’t surprised when she gave her mother

Sonic Impact i-Fusion Portable Speakers for iPod -

Steve Jobs: When You’re an App, You’re an App All the Way - Time accelerates at the intersection of media and technology. Every few years, a cycle plays itself out, and once-mighties become no-longers while some little engine proves it could. This year, on

Swiss Army Knives - Swiss Army Knife with 2 GB Memory A friend wrote to say she'd found the right gift for every man in her family --- and it was small,

The Amazon Echo and “Alexa,” your new best friend - READER COMMENT #1: Brilliant! My mother has dementia and asks me every day what day it is. READER COMMENT #2: I got one for Christmas, and I must say it is

The Filson Briefcase - READER TESTIMONIAL: I've had a Filson briefcase since the early 2000s. Mine survived a car fire and the laptop inside was fine. It was a dark and stormy night, but I

Timex Easy Reader Watch - James Fallows --- if you don’t know him, he’s in the pantheon of journalism --- gives his new Timex every possible star. Listen to Fallows praise his Timex: It's known by

Tivoli Satellite Sirius Radio -

Tylt Smartphone/Tablet Car Charger - “Are we there yet?” When the child was younger, that question kicked in after just 30 minutes in the car --- because when you’re small, 30 minutes is an eternity. Now there’s

Unicorn Pepper Mill - I bet you have a wooden pepper mill. It holds a week’s worth of peppercorns. There’s an adjustable nut on top that lets you adjust the grind, sort of. It