I have a love/hate relationship with phone cases. I want what most of them promise to do (protect your phone), but don’t want what most of them actually do (make it harder to use your phone or get it out of your pocket), so I’ve tried a number of different kinds, ranging from a minimal… Read more:
Category Archives: Review
Wrap it in a Greensleeve, the Zero Waste, Zero Plastic iPad Case
As the relatively new owner of an iPad, I’ve grown to love a number of things about it, such as the easy-to-use interface, the amazing screen quality, the thousands of free and cheap apps, and the light weight and thin size of it. But the very thing that makes it unique – the tablet and… Read more:
Review of The Expectant Father
It seems that for many of us men, we would rather read, or watch a video, in order to inform ourselves about things like pregnancy, childbirth, or fatherhood. We don’t tend to want to actually talk to other fathers and get their insight (yes, I know some of us do, but not nearly to the… Read more:
Express Your Inner Nerd with a NerdyShirt
I take a lot of flack for my t-shirt collection sometimes, but that’s cool with me. I mean, I can’t get really excited about a closet full of button-down shirts, but I can get a kick out of wearing one of my many t-shirts with a bike theme, or my t-shirts celebrating co-ops, or even… Read more:
Review: Made from Earth Personal Care Products
[If you use natural personal care products (and of course you do, don't you? After all, our skin is our largest organ, so what we put on our skin may be just as significant in our health as what we put in it.) then you may be interested in this company: Made from Earth. I… Read more:
Bumbleride Stroller Review: Indie Natural Edition
We’ve been putting the Bumbleride Indie (Natural Edition) stroller to the test for the last couple of weeks, and I’m now a fanboy of this company. Our family has never been big on strollers. We’re more baby wearers than baby pushers, but the bigger our kids got (and the more stuff we haul around with… Read more:
Possum Living: How to Live Well Without a Job and With (Almost) No Money
I received an ‘advanced reader’s copy’ of Possum Living: How to Live Well Without a Job and With (Almost) No Money from Tin House Books some time ago, and while I immediately read the first third of it, I then let it sit on my ‘to-read’ shelf until about a month ago. I finished it the… Read more:
Book Review: We’re Working Out: A Zen Approach to Everyday Fitness
[I'm feeling a little sheepish about the stack of books and videos sent to me for review, so I'm making an effort to get those done and posted this month.] The older I get, the more important it is to me to stay physically fit, and since I’m over 40 and was pretty sedentary in… Read more:
This is how you do excellent customer service: Green Man T-Shirts
It’s funny how we sink to the lowest common denominator with our expectations of companies. So many businesses have crappy customer service that we come to expect it, even wait for it, so we can blog about how bad it was, or tell all our friends about it around the virtual water cooler. But then… Read more:
Glogging, a Dad’s Eye View, and Natural Birth Dads
I missed Two-fer Tuesday, but I’ve got a couple cool links to share with you. I’m calling these Papa’s Picks, and hope you check them out! I got an email the other day with the word “Glogging” in the subject line. I thought, that’s a really funny typo, and then clicked through the link in… Read more:
Clean and Disinfect with Tap Water: The Activeion Hom
As part of the Healthy Child Ambassador program, I received an amazing green cleaning tool to review: the Activeion Hom. Using just tap water and a tiny amount of electricity, the Activeion cleans and disinfects just about any surface in your home, with no toxic chemicals, no smells, and no worries about soap residue.… Read more: