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Add us on GoogleThese are the tech things we actually like — for a fun date night, for work, and for the kids. Some of them the kids can use themselves, and the Raspberry Pi is one you build together. Teach them now.
Sound that folds flat
This one is a favorite. It folds flat enough to disappear into a bag, and the fold doubles as a phone stand — so it ends up coming with us everywhere, from the kitchen counter to the carry-on.
Your phone is already the computer
This is the one people don't know exists. A phone has the processor, the screen and the connection; what it lacks is somewhere to put your hands. Add a folding keyboard with a touchpad and a hotel desk becomes a workstation — email, documents, the long reply you'd otherwise leave until you were home.
The second screen that travels
The other half of working somewhere that isn't your desk. A laptop shows one thing at a time; the work usually wants two, the document and the source. An extender that clips to the lid returns the second one without a monitor, a stand, or a wall socket.
The test isn't what a gadget can do on the day it arrives. It's whether you'd buy it again after a year of owning it.
The one that ends a standing order
Canned air is the odd product you buy again and again, throw away entirely, and never once think about. A cordless duster is the opposite bargain: one purchase, a charger, and nothing under the sink.
When the machine stops being the project
3D printers used to be the hobby — leveling, calibrating, tuning, and somewhere in all that, printing. Machines that arrive ready to use change what you're actually buying. The printer is no longer the project; the thing you print is.
An excuse, sold as a board
A Raspberry Pi isn't really a gadget. It's a reason to build something on a Sunday. Buying it as a kit matters for an unglamorous reason: it removes the evening you'd otherwise lose to sourcing parts before starting.
Six things, six jobs. Nothing here needs an app to finish setting itself up, and none of it will be obsolete by spring.
Until next time—keep your coffee warm, your boundaries clear, and your standards high.