Monthly Archives: March 2026

One of my favorite designers and manufacturers of bags for travel and work is WaterField Designs in San Francisco, where all of ther products are designed and produced. The company just announced an update to one its best-selling products, the Air Porter Carry-On, a personal item underseat bag that pairs perfectly with a rollerboard. It’s […]

If you’ve been putting off upgrading your smartphone or laptop, you’ll want to understand the impact on pricing due to a combination of recent issues — artificial intelligence, trade policy, and memory chip shortages — issues that are raising the prices of many consumer tech products. Analysts are calling this RAMageddon, the sudden demand for […]

The electric vehicle market is currently undergoing a major recalibration. While this may be a crisis for the industry, it’s the best thing that could have happened for those in the market for an EV. The landscape for EVs today looks nothing like it did two years ago. We’ve moved past the early adopter phase […]

Ever wonder if the high cost of a premium credit card is really worthwhile? This week I discovered the answer when Chase Travel made an honest but costly mistake. My wife and I bought one-way business class tickets from LAX to South Africa for later this Spring on Turkish Airlines. (Our return trip is on […]

A friend just alerted me to a dealer selling the new Chevy Equinox, a $40K 300-mille range EV, for $25K, a huge discount off it’s list price. The car has generally received good reviews and seemed on the surface to be a terrific deal. However, doing a little digging, it does not have Apple Car […]

This week I received a survey from Lexus asking about a new feature they’re considering. The questionnaire began by asking how often I park my car on the street, in my driveway, and in a parking lot. It went on to ask how worried was I about car theft, a car break-in, or someone hitting […]