Review: Sonos Beam compact sound bar
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by Erin L
4y ago
I’ve had a chance to test out a lot of big name sound bars this season. The latest delivery to my test kitchen has been the sleek and compact Sonos Beam soundbar . Sonos beam promises great sound, streaming and easy set up all in a smaller than average sound bar package. I had a chance to spend a few weeks with a BEam set up in my home, and this is what I found. What is Sonos Beam? Sonos Beam is a compact TV sound bar. Beam connects to your TV with an HDMI cable or a digital optical audio cable to give your TV improved overall audio, because truthfully, internal TV speakers don’t match the le ..read more
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How to make your home office a sanctuary
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by Erin L
4y ago
I spend a lot of time in my home office. It’s the nerve centre for a lot of the work that I do each day. About twelve years ago it was rather hastily set up, with a leftover mishmash of items that didn’t fit elsewhere when we moved into our home. It’s functioned just fine until now as a place to set my laptop, sit, and be able to focus. But a few weeks ago I started to think it could use a refresh. Today, I’m glad I went ahead and made some improvements. Easy home office upgrades for Working From Home Here’s what I upgraded, what I improved, and what I replaced. And by the way, I’d love to he ..read more
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Make working from home easier: tech & gadgets to help your home office
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by Erin L
4y ago
We’re all adjusting to life as telecommuters, working from home offices that up until a week ago might have been bedrooms, basements or even corners of the kitchen. How to make working from home easier Trying to get comfortable and be productive in new space can be a challenge but there are a few ways you can add or repurpose technology to help create a smart and functional home office. Make sure you have good lighting Lighting can energize a space, and even adding a desk lamp can make a space feel more purposeful. Simply adding a smart light bulb, like Philips Hue can give you easy voice co ..read more
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How to upgrade your home office with smart lights & new fixtures
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by Erin L
4y ago
Working from home? The new normal means our home offices will be our workspaces for a while. To make your home office space more purposeful, functional and enjoyable to work in, one of the easiest things you can do is add or upgrade the lighting. Consider changing out the overhead fixture in your home office space, and add task lighting or ambient lighting. Here’s what I did to my home office: Home office upgrade: add smart lighting & purposeful fixtures The overhead light in my home office was a standard fixture that was probably left over from the original builders. It was likely cheap ..read more
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Review: Sparkle sparkling water & seltzer machine
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by Erin L
4y ago
The sparkling water market has been dominated by one brand. But an upstart Canadian company is hoping to make headway. Sparkel lets you make carbonated water, but it works nothing like its competition. Sparkel doesn’t use carbon dioxide tanks. Instead, it uses small sachets to create the carbon dioxide gas more naturally. You can also carbonate more liquids than just water; you can use juice or add fruits. You could even carbonate wine! There’s a bunch of other differences in this machine; we’ll take a look at how it works, what sets Sparkel apart from competitors and most importantly, how th ..read more
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Sparkel vs Sodastream: which to choose?
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by Erin L
4y ago
Maybe you’ve been hearing about the new Sparkel machine that doesn’t use CO canisters to make carbonated water. If you’re trying to decide between getting a Sodastream and a Sparkel, here’s the key differences you need to know about. Sparkel or Sodastream? Which one is best?  SodaStream vs. Sparkel: Carbonation Sparkel has a unique carbonation process. You add the two-part sachet to the machine, and close the lid. There’s a water tank in the back that will mix with the sachets when you’re ready. The sachets are made up of citric acid and sodium bicarbonate or baking soda. Sparkel says this c ..read more
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How to make your own Sparkel water carbonator sachets
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by Erin L
4y ago
Have you purchased a Sparkel seltzer or sparkling water machine? This machine carbonates your beverages without CO tanks, like Sodastream uses. Instead it used special sachets to create carbon dioxide for your beverage naturally. How to make your own carbon dioxide water carbonator? One advantage of the machine is that if you don’t want to pay for and deal with the waste associated with pre-portioned plastic sachets of carbonator, you can make your own.  What is Sparkel carbonator? Sparkel carbonator is just two things: citric acid and sodium bicarbonate, each in its own little packet. Spark ..read more
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How to make hand sanitizer: create your own Purell substitute at home
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by Erin L
4y ago
If you’ve been watching the news you’re probably worried about Coronavirus, and that means you’re probably also seeing the run on masks, bottled water, toilet paper and hand sanitizer. But don’t worry. I can help you with at least one of those things… Here’s how to make your own hand sanitizer or Purell alternative if your local stores are out of stock. 2-ingredient Purell substitute By the way, I’m no doctor or health expert, but the ones I’ve been reading that work at places like the CDC or WHO still say that a good old fashioned thorough handwashing is the best defense against any virus ..read more
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Toilet paper shortage? Use these high tech & low tech alternatives
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by Erin L
4y ago
Are you seeing all the stories everywhere about folks buying up toilet paper like the world is about to end? How to deal with toilet paper shortage? While Coronavirus shortages are a very real thing right now, if you can’t find toilet paper on your local store shelves, you don’t need to worry. What to use instead of toilet paper? About about four billion people, or more than 70% of the world’s population – don’t use TP. So what do they do to keep it so fresh and so clean, clean? well, a lot of things. There are alternatives from the natural, to the more tech-enabled. Toilet paper shortage? Us ..read more
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Review: DJI Osmo Mobile 3 smartphone gimbal
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by Erin L
4y ago
If you think you need a ten thousand dollar camera, a major videographer lighting rig or a Steadicam to make great videos, think again. If you’ve got a smartphone, you can produce killer videos. But how can you go from basic smartphone shooting and take your videos to the next level? How about getting a gimbal to bring a new level of smoothness and stabilization to your videos? I recently had a chance to review the DJI Osmo Mobile 3 gimbal. I’ll share my experience including what it can do, how to use it and whether I think it’s a good buy for us average Jane and Joe YouTubers. What Does DJI ..read more
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