The Vita, PlayStation’s next-generation portable gaming device, took the top Hardware honors from the gaming press at E3 2011, but unfortunately, it won’t be available in North America till 2012. However, on-the-go gamers need fear not. There’s the Nintendo 3DS ($249.99), the world’s first portable 3D gaming system. The 3DS packs two screens –%u202Fa 3.5-inch, […]
Timothy R. Schulte
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Guides for the well-read (or under-read) gardener
Grow Organic, Cook Organic, by Ysanne Spevack (Lorenz Books, November 2006) $24.99 The Winter Garden: Create a Garden that Shines Through the Forgotten Season, by Val Bourne (Cassell Illustrated, October 2006) $19.95Fencing Paradise: The Uses and Abuses of Plants, by Richard Mabey (Eden Project Books October 2006) Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard […]
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All systems go
Do you remember the last time you used your phone to actually make or take a call? All kidding aside, the truth of the matter is that today we rely on our phones more and more for web browsing, e-mailing, GPS, shooting photos and video, tweeting or doing any number of things that there’s an […]
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Why you need a home inspection
The best $300 my fiancée and I spent in the process of buying our first home did not contribute in the slightest to the actual purchase price. Rather, it kept us from purchasing a home that would have been a disaster to live in. The modest fee was the cost of the home inspection on […]
