Basic black makes for a great cocktail dress and, for women, yet another nondescript camera bag if it’s ballistic nylon. The Jill-e Designs Lady in Red bag, 14-by-7-by-8 inches, $136 direct, looks great yet provides plenty of protection for photo gear. It comes in red, white, and (yes), black. Medium and large versions run $240 and $300, direct, in red or black.
Of all the bags I’ve carried in the past year, the ones I’ve gone back to most often to carry a camera, spare lens, and flash, are the Lowepro Outback 300 (see review) and Tamrac Aero Speed Pack 85 Dual Access Photo / Laptop backpack (see review). The Lowepro is a deep, square sided bag with two outrigger pouches that is perfect for carrying photo gear and a bit of personal stuff. The Tamrac is one of several medium-size photo laptop backpacks with a unique twist: Rip out the bottom camera dividers and the big middle divider and you’ve got a traditional backpack with a compartment for a laptop.
You can never be too rich, too thin, or have too many microfiber cloths. They’re great for cleaning camera lenses as well as sunglasses, laptop screens, and scanner glass. You don’t want to use your LCD-display-cleaning microfiber cloth as your lens-cleaning microfiber cloth because of all the dust it picked up, so have multiples on hand. Most cloths come with a quickly lost clear vinyl envelope. That won’t be the case if you get a Spudz microfiber cloth with an attached pouch, $5 to $10, depending on the size of the cloth.
I imagine that there are plenty of folks out there who would be psyched to receive some manner of cleaning tool for the holidays. I can’t say I’m a part of that group, but here’s a tip: if you do plan on buying me something to clean my apartment with, make sure it’s also a robot. Like iRobot’s Scooba 380, for example.
Good news, the little mopping robot has gotten a healthy little Cyber Monday discount. iRobot is offering $50 off the price of the floor washing robot–plus free shipping. For today only (until midnight eastern time), the Scooba 380 will run you $349.99, if you buy it directly from iRobot’s site.
The 380 can handle up to 850 square feet on a singe battery charge and comes with two virtual walls. It’s a friendly little way to say “I love you, now for god’s sake, please clean your floor.”
What did you do over the last fortnight? Stuff yourself with food? Buy some stuff at a mall? Panasonic’s tiny Mr. Evolta robot mascot walked 317 miles. Now I’m not saying that Mr. Evolta is better than you, but let’s face it, he probably is.
The little green and white ‘bot traveled from Tokyo to Kyoto along Japan’s ancient Tokaido high road, carrying 12 AA batteries in a wagon behind him. Some humanoid Panasonic employees followed along side him, offering up infrared signals to help him along his way.
Mr. Evolta peaked out at a top speed of 2-3 mph, but managed to finish the route ahead of schedule, rolling past crowds of enthusiastic onlookers along the way. Check out a (Japanese) video of the adorable little publicity stunt, after the jump.
Finally, a reason not to be cripplingly depressed on a Monday morning: deals! It’s Cyber Monday, the yet-to-be Hallmark-approved holiday where online retailers help kick off a season of sales. While most aren’t discounting products as low as they did on Black Friday, there are still plenty of savings to be had.
We’ve scoured the Cyber Monday listings from top retailers including Amazon, Apple, Best Buy, Staples, Target, Toys “R” Us, and Walmart to bring you a list of some of today’s best online electronics deals. Check out our picks, after the jump.
Staples joins in on the Cyber Monday fun with a slew of discounts on all manner of electronics products. The site is offering deals on laptops, GPS devices, monitors, software, accessories, and more.
Check out some of our favorite deals, after the jump.
Toys “R” Us understands the true spirit of the holiday (naturally, I’m speaking specifically about Cyber Monday–we can talk more about Christmas and Chanukah, et al. at a later date, if you’d like). The toy store is offering up all manner of deals on all manner of products.
Among the discounts are a few blanket deals–things like $10 off of all Kinect for Xbox 360 titles and 60 percent off of Zhu Zhu Pets. We’ve got a small sampling of some of the site’s best deals, after the jump.
Good old Target prides itself in its low prices, so why should Cyber Monday be any different? The company has embraced the relatively recent phenomenon by offering deals of a slew of different products, including plenty from the store’s electronics department. We’ve rounded up a few key deals, including some from brands like Kodak, HP, and Logitech.
Check out the deals, after the jump.
Keeping with the modern American capitalist tradition of upping the ante a little bit ever year, Walmart has turned “Cyber Monday” into “Cyber Week,” offering deals all week long, until the online stock on said products runs out–and judging from the mega-retailer’s site, the ploy is working. A number of products are already grayed out on Walmart.com.
Walmart’s offering a number of pretty good looking deals on brand names, including Apple, Microsoft, Nintendo, RCA, and more. Check out some of the choice deals, after the jump.
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