Products & Reviews

Best Pull-Up Bar for Wide Doorways

During the pandemic, I’ve been spending a lot of time at home. Many gyms have temporarily closed, and the gym I visited for years in downtown Chicago disappeared without a trace. There’s been a rush to construct at-home gyms of

We’re entering year two of the pandemic and I’m in the best shape of my life. As soon as I realized that this thing was for real, I started budgeting and building my home gym. The results have been great,

Hands on with the RAKwireless Helium Developer Kit

I recently acquired a new product from RAKwireless: the Helium Developer Kit. While RAK is perhaps best known for being the first manufacturing partner of Helium hotspots, the company has been a pioneer in the IoT space, creating the popular

How to Remove Small Hairs After a Haircut

The haircut has always been a slightly awkward, stressful ritual that has rarely resulted in a satisfactory result. In early 2020, I received a hilariously bad $59 haircut from a salon in my neighborhood. From that point forward, I decided

Rewardful Provides the Perfect Stripe Affiliate Integration

Over the years, I’ve been involved with a few SaaS products and other businesses that use Stripe for billing. These were never wildly successful enterprises, but that’s the truth for most of us trying to hustle online. We’re happy with

Introduction Back in the summer of 2018, I had quit my job and was waiting out an employer-mandated non-compete period. I did a lot of fun stuff, from picking up new hobbies to spending time with old friends to traveling

My 3 Most Worthwhile Purchases of 2020

I recently saw a blog post from my buddy Rhett Reisman which struck me as a great idea. Rhett wrote about his favorite purchases of 2020. I’ve spent a lot of money while online shopping, especially during the pandemic. Though

I Wore Nothing Other Than Birddogs for 6 Months

Editing note: It’s now been over a year with wearing the shorts every day. Except, not always for the full day. Through the winter, I did put on pants a few times, I skied almost 20 days, and I’ve started

Adidas Ultraboost 19 shoes are overrated

Edit: A lot of time has passed since I first wrote this review. Adidas dramatically improved the shoe in future iterations (see Ultraboost 21), fixing the majority of my specific complaints. While it still isn’t a perfect running shoe, it’s

18 months later: I never expected we’d get to a point where the exercise bike has become one of the most valuable possessions one can have. Prices have skyrocketed, even for refurbished bikes. Personally, I rented an M3 for a few