What do fathers want? Electronics, electronics, and more electronics. I'm hanging on by a thread trying to figure this stuff out. Jump in anytime and give advice!
iPhone Car Adapter
You heard of this? It's a doohickey that lets you play your phone music (and I presume your subscribed broadcasts) through your car sound system. It also lets you answer/make phone calls through the car sound system (better than talking with than a blue tooth I guess). Husband is interested. I am contemplating. Here is an
What do you think? How long before it becomes obsolete??
Smart Power Strip
These have been around a couple years, and there's even a couple forum threads discussing pros and cons here on SA. I decided to take the plunge and get one. One reason: we are using solar power at home and conserve every watt. My husband has taken to turning off the TV/Wii center lately to save energy to that end.
Funny these are not in hardware or electronics stores much, I had to get this one on Amazon.
Portable Hard Drive
Anyone else have one? *sigh* why do we have to keep adding memory, beefing up our computer resources ad nauseum. This time I am told a portable hard drive is recommended to back up your home computer. Nevermind that I barely got used to flash drives; they are not big enough anymore? My hubby is a community college prof and his lectures are pretty valuable. So he wants to back them up and take the drive to a secure (outside the home) location. I am researching and awaiting a good Staples/Office Depot/Office Max coupon.
In the meantime I plug (or more exactly 'unplug') along making neat things from materials already at hand. For example, I had leftover wool from a kit for making a felted purse. (Felting is when you shrink wool with hot water). I did not want to discard the wool so here's what I made (I have enough wool to make at least 6 pairs):
Felt and Crystal Ball earrings
Pastel felt balls sparkle with a little crystal in these unusual and interesting earrings.
Ask me for more detail!
Fortunately I have a few low tech things up my sleeve for Father's Day. Husband intentionally drops hints about less expensive things that the kids can give him for Father's Day and I listen up secretly!
shoe horn
yes, an old fashioned simple metal one. Any leads where to get one for a few dollars? Have not visited the shoe repair shop yet....
Apron
He is a messy cook, and I am on him to wipe up when he's in the kitchen. Alot! He said he could use an apron and I think a masculine one would be fine. Must be under $20. Send links!
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This is the one I just got for my car. It might not be as nice and do what you want, but I giggled at the "How long to obsolete?" comment. My dh is using a tape cassette adapter I have had for about TWENTY years. (Bought originally for a portable CD player - then for MP3 players - now for smart phone). Since my car does not have a cassette player, I upgraded to a FM radio adapter. It has worked much better than we expected. It's great!! I loved the price, too. We JUST bought it for my MP3 player, but has been great with our new phones. {We do tend to keep cars to 15th-20th year. New cars would be a different story!}.
Someone gave us a bluetooth speaker, to keep in the car, and I think dh bought one too, but we have abandoned them. Plugging into the car stereo is MUCH preferred.
Good Luck!!