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I mentioned that once we made it to 100 Med Heds I'd start giving away some great stuff. We'll we've reached that milestone and so I'm starting out by giving away a Belkin Skype phone.

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Everyone knows that one of the best things about Firefox is the huge number of add-ons there are to, well, add on.

Unfortunately, there are thousands of them; many of which are either useless or imitations of add-ons that are a million times better. So I thought I'd share some of the add-ons, or more specifically extensions, which I find really useful.

Continue reading "Lesley: My Firefox Faves!" »

"The days of the digital watch are numbered."

-Tom Stoppard

Continue reading "Fossil Abacus Caller ID Watch" »

Hed writer Lesley goes old school with a look at the kikki.K organizer...

Continue reading "Not everyone needs the new iPhone" »



What can I say...it’s water...it’s minty. It’s minty water...

Continue reading "Metromint...how I love thee!" »

Farewell

And so it goes and so it goes

And so it goes and so it goes

But where it's goin' no one knows

-Nick Lowe

In case you didn't see it, I have a giveaway going for Med Heds to win an invitation to Joost. I have two to give away. I'm picking them tonight, so here's your last chance.

“The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp”

-Terry Pratchett

Continue reading "Pen Perfection: Pilot's G-TEC-C4" »

I would like to introduce one of our new contributing writers...

Continue reading "New Hed Writer: Welcome Lesley from Australia!" »

Lot's of people think their model of dog is best, but I'm here to state for a fact that the Jameson v1.0 is the best model available.

Here's why....

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Each month I'm going to dig into my library and post 9 albums/artists you should own.

Continue reading "April Music Discovery" »

Can you have a crush on an album?

Continue reading "The Perfect Album for Spring: Pauline Croze" »

Along with the morel, another sign that spring is upon us is that the fiddlehead fern starts to show up in the specialty food markets.

Continue reading "Fiddlehead Ferns" »

"Only when I am asked out to tea I am never offered any."

-The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde

Continue reading "Adagio Blooming Tea" »

I have two Joost invitations to give to Med Heds.

Click through to find out how to snag one.

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Dear Heds,

While the Supreme Hed has a great track record for good design and value in our daily lives (ahem), the Hed has to admit that what he really needs right now is a good great toaster.

The current toaster and I have been together for the past two years, and in the last six months, he has had the audacity to start toasting the bread as he sees fit. No longer do I have any say as to the consistency of my bread.

So, I'm having a bit of a contest...

Continue reading "Calling All Heds: Recommend a toaster, win a prize!" »

"My new radio is the culmination of more than 40 years of bringing music into people's homes via products they tend to keep and enjoy."

-Henry Kloss

Continue reading "Tivoli Model One Radio by Henry Kloss" »

Image from Range, San Francisco

I once calculated that if you went to a new restaurant twice a day in San Francisco, it would take you 5 years to visit them all...and by that time you'd find yourself impossibly behind the new slew of up and comings.

It is, essentially, an impossible task to attempt...but it hasn't stopped me from trying.

If you come to my fair city, be prepared to open up the belt as well as the wallet, because you are ready for a gastronomical tour of some of the best food and wine in the world.

I have many favorites that I'll share over time, but here's the first roundup of some of my favorite places to dine in SF.

It is nearly impossible to give you a real accurate idea of what you might spend at any of these places, since it really depends on what you drink as well as what you eat. But I'm sure you can get away with these amounts. While I'm a bit of a food snob, I do have a list of my favorite dives as well...but we'll save that for another post.

Continue reading "Lose your heart (but not any weight) in San Francisco" »

As humans, we have a tendency to imbue objects with our own emotions and feel strongly about "things." Heck, when I was a child, I use to feel guilty if I didn't finish all the food on my plate. I use to apologize to my veggies as they went down the disposal. In fact, one time (around second grade) I felt so bad about not eating the steak my mother left me for dinner, that I "set it free" in the back yard. While I no longer apologize to my groceries, I do feel a slight tinge of emotion when I think of the computers that have passed in and out of my life.

I'd be willing to venture a guess that you, like me, have a pretty good history with computers. I'm sure you've owned a few machines in your time, but have probably had access to, or used many machines in your life. Each machine seems to impart a bit of history to us, and while many may become forgotten memories, I'm sure we all have a bunch of machines that changed our lives.

I've had a lot of computers. From growing up in a household with a stepfather who was an engineer, to my college days (both of them), to my 15+ year career in tech...I've seen a lot of machines come and go.

When reading this, think about your own experiences and what computers you've had that have had the most influence on who you are today. I'd love for you to share your stories in the comments section. My favorite will get a Med Hed T-shirt.

Continue reading "These are the computers of our lives..." »

The name means "people's car" in German, in which it is pronounced [ˈfɔlksˌvaːgən]. Its German tagline is "Aus Liebe zum Automobil", which is translated as "For the love of the car" - or, "For Love of the People's Cars", as translated by VW in other languages, though in direct translation it reads "Out of love for the car."

-Wikipedia

Continue reading "VDub in the Haus" »

"No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat dog, and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch."

-Leo Dworken

Continue reading "Innovation Splitback Sofa Convertable" »

"Wow, a 30GB Hard Drive...I'll never fill that."

-Supreme Med Hed circa 2001, in reference to my new Powerbook

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

Continue reading "Hard Drives for Storage Junkies" »

While not everything from this month, here's a recap of just some of my favorite things (scroll down for more):

Global Knives
A review of my favorite kitchen knives

Bodum Glassware
The best glassware for hot and cold beverages

Herman Miller's Mirra
An outstanding chair for your office

Mrs. Meyers
Fantastic cleaning supplies

iRobot Scooba
Why mop your own floors?

“Because of Acid, I now know that butter is way better than margarine.”

-Mitch Hedberg

Continue reading "Butter! Yeah...you heard me!" »

The Supreme Hed is going to start giving some stuff away once we hit 100 Med Heds. The sooner you sign up, the faster we'll get there.

Signing up is free and only takes a minute. And here's what you get if you become a Hed:

1. You'll get some exclusive content not published here (secret site - shhhh).
2. You'll get a chance to win free stuff.
3. You WON'T get hammered every single day with emails like many sites do.
4. You get my personal email address and IM so you can ask me questions about what you see here.
5. Did I mention the free stuff you might win???
6. And more stuff as I think of it.

Remember...Med Hed is a good stuff blog. There is nothing here that we don't love...and everything here has not only been tested, but it is sticky (after 3 months we still use it)! We don't just review something for a week and send it back. If we own it and love it...chances are you will too!

Anyone can write a good review...the question is...will you keep using it? That's the true test of value.

Click through to sign up!

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"We accept that ours is not a mass market. For example, we have to say goodbye to those who prefer to see their technology 'on display'. To those who are willing to manipulate five or six buttons to get music, when one is enough. To those who are happy with anonymous stereotypes. But then our goal has never been to please everyone"

-Bang & Olufsen, 1981

Continue reading "Bang & Olufsen A8 Headphones" »

"Nature alone is antique and the oldest art a mushroom."

-Thomas Carlyle

Continue reading "Morchella is not an alternative music festival" »

“My husband and I have figured out a really good system about the housework: neither one of us does it”

-Dottie Archibald

“Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.”

-Erma Bombeck

Continue reading "Who needs therapy? I have Scooba!" »

About six years ago I was living in the middle-of-nowhere in Virginia, and I found it increasingly difficult to get the herbs and spices that I enjoyed for cooking. I didn't have a large yard, but did have a large patio. As an experiment I tried growing a small amount of herbs in planters. It was such a great success, the next year I tried growing even more varieties and even some vegetables. Even that was successful. By the time I moved to San Francisco I thought I'd continue the tradition and also continue to explore different types of plants and planting techniques.

I've learned that just because you live in a city, or have limited space, doesn't mean you can't also grow your own food and herbs.

Continue reading "Grow Your Own Herbs & Veggies" »

"...after raising nine children I know a little something about cleaning."


-Mrs. Thelma A. Meyer

Continue reading "Too bad Mrs. Meyers is already married...cause I love her." »