I comfortably stopped body shaving, thanks to hair oil.
by By Jeffrey the Barak. Last week I jumped into bed and put bloodstains on the clean white sheets. I had just shaved my chest and …
Category: Objects
From audio equipment to purses to wrist watches.
Different ways to clean Jalousie (louvered) windows.
By Jeffrey the Barak. Louvered windows, or jalousies as they are called in Hawaii, are great for allowing the trade winds to blow through the …
Switching from mechanical analog, to quartz digital watches
By Jeffrey the Barak. I have been a quite an avid watch collector and flipper for some time, buying and selling my way through dozens …
2017 Honda CR-V, one year impressions
By Jeffrey the Barak. Usually when you read a car review it talks about specifications, quality, practicality and reliability. It helps you decide whether you …
Stop Damping Your Drums
By Jeffrey the Barak. Damping, otherwise known as muting or muffling. When finally realizing that each part of the drum kit is a musical instrument, …
Ojo Commuter Scooter Review
By Jeffrey the Barak. If Dr. Seuss were to illustrate a motor scooter, it might get skinnier and taller, and the wheels might get smaller, …
Falling out of love with electronic drums
By Jeffrey the Barak. They were so good for while. What could be better? You make a tiny little sound in your apartment, and your …
Mad about M.A.D.
By Jeffrey the Barak. M.A.D. mandible advancement device. I have to admit that I was, and possibly still am, a bit of a snorer. …
The Bialetti Moka Pot and Cafe Bustelo
By Jeffrey the Barak. The Bialetti Moka Pot and Cafe Bustelo, an Italian and Cuban-American collaboration resulting in beautiful coffee. There are many ways to buy …
Roland Octapad SPD-30 as a mini-kit. A real drummer’s review
By Jeffrey the Barak. Wait a minute, it’s 2016. Why would someone write a review of an SPD-30 now, when it came out in 2010? …
NAMM 2016 – A quest for a compact multipad drum kit
By Jeffrey the Barak. Having the opportunity this year to attend NAMM, that is the National Association of Music Merchants Incorporated, show, in Anaheim, California, …
Sweetened Condensed Milk, Goodbye Old Friend
By Jeffrey the Barak. For the last thirty years or so, I have been slightly unwell. A constant pressure, bloating, inflammation. The ever present acid …
The Four Acceptable Man Bags
By Jeffrey the Barak. In today’s world, men carry as much stuff around as women. This is primarily due to electronics that did not previously …
Why does my Cappuccino keep changing?
By Jeffrey the Barak. The Cappuccino, the favorite morning pick me up for Italians that evolved into any any time of day drink for the …
The Hardwood Flooring Fake Warranty
By Jeffrey the Barak. When you buy a hardwood flooring, or engineered hardwood flooring system for your home, the flooring retailer will tell you with …
Sebago and Sperry, Breaking-In, Boating and Loafing
By Jeffrey the Barak. An American classic, the boat shoe is a fashion staple around the world. It is a shoe that a man or …
My Afternoon with Andy
By Sigmund Shonholtz. Andy Warhol once suggested that we all get 15 minutes of fame. What happens if you have your 15 minutes with Andy …
Man Bags
By Jeffrey the Barak. Most men need a man bag despite some negative reactions from others. Until recently, it was difficult for men to be able …
Yes, cats do smell terrible.
By Jeffrey the Barak. Despite what you think, your cat stinks and so does your home. Any cat owner reading this will immediately dive into …
Are we building the wrong way?
By Jeffrey the Barak. Most Westerners live in one of two types of house. Either it is masonry, solid, strong, but not much good in …
Washing the insides of leather shoes
By Sunny Trailbringer. Men and women with a foot odor problem may find that one day their leather shoes have become smelly. Well shoes themselves …
Don’t buy jeans online, try on many pairs instead
By Jeffrey the Barak. Online shopping is amazing. It is so convenient and usually a great bargain too as sellers don’t have the enormous cost …
KickPed and Know-Ped Family Reunion
By Jeffrey the Barak. A search for the word scooter on the-vu.com will reveal my passion and obsession for this type of vehicle. I much …
One-Piece Electronic Drums
By Jeffrey the Barak. March 2012. I have been a drummer since the mid 1960s, and now it is 2012. So not quite half a …
KickPed versus Xootr, a scooter review
By Jeffrey the Barak. The KickPed is a custom Know-Ped, manufactured in the same factory in California, Patmont Motor Werks, but made to a lean …
Wash, dont wipe, your butt.
By Sparklee A Hole. If you can read this, you are a human, and you poop. A subject that may delight a few, and disgust …
The Saddleback Briefcase Odyssey
By Jeffrey the Barak. I am a man-bag flipper. I like my personal luggage, be it a briefcase, messenger, pouch or satchel. I was never …
A 70’s dinosaur falls into eDrums.
By Jeffrey the Barak. Before I ever had electronic drums, I spent a couple of decades carrying around large, heavy drum sets and cymbals, which …
Watching Time
By Andrew Lim. Like most people I’ve gone through a number of hobbies, photography now being the greatest one. However the fascination with watches is …
Becoming Un-Gorilla – Finding the best razor for body shaving
A hairy man’s transformation into a smooth modern man. By Jeffrey the Barak I was born in 1957, which means I was in my teens …
Shaving – The Old Fashioned Way
By Jeffrey the Barak New things are better than old things and new gadgets are better than old gadgets, right? Wrong! Sometimes the impetus for …
Collecting Portable Time
By Sigmund Shonholtz The History of Collecting Collecting antiques is not a new idea. Historical records indicate that 3,000 years ago, there were collectors and …
Hair-B-Gone!
By Margarita Dominguez, In Los Angeles They don’t teach you about hair removal in school. What works best in each area of the human body? …