Gadgets & Gear

I’ve never listened to music on a Bose speaker, but have watched hundreds of commercials on TV for their small speaker that supposedly fills the room with rich sound that is as good as a full surround sound system (or close to it).  Maybe someday I’ll experience it firsthand but for now I’ll just go with what their press releases and commercials say.

They have a new speaker called the Bose Solo TV Sound System designed specifically for flat-screen TVs.  As televisions get slimmer and lighter, I’ve noticed their sound systems get worse and that’s where the new Bose speaker for TVs comes in and it makes perfect sense.

Ever since I was a child, I’ve been interested in knives and anything even vaguely hunting or military related.

I don’t know why exactly; I’ve never needed to hunt for my food (I have a supermarket for that), and outside of computer games, I’ve never had to defend myself using a knife. So why bother owning a survival knife? Well, if nothing else, I think there’s something manly and primal about owning a blade; especially one called The Ultimate Knife. If we face an apocalypse, at least I can take comfort in owning a knife that not only has a sharp edge, but also an obnoxiously loud whistle to annoy my attackers into submission.

The Ultimate Knife, made as a collaborative piece between Gerber and Bear Grylls, is a no frills survival knife that sports a sharp high carbon stainless steel blade, Ferrocerium rod fire starter, and (as previously mentioned) an obnoxiously loud “emergency whistle”, which I’ve personally tested out during a game of beer pong to great effect.