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Your Monday#52: Better Slower Cheapskate

December 28, 2015
Dick Sandhaus

I'm delighted to use the year's final Monday to pass on a great idea from a BCS subscriber, the self-described Better Slower Cheapskate. That person who came up with what might be the Better Cheaper Way for you to keep a New Year's resolution in 2016.

Slower Sunday: The Year’s Slowest

December 27, 2015
Dick Sandhaus

Slower. Sometimes you just get it. Sometimes you have to learn it. Either Way, it's Better.

Slower Sunday: All down here now

December 20, 2015
Dick Sandhaus

All of them. Nothing up there. At all. Doesn't matter that the weather's crazy warm for this time of year. Press Play. I think you'll get a kick out of this.

Slower Sunday: For You

December 13, 2015
Dick Sandhaus

Take a minute to take a break from ... you. It's refreshing. Relaxing. Rejuvenating. Really. Just a minute. Just Press Play.

The Gift of the Future

December 10, 2015
Dick Sandhaus

Totally free, totally clean, totally cool energy. The Little LED Lantern That Could. And the D.Light: a tiny, bright emergency backup system that charges your phone. Both spend the day sunbathing, converting and storing sunlight.

Resources: Thought For Food

December 8, 2015
Dick Sandhaus

Eating's better than reading about eating. But you'll always eat good stuff - and never eat bad stuff - if you read and think about what these folks have been writing. My holiday guide to Michael Pollan, M.F.K. Fisher and Wendell Berry.

Slower Sunday: Got a light?

December 6, 2015
Dick Sandhaus

If you don't already do this, give it a try. Or borrow mine. Anytime. Yeah, just Press Play. Don't need a match that way.

Things You Don’t Know … You Need The Gift of: Phew – Glad I Got That!

December 4, 2015
Dick Sandhaus

The Gift of: Phew - Sure Glad I Got That! Great gifts for the people who think they have everything. Low-cost, high-value, amazingly handy things. Everyone you know could use these. Including you.

Better Cheaper Warmer Gifts

December 2, 2015
Dick Sandhaus

Here's a little yarn about a real breakthrough in ... yarn. Merino wool garments that are just Better than the stuff I've always been happy to wear in cold weather. Cheaper, too. Thin, fine, stretchy and light. Unusually smooth and supple. Really comfy. Amazingly warm.

Sounds Good To Me: The Gifts The Best Wireless Audio Products

December 1, 2015
Dick Sandhaus

Sometimes I want my music and I want it wireless. I want it to be easy wherever I am. Especially when I'm on my treadmill. Here are this year's big but tiny winners: earbuds, headphones, speakers. Better Cheaper breakthroughs in quality and value.