Products Archive |
A rare PSA (free COVID tests). Rare Jesse news: a public appearance. And 3 movies for those who skip Sunday sports, don’t rake leaves, or want news as fiction - Here are movies for those who don't watch Sunday sports, whose leaves are too rain-soaked to rake, and who prefer their news processed through fiction. All the King's Men This 1946 novel,
Aaron Swartz: An open letter to his prosecutor - I had a piece ready to publish about Highclere Castle, the English country house --- okay: castle --- featured in "Downton Abbey." This seemed more important. That is, "important" in
Allbirds: first, you walk. Then you live long and healthy. - Walking is almost the best possible thing you can do for your health. Back in the late 1940s and early 1950s, a British epidemiologist found that British bus conductors, who
Altec Lansing iM9 inMotion Portable Speaker System for iPods - Altec Lansing iM9 inMotion Portable Speaker
Altec Lansing Orbit Speaker - My wife’s iMac died a while back. We didn’t mourn --- that cream-and-steel desktop had a long and useful life, and its death was quick and painless --- but neither
Amazon’s Kindle Fire - I got a Kindle for Father’s Day. “From everything I’ve read, the Nook is a better e-reader,” I told my wife and daughter. “And from everything I’ve
Amazon’s Kindle Fire - I got a Kindle for Father’s Day. “From everything I’ve read, the Nook is a better e-reader,” I told my wife and daughter. “And from everything I’ve read, it’s probably best
Angry Birds - Apple has sold 15 million iPads. Its App Store has sold 12 million copies of a game called Angry Birds. Which means if you own an iPad and haven't downloaded --- for
Anthelios Sunscreen with Mexoryl - When our daughter was too young for school and we worked at home, travel meant Paris. These trips were free-form, but they all had the same ending --- we stocked
Apple iMac Desktop Computer - Here is how lame I am when it comes to technology: Anything beyond plug-and-play eludes me. Once, in an America Online training session, I was so
Athena Personal Safety Wearables - The male Achilles heel is located between his legs. Sadly, it just won’t stay there. It acts out. So there are Peeping Toms. Unwanted flirts. Smut talkers. Grabbers. And then
August, 2013: On the way out the door - I finished my book. I've said that so many times I lack credibility. But this time there is a cover and galleys and a publication date in early 2015. Fool
August, 2014: Until We Meet Again - We’re just back from a week on St. John. Islands in the off-season --- that’s us. The planes are cheap, they practically pay you to occupy houses that are unaffordable
Automatic Vacuum Sealing Machine (Cryovac) - When you live a chip shot from Costco, Costco becomes your supermarket. But it’s too super --- what do you do with 5 pounds of green beans? 10 pounds of
Bamboo Stacking Bowls - Because the readers of HeadButler.com are apparently considered to be an elite audience --- educated, successful, rich --- and because I apparently program this site for people who can read
Barry Nalebuff: A fateful encounter in Aspen, a missed opportunity (Honest Tea), a second chance (Real Made Overnight Oats). Try them? - He was a bartender, with bartender’s good looks and a cheerful bartender personality. He liked to party. I know this because when he was interviewing Colin Powell for Plum TV
Beats Over-the-Ear Headphones - On the streets of Manhattan, two products are ubiquitous: the iPhone and Beats headphones. Indeed, they generally go together: the iPhone pumping music through a brightly colored wire into the unmistakable
Bed Tents - The adult-in-training spent the last few years in her room. This is not news. The unseen teen is a staple in American homes. Our is an extreme case --- she
Bibliophilia: 100 literary postcards - SHOPPING ON AMAZON: The business model of this site is Amazon. You start here, buy something there, Butler gets a commission. And not just on the item reviewed. Anything you
Bliss Softening Socks - On the coldest night of the year, our friend Duane Hampton presented my wife and me with blue boxes. From a distance, my first thought was Tiffany. But the boxes
