Tag: buying advice
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How to Talk to a Sommelier
If you’ve never been out to a fancy dinner, one with wine service or table service and the whole white glove treatment, you’re not really missing much aside from the food and wine that’s usually served. I know it’s an ironic statement – “you’re not missing anything…aside from the food,” but it’s true. A lot […]
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5 iPad Cases that don’t Scream ‘I’m an iPad!’
Let’s face it, if you have an iPad, the last thing you want is for everyone to eye is suspiciously if you bring it with you to a meeting, or to have everyone leering over your shoulder while you’re using it at the coffee shop, dying to ask you “Is that an iPad?” If you […]
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Class Up Your Apartment with The Uncommon Green
Every now and again I stumble on some gear that I really really like: usually because it has personality and interest, but also because it doesn’t betray my geeky sensibilities in the process. After all, it’s that lovely combination that draws me to a lot of the wares at the quintessential geeky general store, ThinkGeek, […]
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The Geek’s Guide to Picking the Right Shoes
You’ve asked for it, so now let’s do it: a geek’s guide to picking the right dress shoes! The weather is getting warmer, and you may find yourself needing to put on a suit, or at the very least a shirt and tie (that hopefully we’ve helped pick out) and a pair of slacks, and […]
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The Classy Geek Guest Posts at Lifehacker!
Last week I had the opportunity to do one of those things that’s a landmark as a writer, and really affirms your belief that deep down in there somewhere you actually know what you’re talking about: I had the opportunity to guest post at Lifehacker, one of the Web’s most popular blogs that’s chock full […]
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Classy Gear – Gear We Like :: January 2011
If you didn’t get what you wanted for the holidays and you’re still sitting on a pile of gift cards that people gave you – mostly because they couldn’t tell what you really wanted either – I’m here to help. This month’s Classy Gear column is dedicated to those folks who may not have a […]
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Stalking the Wild Bean: Zeke’s Sumatra Gayoland
If there’s anything that I love when I pick up a bag of fresh roasted coffee beans, it’s the ability to tell right from the bag how fresh the beans are. The best roasters put their beans into a bag and stamp it with the date the beans were roasted. This way anyone can pick […]
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Top 10 Gift Wines for the Holidays
If you haven’t finished all of your holiday shopping just yet or you know you’ll find yourself at holiday parties very soon and want to impress your host or hostess when you get there, there’s always one thing you can buy — assuming your gift recipient doesn’t have something specifically against it — that’s perfect […]
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Happy 1st Birthday to The Classy Geek!
This week last year, I decided to try a bold new blogging project that was one part GQ, one part Eqsuire, one part Lifehacker, and several parts class. The Classy Geek is designed maglie calcio to give you a source that’s chock full of solid, long-form information that can help you get your act together […]
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Good Tech is Better than More Tech – Part 3: Smart Upgrades
The temptation is strong to just buy anything and everything shiny that you may find and like the moment it comes out. Trust me, I understand this temptation. But resist, my friends! Resist! We’ve left the Good Tech is Better than More Tech series by the wayside for a couple of months, and in that […]