A few months ago I wrote about Beckett Simonon’s upcoming “premium” line of dress shoes – a project they got off the ground with a successful Kickstarter campaign.
After a lot of waiting, I finally got my hands on a pair of the Beckett Simonon Premium Oxford Brogue dress shoes, and I’m excited to share the details with you.
EDIT: Now, take 20% off your order with our exclusive promo code PRAKTICALA20!
Continue reading Review: Beckett Simonon Premium Oxford Brogue Dress Shoes
I recently was able to try out the new Amerisleep Liberty mattress for the bed I built last year.
Yoselin from 6 Mono Media and I spent a few nights on the memory foam mattress. Keep reading to find out what we think – plus click here to see Amerisleep’s latest promotion!
EDIT: Updated with video review below!
Continue reading Amerisleep Liberty Mattress Review
Continue reading Review: Women’s Ankle Boots by Kurt Geiger
As I’ve stated many times here before, my favorite watch ever is a Seiko 5 Sports automatic. It looks cool, is extremely affordable, and has a beautiful automatic movement. For total value and bang for your buck, Seiko is always the first brand I recommend.
Seiko just came out with a cool new video, “Art of Time,” featuring a miniature Rube Goldberg machine made out of over 1,200 tiny individual watch parts.
Rube Goldberg is most well know for coming up with zany, endlessly complex machines that use a series of increasingly complicated chain reactions to accomplish relatively simple tasks. These days, Rub Goldberg machines are usually performed as large scale stunts, like in OK Go’s music video for “This Too Shall Pass.”
This time, Seiko has shrunk down the scale to be almost impossibly intricate and small, but no less impressive. If you are enjoy the art of watchmaking, you’ll be fascinated by Seiko’s production. Check it out!
I’ve been working on the relaunch of the official Terry Crews YouTube channel lately, and it’s finally here. Really proud of the work so far, and there will be a lot of exciting content to come – motivation, fitness, family, behind the scenes, and more!
In our first video, Terry talks about the paralyzing effects of discouragement and self-pity, and how to counter them with an attitude of gratefulness.
Terry Crews is known as a movie and television star, fitness guru, motivational speaker, outspoken family man… the list goes on.
Terry is awesome. You know you want more of this guy. Watch our first video embedded above, and check out the channel and subscribe at youtube.com/terrycrewsfans!
With the Academy Awards coming this Sunday, I thought it important to weigh in on why MAD MAX: FURY ROAD is the best picture of 2015.
Yes, it has wall-to-wall action and testosterone out the wazoo, but is that enough to make it the BEST film of the year? Does it justify its ranking above this year’s other heavyweight awards contenders like SPOTLIGHT, CAROL, BRIDGE OF SPIES, et al?
Continue reading Why MAD MAX: FURY ROAD is the Best Picture of 2015
If you live near a major city, you have likely seen Raymond Weil billboards advertising their luxury watches. It’s a highly respected brand, a few steps up from what most people would call “entry level” Swiss, while still qualifying as “affordable” – Raymond Weil has plenty of automatic watches you can find for under $500.
The Raymond Weil Maestro Swiss Automatic Watch showcases the brand’s timeless sense of style. It’s a good choice if you’re looking for a formal timepiece from a recognizable name – great for starting/joining conversations in meetings or mixers.
Continue reading Review: Raymond Weil Maestro Swiss Automatic Watch 2847-STC-30001
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
– Robert A. Heinlein
There is a fantastic podcast from Tim Ferriss detailing the virtues of being a jack-of-all-trades, or a “generalist.”
There was a time when jacks-of-all-trades were considered invaluable. They could just as easily chop firewood and pitch a tent as they could do their own taxes or write a letter to a senator. They made life richer and more rewarding, for both themselves and others.
Continue reading Specialization is for Insects – Why You Should Be a Jack-of-All-Trades
Maybe you’ve been turned off from Chipotle as a result of those bacterial scandals. Not me; Chipotle has never done me wrong and those burritos are just so damn good.
Chipotle closed all their restaurants temporarily today for a company-wide meeting. Wait, there’s good news though.
Today – as in RIGHT NOW – if you text the message “raincheck” to 888222 and fill out the simple form at the link they send back to you, Chipotle will send you a coupon for a free burrito.
The window to text them is open only today, February 8, until 6pm EST. You would be a fool to turn it down. Get going!
What are your Chipotle stories? Let us know in the comments!
Caltech’s Institute for Quantum Information and Matter has released a new YouTube video, Anyone Can Quantum, a humorous short film about Ant-Man, time travel an ageless Keanu… well, just watch it.
The film stars Keanu Reeves, Paul Rudd, and the great Stephen Hawking. It’s directed by Alex Winter, aka Bill S. Preston, Esq. from the BILL & TED films, who was recently seen in the cool real-time thriller GRAND PIANO.
Check out the video on YouTube. What do you think?
