Outdoor Voices Rec Shorts I was a late bloomer for Outdoor Voices. While countless women were singing the praises of the company’s famous leggings, I was certain that within the casual shorts genre, nothing could surpass my love for classic Patagonia Baggies shorts. But Outdoor Voices Rec shorts, so comfy and perfect for slipping on in the hot summer when decency laws require you to wear something to leave the house, come really close.
Lucien Albrecht Cremont Rosé All rosé is not created equal. Thanks to my wife, who suggested we serve this delicious sparkling beverage to our wedding guests in 2018, I know that now. My wine education has only just begun and while I still struggle to tell a chardonnay from a Riesling, I’ll be coming back to this Lucien Albrecht sparkling rosé for years (and anniversaries) to come. Cheers!
No.6 Pull-On Shearling Clog Boots Weird things happen in New York City. The neighbor you’ve lived next to for a decade turns out to be a hoarder; the dry cleaner closes without warning and holds your sweaters hostage. But the weird things can be good things, too. I noticed my first pair of No. 6 Pull-On Shearling Clog Boots walking up Madison Avenue on an early Fall day. Oh, those are cute, I remember thinking while turning to get another look. From there, the flood gates opened and it was impossible to venture anywhere in the city without seeing No. 6 clogs in every neighborhood, on the subway, at work, and of course, on those very clever Instagram ads. All of a sudden, they were everywhere. It was as if the universe, and New York City, was trying to tell me something: buy the clogs. Weird. But also wonderful, as they are the most comfortable pair of boots I own. And where nature failed to give me an extra inch of height, No. 6 clogs make up for the shortcomings of my DNA.
Sphen and Magic This list wouldn’t be complete without a touch of gay fairy dust, and in 2018 there was a lot of gay fairy dust to go around. In India, same-sex couples were granted the right to marry and in Colorado, Jared Polis was the first gay man elected governor in the history of the United States. The fairy dust also spread to Sea Life Sydney Aquarium in Australia where Sphen and Magic, two male gentoo penguins, took part in the ritual of building a nest made of pebbles for each other. When their caretakers noticed Sphen and Magic’s budding romance and how bonded the two birds had become, they gave them an egg to incubate together, spreading the gay fairy dust even further and making “Sphengic” the first known same-sex penguin couple.
J.Crew Cashmere Boyfriend Sweater Finally, J.Crew made an affordable cashmere sweater that doesn’t pill, shred, molt or otherwise fall to pieces after wearing it twice. I never thought they’d get it right, but they did and I’ll be wearing this sweater in multiple colors (and with a monogram, fyi) all winter long.
Green Smoothie This was the year I finally started to juice things and make drinks that look gross, but taste amazing. My favorite recipe calls for kale, cucumber, apples, ginger, and celery blended together with water and then passed through a strainer. Delicious!
Accidentally Wes Anderson For anyone who needs to be transported to a peculiar world of symmetrical buildings, colorful interiors, and architecture that delights in the faded grandeur of real-world places, the Instagram account known as @accidentallywesanderson is a must follow. What started as a subreddit by Wally Koval is now its own Instagram handle with over 570,000 followers and daily posts that cover the globe, showing all things twee, precious, and carefully curated in that signature Wes Anderson style.
Apple AirPods My sincerest apologies to anyone I may have mislabeled as a robot for sporting AirPods. I maintain that they make us look more like droids and less like, well, humans, but they’ve also completely amped up my workouts, changed my commute, and made it possible to tolerate the noise of everyday life by blocking it out.
This is Life With Lisa Ling Longform journalism is hard to pull off. Budgets are short and attention spans are even shorter. But as someone who first discovered a love of storytelling through news magazine shows, the format of researching a story, embedding, and getting to the truth of an experience or an issue, there’s nothing more compelling than watching a story take shape for an hour. Lisa Ling’s CNN show “This is Life” took me there this year, into the heart of the heroin epidemic, through the deep south, and to Asia for the world’s most celebrated transgender beauty pageant, just to name a few topics she covered. Ling’s show has renewed my love for longform journalism and discovering more about everything I don’t know yet.
Fort Tryon Park When I told people that my wife and I were moving to Inwood, most responded by referencing the fabulous dog park there. They were right. The Sir William dog run in Fort Tryon Park is amazing and has done wonders for our small pup. In the spring and summer months, when the sun doesn’t go down until 8pm, it’s easy to spend 90 minutes watching him fetch sticks, kick dirt, and make fellow dog friends in the park’s huge expanse. For some, it’s just a park, but for dog owners, it’s a community.
A Little Life I was warned about this book. “You’re really doing it,” asked the person who sold it to me. And “oooh, that’s a tough one,” said many others who spotted my paperback and were compelled to talk to me about their experience with Hanya Yanagihara’s novel. 700 pages later, I get it: the concern, the warning, confiding in a stranger about the deep wound that this book leaves its readers. The story is heavy and heartbreaking. And it’s also one of the most the most incredible books I’ve ever read. I don’t regret reading “A Little Life” like some warned me I would. I only regret that I can’t read it for the first time again.
✨Out of Studio✨ Along with lots and lots of client work I am challenging myself to make and post one illustration a week. So this is a study I did when I was working out of the studio Monday at a coffeeshop. ✨
a cold morning in baltimore :) went and grabbed a delicious frozen latte from my favorite local coffee shop, baltimore coffee & tea! todays coffee is the starry night latte, which has chocolate, toffee, and hazelnut syrup. happy studying!
Sold for forty euros on Amazon, the i12 TWS are clones extremely close to Apple’s AirPods. Offered five times cheaper than Apple’s headphones, can they really be a viable alternative?
The AirPods are without a doubt one of Apple’s biggest successes in recent years. White wireless headphones quickly became essential, as were the white iPod headphones in their time, so it becomes rare not to meet someone wearing these small white rods on the street or in public transport. common. Success requires copies of Apple’s wireless headphones that have proliferated rapidly. But these clones were quickly identifiable since they were much larger than the originals.
But little by little, these copies started to improve, their size gradually decreased, the sound quality became more refined, and even the charging case began to approach that of Apple, until come out with these i12 TWS, almost perfect copies of the AirPods, for five times cheaper.
Design
In terms of handling (or rather in ears), the i12 TWS are very close to Apple’s AirPods. In truth, nothing seems to distinguish the copy from the originals, except the absence of the mention “designed by Apple in California”. Otherwise, we end up with an identical design - including the size, whether it is headphones or the case - and excellent quality of manufacture, even if slightly below AirPods.
The famous noise emitted when the charging box is closed is almost identical to that emitted by that of Apple, and even the Lightning plug is present. So we are in front of a, particularly convincing clone.
As for the headphones themselves, their dimensions are almost identical to those of AirPods. They hold just as well in the ears, and if your ears accept AirPods, they will accept i12 TWS. Note that they are also much lighter than AirPods, with only 31 grams on the scale, against 47 grams for those of Apple. Each earpiece weighs 3 grams, compared to 4 grams by AirPods. The i12 TWS even boast water resistance (IPX6 rating), which Apple’s AirPods do not offer.
Sound Quality and Connectivity
If the design manages to create an illusion, once in the ears, there is no longer any doubt. These are not AirPods, but the
is not bad either. The sound is sorely lacking in bass, even more than their crunchy counterparts of an apple, but after all, we are in front of headphones and we should not expect perfect sound quality either. Even more so than the model copied, the Apple AirPods does not really excel in this area. In current use, the rendering is still very correct, even if it will be necessary to boost the bass and / or reduce the treble on the equalizer of the connected device to enjoy a satisfactory experience.
The second point where the i12 TWS differs from AirPods: connectivity. Apple had a good idea to equip its AirPods with a dedicated chip - W1 on the first generation, H1 on the second - allowing easy pairing with iOS devices, with the little animation that is going well. On the i12 TWS, we don’t have the same level of refinement. These are simple Bluetooth headphones that connect via Bluetooth settings. It sounds obvious, you will tell me, but it is true that the ease of pairing AirPods is really pleasant on a daily basis. The question to ask yourself is if you are sensitive to this type of refinement, and especially if it is worth spending (much) more money to benefit from it. Besides, on Android, that doesn’t change anything, since Apple’s AirPods become simple Bluetooth headphones on Google’s OS.
Autonomy
With a design identical to that of the AirPods and sound quality more than correct, one wonders if there is an eel under a rock, and one might think that autonomy would not follow. Well no, on the contrary. You can easily reach between three and four hours of listening time thanks to the small 55mAh battery contained in each earphone. In addition, the case is capable of recharging the headphones up to five times, offering something to get away from a weekend without having to recharge them once. The manufacturers have even pushed the vice to adopt a lightning plug for recharging. You will be able to use the cable from an iPhone, or the one offered in the box.
Where to buy them?
We find these headphones everywhere on the canvas, but watch out for imitations of imitations! Those tested from JDGOSHOP these i12 TWS headphones at only 19.99 with the code i12tws!
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