No, that’s not a misprint. I really did mean “mil“. I recently came across an online ad for duct tape that listed this information under “roll length”. 60 Yds.-180 Ft.-55 Meters Yes, a standard roll of duct tape or gaffers…
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We Never Saw This One Coming
Jeff
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For the last couple of weeks we’ve seen a huge spike in microphone stand sales at buymicstand.com and our ebay store “buy mic stand“. We had no idea why. I should have asked my kids! It seems the must-have item…
Is This The Future of Rechargeable Batteries?
When whoever invented the USB interface (Universal Serial Buss) they probably had no idea how universal this connection protocol could become. The USB connector is starting to show up on all sorts of devices to serve a function that is…
“It’s Alive….It’s Alive”
In the rush to jump on the high definition television bandwagon, Honeywell has introduced an HDMI cable that they claim is “self healing”. According to Engadget, Honeywell’s CurexE cable has some sort of error coding built into it that uses…
Duracell Continues Move Towards A Sale
Proctor and Gamble has made a major move towards confirming rumors about the sale of its Duracell division with the announcement that The Blackstone Group has been retained to advise it on finding a buyer. The Duracell brand generates over…
I Can’t Believe There Isn’t A Better Way
One of my favorite household products is WD-40. I probably use it everyday and you might find a dozen or more cans around my house and shop at any given time. There’s not much it won’t do. It’s sort of…
A New Way For The Internet To Make You Bigger Then Make You Smaller
Occasionally, I get a call (a complaint, really) from a customer who is unhappy because a tape product they ordered was described as being two inches wide, but turned out to really be only about 1 7/8″ in width. They’re…
I’m Not An Ebay Fan
We’ve been trying, with some success, to establish an Ebay presence for some time. Our Ebay store, BuyMicStand, has had some limited sales success and I guess we will stick with it for awhile longer. The difficulty of posting. selling,…
Shurtape 665
We continue to suffer fallout from the retiring of Permacel as the brand name for 665 gaffers tape. While customers who have agreed to be shipped the Shurtape version of this product seem satisfied, the long range prospects for this…
Duct Tape Revisits the War of the Roses
It seems that Portland Oregon, the home of the Rose Festival Parade is ready to go to war over duct tape. For years local tradition has allowed parade attendees to mark out and reserve prime parade viewing locations with duct…
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