shaneroberts
Shane Roberts
shaneroberts
Editor Emeritus, The Inventory

My velcro wraps are still sitting in the bottom of a drawer, untouched. I swear if I ever see you pushing those again, I’m going to buy another set. There, I’ve warned you!
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My velcro wraps are still sitting in the bottom of a drawer, untouched. I swear if I ever see you pushing those

Just a heads up, UltraFire Cree flashlight is not that bright, even for 3 dollars. Read more

Just a heads up, UltraFire Cree flashlight is not that bright, even for 3 dollars.

When I go to other people’s house now that have my old setup (a media center pc or Plex server or Amazon Fire stick, Roku, etc...) and doing things on it is a struggle I just roll my eyes. When I have a party at my house and anyone on my WiFi can just add things to the playlist or change the it to YouTube or whatever Read more

When I go to other people’s house now that have my old setup (a media center pc or Plex server or Amazon Fire stick,

I would so much prefer you guys make money off guiding us to really cool and useful tech than by posting those interstitial ads.
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I would so much prefer you guys make money off guiding us to really cool and useful tech than by posting those

Keep up the good work Commerce Team! Read more

Keep up the good work Commerce Team!

I want to say how much I appreciate this column. I have never regretted a purchase. I do have to stay away from it when funds are low though! Read more

I want to say how much I appreciate this column. I have never regretted a purchase. I do have to stay away from it

I feel like shopping through Kinja Deals posts is my small way of compensating for not whitelisting Gawker properties in my ad-blocker. Besides, they always seem to find deals I’d miss otherwise. And their Twitter feed has allowed me to get in on some great price mistakes! Just my perspective...
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I feel like shopping through Kinja Deals posts is my small way of compensating for not whitelisting Gawker

I have almost all of those. I don’t know whether to be proud or ashamed. Read more

I have almost all of those. I don’t know whether to be proud or ashamed.

I bought all these things, I'm going to need a job, Shane. Read more

I bought all these things, I'm going to need a job, Shane.

Yeah, no it wasn’t to complain that Gawker’s getting a cut. I’m just curious as to the structure of the business. Shane’s answer below, albeit understandably vague, was exactly what I was looking for. Read more

Yeah, no it wasn’t to complain that Gawker’s getting a cut. I’m just curious as to the structure of the business.

Not surprised at all by the Chromecast. Fantastic product.
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Not surprised at all by the Chromecast. Fantastic product.

Love this thing.

Love this thing.

No one owes you shit.

No one owes you shit.

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I don’t really care if they get their beaks wet by pointing out savings to me. Read more

I don’t really care if they get their beaks wet by pointing out savings to me.

Because the average reader doesn’t know about the Chinese wall between ad and editorial staff decisions. And will assume, wrongly, that Jezebel is being hypocritical by not running a pro-choice ad. And this will cause controversy that will (they hope) go viral and even spill over into the mainstream media, since the Read more

It looks like Amazon has now matched Best Buys. Read more

It looks like Amazon has now matched Best Buys.

Not at all. The whole point of a laptop is to be portable, so I wouldn’t want anything bigger than 13”. While I might go with a $700 Asus Zenbook as a better value in the ultraportable space, there’s no question that the MBP is a significantly more powerful and much better built, so that extra money might be well Read more

Not at all. The whole point of a laptop is to be portable, so I wouldn’t want anything bigger than 13”. While I