I make no apologies for loving this expensive air fryer because LOOK at it!

PLUS: This $20 mouse is just the splash of color your desk needs (save $20), and a free course to help you find purpose.

Sep 30, 2023

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Anyway, this issue is fairly short; not a lot of great deals right now, but as we swing into Amazon Prime Day II: The Search for More Money next month, there will be deals aplenty.

QUICK HITS

🐭 Where is it written that every computer mouse has to be a boring black affair? Not here: Logitech’s Pop Mouse (in dazzling Blast Yellow) is on sale for an all-time-low $20 (reg. $40). This Bluetooth rodent can connect to up to three devices and promises battery life of up to 24 months. Nice little splash of color for your desktop! And you can even customize the top button to automatically insert your favorite emoji wherever you’re typing.

😊 Last week’s discussion of learning a new language got me thinking about other useful learning — like what the heck to do with your life. Coursera offers this answer: Finding Purpose and Meaning In Life: Living for What Matters Most, a free online course that scored a 4.8-star average from over 2,000 participants. It runs about seven hours; you go at your own pace. Say what you will about the internet, but the abundance of totally free knowledge you can glean? Unreal.

REVIEW: The stunningly gorgeous Typhur Dome is my new favorite air fryer

I didn’t think I could get excited by an air fryer, but here we are. The Typhur Dome looks like a spaceship, or at least air fryer you’d see on a spaceship. Basically it’s from the future.

Whereas most of these things have deep baskets that are, let’s face it, fairly impractical, the Dome is wide, deep, and shallow. Thus you can spread out lots of potatoes and give them the space they need to cook on all sides, without shaking the thing every five minutes.

You can also fit an entire 12-inch pizza in here, and make no mistake: an air fryer is the only way to reheat pizza.

I did learn that parchment paper can, er, catch on fire just a wee bit if not fully weighed down by food, because it curls up under heat and there’s not much clearance above.

There’s one annoying thing about Typhur’s otherwise useful companion app: It notifies you repeatedly (and endlessly) if you leave the tray out after you finish cooking. And while it has lots of great recipes, it doesn’t let you access any cooking modes outside the relatively modest number built into the Dome.

Here’s the real bummer: This thing is $499, roughly five times the price of many competing air fryers. And you know what? In this one instance, I don’t care. The Typhur Dome works great, runs quietly, and even self-cleans. Mostly, I love it because it’s so freaking cool-looking. Sometimes I’m willing to pay extra for that.

PLAYLIST

This is Playlist, Apple TV+ Edition… just by coincidence! Here’s what I’ve been watching lately on what is, ironically (because Apple), one of the cheapest streaming services out there…

The Afterparty S2 (Apple TV+): I absolutely loved the first season of this Knives Out-style whodunnit, but, wow, S2 was a pretty big misfire. What felt fun and original the first time around came across as forced and flat. Yes, there were a few fun moments; I especially liked the Wes Anderson-inspired episode. But overall I’d say watch S1 (if you haven’t already) and don’t bother with S2. Rick’s Rating: C-

Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Apple TV+): I put off watching this because Fox was my guy; I grew up watching him in Family Ties and Back to the Future. Like everyone, I was deeply saddened by his Parkinson’s Disease diagnosis. Davis Guggenheim’s documentary pulls no punches in showing its effects, though you also come away amazed by Fox’s resilience and good humor. All that’s missing here is a message of hope, a shred of “science is making progress on this disease!”, which is discouraging to say the least. Rick’s Rating: B+

The Morning Show S3 (Apple TV+): I honestly didn’t think this series had anywhere left to go, but knock me over with a feather: S3 offers up some damn good drama. Every episode is practically its own little arc, taking some very unexpected turns along the way. There’s a toxic-masculinity moment in E4 that’s so appalling, and yet so utterly believable; I’m not sure there’s another show right now that’s actually practicing social commentary this way. Rick’s Rating: A-

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