Author: Mike Flacy

    Editor-in-Chief for The CheckOut. During my free time, I love to write about pop culture, home theater, digital photography, social media, mobile technology and cool gadgets!

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    What is Jet.com? 10 Things You Should Know About the New Shopping Site

    Heard all the hub-bub about a new shopping site called Jet.com? Attempting to do to Amazon what Costco did to Walmart, Jet.com is a shopping site that’s attempting to bite a chunk out of the mighty Zon....

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  • Cheaper Than Amazon: Week of July 20th, 2015

    You can admit it. We all do it. It’s a compulsion, a necessity, an obsession. Anyone that uses the Internet checks Amazon when shopping for something. Don’t get us wrong, we do it too. And quite often,...

    • Posted 11 years ago
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  • Amazon Prime Day was a Bust for Deal Hunters!

    Heard all the negative buzz about Amazon Prime Day from consumers posting on Twitter? They aren’t wrong. Here’s why Amazon Prime Day was mostly all hype and a pretty terrible deal for consumers. Prices on Amazon’s own...

    • Posted 11 years ago
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    Securifi Almond+ Router Review: Simplicity Achieved

    Over the last 15 years, I’ve spent hours upon hours fiddling with routers. Resetting routers, fiddling with the software settings or simply just trying to get my router to work with my cable modem and connecting equipment, it usually ranged...

    • Posted 11 years ago
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    What Would You Rather Do Than Your Taxes?

    Ever since the first tax filing day on January 31st, the tax season has been in full swing. For the next eight weeks, tax professionals will be hard at work digging through old receipts and looking for ways to...

    • Posted 11 years ago
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    Testing the Deal: OxyLED L100 LED Desk Lamp Review

    Earlier this week, Ben’s posted a deal for the OxyLED Smart L100 Eye-Care LED Desk Lamp (and the L120). Only the 2nd time the L100 has fallen to a price low of $32, we decided to pick one up to...

    • Posted 11 years ago
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    Prime Perk: Get 5% back on all purchases with the Amazon Store Card

    The Amazon Store Card is nothing new. The card and the horrific 25.99% APR that comes with it have been around for years. However, Amazon just added a new perk for Prime members, 5% back on all purchases...

    • Posted 11 years ago
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  • Brace Yourself. The Apple Watch Memes are coming. - Game of Thrones meme
    Embrace the iMockery: 20 Hilarious Apple Watch Memes

    Need a snappy comeback to the endless barrage of Apple Watch status updates in your Facebook feed’s future? We are here to help. We’ve gathered up 20 of our favorite Apple Watch memes that poke fun at the...

    • Posted 11 years ago
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  • Shut Up and Take My Money: PancakeBot Pancake Printer

    Finally, a way to print my breakfast! Created by Miguel Valenzuela, the PancakeBot is a unique batter dispensing system combined with a traditional griddle. Utilizing compressed air and a vacuum, the batter is dispensed based off a design that’s been uploaded from a SD...

    • Posted 11 years ago
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    Shut Up and Take My Money: Heat Map Microwave

    Developed by former NASA engineer Mark Rober, the Heat Map Microwave is a new twist on a kitchen appliance that’s gone relatively unchanged for the last twenty years. Utilizing an infrared camera built into the top of the microwave’s cook...

    • Posted 11 years ago
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  • 2015 Resolution: Ditch your cable modem rental to save big

    There’s never been a better time to rid yourself of crappy, overpriced, aging cable modem hardware that you are currently renting from your cable company. With disliked companies like Comcast jacking up rental fees by 25 percent starting January...

    • Posted 11 years ago
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    Procrastinate much? Here are the 2014 holiday shipping deadlines

    If you are still working on your holiday shopping or plan on knocking out everything a week before Christmas, we have compiled your go-to list of 50 shipping deadlines from major retailers as well as the top three shipping...

    • Posted 11 years ago
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