Headed to St George Island

Leave it to me to mix business with pleasure on a holiday as widely celebrated as July 4th. I’ll be out of the office from 7/4 to 7/11 visiting what I hear to be the very pet friendly St George Island, Florida.

I actually own a site, St George Island Florida.org that gets some significant traffic, and as obvious by it’s appearance is in need of some serious fresh content.

I plan on taking a bunch of pictures and videos that I’ll share with you all on the SGI site. I hope everyone enjoys a thunderous 4th of July celebration, that is as safe as it is fun.

Westin WakeCup Single Serving Coffee Maker EIBOS

Our EIBOS item of the day you can’t buy, so it’s a pleasure only meant for the road, the Westin WakeCup.

This single serving coffee maker co-branded with Starbucks brews what seems to be Tassimo T-Disc of Starbucks coffee into a 12 oz cup. The coffee tastes almost as good as if you bought it from a Barista at a regular Starbucks, and the convenience is unmatched among coffee makers.

What makes this thing so exceptional is its low footprint, it can fit on a small tray easily, as well as its clean-free system that allows you to literally clean it in 10 seconds, simply unplug, toss out the disc, and you’re done.

I’m all about simplicity, and this one button machine is truly perfect for the internet marketer that chooses to consume copious amounts of caffeine on their own schedule, next time you are ready to build a website, visit a Westin for the evening, indulge in a WakeCup brewing experience, and next thing you know your website will be polished and ready to sell.

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Essential Internet Business Owner Stuff (EIBOS): STM Duplex

I’m starting a new series that I’ve been thinking about for some time now, called essential Internet Business Owner Stuff, EIBOS for short. As more people start living the lifestyle of an Internet company owner, or even team member, things change. Leather briefcases aren’t needed, nor are expensive suits. When you work online, you can really start buying things for function, colors you like, and even the cheap price. Rock a Wal-Mart laptop bag, it’s all good, wear some shoes from the thrift store, the coffee shop owner won’t kick you out. Basically in this world, your vibe is what you make of it, and EIBOS aims to help you get some ideas going towards making the most out of your day to day life as an Internet business person. I'll review stuff I own since I know those things well, bags, apparel, coffee mugs, flip flops, no comfortable thing is out of bounds in this series.

So first up is The Duplex, a laptop bag by the company STM. This bag not only has a fresh name, it’s got two components to help justify it. Most laptop bags are slim, think laptop sleeves, while most messenger bags aren’t padded, so it’s tough task to find a bag that can hold all your crap, and keep your $2,000 Macbook Pro safe. Welcome to The Duplex.

The Duplex offers a padded sleeve that comes out of the bag and works as a micro briefcase, it also fits snug in the bag when needed. The bag can fit 13 and 15 inch laptops, and I've squeezed a windscreen 15 incher in there a few times when traveling for work.

Another neat feature of this funky hybrid messenger laptop bag is the pivoting clips for the shoulder strap. Most straps get extended in different directions when you use them, this often causes the bag to sit uncomfortably on your side or back. With the STM Duplex a plastic pivoting clip on both ends of the shoulder strap curb this from happening, making even the wildest of bag swings a tangle-free experience.

Today these sturdy bags are 20% off, so go for it, I use mine all the time and love it.

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