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Motorolas wireless earbuds are better than most but still not good enough to buy Don�t blink, because there�s another new pair of earbuds promising the dream of true wireless on the market: the Motorola VerveOnes. Debuted at Mobile World Congress and on sale this month, they start at $200, and they skip things like heart rate monitoring and fitness tracking. These buds are all about audio, and to be clear, the name is just a licensing deal, as they�re really made by a company called Binatone. I�ve been testing the $250 version � the IP57 waterproof VerveOnes+ � for the last week. While they get a few things right, the experience is still a far cry from what you�d want from truly wireless earbuds.  Let�s start with the good, because there actually is some � in the right light. In these early days of truly wireless earbuds there are two connections you have to worry about: earbud to earbud, and earbud to phone. The VerveOnes are, in both respects, the best at maintaining their wirele...

Max and Theos Brief but Passionate History of Fishing Last year about this time, I posted about our desire to make fishing a regular part of the boys lives . Here is Theo a year ago at the West Chester KOA... Well, we actually made good on this one. We showed up in the Finger Lakes last summer with two fishing poles (courtesy of Ami, grandmother extraordinaire) and put them to good use. This year the boys were determined to go fishing on their very first camping trip of the year. At home they repeatedly reminded us to pack the fishing poles. Then, from the moment we arrived at the campground,  they harassed us mercilessly about heading down to the river. So even though the sky was heavy and threatening rain at any moment, we got the poles and the bait and hiked down on Saturday afternoon. Wes was his usual accommodating self and tagged along in the Moby Wrap: The boys are not exactly calm while they fish. They still maintain a certain level of shimmering energy that makes a parent ...