I got very excited when my fabulous colleague Charlie White passed this thing from Duracell and Xantrex* on to me, saying that the write-up would need my touch. “Ah, it’s a clunky, chunky boombox for hunky construction-worker types that plays CDs and never breaks, even when you drop something builder-y and heavy on it,” I thought. (Yes, my idea of home decoration is painting my nails in front of re-runs of Dallas, although I’m good with the vacuum cleaner and spirit level when my man is drilling holes in walls.) More »
