If there has been one thing on my mind this past year it’s cleanliness. Before the pandemic, I have to admit, cleanliness was not one of the top things on mind. There are things I think about now that I didn’t ponder at all pre-pandemic. For example opening up a door at post office or picking up a quarter off the street. So if I wasn’t thinking of these previous things I was definitely not thinking about a razor blade cleaning system. Not only does this unique Indiegogo device clean one’s bade (Water doesn’t fully do this btw) it will always keep your blades extra sharp.

If this is something you’d be intereted in definitely check out the $43 Razorbooster on Indiegogo:
https://igg.me/at/razorbooster

You can also visit their web site directly here:
http://www.razorbooster.com/

Have you ever tried to clean a blade and keep it sharp? It’s not a fun activity. That’s the reason by Razorbooster a Mystique Life Inc. creation was developed. Actually, I’d rather clean the kitchen and wash the dishes than clean and sharpen my shaver. The company has been featured on many news outlets including Benzinga, Fox 43 TN, Spoke, and Erie News Now. Seems people are interested in this product.

How Does It Work?

OK, before I explain the magic of this blade system I would like my blog audience to know it’s easy and it works. All you have to do is run the blade over a specifically designed rubber brush that functions by an electronic motor. The electric motor which clean and brushes 600times per second. The proprietary sanitizing liquid eliminates 99% of bacteria and viruses, according to the company, keeping the blade sanitized. This effectively reduces the annoying nicks, cuts and skin infections.

The Process

1) Apply sterilization abrasive liquid
2) Turn on the device, place the blade on the rotating rubber blades for 3 seconds
3) Rinse both razorblade and Razorbooster with tap water

If you want to see something cool go to the Indiegogo site and check out the blade before and after pictures. Those pictures tell the whole story.

How Do I Get This Product?

Right now get the Razorbooster cleaner and sharpener on Indiegogo for only $43. This is a early bird special only so get in on the ground floor before they are gone.

Conclusion

Lately on Cash Sherpa I’ve been connecting a lot of posts with the current pandemic. I know you probably have pandemic fatigue by now, but I think it’s changed the way I’ve looked at the world. I mean it really showed me how fragile society is and how we can’t take anything for granite, for example, we have to support artists/musicians (Many have been featured on this blog). In addition to supporting the things we love so that they stick around, it also makes me think about cleanliness. With the Razorbooster system you’ll not only ensure your blades are sterile, but extend the life of the blades sharpness. You won’t have to order online, waste as much packaging, go to the store, or spend as much money. You’ll always get your best shave with the Razorbooster, for these reasons consider supporting their Indiegogo today.

One of my favorite things to do is to travel or going on short adventures around my city. There are even studies that show travel and camping can help with depression. I know after going through a year of pandemic lock downs how important it is for one’s mental health to get out of the house. I also happen to be a daily journaling practitioner. For these reasons when I heard about a journal specifically made for travelers and adventurers I knew I had to feature it on my blog. This is such a great idea! The company, Scrapbook Trails, tag line is “Every Adventure Should Be Remembered.” Make this slogan a reality and support Nick (The Founder) on Kickstarter today.

Find The Ultimate Adventure Journal on Kickstarter:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theuadventurejournal/the-ultimate-adventure-journal-camping-and-travel-logbook

Human beings weren’t simply were’t made to stay inside all day and stare at a screen, working the day away. We weren’t simply to strive for inbox zero, winning the e-mail whack and mole game. When I’m on vacation I often take notes in a journal. New ideas often come to mind and I write them down. A journal specifically designed to take on travel adventures and camping trips is pure genius. It’s not simply writing random thoughts down on page, the journal guides you with a series of writing prompts. The journal was created by Nick of Scrapbook Trails which was founded by true adventurers. It shows with their thoughtful approach to this journal. The ultimate goal of this journal is to write down all the wonderful experiences you’ll have while traveling and time spent in nature. You’ll be able to enjoy these memories for years to come. I think travel puts you in a different mindset so your normal day to day journal will read much differently than a travel journal. This Camping and Travel Logbook will inspire you to continuing traveling and exploring nature further. It gives you a keepsake after every outing you undertake.

Sometimes I don’t always write down the experiences I have while traveling. This journal will change that. All your adventures will be remembered. Not just in photos with your cell phone, but now you will remember your thoughts and feelings. I’m definitely going to put in an order for this journal when it comes out.

More About The Journal

“This journal is absolutely perfect for experienced campers, new adventures, RV or Van lifers, or anyone who loves to be organized with their camping adventure experiences.” The founder of the journal from Scrapbook Trails has a love for camping and travel. He began to notice that he’d experience amazing memories, but months later they become a bit foggier. He knew there must be some way to document one’s travel experiences other than the traditional methods.

“This journal features space for 25 adventure entries along with a DIY table of contents for proper organization. In each journal entry section, you will find a detailed checklist, thought-provoking and deep journal prompts, free form journaling pages, and a page for photos or artwork. This journal also comes complete with a beautiful matte hardcover design, Scrapbook Trails Trip Tips, an outlined map of the United States, 20 tearable ruled scratch pages, a bookmark string, an elastic book band, and a convenient folder pocket in the back.” A big selling feature of this journal is that it’s Eco friendly. The 120gsm thick paper is made wood free and all material for the book are purchased through Eco-friendly suppliers.

Journal Sections include:

– Checklists
– Journaling
– Photos and Artwork
– Extra including a pocket, bookmark string, and elastic band.

Journal Facts:

– Made in the USA
– Hardcover
– Trip tips
– DIY Table Of Contents
– Space for 25 journal entries (25 Trips!)
– Camp and trip prompts
– Adventure reflection prompts
– Nature facts
– Photo and artwork page
– Size 6×9 inches

What Are The Rewards?

Yes, I’m happy to report there are lots of great rewards or just donate because you believe in the company or product. $5 donates to the cause. $20 gets you a PDF of the journal, sticker, and name in credits. The reward that I think most people should go for is the $40 level because this gets you a copy of the actual physical journal. The top reward at the time of writing is $450 and this gets you all the rewards mentioned above plus T-Shirts and personal thank you note.

Conclusion

The prototype of the journal has already been produced, it’s ready to go. The Ultimate Adventure Journal is waiting to be ordered and will be ready to be shipped to backers and customers 3 weeks after the Kickstarter has ended. Nick on his Kickstarter has been working constantly over the past few months. Help make Nick of Scrapbook Trails dream a reality support and pick up the Ultimate Adventure Journal today.

Musician Evan Ballard is creating a new album and needs your help on Patreon in order to see his project through. If there is one group of people that have suffered the most during the Covid lockdowns it’s musicians. Evan Ballard is not only a musician, but also a father and husband. In addition to dealing with all issues of 2020 and continuing into 2021, taking care of his family, he is also dealing with bipolar disorder. Ballard has been creating music all the way back to his teenage years, but due to bipolar disorder has been unable to distribute a music release. Fast forward to today and now there is a platform called Patreon! With your Patronage we can help Ballard get to the $5,000 per month suggested support level.

Consider Supporting Evan Ballard On Patreon Today:

https://www.patreon.com/HBallard?fan_landing=true

Sometimes in life we aren’t consistent and that costs us. With the current state of Internet affairs I’m afraid the algorythm Gods highly favor consistency. That’s why Patreon is so important as a platform leading the way into the future as a sustainable business model. People with issues, like mental illness, that prevent them from being 100% consistent can count on the monthly support from Patreon. When the $5,000 per month goal is reached Ballard’s plan is to cover costs on his very first solo album. Those that join Ballard on this journey will be able to get updates on his progress, some undisclosed goodies, and a free album once it’s released.

Many Patreon pages include a lot of free content, but Ballard’s page is pretty much locked. Meaning you will have to pledge your support to his page at the $5/month level to unlock the content.

Progress So Far

Surprisingly Evan Ballard is already working on his 7th song. That was back at the end of Feb. so it might be more now. To find out if you like Evan’s music or not go to his page and scroll down to the Jan. 10th post titled ‘Shotgun’ that’s a streaming audio post open to the public.

What Are The Rewards?

There is one level of support and that is the $5 level. With $5 per month you will get one raw recording per month. This recording may or may not be on the final album. Right now at the time of this writing he has the support of 11 Patrons. That’s a great start!

Conclusion

I’ve said this countless times on my blog, we need to support the thing we value in culture. The support doesn’t always have to be financial, we could follow and like their content. If you really want to see the proliferation of artists you need to support them on platforms such as Patreon. You could also buy their complete album, buy their merch, or go to their concerts. Whatever you do make it known! If you like something make it known to your community that you value it. Consider supporting Ballard and the other artists I’ve featured on this blog in the past.

Talk Of The Town if you don’t already know is a media movement based in New Orleans Louisiana. The mission of the media network created out of concern for the future of New Orleans is to bring a voice to those that don’t have one. The impact of canceling Mardi Gras and Carnival alone means the loss of about 1 billion dollars for the economy according to MarketPlace.org. It looks like the economy of New Orlenas won’t recover until next year at the earliest. If this project is supported on Patreon Talk Of The Town will move from just Louisiana to other cities. Also, the organization will scale up to the Bitcaster Network thus reaching more people this way. Talk of the Town Nola (WTOT New Orleans) is on Patreon and needs your support!

Support Talk Of The Town On Patreon Today:

https://www.patreon.com/Talkofthetownnola

Talk Of The Town was started by Philip Begnaud, with the help of Oliver Stokes, also known as DJ Black n Mild(google). This idea began when he was working as the program director of a talk radio station in New Orleans. Oliver died of Covid when the pandemic began so everyone involved has been driven to see this project expand. The current iteration of the organization can be found on Bounce 24/7 on TuneIn, Night Time Fire, www.talkofthetownnola.com with 80’s Babies, and Donald Harrison’s Jazz Collective coming soon. The goal is to transform this project into a terrestrial radio platform by the end of 2021.

“I felt it was time for a communication platform that is truly for the people. Where honest conversation and commentary surrounds current events, issues, politics, and trending topics relatives to locals and those who love the city of New Orleans. We are trying to build a communication engine that is as true of platform as media can be. We need help.”

Wouldn’t that be refreshing? Honest conversation surrounding current events and other important topics. Sometimes I feel when information is too market driver the message can get skew to a certain degree. The art of conversation is something that I think have made Podcasts extremely popular. May be we need more small radio shows like Talk Of The Town.

How It’s Going To Be Done

It’s really interesting actually how they plan to set up this radio station. The goal is to build a terrestrial radio station (This is difficult). To do this cost effectively they will set up small transmitters that will cover about 2 miles, the more they get the better. This has been done with success in San Francisco, California.

What’s The Goal?

The Patreon goal right now to get things started is $5000/month. There are several membership levels to choose from each with their special reward. At the $10 per month level get thesatisfaction of helping the team with their mission. At the $40 per month level submit a 30 second commercial and they will air it daily. At the $80/month level you can submit a 60 second commercial or announcement that will air daily. At the $100 per month level if you create a show they will air it. Finally at the $300 per month level you will sponsor the team and their purchase of transmitters. These are some really cool promotions especially if you are a small business in New Orleans. It’s a no brainer to take advantage of these offers!

Conclusion

Talk Of The Town is just at the beginning stages of their Patreon and need your help now to make this campaign a success. Please consider donating to their Patreon to help the community of New Orleans and possible expanding to a city new you.

Looking for custom keycaps? There is a new and exciting Kickstarter by Joel Collins of SA Pacific that may have the product for you. The product is custom key caps suitable for any mechanical style keyboards, (like corsair, razer, etc.). If you are like me you think of computer keyboards as a tool, a means to an end. Custom key caps are not something that I usally think about. I have owned a “customized” keyboard in the past, but it was customized by the manufaturer, not by me. SA Pacific has made me think of computer keyboards in a whole new way. The company featured on Kickstarter allows you to fully customize your keyboard in a pleasing Lockheed Martin inspired color pallete. Boring keyboards will be a thing of the past with this new custom computer keycap set by Joel Collins of SA Pacific.

In order for this project to get funded they need to have more backers in the next few days.

Support Kickstarter Here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ireakhavok/sa-pacific-custom-keycaps-inspired-by-lockheed-martin 

The keycap set is said to be “soothing, electrifying, and comforting, all at once.” I’d encourage you to at least watch the intro video about the campaign it explains a lot. There is passion behind this campaign. The blue color pallete is inspired by Lockheed Martin. Why Lockheed Martin you ask? Mr. Collins is a Computer Scientist, Physicist, Chemist, and mathematician. Currently, he’s working as a Research Scientist at Lockheed Martin. He has partnered with Signature plastics, Space Cables, and Specter Custom Mousepads to complete this Kickstarter. Signature plastics is well known in the custom keyboard community and has a great reputation. The line of products doesn’t just stop at keyboards, you will be able to purchase a custom cable and desk mat which will be color coordinated. “These two add-on extras will be available as part of the add-on beta program. The Custom cable will feature a USB-c, chrome plated, detachable, and color coordinated mesh sleeve that will help to accent the keycaps set. The large mousepad will be XXL (35″x15″) and 3mm thick. The add-on versions of these items will be 10-15% cheaper than the stand-alone rewards for those items.” In a world where everyone owns and wears the same thing in order to stand out from anyone backing gigs on Kickstarter is a great way to get something you won’t find anywhere else. It will inspire your work for years to come.

This is not just any generic keycap set. The base product features 104-keys, SA profile (1-1-2-3-4-3). It’s made of thick plastic, quality you can feel as you type. The plastic is highly sculpted to further improve the typing experience. For a limited time on Kickstart get the exclusive Pantone coated plastic keys. Once the $15,000 project goal has been reached an exciting add-on kit will be unlocked for $1. This bonus key cap kit will feature 21 Lockheed Martin specific legends (See Picture Below).

Then, if that wasn’t enough, once the $17,000 threshold goal is reached a $55 add-on for custom cable package will be posted. “This custom cable will be a custom Cerakote color combination, with Dark blue base color, Pacific blue mesh, chrome aviator plug, Coiled, USB-C, 1.5m in length.” But wait there’s more! 🙂 if/when this Kickstarter reaches the $19,000 threshold there is another bonus that will be unlocked. You will be able to purchase a XXL desk mat for $45. These 35×15, 3mm thick desk mats will feature a custom design. There’s even more! At the $20,000 level another colorway version of the Keycap artisans and keycaps will be available as add-on.

Kickstarter Levels Of Support

First level of support is $10 or above. Support at this level just because you believe in the idea and want to help Collins out. The next level of backing is $50, this gets you a thank you note and a XXL watercolor deskmat. $65 gets you a custom space cable and thank you card. Pledge $110 and that gets you a custom XXL mat and custom space cable. Pledge $184 or more and that gets you the keycap set custom version and dark version. These items will ship anywhere in the world. No matter where you are backing from he will ship to you.

Conclusion

I’ve actually been in the market for a new keyboard. I might have to snag one of these custom cool Lockheed Martin inspired keyboard cap sets. Even if you don’t know much about Lockheed Martin these keys are very pleasant to look at from just an aesthetics point of view. Since we are spending more time than ever behind a computer and a screen during the pandemic why not make the entire experience as satisfying as possible. Consider supporting SA Pacific and Joel Collins today on Kickstarter. Who knows may you might write your next novel on his set of keys.

During the pandemic the one thing that I’m missing the most is seeing live music in my city. This used to be one of my favorite things to do before Covid-19 hit and now it’s almost completely gone away. This has got me thinking will these venues and musicians still be around when everything goes back to normal? There is one thing you can do right now when contemplating this thought. Support singers, songwriters, and musicians online or in anyway you can. There is one musician that I’d like to bring to the attention of my readers named Jordan Ravenhill. Ravenhill set up a Patreon and if your like me and missing live music you’ll be glad to hear he regulary has Livestreams through his Patreon.

Lets not leave things to chance, get active now, Patreon is a good start. If you don’t support Jordan Ravenhill’s Patreon page find the artist you do like and support their music.

You can find Ravenhill at:

https://www.patreon.com/JordanRavenhill

I like to support people on Patreon myself. I bought a face mask from an unrealted site for music venues called SaveOurStages.com. “The mission of NIVA (National Independent Venue Association) is to preserve and nurture the ecosystem of independent live event venues and promoters.” This is an example of doing anything you can to support music in one’s city.

Jordan Ravenhill

Jordan Ravenhill is a 24 year old full time singer, songwriter, and musician. Support him on Patreon today and you’ll get access to live streams, behind the scenes content, video education, and early access to things like tickets. Check out Jordan perform Loop Pedal Cover of “I Don’t Care” by Ed Sheeran below:

This is what the world needs right now! More live music like this! Right now Ravenhill has about 20 videos on his YouTube page and almost 200 subscribers.

Support Levels

There are 3 support levels on the Pareon page. Become a Patron first at the $3 level, next $13, then $39. $3 gets you live streams and a custom sticker. $13 gets you live streams, behind-the-scenes content, video turtorials, lessons, and a custom sticker. $39 gets you live streams, behind-the-scenes content, early access to updates, tickets, releases, and a custom sticker. If you are already a member of Patreon it’s really easy to add Jordan to your monthly giving mix. Just search JordanRavenhill and click on the level of support.

Conclusion

Sometimes I think Patreon gets a bad wrap by some people that don’t understand its true purpose. They think it’s like the Internet version of panhandling. Since the creation of the Internet we were trained to think that everything should be free and that information is a commodity. What people produce (Human capital) should be valued at nearly $0.00 and really should be free if possible they said. Lets see… what happened? Well one example is the news. Have you visited a popular “news” site lately? It’s like an episode of Jerry Springer from the mid 1990s. Playing on emotion for readership, to cut through the noise, competing for attention. Patreon allows people to create… create art, whatever, even if what they produce doesn’t naturally cut through the noise. Even if what they produce doesn’t do well with the “engagement algorythm.” It allows people like Jordan Ravenhill to pursue his passion while making a steady monthly income from his true fans. During the Classical Era musicians worked under what is known as the patronage system. “Musicians and/or composers would as servants to powerful noblemen (https://westerncivguides.umwblogs.org/).” Not everything is a commodity, human capital does cost something, not everything should be free unless all you want to hear on the radio is Baby Shark Tooth songs. We have to support the things we love. For me, it’s live music, for you it might be something different. If we don’t support the things we care about they might not stick around. Clearly if there is one thing this pandemic has taught us is that society can not be taken for granted. What seems solid is not. We, us, create the society we want to live in.