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The Maplewood Spring Showcase shows off interesting products from TCL, TAO Clean, RYSE, Olight, Maingear, Boox, and more

On May 4, 2026 By Adam Z. Lein In Event, Tech

The Maplewood Spring Showcase was a nice outdoor press event held in New Jersey sponsored by WeBranding and Lightspeed PR. It showcased 46 products ranging between lawn maintenance, gaming computers, exercise equipment, tablets, TVs, ebook readers, home automation, alcoholic beverage machines, and more. Let’s take a look. A Maingear custom gaming PC was the thing that I wanted the most. This company makes custom towers with all sorts of cool graphics or replaceable graphic panels …

B&H’s Bild Expo picks up where Photo Plus Expo left off

On July 2, 2025 By Adam Z. Lein In Event, Fashion, News, Tech

The Bild Expo first started in September of 2023 as a big 50th anniversary for the B&H Photography & Video super store. After attending that, I figured it was just a one-time event for the photography store’s big birthday, but in 2025 a second Bild Expo was scheduled. It was actually even bigger than the previous one two years ago. It is great to see that maybe a new big photography expo will regularly come …

Sumo and Sushi 2023

On June 27, 2023 By Adam Z. Lein In Event

The Sumo and Sushi event came to New York City on its last stop of the East Coast tour on June 23-25, 2023. It took place at the Armory Track on 216 Fort Washington Ave., New York, NY 10032. I don’t think it’s ever been possible to see a sumo wrestling match in New York City before, so this was certainly a “must see” event. It wasn’t a real sumo wrestling match per-se though, as …

Abigail McHeretic Fantastic Four Cosplay

New York Comic Con 2022

On October 10, 2022 By Adam Z. Lein In Event, Fashion

New York Comic Con is back for 2022! As a post pandemic event, masks were still required, but barely anyone wore them. The panels were slightly smaller, no longer taking over Madison Square Garden and the Empire Ballroom, but instead moving to the new Empire Stage in the new building extension of the Javits center. This hilarious cosplay costume by Tara McCormack makes fun of the new online reservation system that everyone had to log …