Moving in with roommates can be a great experience if everyone is on the same page. It usually makes your rent more affordable, you get to meet more peeps, and possibly make good friends in the process.

But of course that doesn’t always happen right? We’ve all heard the horror stories of passive aggressive roommates or the kind that eat everything in the pantry and never buy stuff to replenish it. Those types of roommates just suck. Sure everyone is nice in the beginning when you start living together, but it doesn’t take long to find out that the new roomie (who you thought was so cool and laid back), is actually a slob who never washes dishes and eats all of your Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Vanilla ice cream without asking.

Luckily now there’s a new website called EasyRoomin that aims to simplify shared living by helping roommates track expenses, assign chores, make lists of possessions, and more.

Often times many common roommate squabbles arise because of poor or lack of communication. The best thing about EasyRoomin is that it gets everyone on the same page. It opens up the lines of communication in a public way amongst all your roomies and makes each person accountable.

For more on info, check out: http://www.easyroomin.com/

Key EasyRoomin Features

Bills

• Create bills from user defined payees.
• Automatic bill allocation.
• Access your bills by search, calendar, list and more.
• Payment logs and bill histories broken down by roommate.

Chores

• Assign roommates chores.
• Set chores to recur on an interval.
• Receive email reminders leading up to the chore due date.
• Track for each roommate where a chore is due, past due, or complete.

Possessions

• Construct a list of your possessions.
• Detail your possessions by photo, purchase date, purchase location, description, etc.
• Examine your roommates’ possessions.
• Print out a checklist when it is time to move out.

Contacts

• Built a list of job, family, and emergency contacts.
• Roommates can view those contacts at any time.
• Print out a list for the refrigerator.
• If something happens, you know who to call.

Communicate

• Discuss residence issues and policy.
• Receive notices about new posts.
• Stay in the know about what’s going on in your residence.

Here are two options I came across recently that make sense no matter which camp you’re in. Oh and if you’re in the commando camp, then stop reading here.

Manpacks

Manpacks is a subscription based service which ships you brand new socks, underwear, and t-shirts every 3-months (think Netflix for skivvies). The site offers a variety of familiar brands (Hanes, Champion, American Apparel, Calvin Klein) and let’s you customize your orders the way you want them.

Launched in January of this year, Manpacks hopes to help you free up…”more time to build empires, climb mountains, slay dragons…to achieve the goals you aspire to.”

Sure you can already order socks and underwear online from a bunch of existing retailers without a subscription, but putting this task on auto-pilot seems like a slam dunk. Packages start out at $14 and they offer free shipping on orders over $30.

Sign up over at: http://manpacks.com

Slix

Just about every week I get emailed offers to review certain products. Lots of them I pass on, but if it’s interesting and I think you might like it, I accept the request.

I was skeptical when I got the email to try on some Slix underwear, but then I saw professional golfer John Daly was a spokesman for Slix and said heck why not. I’ve been following his roller coaster of a career for some time and he’s always been one of the most colorful, controversial, and unapologetic golfers on the PGA.

Is it a coincidence that I see Daly shoot a 66 during the opening round of the Open Championship the very next day? Is it because he was wearing his Slix? I don’t know. Whatever the case may be, he ended up shooting 76, 74, and 73 respectively the next few days to finish tied for 48th and out of contention. My guess is he must have ran out of Slix.

After getting my own pair of Slix Closer underwear ($24) in the mail, I decided to give them a go.

If you sit in front of the computer all day long (like me) and are prone to swamp a**, don’t fret because Slix underwear wicks away moisture quite well.

After a full day of wearing Slix, I came away impressed. I found them to be quite smooth, comfortable and again most importantly breathable. When my wife saw me wearing them, she gave me a slap on my bum…yowch!

Check out Slix underwear at: http://www.getyourslixon.com

21Men shoes remind me of old school low-profile Vans or Converse All-Stars. They have a classic look and feel to them and come at a price point right in that can’t-miss sweet spot ($14.90-16.90). Grab a pair (or two) before they sell out.

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Classic Canvas Sneakers
$14.90

These classic sneakers have a lace-up front and 21MEN logo tab side. Featuring dyed to match seams and a single striped trim. Comes in Black & Indigo (shown). Upper: 92% cotton, 8% rayon; insole: 99% cotton, 1% polyester; outsole: 100% rubber

Jersey High Top Sneakers
$16.90

Classic high top sneakers with a jersey-knit exterior and traditional lace-up front. Shell-toe. Matte metal hardware. Lightly padded insole. Textured outsole. Comes in Charcoal (shown). Upper: 96% polyester, 4% spandex, insole: 100% cotton, outsole: 100% rubber

What PicClick does is aggregate multiple sites content (eBay, Amazon, Etsy, PlentyOfFish, etc.) and presents results in a dead simple way that makes searching for products, recipes, and even a date, easier.

Sure you can already do similar searches in each of the respective sites listed above, but most of those search results are cluttered and wonky. They bog the whole searching process down with lots of text and poor navigation.

PicClick search for Polo Shirt by Penguin

What PicClick does well is clear the clutter and gets right to the images. If you’re searching for something specific, like a polo shirt by Penguin, then it’s far better to search with PicClick since you probably know the perfect shirt when you see it.

Probably the best part is that the site let’s you customize how large the images are. Just use the horizontal scroll in the top right of each page to find your own sweet spot. The site also makes use of “infinite scroll” at the bottom of the page. As you get toward the bottom of the page, more results keep loading automatically so you can find what you’re looking for.

I’ve been using PicClick for over a year and I’m sure you’ll see it’s utility. It loads fast and helps you find what you’re looking for faster.

I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

-Michael Jordan

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