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Most of the time, it doesn’t pay to try and make something look more expensive than it actually is. Squeak around for the day in a pair of pleather leggings and try to tell me that I’m wrong. But I’m happy when a company can work it, and the RHA MA650s are a great example. From the minute you open the box, the RHA MA650s look, feel, and most importantly, sound like a much more expensive set of headphones. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The first time I watched an Olympic curling match on television, I entertained a thought that is surely shared by everyone who sees the sport for the first time: What the hell am I looking at? It was during the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, and I tuned in to the live feed at the very beginning of a women's medal match. I was intrigued by the grace of the players and how they could effortlessly slide those huge, bulb-like stones down the ice. But everything else about it was confusing. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

February is the cruelest month, as the poem goes. Oh, no, wait. That's April. February is a great month to be born in if you want to become famous, but the rest of us might find the cold, gray days to be a bit of a bummer. In sum, this is a great time of year to curl up with a hot cocoa in front of a new smart TV. We've rounded up the best weekend deals with the help of our friends at TechBargains. Dell's 10 percent off deals are still going strong. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

With robot vacuums, as with everything else in life, you get what you pay for. It boggles the mind, and the wallet, to say that $700 is a reasonable price to pay for great cleaning capabilities and a heretofore unprecedented level of control. And yet, here we are. Cheaper botvacs don’t always have the necessary engineering for a thorough, automated clean. But paying a higher price for a robot that spends most of its time lurking under the couch gives me hives. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some audiophiles dislike Bose with a passion, and noise cancelling in general. The hate is unwarranted. Here at WIRED, we love these headphones, and it's hard to top Bose QuietComfort series. Bose's noise cancelling technology has come a long way, making the QC series among best headphones for travel or to wear during a noisy commute. Usually, you have to pay about $300 for a set of QuietComfort 25s, but this week Newegg is selling the QC25 series for up to 50 percent off. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The scratch was small, maybe half an inch long. Hard to even see unless you knew where to look. But once you knew, it was the only thing you could see. It was all I could see, anyway. I had only had the car for two weeks when the scratch appeared. I'd gassed up just once by the time I saw it, right there on the hood. How could it have happened? A mishap at the car wash? A passerby I'd wronged? Some kind of deranged animal? It wasn't from another car or falling debris, that was for sure. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Just 27 hours after launching a Tesla Roadster into orbit around the sun, Elon Musk has turned his gaze from the red planet to the blue one, where he's trying to get a different sort of project off the ground. “If we can send a Roadster to the asteroid belt, we can probably solve Model 3 production," Musk said on an investors call today. "It’s just a matter of timing. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In all their infinite wisdom, the Romans decided to celebrate Valentine's Day in the dead of winter. Even if that wasn't their original intention, the holiday is a good excuse to stave off the cold, gray doldrums with a new gaming computer. Or maybe a smart home assistant to help you check the forecast? With the help of our friends at TechBargains, we've pulled together a few deals to indulge yourself or someone you love. Dell is currently still offering 10% with the code TENOFF. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

What a game, right? Those Patriots. Those Eagles! TRICK PLAYS! That's a Super Bowl for you. And the action continued during the commercial breaks, especially if you were interested in what various companies thought was worth paying upwards of $5 million to parade in front of 110 million people. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

As a WIRED product reviewer, I am surrounded by at least a dozen backpacks at any given time. Most of them are astonishingly beautiful (to someone who likes bags, anyway), made from upcycled materials in eye-catching colors, or with Japanese-inspired architectural lines, or studded with gleaming buckles that parajumpers use on their harnesses. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices