Marble Blast was one of those cool ideas that turns into a really great game. Initially created as more or less a demo to show that the Torque 3D engine could be used for more than the first-person shooters it had been associated with to date, but grew into a fully-formed physics-based puzzle action game. Many Mac users found it pre-installed on their Mac, and others were able to grab it from the software offers on iTools (remember that?!?). This classic game has become the latest to make the jump to the iPhone. Let’s take a look!… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

We are all feeling the financial pinch!  Blue Plate Special is a weekly review of bargain apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Nothing over $.99. For anyone who knows I am a coach, it is no surprise that I am a huge sports fan.  There are several good sports apps for the iPhone, each with its own positive and negative aspects.  I have finally settled on Sports Tap as my one stop score reference. Sports Tap provides stats and scores for the following sports:  MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, NCAA, NASCAR, Formula One, Indy Car, AFL, CFL, PGA, LPGA, ATP, WTA, MLS, and major Futbol leagues worldwide.  … Continue reading on Gear Diary …

The Dazzboard team has been busy expanding features for their online media manager.   Just last week, they launched Dazzboard for iGoogle so users could manage all of their music, photos, and video straight from their own iGoogle page.  Today, they’ve announced a new Facebook application that will let users drag, drop and share  photos and videos between their mobile phone, PC, Flickr, YouTube, and Facebook accounts. Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Today marks the start of HP and Microsoft’s ‘Back to School and Better Together’ Giveaway. Student Bloggers is the first site to go live with their contest, and up for grabs is a computer combo containing an HP dv6, an HP Mini 110 and Syncables software – which allows you to keep the larger laptop at home but carry the smaller netbook (synced and carrying all of your data!) when on the go. The Winner will also get a customized Student Bloggers  Timbuk2 bag to carry their loot! … Continue reading on Gear Diary …

What good is a sexy new 1080p Blu-ray player if you have no video to watch or have to run right out and buy expensive cables to hook the player to your TV? Well Amazon has solved both those concerns by bundling in two Blu-ray movies as well as a an HDMI cable provide you purchase by August 31, 2009. Your selection of movies is mostly guy stuff (Iron Man, Unforgiven, Dark Night, Green Lantern) though there is one chick flick (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) to keep your special woman happy. Samsung BD-P1600 Continue reading on Gear Diary …

I use RapidWeaver to build websites but needed something easy than RW but more powerful than iWeb for a project I am working on. After looking into other template-driven programs I settled on Sandvox. I download a trial but hadn’t gotten around to purchasing it. I’m glad I didn’t since I received an email last night that they having a huge sale for the next 48 hours beginning at 11am EST. Yup, buy now using the code in the email and you’ll save a huge 50% off a new copy of Sandvox. The full email and the code follow…… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Griffin International have announced a announced a voluntary recall of the Psyclone Essentials and React Wii™ 4-Dock Battery Recharge Stations due to possible burn and fire hazards caused from the battery pack overheating. This recall affects an estimated 220,000 units. Continue reading on Gear Diary …

It is hard to imagine that Think Geek has been selling stuff to smart masses for ten years.  For the last 10 years geeks have been able to purchase cool gadgets, funny t-shirts and just about any form of candy with caffeine infused.  To celebrate, think geek is offering a special limited edition Awesomeversary T-Shirt for free.  All you have to do is make at least a 10 dollar purchase and this cool T-Shirt is yours. They also have a sweepstakes going on as well with the grand prize being a $1200 dollar Think Geek shopping spree, the Taun Taun Sleeping Bag Prototype, your picture on the Think Geek Homepage, a… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

GPush worked great when I first purchased and downloaded it. I write “worked” in the past tense because their servers were apparently not ready for the demand placed on them. After a few hours emails stopped pushing and hasn’t been operable since. Now PushMail is bringing the same functionality… with one major difference… it works!… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

A judge on Tuesday ordered Microsoft to stop all sales of Microsoft Word within 60 days. This order stems from a complaint from a company called i4i which hit the mother load filed a complaint that Microsoft infringed on certain patents related to the creation of XML documents. Analysts think an appeal is likely and that there’s little likelihood that Word will be pulled from the market. Available options could likely include paying i4i a big bag of money, devising a workaround or stripping XML functionality. More Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Here’s a deal on a brand new Magellan automotive GPS. For only $99 (normal price around $300) you’ll get this 4.3 inch Magellan 4040 GPS navigation device. There’s built-in AAA travel information including member roadside assistance details. Bluetooth capabilities allow you to link your compatible Bluetooth phone to make and receive hands-free phone calls as well as sync numbers and contact information. Traffic information is available as well as voice command (additional fees apply). Magellan 4040 Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Remember the original IBM PC 5150? First introduced on August 12, 1981 it was a first computer for many. I remember purchasing mine in Sears for about $2,500 and being overjoyed that it had 5.25″ floppy diskette’s instead of the cassette tape storage that my school’s Tandy TRS-80 machines used. Loaded with between 16k and 256k (that’s K NOT G) of memory with a display that came in any color output so long as you enjoyed green. It would not be until March 1983 that internal hard drives started to become standard on the IBM. Lest we forget PC’s younger sibling IBM PCjr first announced in November 1983, shipped in March 1984 and deceased in mid-1985. IBM PC Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Seems that Geardiary isn’t the only site to receive communication from Rebel Scholar concerning a case review. Below is the email Larry received concerning his review of the Rebel Scholar Door God. “Dear Larry,” Our legal team has closely monitored your post on: http://www.geardiary.com/2009/07/23/rebel-scholar-was-i-duped/ and has found your review unacceptable. In your post, you compare the product in the box to the picture on the site, and the title of your post further substantiates a malicious attempt to defame REBEL SCHOLAR without proper justification/replication of the lighting environment/equipment used to take the picture. We also back up our claim with the following defamation claim: ” … Why the company chooses to display an image that looks 100 times clearer and brighter that what’s actually on the case baffles me. Actually it Continue reading on Gear Diary …

By default the iPhone limits the user to a total of 11 visible springboard aka home screen pages. Dayna from PHP-Princess has discovered a way around this limitation. Yes needing more than 11 pages of applications (180) is truly for the hardcore iPhone app user, but there are a lot of them floating around. This was a trick I discovered while moving around my icons. First, you have to be an app-aholic and have 11 pages of iPhone apps (and more hidden ones since they can’t be displayed). Then move some of the default apps you do not use like “Weather,” “Stocks,” “YouTube,” Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Looks like a donut. Smells like a donut. But it’s really a bar of soap. Think of the crazy fun you’ll have when you gift one of these to the favorite policeman dieter in your life! Measuring 2.75 inches in diameter and .75 inches thick this is a real bar of soap made from vegan glycerin. Who knew something so unhealthy looking could actually get you clean! Cost is only $4.50 per bar. Chocolate Dipped Doughnut Soap Continue reading on Gear Diary …