When ever I think of an over sized wallet I can’t help but think of the Seinfeld/George Costanza “wallet” episode. If you use your wallet in place of your briefcase like George did perhaps it’s time to take a look at an alternative. The Rogue Wallet is the only wallet I’ve seen with a curve.  I spotted an ad for the alternative styled wallet in the back of this month’s Outdoor Magazine.  This curve allows you to comfortably carry it in your front pocket instead of the more traditional back pocket.  The Rogue Wallet is thinner than most traditional folding wallets but you’ll still be able to… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Yes Jon Stewart and the Daily Show have taken on the plight of poor Jason Chen and the folks at Gizmodo. The bit had a few good chuckles… like when Jon said, “The cops had to bash in the guy’s door??? Don’t they know there’s an app for that?” And with that they showed this image.. But from there Stewart went on to take on Apple and the “raids” commenting “This whole thing is out of control”. And with that he went into a first person diatribe about Apple becoming “The Man”. He even showed a clip of the commercial introducing the iMac and then said, “It wasn’t supposed to be… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

I’ve reviewed at least three different GPS Dataloggers.  There were the two loggers from Qstarz which are okay and can perform the function very well, and then there was my favorite logger, the Visiontac VGPS-900.  LandAirSea has brought out one that would probably be much easier to hide than the Qstarz since it is waterproof and has other features I will get to later. The LandAirSea TrackingKey Pro Micro comes with the tracker, a Mini-B USB Cable, the Past-Track Software and a manual. The tracker has… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

It is starting to be that time of year.  What do I mean?  Thunderstorm and Tornado Season that’s what I mean.  That is followed by the Hurricane season.  The best thing to do to stay safe during this season is to take time to prepare now before the worst happens.  One device that will help you keep informed during a storm is a radio.  If you have a portable radio, one problem you always have is batteries not being charged when you need it or you only have the radio on your stereo.  If that’s you, then you should pickup the Etón Solarlink FR360 Emergency Preparedness Radio. The FR360 has the most power options of any radio I… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

The iPad’s big and glorious screen is touted as being great for gaming.  I have personally found however that only a certain genre of game plays well on the device.  For me it’s one which don’t require me to pick up the iPad which seem to work best.  I just don’t feel comfortable picking up the device and playing an accelerometer based game. That being said, I’ve been playing mostly puzzle games but I really enjoy sports titles as well so when I recently stumbled across Virtual Pool HD in the iTunes App Store I thought I’d give it a whirl.  I know Pool as a sport is a bit of stretch… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

If you’re a bed time reader and you have a spouse one of things you’ve probably heard or maybe said yourself is “TURN OFF THE LIGHT!” One of  problems couples face with reading at night, in bed, is light.  One person wants to sleep while the other wants to read.  Sure you have bed side lamps but those bother your partner and cause them trouble when trying to fall asleep. I’ve tried LED clip on lights but have had little success.  Often times they are heavy, don’t attach well to my book or even worse simply don’t provide enough light to allow me the proper reading conditions. Enter the… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

The IDAPT I3 Charging Station is an innovative way to charge three different devices at the same time. The company describes it as… …idea for personal use in the office or on your nightstand. …a simple system of interchangeable tips that allows you to charge three portable devices (mobile phones, PDAs, MP3/MP4 players, videogame consoles, Bluetooth devices, digital cameras, etc.) at the same time. With the IDAPT i3 charging station you can charge… Mobile phones (Nokia, Samsung, Blackberry, LG, Sony-Ericsson….) Smartphones (Palm, iPhone, HTC, LG, Motorola…) Headphones, Bluetooth (Motorola, Nokia, Jabra, Samsung…) GPS (Tomtom, Garmin, Magellan, Navigon, Mio, Navman…) Games consoles (Nintendo, Sony…) Camaras (Kodak, Casio…) AA/AAAA rechargeable batteries (cualquier marca, Energizer, Panasonic, Duracell…) It has an MSRP of $49.99 and… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Apparently Google is offering a sly wink to Archos 5 Internet Tablet owners who hack their devices to include the Android Marketplace; the newest firmware update opens up the marketplace to paid as well as free apps according to Liliputing. What’s interesting here is that it means either the Archos is presenting itself as an existing Android device, or Google is greenlighting the Archos specifically. Either way it gives the A5 a huge leg up over the other Android tablets out there. Which leads to a question: Exactly what is Google’s plan in the tablet space? Whatever it is, they need to do it fast. If Google is ok with a veritable army of Android tablets… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

According to a report from CNET, an IDC report this week will show that sales of Intel’s Atom processor – which is dominant force in the netbook space – represent a smaller overall share of the company’s mobile processor space. The implication in the article is that since the Atom powers most netbooks, netbooks themselves are on the demise. The obvious question is … what does it all mean? Here are the basic details: In the first quarter of this year, Atom processors as a percentage of Intel mobile processors fell to 20.3 percent, compared with 24.3 percent in the fourth quarter of last year and 23.5 percent in the third quarter, according to Rau Continue reading on Gear Diary …

I love, love, love the Dilbert comic strip. So of course I was excited when Scott Adams posted on his blog that he had two special Dilbert comics for the iPhone prototype controversy, not for newspaper runs: Two questions I am often asked: 1. How far in advance do you work? 2. How quickly can you publish a comic on a current event? Today I will indirectly answer both questions by talking about something else entirely. I assume you’ve all been following the story of the Apple engineer who left a prototype 4G iPhone at a beer garden. I found this story too delicious to resist, but I worried that the story would become Continue reading on Gear Diary …

I love earbuds. I find them comfortable and love the way they passively block some (or almost all) outside noise. Others find them… annoying. Among those who hate buds… my wife Elana. She can’t stand them. They never stay in. They hurt her ears. And they detract from the overall musical experience. For people like Elana there are “retro-styled” over the ear headphones like the Urbanears Tanto. Urbanears Tanto … take the classic look of ’80s headphones and update them with today’s sound technology. The result is a headphone designed for maximum mobility without the compromise of performance. Urbanear’s Tanto is made for everyday use to be taken along wherever you go, like a good friend. With a fabric Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Apple has just posted/updated their web site for this year’s World Wide Developers Conference aka WWDC. The last two iPhones (the 3G and the 3Gs) were announced at WWDC in 2008 and 2009 and all the money is on the new iPhone being announced at this year’s event. With all the recent events surrounding the found alleged iPhone 4G prototype who knows what will play out at this year’s event. Well Steve Jobs knows that’s for sure. The conference is slated for June 7-11th. Will you be glued to your computer? Learn more on the Apple site here Continue reading on Gear Diary …

The HP All-in-One 200t looks sleek. It features a 21.5″ full HD 1080p LED-backlit Widescreen display, a 500GB hard drive, a built-in webcam/mic and a media reader. It is also powered by an Intel Dual-Core E5300 2.6GHz which is upgradable and can connect to the internet through a wireless-N LAN card. This HP All-in-One 200t has an MSRP of $849.99. Our GearSponsor has tracked down a deal that lets you take $150 off instantly plus an additional $20 off for a Gear Deal price of $679.99. As if that wasn’t a good deal already you will also get a FREE upgrade to 4GB RAM upgrade (an $80 value), an additional $25 savings on any printer over $69 and free shipping… Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Image courtesy of TokyoFlash The good folks at TokyoFlash just announced the latest creation called the Kisai Broke. The slogan for this new watch is “breaking tradition” and is also their first watch in the line to feature a USB rechargeable battery. The Break watch face gives the effect of broken glass or what I would almost refer too as a “stained glass effect”. The watch rocks a full custom brushed stainless steel casing and smart matching wrist band. A striking fragmented display, full face mineral crystal lens and a new way to read time that’s almost like Continue reading on Gear Diary …

Image courtesy of Saturday Morning Central If you were to name a ‘comfort food’ – something that you will reach for when you’re feeling down – chances are that chocolate would be in your top 3, if not the first thing out of your mouth. Now a study out of University of California, Davis, and University of California, San Diego published in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows that there is a link between chocolate consumption and actual depression. They note that “of 931 men and women in the San Diego area showed that people who ate an average of 8.4 servings of chocolate per month tested positive for possible depression, while people who… Continue reading on Gear Diary …