MTV Launched 30 years ago today, on August 1st 1981. Over the decades, the music video art form has changed in some ways yet remains a product in service of a song. The channel itself has become somewhat of a joke in many ways, as in the late 1990′s the ‘music’ part became a minority [...]
Archive | July, 2011
Gear Games Weekly: July 31 – August 6
Welcome back to the GearGames weekly video game release feature here at Gear Diary! No easy way around it – you can skip this week and not miss anything major. There are a couple of interesting looking minor releases – the intriguing stylized Limbo which has already gotten great early reviews, and the strategy [...]
Gear Games News: Move.me Application Available in PlayStation Store
Game developers can take a step closer to the PlayStation 3 as Sony releases Move.me on PlayStation Network for $99.99.
iPhone 4 Case Review: Twelve South BookBook for iPhone 4
photos by Kevin I love Twelve South‘s products. Their product portfolio isn’t the largest around, but the products they do offer are well-conceived, beautifully manufactured, and quite useful. We’ve looked at their BookBook for iPad, their Compass iPad stand and liked both. Now they have released the BookBook for iPhone 4. The $59.99 case serves a [...]
Gear Games News: Publisher Irem Leaving PSN … Last Chance to Get Their Games
One of the classic arcade games that became a favorite home console game is the fast-paced side-scroller R-Type. First released by Irem Studios back in 1987, R-Type has seen several sequels and spin-offs, and Irem was also responsible for the Steamboat Chronicles games. The games have been released in arcades, and on Sinclair, Atari, Amiga, [...]
Brilliant Marketing…Rock N Roll Half Marathon Style
I’m going to be running the Dodge Rock N Roll Half Marathon at Virginia Beach organized by Competitor.com. Note, the number of sponsors and trademarked names in the title says it all, this is a big, marketing heavy race. It’s the kind of race advertisers love; it’s a hardcore audience that’s not afraid to [...]
Great Deal: Rolling Stone Magazine for $3.99/year Up to 3 Years!
If you think of an iconic rock music magazine, there is nothing but Rolling Stone to fill that role. Others have come and gone, but none have had the sweeping impact in pop culture of Rolling Stone. Now you can get the magazine for $3.99 per year through a special deal noted at Tanga. Rolling [...]
A Gear Diary Video Look at… iPad 2 Keyboard Cases
We’re still in search of a name for this video series but, name or not, we are putting together a few more videos in the mean time. This time out we take a look at a couple of keyboard cases that are specially designed to work with the iPad 2. We look at the M.I.C. [...]
Sonos PLAY:3 Review
We have had a fair bit of coverage of the Sonos Wireless Hi-Fi System over the past few weeks. As I noted in my initial review of the system, I only had the review units in my home for 23 hours before I went and ordered my own. I was impressed by the ease of [...]
iPad 2 Case Review: Sena Florence Rev2
We did an early review of Sena’s super slim Florence case for the iPad 2. I loved this thin profile of the case as well as the “typical” Sena quality. The leather was gorgeous, the fit and finish were fantastic and, overall, I was quite pleased. I especially liked the fact that the Florence maintained [...]
Review: Sporty MP3 Player Stereo Headphones + FM Radio
I saw these headphones from miniinthebox.com come up a while back. They caught my eye, so I had them send me a set to see if they were as good of an idea as I thought they were. Let’s take a look and see what I thought was so compelling about them. What makes these [...]
Soft-Touch Cases and Suntan Lotion Do Not Mix: A Gear Diary PSA
I love a minimalist iPhone case with a soft touch feel. among my favorites are the Feather cases from Incipio. I have one for my iPhone 4 and I also bought one for my iPad 2. They look and feel great. Here’s what Incipio has to say about them: Measuring less than 1mm in thickness, [...]
Music Diary Review: Julian Lage – ‘Gladwell’ (2011, Jazz)
Julian Lage – ‘Gladwell’ Julian Lage – ‘Gladwell’ One of the most direct methods of music discovery – aside from recommendations of friends – is listening to a great recording and looking for recordings from people on that record whose playing you enjoyed. In my recent review of Gary Burton’s Common Ground, I highlighted guitarist [...]
New PDAir MacBook Air Case Releases
So, you have a nice, new MacBook Air 13″. Mmm, shiny! Nice! And wouldn’t it be a bummer if it got scratches all over that nice, shiny casing? Well, heck yes it would! So maybe what you want to do is pick yourself up a case for it, yeah/ And as I’ve told you a [...]
Summer Tech: Qi-wear by iharmonix Bluetooth Enabled Sunglasses
I’m someone who ALWAYS wears sunglasses when I am outside. I also always have my iPhone and am often either making calls or listening to music when I am out and about. As such the idea of sunglasses that can double as a Bluetooth headset for making calls or listening to music really appeals to [...]
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