Is it even possible to have everything? Of course not. But it is possible to have a happy home, well-balanced kids, a loving spouse, and the proper tools to keep things running smoothly or to at least enable an occasional escape when everything gets crazy. The Holiday season has officially begun, and we have a [...]
Archive | October, 2011
Gear Games News: Grab the Virtual City Playground Halloween Update!
Virtual City Playground is a great way to enjoy a city building experience in a free-to-play setting without restrictive missions to follow. To celebrate Halloween G5 has issued a special update that I have found really cool in playing so far, so I wanted to share. Here are the contents: Halloween content for 37 buildings [...]
Gear Bag Review: PowerBag Backpack
We took a look at the PowerBag Messenger the other day. It combines an incredibly well-designed, strongly constructed bag with the ability to recharge your devices on the go. On almost all counts it thoroughly impresses. And at under $140, it is not much more than a 6000mAh external battery would be on its own. [...]
Ultimate-Guitar Releases Tab Pro iPhone App
So a few years ago, I felt like I wanted to start playing music again (I’m a pianist, but due to some nerve damage I lost feeling in my left forefinger and thumb), and went ahead and bought myself a resonator guitar, thinking I’d play either dobro or slide style. And like a lot of [...]
Gear Games Halloween Deal: Dungeon Defenders Halloween DLC Free
Last week we FINALLY got the action-RPG game Dungeon Defenders. Originally the PC version was supposed to come out and have the iPad ‘first wave’ version as a fun mini-companion … but Here is the news from Steam: The Dungeon Defenders Halloween Character and Mission Packs are now available on Steam for FREE! You can [...]
iOS 5.0 QuickTip: It is Worth the Time to Set Up Keyboard Shortcuts
I’m a huge fan of the application TextExpander. It is, in fact, one of the key Mac utilities I cannot do without. TE offers a good deal of power but the primary reason I use it is that it allows me to create text shortcuts that have saved me a great deal of typing. For [...]
No HP TouchPad for You … Unless You Buy a HP PC!
This weekend HP sent out the notice above, pretty much killing off any hope that they will have another massive ‘fire sale’ blowout like they did two months ago. Here is what it says: Making sure customers have a positive experience when they purchase our products is a priority for us. In some cases, limited [...]
Gear Games Deal: Indie Royale Offers ‘The Launch Bundle’
I’m a sucker for indie games – they are made by developers who have a vision for a type of game that THEY would love to play … but nobody is making. I also love the recent trend for ‘indie bundles’. We started with the ‘Humble Indie Bundle’, and now we have a new one: [...]
Gear Games Weekly: October 30 – November 5 Featuring Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Welcome back to the GearGames weekly video game release feature here at Gear Diary! So … once again we have a single game that dominates everything else. That game is Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, the latest entry in the PS3-exclusive action-adventure franchise. There are some other big games, such as the strategy sequel GoldenEye 007: [...]
The HTC Vivid Is One of AT&T’s Latest 4G LTE Android Smartphones
AT&T is bound and determined to tease those of us who don’t live in major markets with their 4G LTE speeds and the phones that can handle them; today HTC has announced the new HTC Vivid. Thanks to the dual core 1.2 GHz processor, browsing the web, listening to music, and downloading apps is a snap [...]
How a $91 Metal Detector Saved the Day!
I got a text message from my husband, Kevin, on Tuesday last week, saying that he had lost his wedding ring while working at the ranch. He’d been digging post holes to rebuild a section of fence that had been damaged during our April Fool’s Day fire, and while he was on his knees flinging the final few [...]
Gear Deal: 15.6″ Dell XPS 15z Ultra-slim Laptop
We start the week with a Gear Deal on the 15.6″ Dell XPS 15z Ultra-slim Laptop. It is now available and starts at $942.99. With this deal you will get $100 off. That brings the price down to just $842.99 and it will ship for free. The 15z laptop weighs 5.54lbs and is less than [...]
Gear Games Deals: 10/30 – 11/05 Weekend Round-Up of PC Download Game Deals
Welcome back to another weekend of insane game deals! I am sure I’m getting jaded – it seems with each week I am unimpressed by the list of hundreds of games at 50% off or more and have a hard time grabbing five favorites … but when I dig in I still realize how awesome [...]
MiCorner: Is Siri Alone Reason Enough to Upgrade to the iPhone 4S?
One of the iPhone-related questions I have been asked my frequently in the last two weeks is this - ”I have the iPhone 4. Is Siri reason enough for me to upgrade to the iPhone 4S?” Let me offer a few thoughts and then, hopefully, any of you who have the iPhone 4S will chime in with [...]
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