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Zek grew up hoping someday to have gadgets as cool as those on Star Trek. While he’s still waiting for a transporter beam to be created, the fact that video chatting and tablet computing are no longer science fiction makes him insanely happy.
If it’s remotely fitness or health-related, Zek is game to try it out. He also reads voraciously and is grateful for the invention of eBooks, as he was rapidly running out of space for both books and basic necessities like food. When he’s not working, Zek spends his time geeking out with his son and obsessing about hockey.
He lives in NJ and wants to remind everyone that there is more to the state than the Turnpike. And no, the entire shore is not what they showed on MTV.
Zek has been a Gear Diary editor since 2010.
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Travis Ehrlich has been a high school teacher and coach in a small South Texas town for eleven years. His love for gadgets began at a very early age, and he has been a cross between a jock and a geek for most of his life. He has two boys and a wonderful wife who lets him be a gadget freak.
Travis has a Master of Education Administration from Lamar University. He is a fairly new Mac convert and has drunk the whole pitcher of Kool-Aid! He is also an avid guitar player and turns handmade pens whenever he can find a spare moment.
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Perry Brauner is an Architect from Livingston, New Jersey, who always tries to take advantage of the best technology available to him.
From the moment he got his hands on a Nintendo controller at the age of 5, he knew that technology would be a big part of his life. He uses both Apple computers and PCs regularly and enjoys building his own Home Theater PCs, which combine his love of movies and TV with his love of gadgets. Perry is a fan of all iDevices, though he has extensive experience with Android. His love of video games, which began with the NES, has continued all the way to the Xbox 360 and now the Xbox One, and he loves to keep up with the latest and greatest games.
When he’s not playing with or writing about gadgets, Perry is a big sports fan, especially following the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Eagles. He also inherited a love of cooking and baking from his mother. Perry married his wife, Stacey, in July of 2013, and could not be happier that she also shares his love of technology.
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Charles Kliment runs KAJAcircle LLC, his design and video production company. Charles is also a multidisciplinary visual artist whose work is available on Superarare.com, the curated NFT marketplace. You can also see his digital art at Kliment.com, visit his YouTube channel, Onomatopoetix, or visit its sister website, Onomatopoetix.com.
When not working for clients or on his own work, Charles is an avid Formula One fan (since way before the success of the Netflix series “Drive to Survive”), and one by one is convincing Americans that they need to watch this exciting sport.
Charles has always been interested in the latest tech and gear; he has a background in Architecture, especially design.
Charles is an avid gamer, dog lover, and father of three adult sons. He is married to Jane Randel and lives in New Jersey.
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Julie Strietelmier has been known as a gadget fanatic since childhood. So much so that she started a gadget-based website (The Gadgeteer) back when the web was shiny and new. Fun fact: Judie was her first writing partner before she started Gear Diary. After selling The Gadgeteer to focus on her YouTube channel, she’s now back contributing to GD as part of Judie’s team of writers.
Julie lives in Columbus, Indiana, with her better half, Jeanne, and their American Bobtail cat Ozzy. Julie likes to read, play the ukulele, hike, and travel, and she’s also an avid journaler who likes all kinds of stationery, gadgets, and gear.
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