Gear Diary

As Ryan Preston (one of the contributing writers here on The Gadgeteer) just IM’d me: “Happy 4th! Go blow something up!” :o) Hope everyone has a great day relaxing, grilling hamburgers and watching fireworks.

Well, I survived one of the most hyped days of my lifetime so far: 06/29/07 iPhone Day. Unlike a lot of lucky people, I had to work yesterday until 3:30pm. My excitement started building around noon and by the time my work day was done, I was out the door and on my way over

Am I the only person that is stuck at work this afternoon dreaming of the iPhone? ;o) I keep fearing that a huge line is forming at my local AT&T store. If this actually happens, I’ll be really surprised ;o) I probably won’t head over there until around 5pm. Or maybe 4pm. Maybe I should

If you have a date with the iPhone planned for Friday at 6pm, I wanna know about it. You know that I’ll be at my local Cingular / AT&T store (I don’t think they’ve changed the sign yet…). :o) Doubt if anyone is camping out here in good old Columbus Indiana, so I’ll just hang

It seems that someone going by the name of Caleb Irving is trying to sign up for advertising and affiliate programs on behalf of the-gadgeteer.com. Here’s the story… Several weeks ago I received an email from an ad company double checking an application because the applicant’s email address didn’t appear to be valid when they

Patriotic Gadgeteers are going to get a kick out of the gadget that appeared on my doorstep tonight. It’s The Wave Flag. Made by SRM Entertainment Ltd. out of Philadelphia, PA. (where else right?), this American flag stands 17 inches tall. As is, this flag would be a fun decoration for any office worker’s cube

If you’re into novelty peripherals for your computer, you might want to take a look at the TVR Tuscan Street Mouse which was sent to me from the folks at Convenient Gadgets. This is a 4 button / scroll wheel 800 DPI mouse that runs on 2 AAA batteries. A plug and play USB dongle

I came home to find my T1 line down… AGAIN (don’t get me started…). So instead of staring at the LEDs on the back of the router with tears in my eyes, I decided to do something more productive… like play Guitar Hero II ;o) It’s the only game I have for my Xbox 360

Even though I don’t play poker, I agreed to give the Original Poker Chip Customizer kit a try. This product is a complete do-it-yourself kit for creating your own custom poker chips. Everything you need comes packaged in a lockable aluminum case. You get 300 11.5g chips, 5 dice, 2 packs of playing cards, sticker

A person that I work with at my day job (Cummins Inc.) came up to me and asked me if I knew what ‘wiki’ was. I said sure, it’s an online encyclopedia. Then he said “Do you know you’re in it?” and I was like “No way…”. Come to find out, he was reading up

Happy Birthday to me! :o) It’s that day of the year again where I get to have a great day with my friends and family. One of my friends is taking me out to lunch and my Dad is taking me out to dinner tonight. Free food, can’t beat that ;o) Growing up, we didn’t

Hi Guys! I’m back from my vacation in the sunny SouthWest (Sedona and Phoenix Arizona). It was a great week! Lots of great scenery, great food, hiking to work off the great food, my first hot air balloon ride and I think we saw a celebrity today while waiting for our flight home at the

I’m still in sunny Arizona. Just left Sedona today to drive back to Phoenix. Going to spend one day here (tomorrow) and then fly home Friday. It’s been a great week! I’m beat though. Isn’t that the way most vacations go? You need a vacation to get over your vacation? Hahah! I’ve added some pix

It’s after 9pm and I’ve only just started packing for my vacation to Sedona, Arizona. I leave for the airport in less than 10hrs. EEP! Of course the most important part of my packing is my tech gear ;o) I’ll be gone for a whole week, but I don’t want to over pack. So here