Gear Diary

Update on new car shopping… The shopping is over and a purchase has been made! I bought a 2006 Copper Red Mazda 3 5 door. It’s my first car in 15 years. It feels a lot different than driving a little pickup truck. It’s extremely zippy and has a special sport transmission. It also has […]

It’s Friday! Not just any old Friday either. It’s the Friday before I’m off for a week’s vacation! Yay! No big trips planned this time around, just a nice relaxing week at home to de-stress from the last 2 months that have really sucked (don’t ask). I do have two activities planned for my time

When I was a kid, I was given an elephant hair bracelet. I was told that the bracelet was supposed to protect against harm, sickness and bad luck. Who knows if it was true or not, but I have always felt that I was pretty lucky – so maybe there was something to it. The

It’s raining iPod cases…and I feel so left out because I can’t use them all. But that’s okay because my loss is your gain. How? Read on. Womp! has sent me four iPod cases, one of each including: The genuine leather Womp! Pink Skull pouch for the iPod Classic shown here… …the black leather with

I just happened upon a new site that I think most of us (the Gadgeteer collective) will really be able to appreciate: Unboxing.com. Live vicariously through other people’s joy. Or else become really jealous… Whichever works for you. ;o)

It’s been raining nano accessories at Gadgeteer HQ lately. The folks from AVA sent me their silicon LAVA case and their ELEMENTS Chrome case. The silicon case is hourglass shaped, is very thick and is available in quite a few bright colors. The chrome case is really made of plastic, but it’s a two piece

Tonight I had a strange experience with Linked In, the web-based networking tool. But before I tell my story, let me give you some background first… Back in 2004, I was sent an invitation to join a contact’s network. I joined “just to be nice” more than anything, and for the longest time my inviter

I recently received some rather interesting accessories from GreenBulb. The first item is the itty bitty SS Mirror that can be placed on a digital camera, PDA, cell phone, really anywhere that the user wants a discreet looking-glass for checking her makeup or smile. My PPC-6700 came with one of these built in. I think

After learning last week that the DualCor would not have Wifi or Bluetooth radios built into their forth coming cPC device, both Judie and I pretty much marked them off our list of must review gadgets. I mean, who the heck is going to pay $2000 for a device with that handicap? Not I… Now

Winners of the SLAPPA Laptop Bag Contest are: 1.BulkHead PRO 4:1 Name : Lisa Lombard 2.BulkHead PRO 2:1 Name : Andrew Ferguson 3.FlipTop PRO Name : Jim Latimer 4.Metro PRO Name : Ed Mulholland 5.HardBody PRO Name : Ronnie I. Mimran 6.Velocity PRO Backpack in Blue Name : Mark Stheiner 7.Velocity PRO Backpack in Silver

The new swissbit Victorinox SWISSMEMORY 1GB s.beat Digital Audio Player recently arrived, and it is now parked in my queue with a planned review date of June 13. Included in the box was the most amazing USB adapter I have ever seen…truly. On the top of the adapter is the USB plug for charging the

Friday Quickie It’s a very miserable Friday night here. It’s not even 50 degrees, and it’s raining. Didn’t anyone tell Mother Nature that it’s May, and not March?! I don’t think she’ll be getting a Mother’s Day card from me this year ;o) I received an email announcing a cool new site that a lot

Right before my birthday, I got an email from Michael Hess of RoadWired saying that he was going to send me one of their brand new Skooba Skins as a present. I was offered my choice of several color combinations, and the magpie in me was immediately attracted to the silver with orange interior. I

Do we have any photographers out there? If so, you might want to check out the Flash Synchronizer module from Gadget Brando. It’s a small clear plastic thingy with a hotshoe on one side and a standard sized threaded tripod attachment point on the other. You attach this module to your external flash and then

I have a couple of Monday Give-Aways to, well…give away! First up is a CD with the Handmark Handheld Edition of Trivial Pursuit. This will work on Smartphones, Palms and Pocket PCs and Pocket PC Phone Editions. According to the Handmark site, “The world’s most popular trivia game is now available for users of Palm

I’ve spent all day (off and on) exploring a very cool web site called EDC Forums. EDC stands for Every Day Carry. The site is all about the things we carry with us every day in our pockets and gearbags. Things like keychains, flashlights, pocket knives, mini tools, etc. I’ve been talking with the site

Even my lovely black iPod can get a little boring after looking at it day in and day out. But GelaSkins have given me a way to make everything new again… The most obvious difference between these high grade vinyl stickers and the other brand I’ve tried is that they cover almost the entire iPod,

Just a reminder that you still have exactly 2 weeks to enter the SLAPPA laptop bag contest. All entries must be submited by midnight on 05/17/06. The 9 winners s will be picked at random and announced on 05/18/06. The contest is open just for our US readers (sorry for the rest of you… I’ll

Several months ago I bought a PPC-6700 dummy phone and sent it to Vaja so they could create a case. Today, I received two of their new HT41 classic pouches, specially made for this Windows Mobile phone. I am not sure how Vaja manages to take an idea as simple as a pouch with two

It’s Mystery Gadget time again! This time we hear from Rich Driemeyer of Prior Lake, MN. Rich says: “I have been searching the internet to find out what the heck this gadget is and coming up blank. I found this in my garden. Think it fell out of an airplane? My wife recognized the biohazard