Gear Diary

Cases, cases, cases, cases, cases, cases! KILL ME NOW! Please… I mean it. NOW! Ok, here’s an apology now to all the people that keep emailing me to complain that we do too many case and bag reviews. You’re going to be really torqued tomorrow. Why? Because I will be posting 5 (actually 8… but […]

What did everyone do over their holiday break? Besides napping and eating (in that order) I became really interested in watching Video Blogs (Vlogs). I think I’ve mentioned before in other gear diary entries, that I’ve been kicking around the idea of doing some short video reviews for the site. That interest caused me to

Julie beat me to it, but the sentiment is certainly the same – I hope everyone has a wonderful 2006!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Here’s hoping that 2006 is a great one for all our readers :o)

It’s Christmas Day, which means it is just a week away from the end of the year, which means…time for me to clean out my gadget closet. I know, I can be a total weirdo sometimes, but tonight just seemed like as good a time as any. Sarah is in the other room watching her

I know that it’s too late to order these for Christmas, but Toy Brando has some cute offerings that they sent me to check out. One is a little walking turtle. Press his shell and he starts walking / running. Press and hold, and he stops. Nothing overly exciting, but kids will love it (I’m

A package of goodies arrived in my mailbox today from Mobile Brando. Unfortunately for me, 2 of the items are for phones that I do not own. Fortunately for you, I’m going to offer them up to 2 lucky readers that might like to try their hand at writing a review. Item #1: Sony Ericsson

Well, we just got back from MD Anderson, and once again Steve had a good report! We are now three years out, pulling for the magical five…YAY! The bad news was that the chemo did some damage to his kidneys and liver, which has prompted the doctor to tell him that he should cut out

Here is something fun for all of you Monster Garage fans… My daughter’s boyfriend Caleb will be on the show Monday. Jesse James chose him to be part of an episode where Jesse visited an Austin high school and built a rat rod with its shop class. We haven’t seen it yet, so we are

It’s nice when you can diss a company for having a goofy product, and they don’t hold it against you. Case in point: SpeckProducts. For a long time now, I’ll find products in my mailbox from them that I have not requested for reviews. Some I will end up reviewing and some I won’t. When

Astraware is just about to release Chuzzle. According to their site, “Chuzzles are googly-eyed little balls of fur that giggle, squeak, and sneeze as you push them across the board! Group three Chuzzles of the same colour together and watch them pop in a flurry of fur. Tap them to hear them squeak, sneeze and

Hi all. I’m sitting in my hotel room here in Seattle, Washington. The Mobius 2005 event ended this afternoon. I know Judie mentioned that we would be having a full article when we return, but neither of us took notes, so you’ll just have to settle for a couple of gear diary entries (Judie is

I am not going to be able to get their review done before Christmas, but I wanted to let you all know that I have received a pair of the new SCOTTeVEST Ultimate Cargo Pants, and I love them! Actually, I received two pair – one for me and one for Steve. I wasn’t sure

For those of you that just got an eleven-email blast from Julie and me in your inbox, I apologize. You see, we are about to head to Seattle for Mobius 2005 and we didn’t want to leave without giving you all lots to read. We’ll be gone Tuesday through Friday, hopefully learning about the newest

Whew! We just posted our Christmas review bundle. 11 reviews in total. Hope they will tide everyone over for the rest of the week as Judie and I are getting ready to head out to Seattle, Washington tomorrow for the annual Mobius conference. Judie almost talked me into only packing my Treo 650 for the

Friday Fun! I’ve been surfing while I should be finishing the review I have to post tonight… Bad Julie. But in the process of my surfing, I happened upon this site which is a MUST see: http://www.ertdfgcvb.ch/p1/sky.html If you have a superman complex or want to get in touch with your inner eagle, check it

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I’ve got the turkey in the oven, the Hopping John on the stovetop, the stuffing and green bean casserole ready to heat up, and Sarah & I made the deserts yesterday! I can’t wait to enjoy it all as well as the leftovers in the coming days, since we made so much.

Are the US readers out there all ready for Thanksgiving and Black Friday? You couldn’t pay me to get out and shop the day after Thanksgiving! ;o) I might do some shopping online though ;o) What gadgets are people hoping that Santa will bring them this year? The Xbox 360? I think I beat Santa

I received my unbranded unlocked GSM Treo 650 today (thanks Mike!). Good news, it works perfectly! I even upgraded the firmware. Yay! I’m super happy at the moment. Even the signal strength here in the gadget cave is good! :o) Maybe the Treo gods don’t hate me after all. I am still waiting for the

I was doing a search on eBay recently, looking under “stingray” and hoping to see some interesting small clutches. I didn’t find a clutch that I would want to buy, but I did find an auction for the most amazing leather wallet and solid sterling silver chain. Although I wasn’t in the market for either,