In our home we have a Welsh Pembroke Corgi, three girls with shoulder-length or longer hair, and three mohair rugs; there are days when I am not sure who or what sheds worse. We have a conventional upright vacuum cleaner, and although it works well enough, it is a pain to have to get it [...]
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BROpener Lets You Turn Any Surface Into a Bottle Opener
Summer is here, and that means sun, fun and beer. It also means that GearFest 2013 is coming soon. THAT means we’ll be enjoying lots and lots of IPAs. After all they are Kevin’s favorite, and he has made an IPA-lover out of me too. Last GearFest our bottle opener saw a good bit of [...]
Contactive Universal Caller ID and Unified Social Media Address Book Available for Android
I don’t know about you, but keeping track of all my contacts is kind of a PITA. I mean, you have your Facebook folks, and your Google folks, and Twitter, and your regular desktop address book, and who knows how many other contacts floating around in Skype or Lync or wherever. Some of these apps [...]
StarTech Offers New USB 3.0 Video Adapters for Laptop and Ultrabook Users
Now, the world is full of sexy new electronic gizmos that cause you to ooh and ahh, and we see new stuff coming out all the time. Smartphones, of course. New fancy-pants cars like the new Tesla sedan (Doug want!). Judie put up a tweet the other day about the problem with helium prices, one [...]
Quargo Mixed QR Codes with Augmented Reality App Now Available on iTunes
I’ll admit it: I basically ignore QR codes. I don’t pay attention to them on billboards, TV commercials, online, or wherever the heck else they appear. And I don’t much pay attention to QR apps, either. Call me a tech dinosaur. On the other hand, I do like augmented reality apps. I have downloaded quite [...]
SLR 37mm 0.45X Wide Angle + Macro Lens for iPhone 5
Now, for the most part, SLR lenses and components just don’t work with smartphones. I mean, really; why should they; SLR lenses tend to be pretty big and bulky, and figuring out a way to attach one to a smartphone case can be a PITA. But USBFever has gotten through that issue and is offering [...]
Save Big with ZAGG this Memorial Day Weekend
Memorial Weekend is underway, but it won’t be until Monday that you can save big on pretty much everything ZAGG has to offer. The Memorial Day Sale will take place on Monday, May 27th and Tuesday, May 28th and the savings are huge. Yes, during the sale, tablet keyboards will be 20% off. Not enough [...]
Think Tank Photo Mirrorless Mover 30i Review
Think Tank Photos Mirrorless Mover line of bags is a great way to carry and protect your mirrorless camera. The line is “scaled to fit today’s compact, mirrorless cameras, this collection of bags offers the same top quality materials and craftsmanship that Think Tank is known for. “The Mirrorless Mover 30i is also the first [...]
RockDoc Bluetooth by Pitbull Small in Size, Big in Sound
A few weeks ago Dr Ruth came to speak at my synagogue. She was awesome- funny, interesting, quick on her feet and, most of all, nice. Seriously, Dr Ruth is one of those amazingly sweet people. Along the way I learned a lot about Dr Ruth- not the least of which was the fact that she [...]
Win a Sony Xperia T from Gear Diary
Carly’s about to get a Nokia 928 running Windows Phone 8. Judie, after serving up her detailed review of the BlackBerry X10 is back using her Nokia 920. And I’m switching between my iPhone 5 and the year-old HTC One X. Yes, once again Gear Diary’s editorial staff is all over the map with currently [...]






















