With Steve Jobs no longer guiding the helm of day-to-day operations at Apple, it was unclear what would become of the company. Would they manage to continue to produce innovative technologies like the Apple ][ and Macintosh … or would they succumb to producing generic grey-box computers that look like everything else on any given [...]
Archive | April, 2011
Work Gear Review: Parker 51
Every now and then a product comes along that is, to use a word, magical. The new item does something new and, in doing so, promises to “change everything”. That’s the case with the brand new Parker 51. The Parker 51 is not like anything you have seen before. It promises to solve many of [...]
Music Diary Notes: The Brave New World of Digital Music
I have talked a lot about business models in the music industry, about popular, indie and niche genres, sales trends, and more … but today I have the great fortune to talk about an invention that will undoubtedly revolutionize the world or recorded music: ‘digital’ music stored on a ‘compact’ disk. What is this all [...]
Gear Games Review: Atari C-100 Pong Home System
As anyone who has whiled away the hours playing Dungeon or Trek on your PDP-10 or S/360 knows – video games are fast becoming a BIG DEAL! Atari has caught on to this phenomenon, and already released the exciting Pong arcade game a couple of years back. But now they are ready to take it [...]
Gu Energy Announces “DermaCharge” Topical Electrolytes
I am training for a half-marathon that’s coming up like a freight train (three weeks!) So I am on the prowl for easy to use energy food while on my long runs and during the race. Unfortunately, many energy gels upset my stomach, so imagine how excited I was to see that Gu Energy has [...]
First Look: The Omega Constellation Time Computer I Takes Horology to a Whole New Level
It just doesn’t get any better than this! Geeks and Watch aficionados alike have been eagerly waiting the Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology found in the Omega Time Computer, and it is finally here — just in time for Father’s Day and graduation! Available in 14K white or yellow gold-filled, or 18K solid gold for [...]
Exclusive: Fire Goes Mobile! This is Hot!
Fire! It cooks our food and warms our caves. Fire! It keeps the predators away and let’s us see when the flaming ball of light goes away for a time. Fire! It can be hard to start and, once going, an ever-present job to keep stoked. Fire! We don’t want to live without it but [...]
Review: Paperback Books
There’s been a huge leap forwards in book technology, and here at Gear Diary we have an exclusive first look! It’s exciting, it’s svelte and pocketable, it’s shiny and colorful and new…yes, I’m talking about the paperback book! Sure, we’re all familiar with the usual hardcovers and scrolls, but this is a breakthrough. Now you [...]
First Look: I-Mate JAM Pocket PC
I have seen the future of mobile phones and it comes from… Dubai!?!? Yes, this phone comes from the up-and-comer I-mate, a company that is set to take the mobile world by storm and promises to be on top for decades to come. When I first took the Jam out of the box I wasn’t [...]
New Calculator, “The Abacus” Announced!
It never fails. You’re taking the lunch order for your office, and everything is fine until the total runs past $20. Suddenly you can’t just use YOUR fingers and toes, now you need to include your coworkers dirty feet too. And who wants to be near that many stinky toes right before lunch? Luckily, a [...]
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