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Defining Elegant Simplicity

Max Bill (1908-1994) was a man whom others fancied as a ‘universal creator’. His work spanned many mediums including architecture, sculpture, painting, education, politics, typeface design, graphic design, industrial design, and product design. Bill designed a host of watches and clocks in the late 1950s and early 1960s for German watchmaker Junghans, which has been [...]

Clark Griswold's Other Sled

This winter, when the snow sticks, take the girlfriend or family out for some sledding on a real sled. The Mountain Boy Sledworks Ultimate Flyer is a hand-made sled that forgoes neither traditional construction nor modern control in the name of coolness, and you won’t be able to help yourself from standing back and admiring [...]

As with most things I end up stuck on, I did not go looking for this particular piece or expect it to sing me a siren song. While searching on eBay for an engine turned belt buckle over Thanksgiving I stumbled onto a very unique belt buckle from Hayes Silver. In addition to wanting something [...]

Road Warriors Meet Your Excalibur

Do you suffer from a recurring nightmare involving PowerPoint presentation setup melt downs and an evil client clown (or monkey) who just won’t stop laughing at you? And in those moments when you awake do you find yourself clutching on to your Blackberry for dear life? If so, the business minded folks over at RIM [...]

Bamboo: More Than Just Feng Shui

Lately, green has been the new black. Everyone is cashing in on the environmentally organofriendly trend, especially clothiers. While being chemical and pesticide free is certainly a good thing, we still need to improve our efforts to improve water conservation. No matter how conservative you think you are, the amount of water used to make [...]

A Phone That's "Feeling Lucky"

Is your iPhone 3GS starting to look long in the tooth? Or maybe you’re digging those HTC “You” ads. Well, the new Nexus One Phone by Google (built by HTC) has launched on the T-Mobile network and sports some pretty outstanding features including a 1Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 5 megapixel camera with video capture capability, [...]

Trade Page Turner for Disc Burner

Not having nearly as much time to read as I’d like and subsequently missing out on some truly amazing books year after year has come to an end for this editor. The remedy? Listening to audio books during my daily commute. Currently, I’ve been transfixed by Dan Brown’s newest page-turner, The Lost Symbol, which has [...]

Police Drama Worth Your While

Southland, one of our favorite police dramas in a long time (shows in general, actually), took the axe from NBC when it was canceled mid-season last year. TNT, recognizing the show’s ultimately outstanding writing, pacing, and enthusiastic fans, has stepped in to re-air the entire first season, including the 6 unseen episodes and an uninterrupted [...]

A Separation Between Perch & Slate?

Apple may have the nation’s tech fiends in a frenzy over the calculated slow drip of details and rumors circling its potential tablet announcement at the end of January, but that doesn’t mean other major tech manufacturers can’t come up with lust-worthy ideas of their own. Take the Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid. Part Linux-powered web [...]

A Fitting Tribute to Possibly the Greatest Pop Band Ever

Guitar players, drummers, singers, and Beatles music fans alike should consider adding this newly released treasure to their library. The beautifully packaged, all white tome is dedicated to one of music’s most influential pop groups ever. Containing over 1,100 pages, this collection offers full scores and lyrics to all 210 songs recorded by The Beatles. [...]

Could This Be the Media Streamer We've Been Waiting For?

Those of you following our gadgetry coverage may remember Gear Patrol’s review of the robust media streaming beast known as the Popcorn Hour A-110 earlier in the fall. While our thoughts were undoubtedly positive, one caveat we did mention was that its infinite hackability and functionality did come at the cost of ease of use [...]

Improve Your Game F.A.S.T.

Despite the fact that most of the U.S. is locked in winter’s icy, heartless grip, it is always a good time to think about, plan for, and gear up to play golf. If that means updating the most important piece of golf equipment that you don’t swing at or with (read: your bag), the new [...]

Science Meets Style

If you haven’t noticed, we here at Gear Patrol love the game of golf. In fact, some of us love it so much that doesn’t matter the season or the weather, because if given the opportunity we will play. Unfortunately, golf can be miserable if playing in the rain. That is unless you have the [...]

Golf Gloves Befitting of an Eskimo

If you’re not one to flake out on the course under the threat of snowstorms and rain, then Nike has the glove for you. Rather, it’s a mitten. Nike Golf’s Cold Weather Golf Mitts are designed to protect your hands from the coldest and wettest of conditions using a weather-resistant nylon in combination with a [...]

Not Just for the Secret Agent

I first learned of Spy Optics when I read a snow goggle round-up in one of my favorite magazines. Listed on the page were five pairs of their favorite goggles and a short blurb as to why each made the list. All the goggles on that list will set you back over $250, save for [...]