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It's Like Some Kind of Shaving Cream Time Machine...

By Gear Patrol Reader Amos Kwon Tired of confusing your shaving cream for a can of Reddi-Whip? Annoyed with the green, gelatinous crust that grows overnight on the lip of said can? Then it’s time to engage the flux capacitor and visit the 1920s with Portland General Store’s Tobacco Wet Shave Jelly ($12). Not the [...]

Badass Writings for Badass Cinema

Following the cult-success of Seagalogy: A Study of the Ass-Kicking Films of Steven Seagal, Vern (full name) has released his second book, the equally short-titled Yippee Ki-Yay Moviegoer!: Writings on Bruce Willis, Badass Cinema and Other Important Topics ($10). Focused on over-the-top action film genre, Vern’s witerary, laugh out loud, style on cinema reviews (and [...]

A Look Back at Gear Patrol's Recent Finds

Drop Dead Gorges! (and Gorgeous too)

Gym rats who prefer the comfort of over the ear headphone comfort, listen up. The Jaybird SB1 Sportsband Headphones ($80) are the sleekest looking gym approved headphones we’ve come across, and less than you’d think. Capable of playing up-to eight hours of stereo music via glorious wire-free Bluetooth, the SB1′s are perfect for everything from [...]

Lighter, Faster, Tremendous(er)

Move aside Lamborghini Gallardo LP560, Audi’s in town with the bigger, badder 2011 Audi R8 GT ($250,000). 560 hp and 398 lb-ft torque (yes, the same Lambo), ensure the R8 GT will bully with the best (though we’ll settle for our Audi S5). Ingolstadt’s scientists/artists have coaxed and wooed the 5.2 FSI V10 to the [...]

The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World

Love it or hate it, Facebook has become a world wide online phenomenon. Veteran technology reporter David Kirkpatrick wanted to tell the company’s tale like never before, and enlisted the cooperation of Facebook’s key executives in his research. Don’t assume it’s all roses though. In fact what really caught our eye about this book was [...]

Pick the Combination that Speaks to You

When the time comes for you to give your favorite Justin Bieber shirt enough rest for a wash, these Buro Destruct Graphic Tees ($32) might just temporarily replace the void in your life. Made using American Apparel slim-fitting jersey tee’s, each features a basic but colorful geometric pattern that breaks up the shirt’s vibrant solid [...]

We don’t cover a lot of German wallpaper products here at Gear Patrol, as a matter of fact I can’t think of one, but this film about Hohenberger Wallcoverings makes us think otherwise. You may not necessarily be interested in their wares (as good as they are), but this film, shot by Sebastian Wiegärtner may [...]

A Year Ago on Gear Patrol

No Seriously, This is One Big Ass Fan

Unless you fondly call your den “Costco” then you probably don’t have a room as large as the behemoth warehouse pictured above. Regardless, we’re willing to throw a cool c-note down that you’ve seen that fan or a variation of it somewhere – most likely that last part of IKEA where everyone’s scrambling around looking [...]

A Dark Knight-Worthy Sequel or Another Spider Man 3?

Our normal modus operandi is to avoid movie reviews, but Gear Patrol was invited to catch an early look at Iron Man 2 which we just couldn’t pass up. If you’re like us, you’ve probably been anticipating this movie all year. Problem is, the advance reviews range drastically in sentiment. We purposely avoided what others [...]

The Dude Approved

Handcrafted in Brooklyn, Counter Evolution salvages rare heartpine and maple wood from former bowling lanes to produce varying furniture in an eco-friendly manner in a variety of stains. The result is a lineup of district industrial-like artisan tables and desks we wouldn’t mind building a room (or house) around. Our pick is the Gutterball Dining [...]

Because Proper Hydration is Key

If you’re anything like us, the ever-improving weather that this time of year provides acts like an irresistible magnetic force pulling you away from your desk or other responsibilities to the place you truly belong. We’re talking about the golf course, of course. If that’s the case, we say go with it but be sure [...]

iSun Power

We can’t live without our mobile devices. Texting, surfing the web, tweeting, and occasionally even having the audacity to talk on it. Problem is, we rarely have the time to recharge. Then again, there’s always the sun… The Novothink Surge ($70-$80), solar charged battery adapter for the iPhone and iPod Touch is a durable housing [...]

A Year Ago on Gear Patrol