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Overboard Insurance

Kids think finding small objects at the bottom of the pool is a chance for adventure, but we all know losing your keys in the lake while jet skiing can ruin your week as an adult. That is, of course, unless you had the foresight to keep a WaterBuoy ($13) clipped to your key chain. [...]

Where do we go from here?

You have a personal music library that would take two months of straight listening to get through from beginning to end. You subscribe to a dozen online streaming services and can instantly satisfy even the slightest musical whim (like calling up that one song from A-Ha’s second album that you really like but are afraid [...]

Souped Up Super AMOLED

About a year ago, the Samsung Galaxy S created a stir on the Android block when it pranced out with its 4-inch Super AMOLED display. While there’s plenty of tech chatter surrounding its successor, the Samsung Galaxy S II, the Samsung Infuse 4G ($200) is essentially the same phone, and it’s coming to AT&T on [...]

Faded Glory

The mad scientists at Impossible Project have brought another color film to diehard Polaroid shooters with their latest creation: Impossible PX 70 Push! Film ($20). The film, a working experiment, isn’t for the lighthearted shooter — images shift to blue over time without proper care so don’t expect consistent results in your shots. If you’re [...]

How do you say "Ninja" in German?

Fact: silver is not the new black. Black never left. One need only look at the numerous special black edition cars emerging from the darkness these days for confirmation. Porsche is clearly no exception to this, with the new 2012 Cayman S Black Edition. With a 10 horsepower bump to 330, the 3.4 liter flat [...]

High Bred Hybrid

Hitting the perfect pin high 3-iron over water is the type of shot we wish we could execute with any sort of regularity. More often than not, the result is hitting ours thin or simply off-center. Consistency is something we all covet and thankfully it’s easier to achieve with a switch to hybrids. Ranked the [...]

Dynamic Duo

Tired of that tiny, distorted and generally otherwise underwhelming sound emanating from your stock TV speakers, but hate the thought of wiring up surround sound? Go for a sound bar. The newly updated Boston Acoutics TVee Model 25 ($350) provides an enveloping audio experience without the fuss at an affordable price. Consisting of only a [...]

From Grave to Glory

It goes without saying that the original Ford GT40 stands as one of the most iconic American cars of all time. Originally designed to go up against Ferrari in the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race series, it won the race four times in a row from 1966 to 1969, which undoubtedly shamed the [...]

$495 | Gant Rugger

Campfires Be Damned

We love camping as much as the next guy, but there’s no reason why the consumption of one of the world’s greatest deserts should be restricted to just jaunts in the woods. Enter the S’More To Love STL-600 S’More Maker ($15). Up to six stacks of marshmallow, chocolate and graham crackers can be locked-down securely [...]

GEAR PATROL SPONSORED POST Belgian beer powerhouse Leffe is looking for a few good men to spotlight in their Craft Your Character search. Call us biased, but we can’t think of a better collection of adventurers and all-around general renaissance men than you guys. Who better to have their awesome stories shared globally? Oh, and [...]

PhD Runner

Seven years in the making, the Mizuno Wave Prophecy ($200) is designed around award-winning Wave Technology for maximum cushion and stability — something that’s easier said that done considering the two traits are a bit like oil and water in the world of shoe materials. Instead of widely used foam, the Prophecy uses two stacked [...]

Zone Water Defense

There exists a direct correlation between the adversity of a particular situation and the coolness of a photograph. The worse a situation, the better the photo. The problem is, your camera may not be up to snuff and there’s no worse enemy to a camera than water. Moisture or worse, immersion, are total dealbreakers for [...]

A study of the greatest American architect of all time

Even if you don’t have a clue about architecture, you know the name Frank Lloyd Wright. Frank Lloyd Wright: Complete Works, Vol. 1, 1885-1916 ($126) is the start of an upcoming three-volume study on Wright’s roughly 1100 designs, only about half of which ever came to fruition. Done in cooperation with the Frank Lloyd Archives [...]