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{ Monthly Archives } September 2008

Crankjam – a social network for rock climbers

On a scale of 1 to 10, Crankjam seems creepy and weird.
Wait, hold on.  Let me explain.
While on Facebook, I saw an advertisement related to rock climbing.  I like rock climbing.  So I said to myself: “Why don’t you check that out.”  The ad suggested that the advertisers in question were seeking Beta testers to [...]

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Outdoor Gear at low, low prices :)

On a scale of 1 to 10, these sites are dope (if you’re a tech-weenie on a budget.)
As most of my friends know, I am a gear queer.  I like outdoor stuff.
I wrote a post a few months ago about Steepandcheap, a website for buying cool outdoor gear at low-low prices (insert tv-promo voice here.)  [...]

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SOG Flash II Knife

On a scale of 1to10 this knife was meh.

I bought another item off of Steep and Cheap.  It was a SOG Flash II knife.  To be truthful, I don’t love it.  I don’t hate it either, but I am not blown away.
I have always had a very high opinion of SOG knives.  They make well [...]

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The New Chrome Browser from Google – my review

 
On a scale from 1 to 10, I am mildly impressed.  I just saw that Chrome was live and available for download, so I gave it a test run.  
I’m going to keep this pretty short, as Walt Mossberg already did a wonderful review of Chrome for the Wall Street Journal, but I’d like to share [...]

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