My Review of Adidas Elite Team Duffel - Large

Originally submitted at The Sports Authority

The Adidas® Elite team duffle bag lets you carry your gear in style and comfort with a dual-adjustable, no-twist shoulder strap that has an extra-padded strap pad. The bag features a zippered main compartment, a FreshPAK™ lined wet/dry shoe tunnel, an end cap with a valuables pocket, spac...

Adidas Elite Team Duffel - Large

Very Large Bag, Great to Carry All

By Chas from Sacramento, CA on 1/21/2010

 

5out of 5

Pros: Durable, Large Capacity, Good Zippers

Describe Yourself: Outdoor Professional

What Is Your Gear Style: Comfort Driven

Great quality bag. I upgraded from the medium to the large and believe me, this is a LARGE bag. It's nice to have so much capacity, just be careful not to overload it or your shoulder will suffer. For most people I would suggest the medium, the large works for me because I travel frequently to out of town soccer tournaments and it is nice to have everything in one bag.

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iPhone Gloves Coming Soon...

I got a hold of these prototype iPhone gloves this past week and absolutely love them!  These gloves have 3 layers of material, fleece, Thinsulate and spandex.  Despite the 3 layers, they are incredibly thin and comfortable.  The palms have a grippy material which works great in wet weather. The piece de resistance is the exposed thumbs which makes operating the iPhone a snap.  Look for them at a retail location near you soon!

Chas

Change is in the Wind

Change...it can be good...it can be bad...but the fact is that it is inevitable.  Change happens everyday in every way whether we are ready or not. In the past year, my life has changed in more ways than I thought were possible. In my business and personal life equally. Keeping up with the change has been a full time job and with any job, some days are better than others. On Wednesday, change once again is coming.  I have known about this big change for a couple of months now, but preparing for the unknown result doesn't make it any easier or less stressful. As a matter of fact, the anticipation makes the change worse than if it were to hit you out of the blue.  Some changes can be prepared for while others are of the "wait and see" variety. For better or worse, change happens...

Chas

Tim Burton's Movie 9

I rented and watched the movie 9 yesterday.  It was directed by Shane Acker and produced by Tim Burton. It is an animated movie about a group of mechanical beings created by a scientist who had also created machines for a military group.  This world dominating military group resembled the third reich. This is a classic story about how the machines try to take over and destroy their creators.  Unfortunately, this movie has a terrible ending and made too many assumptions to make it worth seeing.  I am a fan of all things Tim Burton, but this movie doesn't deserve to have his name associated with it.  Leave it on the shelf.

Chas

Rock Band on The iPhone

Rock Band on the iPhone is a very fun app. Whether playing solo or playing via Bluetooth/WiFi with three other iPhone or iTouch users it is truely a blast. There are a couple of short comings. One being the number of songs and the second being no singing vocals. There should be twice as many song to start (it comes with 20). Pairs of songs can be purchased for .99 cents but the selection is sparse. The no singing vocals is a true let down. You get a scrolling vocal track that you have to push the corresponding button for each song chorus, sideways?? Not sure what EA was thinking, the built in mic would make singing the vocals a snap. Oh well, it is still worth the $4.99 that I paid for it. Give it a try.

Chas

Schwarzenegger's State of the State Address

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger gave his state of the state address yesterday. He thanked many people from both sides of the isle for working with him to pass legislation for a better California, better?!?! He spoke of putting more money into education and less money into corrections. His plan to reduce the amount of money spent on corrections is to privatize it's operation. If he really wanted to make a difference for the future generations of Californian's, then he should have proposed the privatization plan 7 years ago. At this point in his tenure, it is too little and way too late. It was a well written speech and it's an obvious attempt was to gain approval points by showing humility and compassion because his next gig in politics depends upon it. I urge all Californian's to contemplate this, are we better off now than we were when he became the Governor?? His election platform was "no politics", let see which way his career takes him.

Chas