Gary Vaynerchuk visits a very cool wine bar and selects one of their wines to taste. Having trouble viewing this video? Try the Quicktime version. Comments on this episode(164) Leave a comment › “nice interview of a new spot. thanks. My favorite wine bar is my dinin…” by DAveA “58 Degrees and Holding in Sacramento, CA…” by Carson [...]

We heard about gdgt last year when Peter Rojas and Ryan Block announced it and have been looking forward to finding out exactly what it'll be. Now we know. It's a cross between social network, wikipedia and a database. You can create an account and associate yourself with gadgets you've owned and you currently own. You can rate those gadgets and you can edit specs if you see a mistake. You can follow me at user.gdgt.com/Cali and see an introductory video by Veronica Belmont here.

The Star Wars Force Trainer should be a big hit this Christmas season. It attaches to your head and when you start concentrating, it floats a ball.

bing is holding a photo contest. There will be a series of rounds, and on August 3rd, the winner will be seen on the homepage.

Instead of tying your kids to a leash, there's another option based on RFID. It's called the Kiddo Kidkeeper. The alarm will sound when your kid moves too far away.

Energizer has a Camera Battery USB Charging Clip that will charge your camera batteries via USB.

The promo code at Angie's List is GEEK. It will save you 25% on a membership.

Yamaha's neoHD Media Controllers are aiming to simplify your options. You get the choice of Watch, Listen or Play, and then more options as you go through the menu. There are two models. The YMC500 (without Wi-Fi) is $599.95. The YMC700 (with Wi-Fi) is $799.95.

Sony's NAS-Z200iR is a beautiful, crazy and expensive iPod dock and remote. It has a 3.5" LCD touch screen and will cost 400 Euros. The Man Wall is the ultimate for any sports guy and HDTV lover. It has a 52" HDTV as well as two 26" HDTVs, a 5.1 home theatre system, DVD player, sports ticker, kegorator, microwave, two cigar humidors, a wine rack and and iPod dock. We'll miss you, Billy Mays!

The VholdR ContourHD is a small HD camera that's intended to be mounted on a moving object. You can shoot in either 720p at 30fps or 858X480 video at 60fps and lets you position it any way you want.

The Liquid Image Video Scuba Mask HD320 shoots 720p video and has a 5 megapixel still camera. You can dive up to 115 feet and there will be a pair of 1Watt LED lights that mount on each side of the goggles.

The promo code at Angie's List is GEEK. It will save you 25% on a membership.

When Watchmen comes out , it'll have a special feature called Maximum Movie Mode, where the director will stop the movie in various places and show you the scene being shot raw and compare the scene to panels from the comic book.

ASUS announced a USB Blu-ray drive, the SBC-04B1S-U. It's Windows only and the glowing X on the side is dimmable.

The Cool Drive U360 offers USB computer to computer file transfer, as fast as 17MB/second.

The MyDeskFriend is a robot penguin that will be released in Septemeber, and will read your Facebook messages, news and weather forcasts to you. It has an accelerometer and 5 infared sensors. You can friend me on Facebook at Facebook.com/CaliLewis.

This isn't Shiny, Happy. It's actually a bit scary....the US Debt Clock.

The There I Fixed It! Blog is Shiny, Happy, though.

After recently trying the 2005 vintage, Gary Vaynerchuk tastes the 2004 Shafer One Point Five. Having trouble viewing this video? Try the Quicktime version. Comments on this episode(318) Leave a comment › “QOTD-on the eve of the 4th I am aware of our precious freedom. I have…” by javajo “No way you turned us off, grabbed a [...]

I had an awesome time at WordCamp Dallas this weekend. Thanks to everyone who helped John P. and me organize the event, and to everyone who came! You can see a full write up on my blog, CaliLewis.me. Dave Curlee will be cleaning up the recordings and I'll post them right here on GeekBrief.TV. The best way to know when they're up is to follow me on Twitter, where I'll post the links.

PogoPlug is now Mac friendly. It makes external hard drives accessible on your local network and over the Internet. They're sending me one, so we'll have a review soon.

Two iPhone projectors are coming to market. Lancer's iJector appears to work with any iPod that does video including the iPhone and iPod touch. Resolution is 557X234 and projection size is up to 50 inches, and has stereo speakers. The second one is a joint effort from BeamBox and MiLi. The Evolution Mini Power Projector is 10 lumens, and resolution is 640X480.

X-mini Capsule Speakers are smaller than an egg when closed, but they have a patented expandable vacuum that they say mimics the resonance of a sub-woofer. When expanded, one is about the size of an egg. It has a rechargeable battery, and an 1/8-inch mini plug and USB connector.

Gary Vaynerchuk sits down and explores the wines of Santenay including one white wine which only represents 10% of all the production of the region! Having trouble viewing this video? Try the Quicktime version. Comments on this episode(290) Leave a comment › “Nice show, although the wines were obviously dissappointing. Let’s se…” by JayZee “Alas, as I [...]

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After many requests to do so, Gary Vaynerchuk reviews 6 offerings from Cameron Hughes Wines. Having trouble viewing this video? Try the Quicktime version. Comments on this episode(366) Leave a comment › “I’ve been away from the show for a stretch, but am back and really enj…” by Dr. Dan “I love this program. I appreciate your [...]

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