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Gear Patrol is looking for writers and contributors. We expect you to work 50 hours a week, wear Hugo Boss power suits with pocket squares and have an apartment in Manhattan.

Last Friday we selected a Gear Patrol Dispatch subscriber as the winner for the Philips Norelco Precision Micro Trimmer. Congratulations Marc Arevalo, the trimmer is on the way.

If you’ve got an iPhone then it’s time you take advantage of it and bookmark Gear Patrol as a webclip. If you do, you’ll get our signature cog as an icon on the home screen.

Read this: 8 Men’s Fashion Faux Pas to Avoid @ Shirts & Tie. Stop looking drab.

The Consumer Electronics Show is happening right now in Vegas. There’s no shortage of tech and gear at CES but who has four days to read every press release and announcements?

Whether you spend the day watching Transformers, grilling steaks to delicious perfection or just kicking it back with a beer in one hand and a gorgeous companion in the other it’s important to realize that 231 years ago this country liberated itself from the throes of colonization. It’s also to important to know that those colonies would later go on to be states and eventually form the United States of America; spreading our brands, fast food, painfully gorgeous women, and much envied lifestyle across the world.