Patagonia Beer: Apparently Drinking and Hiking Actually Go Together

Patagonia Beer: Apparently Drinking and Hiking Actually Go Together

If beer is at the center of your back to nature excursion things may not go . . . entirely according to plan. Safety first, people. But that isn’t stopping the rugged and cozy masters at Patagonia from partnering with New Belgium Brewing to put out some branded lager.

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This Is What Climate Change Looks Like

This Is What Climate Change Looks Like

You’re looking at the Upsala Glacier on the Argentine side of the North Patagonian Icefield—or at least, some of it. Because this photo shows that the glacier is rapidly retreating as a result of climate change.

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Amazon vs. Amazon: Should the .Amazon Domain Belong to Bezos or the River?

Amazon is busy trying to gobble up all kinds of top-level domains—.book, .read, you name it—but it also has its eye on .amazon, too. Turns out that the Brazilian and Peruvian governments have something to say about that though, and would rather snag it for the famous river. More »

My Warming Jacket: Patagonia’s Encapsil Down Belay Parka

My Warming Jacket: Patagonia’s Encapsil Down Belay Parka

Patagonia has produced the first 1,000-fill-power down parka. It doesn’t come cheap, but if you’re looking for the ultimate cold-weather coat, this just might be it.

BlackBerry Patagonia 9620 Leaked

While we do know that Research In Motion (RIM for short) is about to bet the entire farm on the release of the BlackBerry 10 operating system next year, here we are with a leak of an upcoming hardware known as the BlackBerry Patagonia 9620, which will carry with it a QWERTY keyboard, paying homage to the BlackBerry devices of old. Of course, you will not find BlackBerry 10 running on this bad boy, but rather, there will be BlackBerry OS 7.1 that runs proceedings from underneath the hood, where it is aided by a 1.2GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 processor alongside 768MB RAM.

These specifications are nothing much to shout about, sporting a 2.44-inch, 480 x 360 resolution display, 2GB of internal memory that can be augmented via a microSD memory card slot, a 5-megapixel camera at the back, GPS navigation, Wi-Fi connectivity and PTT support. No idea on availability, but Nextel Mexico does seem to have locked it down for a December release. This would surely rank among the budget-minded who want a BlackBerry for their everyday use.

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