Entries from November 2007

November 30, 2007

Mattel Pixar Cars: Factory 2006 Set Case – UNBOXING Photos!

Thanks to Noel who not only got the set but wanted to be the first in his town so he added the 2nd day shipping and there it is!
All nicely packed and in his house – in pristine condition!

It’s already a Merry Christmas!

Easy to spy the two exclusive CARS on cards peeking through the window [...]

November 30, 2007

iPhone Review: Aliph Jawbone Bluetooth Headset

Now that California passed a law that drivers must use a hands free headset, I was forced to go out and get a one … and since a bunch of you were so kind to complain loudly that Apple credited us early iPhone buyers with $100, the headset was essentially a Chistmas present from Apple [...]

November 27, 2007

How to Fix Your Mac DVD & Other DVD Players for $7

While not exactly the most exciting bit of technology, before you rip out a wonky DVD player from your Mac (or throw your AV DVD player away), spend $7 to run this cleaning DVD with brushes over the laser eye – in many cases, the ONLY reason your DVD player is working spotty and wonky [...]

November 25, 2007

Black Friday, Black Holiday: Gifts to Avoid

As someone who once worked in retail, it’s not hard to get cynical about Christmas – I actually saw & witnessed people buying presents by the pound – actually holding it up and declaring loudly that it’s price to bulk weight ratio was sufficient … sufficient for what? To not be excluded from the reading [...]

November 22, 2007

Apple iPhone Forced to Unlock in Europe – Crying to the Bank …

While Apple is being forced to unlock the iPhone in Europe, it is tragic … because Apple is going to pay so much more in taxes from the HUGE profit they will be making … yea, that’s quite a tragedy.
The deal will be much like T-Mobile’s just-announced revised deal in Germany. Get the iPhone for [...]

November 22, 2007

Nintendo Wii: The Bundles & Best Casual Games Reviews

Unfortunately, it looks like we are headed into the 2nd holiday season with Wii’s not readily available. There is nary a consumer electronics store you can go into that doesn’t have a giant pile of PS3’s & XBoxes – both fine systems but who’s got that much time these days – the Nintendo Wii is [...]

November 21, 2007

Political Punditry On “The Race” So Far

Ron Paul was recently asked about Dennis Kucinich becoming his running mate which he supported.  That’s like a fat chick asking her fatter roomate to attend the Tappa Kegga Beer house party…no one cares and worse they get ignored like hippie at a VFW bar.
While the Republicans race toward mediocrity, the Democrats are finally waking [...]

November 18, 2007

Mattel Pixar Cars: Black Friday CARS Sales 2007 (Cyber Monday UPDATE)

For those outside the United States, we have a new shopping holiday – BLACK FRIDAY. The day after Thanksgiving … of course, now Thanksgiving is essentially a day of eating, napping and football watching … with virtually all stores other than grocery stores closed – 24 hours is just about all that most Americans can [...]

November 14, 2007

iPhone “Free” Custom Ringtones Are Back – How To Make Your Own

UPGRADE SOME COMPONENTS FIRST
You will need to make sure your iPhone is updated to 1.1.2 and iTunes 7.5 & maybe even Quicktime 7.3. Of course, your iPhone upgrade is best handled by clicking on UPDATE after you dock your iPhone and turn on iTunes 7.5. This is a pretty big upgrade including a firmware upgrade [...]

November 12, 2007

NBC Direct.com: iTunes Replacement in 11 Steps + Ads!

NBC decided to dump iTunes because they wanted to go down their own path.
Why offer consumers, viewers and customer convenience when consumers will do ‘whatever we at NBC say?’
NBC – we’re so good – people should jump through flaming hoops to watch us!
iTunes was oh so simple and boring.
Sure, ONE CLICK could buy, download, sync [...]