Entries from January 2008

January 30, 2008

A Million Unlocked iPhones Being Shown Off All Around the World - That’s a Tragedy?

Even if the numbers of a million iPhones being unlocked are correct, that’s a MILLION iPhones walking around all over the world as FREE marketing and advertising for Apple - the most effective advertising of all - because it gives those users the cachet of doing something “not quite legal.” That they are “above the [...]

January 29, 2008

Amazon Mp3 Will Affect Amazon Revenue More Than Apple’s iPod or iTunes

It’s pretty amazing the number of journalists who don’t look at a situation before just plowing ahead and writing words and “a conclusion.” They either choose to ignore the real world or they simply don’t understand it. Either way, it’s appalling.
Yes, Amazon’s entry into the “unlocked” DRM free Mp3 market will affect Apple & the [...]

January 29, 2008

Happy Valentine’s Day: DeBeers Diamond Class Action Settlement

I knew $97.99 for the 143-carat pinkie ring I bought last year was overpriced.
Now, you can get some of your money back from DeBeers …
Do you qualify?
“People and companies who purchased Diamond Products for personal use, including to give as gifts. This is the Indirect Purchaser “Consumer Subclass.”
Yes, you are subclass but you might get [...]

January 25, 2008

Moving Day is NEAR For Two A Day (WordPress)

We are getting ready to move!
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While we had a great time [...]

January 24, 2008

Fortune Names Mattel on List of Top 100 to Work For

With Google topping the list, Mattel comes in at #70, pretty impressive considering the tens of thousands of companies not on the list … is one the criteria for making the list ‘being ultra secretive’? JUST KIDDING! Just kidding … sort of
Here’s the criteria for making the list:
“How we pick the 100 best? [...]

January 24, 2008

Mattel Pixar Disney Cars Checklist: The Alpha List 2008

Reader Jake sent along this alphabetized list of the 66 CARS announced so far & scheduled for release in 2008 (that is not already out). This includes all the Piston Cup race CARS that presumably will be the set coming in (rumor has it) June 2008.
The only thing we know for certain for that we [...]

January 19, 2008

MacBook Air: Not For You So Don’t Panic

Quick, name the perfect product for everyone?
Air, the other one? The thing we breathe? Yea, how is that air in Houston in August or in Beijing?
Um, not so perfect.
Water? Who here only drinks tap? Don’t we like it flavored, carbonated, with taurine, mint or almost anyone other than tap?
So, not water … but apparently if [...]

January 16, 2008

Mattel Disney Pixar Cars: The Display Scale of It

I’m sure many of you are like me, tossing and turning at nights because you can’t figure how to properly display the AL OFT BLIMP & the DINOCO HELICOPTER … it’s just not to 1:55 scale!
If I can still do math, Wikipedia says the Goodyear Blimp is in real life 192 feet, presuming the Lightyear [...]

January 15, 2008

Hello From MacWorld 2008

Not actually blogging from here since we’re only #72,000 on Technorati … there are only about 15 seats … maybe next year.
Other than the keynote, there’s not much to see that’s new - I don’t think Adobe is even here. The nicest booth by far is Belkin’s …

If this were in Venice, it’d be [...]

January 12, 2008

Mattel Disney Pixar Cars: E Box & Other Factory Sealed Cases CHANGES

Sometimes it doesn’t pay to plan too far ahead …
Mattel has changed the case assortment for Box E:
Originally to be:
Bling Bling Lightning McQueen
Dinoco Chick Hicks
Dirt Track Lightning McQueen
Fred
Hydraulic Ramone
Lightning McQueen
Mario Andretti
Mater
Not Chuck (2)
Pit Crew Member Fabulous Hudson Hornet
Pit Crew Member Sarge
Race Tow Truck (2)
Richard Clayton Kensington (Security Van) (2)
Snot Rod
Tom Race Official
Now:
(Changes in bold along [...]