Identify These Antique Appliances
Can you identify these antique appliances (acquired through eBay)?
Interesting conversation pieces and good history but um, I wouldn’t pay for them. 😉
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Oh Hell Yes! Justin Bieber URL Shortener
Just what the Internet has been missing! An URL shortener based on Justin Bieber. Take any full URL and get something like this http://bieber.ly/ffbc
Get Cheap HDMI Cables at Ross
Ross Dress for Less might as well be called Stuff for Less with the eclectic collection of discounted items they offer. If you’re in search for an HDMI cable to connect your High Definition television to a Blu-ray player or AppleTV, check the nearest Ross. You might luck out.
$9 for a 6-ft name brand cable. While probably not the cheapest for an HDMI cable, you save on shipping and time by buying locally.
“My Blackberry Is Not Working” Humor
A funny clip to start the day. Tech talk taken literally, and remember, don’t try to put your dongle in an Apple.
First Time with Augmented Reality
I had heard about augmented reality for some time but never tried it out. After talking with a coworker about AR, I fired up the iPhone Yelp app and activated Monocle. Here’s what I saw.
Those are restaurants and respective Yelp reviews in the direction of the iPhone camera. Neat!
Macys Sells Cool USB Drives
I would never have guessed that you could pick up cool USB flash drives at Macys of all places, actually, the high tech vending machines in some of the Macys locations. This is the first time I’ve seen Mimobots and Driver flash drives in real life.
Holiday Gift Guide: Griffin Slap
This is very cool and hopefully available before the Holidays. The Slap by Griffin Technologies makes your new iPod Nano into a wristwatch. Available in a rainbow of colors, the Slap silicon shell protects your Nano and adds more value to this lilliputian device.
Memory Cards Are Cheap
Wow, the cost of memory cards have gotten really cheap. A 16-GB SDHC memory card at Class 10 speeds is only $25! Even if it doesn’t fully achieve Class 10 speeds, should be just as fast as Class 6 cards.
Is It Time to Panic?
Dear readers, I don’t want to alarm you just yet, but have you heard of Near Earth Objects? Think of Bruce Willis in Armageddon with an asteroid approaching Earth with potentially devastating effects – that’s the concern over NEOs.
Fortunately, NASA is scouring the vastness of outer space and has not identified any dangerous NEOs. Unfortunately, there’s no plan to handle a NEO if one were found. 🙁
So what would you do? Head on over to Club 939 and party hardy?
Thanks to -S for the story.
This QR Code Is Redundant
For iPhone users, you can download a free QR code scanner from the App Store then you’ll understand why the code below is redundant. 😉
New DVD Copy Protection
If you have a new DVD (such as Iron Man 2), its digital content is protected with the addition of bogus tracks. MacWorld discusses this and tells you how to find THE real deal.
Best Buy Price Matches Their Own Prices?
This may already be well known, but I’ll repeat since it’s worth it. Best Buy locations in Hawaii may have different prices from their online web site. But, you can receive the (lower) online price just by showing them the price on the Best Buy web page . They’ll in turn price match with their own web site cost.
Here’s an example. This internal Western Digital hard drive (WD10000CSRTL, SKU: 8492026) is listed for $79.99 online with a Hawaii zip code provided. But when you go to the actual store, the shelf price lists $99.99! Take a print out of the web page or even better, a real-time view on a mobile device. The clerk will then override and modify the price.
Weird.