Article Archive for November 2007

Mattel Pixar Cars: Factory 2006 Set Case – UNBOXING Photos!
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Posted in Advertising, Film, Marketing, Retail on 30 November 2007
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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 […]

iPhone Review: Aliph Jawbone Bluetooth Headset
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Posted in Apple, Computing, Design, Gadgets, Internet, iPhone, Marketing, Mobile, Retail, Toys on 30 November 2007
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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 […]

How to Fix Your Mac DVD & Other DVD Players for $7
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Posted in Apple, Apple Mac, Computing, Gadgets on 27 November 2007
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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 […]

Black Friday, Black Holiday: Gifts to Avoid
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Posted in Advertising, Financial, Gadgets, Internet, Marketing, Retail, Toys, Universe on 25 November 2007
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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 […]

Apple iPhone Forced to Unlock in Europe – Crying to the Bank …
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Posted in Advertising, Apple, Financial, Internet, iPhone, Marketing, Mobile, Retail on 22 November 2007
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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 […]

Nintendo Wii: The Bundles & Best Casual Games Reviews
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Posted in Gadgets, Media, Retail, Toys, TV, Video, Video Games on 22 November 2007
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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 […]

Political Punditry On “The Race” So Far
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Posted in Politics on 21 November 2007
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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 […]

Mattel Pixar Cars: Black Friday CARS Sales 2007 (Cyber Monday UPDATE)
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Posted in Advertising, Film, Financial, Marketing, Toys, TV on 18 November 2007
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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 […]

iPhone “Free” Custom Ringtones Are Back – How To Make Your Own
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Posted in Apple, Apple Mac, Computing, Design, Gadgets, Internet, iPhone, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Music, Retail, Toys on 14 November 2007
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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 […]

NBC Direct.com: iTunes Replacement in 11 Steps + Ads!
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Posted in Advertising, Apple, Computing, Design, Gadgets, Internet, iPhone, Marketing, Media, Retail, TV on 12 November 2007
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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 […]