Archive for May, 2013
Business
CA Gym Adopts a Wii
This just might explain why them damn Nintendo Wiis are so difficult to find…or not. A Canadian health club, Studio 55, has opened the first Wii Workout Station. Its 400 square feet of pure Wii exercise boasting a big s...
Household
The Boyfriend Pillow
I don’t think this needs too much explanation. The folks in Japan (Kameo) have already sold over 1000 of these since launch in December ’06. The pillow is only available in Japan and costs about $80 and is availab...
Business
Netflix Customer Service Wait Times Absurd
So you might have heard that Netflix didn’t meet their customer acquisition goals this past quarter. Furthermore, their site went down this past Tuesday (7/24) for a few hours. Then I had my personal Netflix experience....
Business
Amp’d Goes Bust
Sure, we knew that they filed for Bankruptcy, but based on the filing (Chapter 11) we all thought they’d “restructure their business” and get back on their feet. Doens’t look that way any more. Their sit...
Websites
Wanna Look Like a Simpson
Just go here and upload a pic of yourself. Yes, its a Simpsons/Burger King promo. Taking forever to load…
Robots
Ugobe Sells Out of Pleo
I am afraid so. I had a prebuy ticket but like an apprehensive idiot held out thinking I might jump on the iPhone bandwagon. You can still purchase the green guy at select retailers, though. Amazon seems to have them for Preord...
Clothing
SoloPipe is a Smoker’s Delight
I gotta be honest…I didn’t take a single puff out of this thing, but its ‘wow’ factor is more then enough to show it off to friends and family. Very easy to use. Just draw back the metal slide, insert th...
Rumors
Apple.com’s Traffic is Top 10
According to comScore, Apple.com is now a top 10 web property. In May traffic rose to 120 million unique visitors, a 5% increase over April. The increase can be attributed to iPhone interest. I had no idea that Apple’s...
Business
Sprint Boots 1,200 Customers b/c Too High Touch
Sprint just booted (aka client pruned) 1,200 of their customers. According to Sprint Nextel (and the letter seen here) these folks called their customer service reps too often. According to a Sprint customer service rep the ave...
Movies
Movie Suggestion: Who Killed The Electric Car
If you haven’t seen this movie see it NOW. It details the demise of GM’s EV1 (one of the first all electric cars). In short, GM created one of the first all electric cars, had a waiting list of people looking to pur...
Cell Phones
Unlocked iPhone?
Are we days away from an unlocked iPhone? Some kid not more then a few weeks out of high school has been working with a group of ‘hackers’ to open up the iPhone. Too much tech jargon for me to really understand, but...
Photography
Canon Powershot SD750 Review – Better than the Casio Exlim Z75
So I was (just bought) recently in the market for a slim (think unobtrusive to the pocket) sized Digital Camera – comes in silver or black accents. To be completely honest I considered aestheitics when making my descion. ...
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