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Nov 22, 2008 • In Video Games

Go Vote for Amazon’s $199-$229 PS3 Bundles!

I’m a total movie nut and own hundreds and hundreds of DVDs. However, J has forbidden me from buying any more.

The problem lies in that we have a fairly large LCD television, 52″ to be exact.

So while my DVDs looked amazing on my old 27″ CRT television, the non-HD is very evident on our new TV, with massive pixelation and loss of detail.

We decided long ago that we will buy the best Blu-Ray player out there: the PS3. However, with both money and time being tight, we held off on this luxury purchase (which will eventually require more of our time and money).

Until now.

Like last year, Amazon will let it customers vote for the ultimate clearance items…and have the winning items be available at limited quantities to those who voted.

And this year, Round 1 of the voting consists of three PS3 bundles, each worth more than $550, down to $199 and $229.

As you can see, I voted for the “Action Bundle,” consisting of an 80GB PS3, the James Bond Blu-Ray Collection Six Pack, Far Cry 2, and the PS3 remote.

Only 500 people will be able to purchase this bundle at this price! Although I never win anything related to luck, I’m keeping my fingers crossed!

Go cast your own vote here.

D’Antoni’s First Big (Fail) Move

Warriors, Knicks agree on Crawford-Harrington deal; Randolph also traded

Why? Whyyyy?!?

They’re putting too much stock in the future – they need to concentrate on the NOW.

I’m so upset I had to console myself some rudimentary Photoshopping.

The End of Daylight Savings Time?

President-elect Obama is looking to axe the controversial daylight savings time (DST).

I’ve always had a great sense of time so I have never had a problem with DST. However, I do get a bit sad every spring as we lose an hour.

How about you? Do you think we should join the ranks of Arizona and the majority of the world by eliminating the practice?

Via Boing Boing.

Kickass Crochet Patterns

I love DYI projects and am a big proponent of small, one-man/mom-and-pop shops. However, I never caught the Etsy craze because there is just so much stuff on there!

Alas, I have no need to worry. Fellow bloggers often come to the rescue by sorting out the best and the most interesting, saving my lazy ass from doing the task myself.

Today, Geekologie combined two of my biggest passions, Star Wars and crafts, into a post called Yes!: Star Wars Arts And Crafts For Sale. Through it, I stumbled upon Etsy seller lafeecrochette, who sells crochet patters to some (if I do say so myself) kickass projects. My favorites are:

Darth Vader

The Boys of South Park

Cookie Monster

Yoda

I haven’t picked up a crochet needle since high school (was it really more than a decade ago? Noooo) but my fingers are starting to itch!

The Fail Caterpillar

Twitter has been a lot better with its uptime lately. However, it underwent an hour of downtime earlier today and bloggers everywhere rushed to report a big change.

Bye bye, Fail Whale…

Hello, Fail Caterpillar!

Cute, but I don’t think it has the visual impact of the Fail Whale. What do you think?

Via Mashable.

P.S. – For a neat history of the Twitter Fail Whale, check out ReadWriteWeb’s The Story of the Fail Whale.

Snoop Dogg on Martha Stewart

Can you believe Snoop Dogg was on the Martha Stewart Show today?

I couldn’t.

Then I watched the video.

And laughed and laughed.

Moments of particular note include:

Martha reads aloud some emails he’s sent her. He continually calls her “MS” and instructs her to “holla back boo”
Snoop tries to explain “Snoop-guistics” to Martha
Martha teaches Snoop how to make mashed potatoes and he addes cognac. After tasting the result, he says he wants some chicken wings.

Watch the hilarity ensue as my favorite rapper from the 90s meets my girl Martha!

I thoroughly enjoyed my time at the Martha Stewart Blogger Show, now I’m wishing Snoop was there as the special guest!

iPhone Numberpad App

As much as I *heart* my LG Voyager (especially its rockin’ Navigation system), I do get tempted to by the lusciousness that is the iPhone.

In particular, the Safari browser.

Although LG and Verizon like to tout the Voyager’s browser as a fully functioning HTML decoder, the fact remains that it doesn’t work too well with anything other than HTML. CSS rendering is unreliable and JavaScript is a hit or a miss.

My phone has also developed a nasty habit of automatically shutting off whenever it encounters a page heavy with JavaScript/AJAX.

*Throws tantrum*

So whenever I see yet another cool app for the iPhone, like the Numberkey, I end up emotionally cheating on my Voyager.

Can you tell I have a weakness for simple solutions that make you think, “Now why didn’t I think of that?”

We’ll see about the iPhone. I’m not quite ready to give up the trusty Verizon network just yet.

Via Gizmodo.

Infinity Bookcase

I have an obsession with books and everything books-related.

So it came to no surprise when I let out an audible gasp to see this picture:

Designed by Dutch artist Job Koelewijn, the Infinity Bookcase symbolizes the infinite power of books and learning.

I want to move all the furniture out of our condo so I can move this baby in now.

Via Neatorama.

Another Reason My Home Country Rocks

(I wrote a whooping 7 posts last night – 6 public and 1 private – but timed most of them so that they will be published at regular intervals throughout the next day. However, I’ve discovered that this method does not seem to notify Google Reader. So until I figure out what the problem is, I’ll publish each post as they are written. This may result in a barrage of posts in a short period of time so I apologize in advance.)

The most connected country in the world

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A fascination with PC gaming

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BADASS BATTLE UNIFORMS!