I recently scored a $250 Best Buy gift card thanks to some issues caused by the folks at 888-Best-Buy. Obviously I'm anxious to use it - it's just a case of what I want to spend it on. I had all but settled on the iPod Touch when I discovered a post over on 9-to-5 Mac.
According to their insiders the iPod Touch and iPhone could be seeing a $100 pricedrop across the board (that's on all models) as early as February 26th! I had originally been planning on grabbing the 8gb iPod Touch but now that the 32gb one will be dropping to around $400, and I'll be getting $250 off, I think the big one might be a go.
If you've been thinking about grabbing a cheap iPod Touch or cheap iPhone it might be worth waiting a few days.
All the way through college I never drank coffee. I tried once or twice but I just couldn't convince myself it was worth it.
When I started working full time (7am to 5pm) that changed. While I still don't drink hot coffee I find it absolutely necessary to have an iced-coffee every morning. Of course that creates a lot of problems.
I have not found a good way to make iced-coffee using hot brewing methods. Brew a pot of coffee - through it in the fridge and invariably you're unhappy. Buying an iced coffee every morning is even more trouble partly because of the money involved and partly because I end up buying a donut (or two) to go with it.
If you figure $4 a morning (for coffee, breakfast and a tip) times 365 days that's over $1400 a year at Dunkin Donuts!
I realized this just recently and immediately cringed at the wasted money. The good thing is it got me looking for a new way to fuel my morning coffee fix. What I found is called "Cold Brewed Coffee" and it's an incredible money saver for hot and cold coffee drinkers alike.
The system I bought (Toddy Cafe Cold Brew Coffee System) is extremely easy to use and makes a more consistent cup of coffee than any of my local Dunkin Donuts. If you're a coffee drinker looking to save money this year be sure to check it out!
I recently decided to take sides in the HD battle by buying into the HD-DVD player for the XBox 360 console. If you read this site regularly you probably already know I'm a serious gamer which made the XBox add-on a decent choice.
As part of my buy in I managed to take part in the HD-DVD mail in rebate deal and also got a couple extra HD DVDs in the process. Today I discovered that Amazon is offering up a new deal (two actually) for HD DVD customers. First off they've got a Buy One - Get One deal going on select titles.
If you don't see anything you like in that offer (it's limited to 80ish titles) you can settle for 30% off all HD DVDs! Yeah - ALL OF THEM! Check out the image to the side for proof and get shopping.
Earlier this week I broke down and bought a new Desktop PC. The PC I bought is a dual core and hooks up nicely to my Westinghouse TV where it displays at 1360 x 768.
At first the move from Windows XP to Windows Vista was a bit daunting. There's a lot of things that are similar and almost as many that are different. If you're a longtime Windows user and if you're proficient with Windows XP it won't take long to get acquainted with the new setup. One of the early anti-Vista Mac ads pointed out that the OS is annoyingly secure and I have to second that - while renaming some files I had to confirm the changes several times before they took effect.
If you're getting ready to buy a new PC (and I'm sure many folks are with the holidays coming up) don't worry too much about Vista. All my favorite software worked fine on the 32bit Vista system and I even managed to install some older hardware to get onto my network wirelessly.
Has anyone else upgraded to Windows? How has your experience been so far?
I recently decided to take sides in the HD battle by buying into the HD-DVD player for the XBox 360 console. If you read this site regularly you probably already know I'm a serious gamer which made the XBox add-on a decent choice.