Halo 3 SuperGeek
A few months ago I shared that I had entered the “WIRED Magazine Halo 3 Supergeek Contest”. I was lucky enough to be the Grand Prize Winner of the contest!! Since we already have one 360 and the blanket was hand made by my wife the new Halo 3 edition Xbox [...]
Entries from November 2007
I Am THE Halo 3 Supergeek
November 28th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Games
Gripshift Headed for XBLA in December
November 28th, 2007 · No Comments
Gripshift formerly for the PSP and the PSN on the PS3 is set to release on Xbox Live Arcade next month. Gripshift is best described as a puzzle racer with a time component and guns! I had a lot of fun playing it back when I owned a PSP and has heard a [...]
Tags: Games
RedEnvelope.com An Example in Customer Satisfaction
November 27th, 2007 · No Comments
While talking with my friend who had recently received an order from RedEnvelope.com she told me that she received a call from the webstore to say they were sending her a second shipment of the same item. Apparently they have had a large number of complaints about shipments arriving broken so they re-shipped any order [...]
Tags: Customer Service
Rainn Wilson on WIRED Science
November 27th, 2007 · No Comments
Rainn Wilson aka Dwight has a hilarious appearance on WIRED Science which airs on PBS. Judging form this i may have to set the DVR up to grab a few episodes. Did you hear that…that was my wife groaning, don’t be concerned this happens with any of the programs I choose to watch. I found [...]
Reflections on the First Year Out After Wrongful Imprisonment
November 26th, 2007 · No Comments
Jeffrey Deskovic was wrongfully convicted of rape and murder and spent almost 16 years in prison before being cleared by DNA evidence. The NY Times has put together an narrated slideshow detailing what it has been like for Jeffrey over the past year as he begins his life again. This slideshow is powerful [...]
Tags: Misc.
All I Want for Christmas is a JIMI
November 25th, 2007 · No Comments
Shortly after I got my first job at Bluffton I was trying to find a way to hold the slew of cards I was carrying as well as some cash without pulling a George Costanza. One of the options I found was the JIMI wallet which is a perfect front pocket wallet. The JIMI is [...]
Tags: Reviews
Halo 3 Forge: Rube Goldberg Suicide Machine
November 20th, 2007 · No Comments
Halo 3 user Ice V created an amazing Rube Goldberg machine n the Halo 3 map editor Forge.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jje1m9DJp8k
Lovely, give this man the helmet which shall not be named.
Bungie Forums Discussion
Monopoly Used as Escape Tool in WWII
November 20th, 2007 · No Comments
The Wall Street Journal had a great story today about the use of Monopoly to aid Prisoners of War in escaping during WWII. The British manufacturer of the game was approached and made a special edition of Monopoly with a red dot on the free parking which contained tools to aid in escape from [...]
Tags: Games
Amazon Reveals Kindle Ebook Prices
November 18th, 2007 · No Comments
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Newsweek has a long and informational interview with Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com. In the interview Bezos reveals new information about pricing, confirms features and explains the benefits of digital to authors.
Pricing: The Great News
“Amazon prices Kindle editions of New York Times best sellers and new releases in hardback at $9.99. The first [...]
Print is Dead the Book
November 17th, 2007 · No Comments
I found this picture of real hardcover book called “Print is Dead” by Jeff Gomez.
The book discusses:
Now, for the first time since the Middle Ages, all that is about to change. Newspapers are struggling for readers and relevance; downloadable music has consigned the album to the format scrap heap, and the digital revolution is now [...]






