April 18, 2007
Format War Soliders: Sync'd HD-DVD Purchase by Fanboys Spike Amazon Rank, Blu-Rayers Set To Retaliate - Gizmodo
A couple of hundred HD-DVD fanboys did an organized reverse-boycott, all purchasing HD-DVD discs on Amazon on the same day to try and prove… something. Not quite sure what. Really it emphasizes how lousy both formats are doing that a sales graph can be moved so dramatically by a few hundred customers.
April 17, 2007
DNA11 - From Life Comes Art
Get rather spiffy looking wall-art produced, based upon the DNA of you and your loved ones. A “snip” at $390+
December 14, 2006
Boston Red Sox : News : Sox unveil Matsuzaka
The negotiations are finally over: Dice-K will be wearing Number 18 on the mound at Fenway come April. A snip at $102m
December 1, 2006
The first smart rabbit - Nabaztag
I’ve decided that the thing missing most from my life is a wi-fi enabled smart rabbit. Gonna get a Nabaztag/tag when it gets released later this month.
November 14, 2006
Red Sox win Matsuzaka bid
The Sox today paid $51.1m for the rights to negotiate exclusively with a (reportedly outstanding) Japanese pitcher. $51.1m to *negotiate*. It will cost them many millions more to actually sign him. Wow. Just… wow.
July 24, 2006
Gigantor Remote
Ah, I love the crap they sell at Brookstone. The overpriced junk that gives the air of being vaguely useful, but is too cheap and shoddy to actually solve a problem well.
My favourite one that I saw yesterday was this $50 massive universal remote. Pretend to be a Lilliputian from the comfort of your couch!
June 21, 2006
DIRECTV - TITANIUM
Get every single thing DirecTV broadcasts for a $7,500 annual payment. How much pr0n would you have to watch to break even on this deal?
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