Archive for December 15th, 2007
Filed under: Audio/Video, Computers, Gadget Head, Man / Woman Who Has Everything, $100 and Under, $250 and Under, $1000 and Under, Gift News, Holiday Gift Guide
Hi friends. In the mood for a good deal on a gift? We did a little poking around this morning to find some worthy stocking stuffers you might consider — especially since the price tag is nice.
Amazon today is offering deals on SanDisk Sansa MP3 players, including a 68 percent off the list price for a 4 gigabyte Sansa e260, which will now only set you back $79.
eCost is wasting no time moving a small collection of JVC Everio High-Definition Camcorders. This is an excellent device that we’ve used personally and while a little on the bulky side compared to other consumer models the large hard drive and HD capability make for a fine experience. Normally priced at $1,700, eCost is willing to give it to you for $779. Move fast, though, not many are left.
Don’t underestimate what a truly capable universal remote control can do you for you. Buy.com has a deal going on the Harmony Advanced Universal Remote, normally listed at $249 but right now going for $166.93 and you get free shipping.
We’ll keep our eyes and ears open to help you out with your last minute shopping. We know you’re just like us, waiting until the last possible moment…
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Filed under: Audio/Video, TV
According a new report (PDF file) from the Government Accountability Office, or GAO, the U.S. government is not prepared for the February 17, 2009 deadline for the switch to digital television signals. The GAO says that, “Despite efforts by the public and private sectors and ongoing coordination, we found that no comprehensive plan for the transition exists.”
Till now the government relied very strongly on initiatives from the private sector to spread the word about the switch from analog to digital. When the switch is finalized, citizens’ analog television sets will cease to function with over the air (OTA) broadcasts. Owners who don’t purchase a digital television will be forced to get a cable or satellite TV system or a digital/analog converter box. The government has put in place a program to lighten the load on the consumer by subsidizing the purchase of a new digital TV or converter box by offering $40 coupons for the purchases.
Kevin Martin, chairman of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the arm of the Commerce Department overseeing the transition, responded by offering 99 pages of “comprehensive plans, goals and achievements” drawn up by the FCC.
While you might not be able to rely on the government to tell you what to do and when, we can do our part and remind you to have your new TV in place by February 2009 (the earlier the better) so that you don’t miss a single episode of the the 11th season of ‘America’s Next Top Model.’
For more information regarding the switch from analog to digital television check out the following links:
From Reuters
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Filed under: Audio/Video, Video Games, Gamer, $250 and Under, Gift News, holiday gift, Holiday Gift Guide
Today, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime announced that due to massive demand for the Nintendo Wii, the company will offer a rain check program for those who can’t get the console.
The program, announced by Fils-Aime on a conference call with Switched.com and others in the gaming press, will be offered via Gamestop retailers on December 20 and 21. If the store is out of stock, you can buy a “rain check” for a Nintendo Wii that you are guaranteed to get in the month of January. You will have to pay for the rain check in full at $249 and pick up the Wii by January 29.
So, even if you can’t get the actual Wii on Christmas, maybe you’ll get a little piece of paper that says you’ll get one some time in January.
Also, Fils-Aime promised that “six major retailers” will have Wiis this weekend, so… good luck!
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Filed under: Comfort Food
 I have a friend who, unless life otherwise intervenes, always eats Chinese food on Thursday nights. When I was growing up, Sunday nights were almost always DD (Disorganized Dinners). These days, I’ve fallen into a pattern in which I try to make steel cut oatmeal on Saturday mornings.
I don’t like to think of these standard meals as ruts, but instead a comforting patterns in which you have meals that you look forward to throughout the week. So I want to hear from the rest of you. Do you have a standard weekly meal? Taco Tuesdays perhaps? Or weekend brunch tradition? Tell us me your stories!
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Filed under: Business, Trends, Stores & Shopping, New Products
 I love Oreos. They’re one of the great classic cookies of all-time. But I still don’t understand this list.
Schneider Associates, along with comScore, IRI, and New Product magazine, asked 1000 people around the country what they thought the most memorable product launches of 2007 were. Some of the products on the list are obvious (the iPhone is #1, of course), but a couple of the food-related items didn’t thrill me. They’re both Oreo cookie-related: the Domino’s Oreo Pizza and the Oreo Cakesters.
Really? The Oreo Pizza??
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Filed under: Recipes, Candy, On the Blogs, Christmas
 When I was in elementary school, we had a neighbor who made her own candy for Christmas every year. She mostly made black and white marbled chocolates in the shape of Santa and snowmen, that she would put on sticks for easier eating. One year she branched out and made her own hard candy lollipops. I had never seen lollipops (or suckers as they called them back in Oregon) that didn’t come from a store and so I was totally intrigued by the idea that you could make such things at home, on your own.
I haven’t thought about homemade lollipops in years, until I spotted this post over at Make and Takes in which Marie made her own for the holidays. She’s got some fun vintage molds, but says that you can use the plastic ones available in the stores or even do them without a mold. It sounds like a fun seasonal project to me.
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Filed under: Television/Film
 Last month, Kristin over at TV Squad told you about Jamie Oliver’s new Food Network show, Jamie At Home, which premieres on January 6 at 10pm. Now comes word that Oliver will appear on Iron Chef America to battle veteran chef Mario Batali. The episode will air on the same night, just before Oliver’s new series debuts. It will be his first appearance on the show.
This is good news. Oliver deserves another cooking show. He was on Martha Stewart’s show recently and really won over the crowd with his fast cooking technique and personality (even if he did, I believe, exhaust Martha a bit, and that’s not easy to do). He even had a woman in the audience help him with the meal he was making. I’m not sure if the new show will have a studio audience, but he could be good in front of one.
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Jessica Simpson wants to be taken seriously as an actress. How is she going to do this?
By baring it all in a movie.
According to a source:
“Jessica is in the running for a role that, if she gets it, will put her right on the map in terms of acting.
“The only hitch is that the script requires a number of quite graphic scenes including a full-frontal nude scene. Jessica is so desperate to land the role and get the industry’s respect that she’s ready to go against her better judgement, and her family, by agreeing to bare all.”
Jessica’s father Joe Simpson has barred her from accepting roles that require her to strip down:
“The last script that came to us was for Jessica to be a porn star. We were promised we would win an Oscar with that. I told them, ‘I think we’ll just buy a statue of a little man and keep our clothes on,’” he said.
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SoCal Cleanse Detox users voted Jessica Biel the most healthy-living star, while Amy Winehouse was voted the “dirtiest.”
Winehouse, an alcoholic and drug-addicted singer, won the offer of a 12-month supply of SoCal Cleanse Detox Formula - a detox supplement.
And the rest of the winners are…
Cleanest female celebrities
1. Jessica Biel
2. Carrie Underwood
3. Rachel Bilson
4. Jessica Alba
5. Tyra Banks
Dirtiest female celebrities
1. Amy Winehouse
2. Paris Hilton
3. Tara Reid
4. Courtney Love
5. Heidi Montag
Cleanest Male celebrities
1. David Beckham
2. Matt Damon
3. Jake Gyllenhaal
4. Matthew McConaughey
5. Zac Efron
Dirtiest Male celebrities
1. Tommy Lee
2. David Hasselhoff
3. Vince Vaughn
4. Keifer Sutherland
5. Jonathan Rhys Myers
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Jessica Alba was traumatized when she visited a spa where
clients were naked. She was too disgusted to get into the jacuzzi.
Alba said: “I went to a spa and it was so traumatic because no one
was wearing a suit in the Jacuzzi. It was gross!
“I don’t put it out there. I stay away from super-high heels,
super-short skirts, revealing tops.
“I know what kind of attention you get from that and it’s not the kind I
want.”
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