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Black Friday: It’s Not About the Junk
No One Camps out on Black Friday. The Lines are too Long. I did. for the first time ever, and probably the last, my daughter and I camped out in front of Toys ‘R Us so I could save a whole $20 on a Zune. A Zune that I had already ordered from Amazon, but which wouldn’t be in By Christmas. We saw the doorbuster price in the paper, and ecided that if she was game, we would spend the …
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Guilty Pleasures: Call OF Cthulhu
Image via Wikipedia Call it the Game that Wouldn’t die. Like most young geeks I was playing D&D at a relatively young age. We had a blast getting about six or seven of us together and throwing us up against huge monsters for even huge hoards. But even then I was left wanting more. We played the typical “Monty Haul” type games. Our characters were the most powerful people in the world, but it was a narrow, unfulfilling world. We …
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The $14.99 Laptop for Writers
Image via Wikipedia Much has been made of the $100 one laptop per child project that, if it ever comes to fruition, has the capability to transform the third world. However, did you know you have access to the $14.99 laptop today? It doesn’t look like much, lacking a keyboard and monitor, but it does have the ability to get most of the work you need to get done wherever you need it. The $14.99 laptop contains an Integrated Office …
