Grand Central Gives You ONE Number!
Tuesday March 20, 2007 at 1:18 am | Filed under Gadgetry, Quickies
I’m trying out a new service (it’s in BETA) which gives you one phone number for all of the phones in your life. So by calling this one number you’ll ring my work phone, my home phone, and my cell phone. I just pick up the one I’m near, or let it ring and retrive your voicemail from any one of those phones OR any web connection. I can even have groups so that people get different greetings if they’re Family, a friend, co-worker, or complete stranger. It’s all free during BETA, so why not try it?
Picked Up A New Lens
Thursday March 1, 2007 at 11:31 pm | Filed under Gadgetry, Me, Trips
Last night (Wednesday) I had a good Craig’s List experience. I’ve heard some horror stories about people selling/buying things on there so I figured I’d post about a good transaction. I’ve had the Canon 28-135 EF IS USM lens on my Amazon wishlist for about a year. With the Europe trip coming up I figured I shoudl go ahead and pull the trigger on it myself. The best deals were on used lenses, and Craig’s List had the best of the used prices. So for a mere $300 bones I was able to buy it from an amateur photographer in Westminster. Ironically, he purchased it just before his Honeymoon, also to London and Paris! He was a really nice guy, and the lens is awesome. Not only was he $40 under the lowest price I’d seen, but he also threw in a UV filter! Cool!
Karma Comes 360º
Wednesday February 21, 2007 at 9:15 pm | Filed under Gadgetry, Gaming, Me
Do you remember when my Xbox broke and I got a full refund 2 days before the warranty expired? I was debating over whether to get an Xbox 360 with the refund, or wait until the PS3 launched. If not, maybe you remember my post about the upcoming PS3 launch and anticipating the camping in front of Best Buy to get one? No? Well surely you remember when I actually got the 360 and was really pleased with it. If not, just pretend you do.
So I get to the Glendale office on Tuesday and decide I need a lanyard for my nametag and ID, I found one that said Playstation 3 in my bag so I put that on and wear it. That night I come home and fire up the Xbox 360 after Monique went to bed. I play a game, then go to swap out the disc for another and the drive makes this REALLY awful sound. Blammo! Karma. It’s weird enough that my Xbox has it’s own blog, but it’s obviously a big white jealous monster as it crippled itself onna counta I wore that PS3 lanyard.. right?
Well, the good news is that I bought the replacement warranty and I’ll receive a Best Buy Gift Card for the price I paid for the 360 back in May. Now do I go buy a PS3 with that Gift Card? That’s a big NO. I won’t be hoppin’ on that bandwagon until there’s a “killer app” in their stable, and even that’s not a sure thing once they do. This Gift Card will be picking up another Xbox 360. I can’t express how happy I am with the platform, I gotta give Microsoft a lot of credit for that.