November 2006
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Mobile17 mentioned in "Men's Health" 2007 Tech...
Mentioned exclusively in their 2007 Tech Guide. (It’s the December 2006 issue, then you flip it over and the tech guide is the second half of the magazine. Sweet!) The “computer-geek creators” thank you for the plug, haha. :)
P.S. The counter on the site rolled over to 3 million on Thanksgiving. (I think!) So, an extra special thank-you to everyone who made this possible!
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Nintendo Wii, the best game console ever.
So earlier this week I camped out for 8 hours at Walmart to get the Nintendo Wii. I would have pre-ordered it but I was on an airplane at the time. :)
Game List: Zelda (haven’t played it yet, it’s under the xmas tree so I can finish Windwaker first), Red Steel, and Excite Truck. (plus Wii Sports)
The system was really easy to setup and I was delighted to find it had built-in Wifi,...
Camping for the Wii!!
Since I missed the pre-orders, I’m with around 25 others camping outside our local Walmart. Its not that cold (46-degrees F), luckily. I have a blanket and a laptop. It’s so quiet… our Tetris DS battles have ended and most are sleeping.
By the end, had about 7 people playing at the same time over Wi-fi. Thank you Nintendo for only requiring a single game-pack for multiplayer!
'Minesweeper' built in Pixel Blocks.
"Gift" Credit Cards.
So companies like Visa and American Express have these gift cards that work like regular credit cards… but they’re tied to nobody. So what’s the problem? Well, all someone needs is your card number and security code to steal it… and there’s nothing you can do about it!
The procedure to retrieve a lost or stolen card is simply, you call, you give them the number,...
It's "SimCity in real life"... Floripa.
Special thanks to Fabio Marim for Flickring this amazing picture from Brazil for everyone to enjoy!
Review of 'FairGame'.
On the 30th, news started to surface that someone had built a program which used iMovie for the Mac to convert songs purchased from the iTunes Music Store to regular MP3 files. This trick has been around for a while, but nobody’s ever made it into an automated process.
I was excited to try the program, but found that I only received error messages. Today, I gave it a shot again. The first...